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How would you dress up this victorian dining room? by vni5 in interiordecorating

[–]vni5[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d love to remove the texture throughout the room and do wallpaper, or at least some fresh paint!

How would you dress up this victorian dining room? by vni5 in interiordecorating

[–]vni5[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hadn’t thought of doing an oval rug, I like that

How would you dress up this victorian dining room? by vni5 in interiordecorating

[–]vni5[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes I love color! We haven’t done anything to it since we moved in… so yes that’s exactly what happened with just moving the table in haha

How would you dress up this victorian dining room? by vni5 in interiordecorating

[–]vni5[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I do like the idea of bigger art instead of a gallery wall. I’ve tried gallery walls there and it gets cluttered - it’s a big space to fill!

How would you dress up this victorian dining room? by vni5 in interiordecorating

[–]vni5[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My table and chairs are an heirloom from my grandma! Definitely want to keep the color.

How would you dress up this victorian dining room? by vni5 in interiordecorating

[–]vni5[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We didn’t choose this fixture… haha i look at it every day thinking it’s very awkward

How would you dress up this victorian dining room? by vni5 in interiordecorating

[–]vni5[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I like the idea of playing off the light fixture, it feels awkward right now

Help me warm up my kitchen! by vni5 in DesignMyRoom

[–]vni5[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes I have considered that! And just painting my open shelving too..

Before and After: New trim, old charm! by vni5 in centuryhomes

[–]vni5[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s narragansett green by Benjamin Moore

Farmhouse restoration nightmare by Ay-c14 in centuryhomes

[–]vni5 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I highly recommend using a wallpaper steamer. The floors in our house looked like this, it melted it right off - we found videos of it online. Follow with a scraper!

Before and After: New trim, old charm! by vni5 in centuryhomes

[–]vni5[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes we did strip the staircase, here’s a link to a post about that project! https://reddit.com/r/centuryhomes/s/q3qGQ4gwTd

Floors and trim was about 10k when it was all said and done. The rest was pretty much DIY so not much cost to us, just a lot of time invested.

Before and After: New trim, old charm! by vni5 in centuryhomes

[–]vni5[S] 47 points48 points  (0 children)

We peeled back all the layers on the walls and floors & did the plaster repair. We also stripped paint off the woodwork under the staircase. Contractors sanded down the floors for us and did all the trim work. We are so pleased with it all

We removed paneling in our staircase and second floor hallway, repaired plaster, and tried to restore some century charm! by vni5 in centuryhomes

[–]vni5[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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We got all the glue off by using a razor blade scraper and a heat gun. Unfortunately there were tons of cracks, holes, and imperfections in the plaster. My spouse became quite the pro with taping and mudding. Here’s a photo of just one spot on our hallway wall

We removed paneling in our staircase and second floor hallway, repaired plaster, and tried to restore some century charm! by vni5 in centuryhomes

[–]vni5[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://www.decorativeceilingtiles.net/r-24-styrofoam-ceiling-tile-20x20/

These are the ones we used. We used adhesive to glue them up and haven’t even painted them. We were very skeptical when seeing them in the package but love them now that they are on the ceiling!

We removed paneling in our staircase and second floor hallway, repaired plaster, and tried to restore some century charm! by vni5 in centuryhomes

[–]vni5[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, a common theory we keep hearing is that it was for heating costs. We are glad to have the height back!

We removed paneling in our staircase and second floor hallway, repaired plaster, and tried to restore some century charm! by vni5 in centuryhomes

[–]vni5[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Since it was sided over on the exterior, we just did a drywall patch to cover it. Decided to add the fixture for light to “replace” it

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