After five months of working on our apartment, we’ve finished the main living areas–the living room and dining room. Actually the work in these rooms was completed a month or so ago. It’s taken me that long to find a new place to store the work tools and materials that had been housed in these rooms (they have a new home in our long hallway) and get the rooms photo ready.
Here’s what was done in both rooms:
- Removed miles and miles of telephone and security alarm wiring from around the living room baseboards and windows
- New electrical wiring and outlets installed (see Our New Home)
- Plaster walls repaired after electrical work (see If These Walls Could Talk)
- Walls were primed and painted (see A Dash of Color)
- Window and door moldings and additional wood work were repaired, primed and painted
- Wood floors were refinished
- A new ceiling fan and sconces were installed in the living room and a new chandelier was installed in the dining room
- Custom wood window blinds were installed in both rooms
There are a few finishing touches I’d eventually like to add, like some area rugs and perhaps a nice floor plant, but here are the results of our hard labor:
Living Room Before
Living Room After
(Note: The wall color is not as orange in person. It’s browner, more like a deep russett.)
Dining Room Before
Dining Room After
