Original 1930s hallway

I know, I am on a roll right? I shared our s living room renovation last week, and so this week I am going to focus on our hallway renovation.

We are in the process of purchasing a detached bay fronted house built in It has been extended and improved so much that other than large hallway and landing, none of it feels like a hundred year old house. What features are classic of that time? I have always lived in modern houses so big open plan family areas and grey and white everywhere is all we are used to. Any ideas on where to look for S style decor too?

Original 1930s hallway

Part of the joy for me in owning a period home is the possibility you have to try and enhance some period features or recreate an older more original style. Image courtesy of House to Home. This is something I hope to achieve with our hallway which is light and airy but suffering a bit with neglect. The hallway is quite typical of a s house, spacious at the front with the stairs leading off it, and then narrowing as you walk down with doors to the living room, dining room and kitchen at the end. There was a bit of repairing done when we moved in and had damp proofing. Since then I finally repainted all the bare plaster over Christmas so it stopped looking quite so much like a building site. I still have absolutely no idea what colour to eventually paint the walls but we have some thoughts on flooring and carpets. This would then flow through into the living room giving a better sense of space. Image courtesy of Pinterest. For the stairs, a runner opening up into a carpet on the landing and then continuing up the second flight of stairs to the top floor.

There are just not enough hours in the day at the moment!!

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I was super excited about our hallway when we were doing the first round of renovations to the house as I had such a clear image in my mind of what I wanted it to look like. On the surface it looks good but actually the unfinished stairs, the old floorboards and the brilliant white walls make it a pretty miserable space. If you are interested in the doors you can read this post about restoring s doors. I still hate it but slowly, slowly! So what do we need to change? I still absolutely love the Inchyra Blue woodwork, the beautiful Skinflint globe light and the stripped doors so that is all definitely staying.

Original 1930s hallway

Part of the joy for me in owning a period home is the possibility you have to try and enhance some period features or recreate an older more original style. Image courtesy of House to Home. This is something I hope to achieve with our hallway which is light and airy but suffering a bit with neglect.

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Do you then have to seal the tiles with anything? I have some styling, cleaning, tidying and odd jobs left to sort before sharing some of our other interior spaces. I only wish we added a couple more spots as it really makes a huge difference to the lighting. The lamp I went on a hunt for and came up trumps in Matalan, which I think really adds to the art deco vibes. It was really cost-effective for the end result so I was super pleased. Good luck! Outside loo! Enrol on an online course. Ooh your inspiration pictures are gorgeous! Sharing posts outside of Mumsnet does not disclose your username.

The Art Deco design style, known for its luxurious details, geometric shapes, and bold use of color and material, was prevalent in the s and s, offering a rich source of inspiration.

We are going to try and find some dividers to make the storage more organised. Look what we discovered when we Unanswered threads Acronyms Talk guidelines Hide shortcut buttons. So at the time of ordering the wood from Direct Wood Flooring we ordered extra for the hallway too. We also replaced our radiators to match the living room with column radiators from the Acova range as well as changing the sockets and adding a couple of new spotlights near the door. Download our free guide. A plant up on the shelf makes more difference than you could ever imagine and I would really like to find a lovely piece of art to go where the portrait currently is next to the front door but all in good time. A friend had beautiful Victorian tiles under layers of of glue and all sorts of rubbish. Lisa intotheglade. Come and take a look around I'm fine tuning ideas for what we want to do to the place starting with downstairs which I'll share in a second post along with a floor plan. After much searching online I found a local furniture maker who made the bench to size and G painted it in a dark grey we custom mixed. Does your bannister rail continue up the stairs further or stop at the ceiling.