{"id":264273,"date":"2019-09-28T08:00:56","date_gmt":"2019-09-28T07:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whimsicalwonderlandweddings.com\/?p=264273"},"modified":"2024-12-11T17:05:06","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T17:05:06","slug":"1930s-living-room-renovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wedissimo.com\/blog\/1930s-living-room-renovation\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Living Room Renovation – 1930s Semi Detached Art Deco House"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"1930s<\/p>\n

It’s been a fair while since I did any<\/em> interiors<\/a> blogging, but that’s all about to change as I really want to bring back one of my passions to WWW. We moved into our 1930s art deco semi-detached house<\/strong> many years ago now, I can’t believe we’ve lived here now for so long! So first up I am going to share our 1930s living room renovation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The first space in the house we decided to renovate<\/strong> was the living room, mainly as it’s one of the rooms we use the most and one in which we would be welcoming most visitors into.<\/p>\n

The living room was originally a separate living\/dining room<\/strong> and has been knocked through at some point, with one of the doorways moved also. We did dabble with the idea of restoring the wall and putting the layout back to its historical roots, however, after living in the space we decided not to.<\/p>\n

It gives a lovely open feel with a nice flow<\/strong> and space. I have sometimes thought that since that we’ve made the wrong choice, mainly whilst we draw up plans for our kitchen extension, but alas it’s too late now and we move forward.<\/p>\n

For the living room, I had an extensive Pinterest board set up before we moved in and lots of interior inspiration on Instagram.<\/p>\n

In our old house, we had an open fire, but we dreamed of a log burner<\/strong>, which was one of our must-haves. Another coveted element on my list was a herringbone parquet floor<\/strong> and traditional style radiators<\/strong>. I really wanted the room to have a traditional, authentic to the era style, yet with a modern and ‘us’ twist to the d\u00e9cor. With neutral paint and then fun pops of colour in the finishings.<\/p>\n

I have always found a neutral colour palette more flexible to my changing tastes and d\u00e9cor over the years.<\/p>\n

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1930s Living Room Renovation<\/h2>\n

In brief, our builder moved our fireplace opening<\/strong>, we had new picture rails and skirting<\/strong> installed, a new internal door<\/strong> and parquet flooring<\/strong> laid by a fitter.<\/p>\n

We try and do most jobs ourselves where we can, so lots of fiddly bits and prep were done by us. Once we had stripped all of the wallpaper, we re-plastered the whole of the room, then we decorated the walls in Farrow and Ball’s Ammonite<\/a> below the picture rail, with Mole’s Breath<\/a> on the feature wall.<\/p>\n

Electricians changed all the sockets<\/strong> and we moved the electrics for the TV<\/strong> set up to the corner of the room. We also installed a fitted cupboard<\/strong> ourselves. Here are some photos of the actual renovation process.<\/p>\n\n\t\t