I shared with you a few weeks ago that I’ll be helping my friends, Andrea and David, update their 1950’s brick ranch home here in Marietta, GA. If you missed that post, go back and catch up. The house hasn’t been touched since the 50’s and we are going to give it new life this year.
They started with the sunroom, repainting the walls and brick (you can see that in the first post) and got a fresh start in there. It will be slow going to get through the painting, decorating, decluttering, recovering of furniture and overall refresh of this house, but I’ll be sharing progress posts along the way. Hopefully, later on this year, we’ll see a whole house reveal post and I can share it all when that happens. There will be many steps along the way to get to the finish line and lots of planning and updating.
Here’s the board and batten tutorial from my dining room if you want to look at how we did this at my house.
In the meantime, I’ll share small updates along the way as well. You’ll remember this is the entry foyer to the house, with an L-shaped hallway.
Andrea had chosen this yellow/green color awhile back and it never did turn out the way she wanted it. Too bright.
Foyer with bench.
So, one of the first projects is to update the hallway with board and batten. They had seen my board and batten as well as online projects and wanted to add that architectural detail to their hallway.
They already had chair rail up, so it was just a matter of cutting battens and installing them. First, David painted out the entire lower wall in White Dove, from Benjamin Moore. That’s the color that will be used on all their woodwork throughout.
White painted and ready for board and batten. I didn’t see the actually process of putting up the board and batten, but David got them all installed, caulked and painted.
And this is how it looks now! I love the lighter and brighter look. We used Revere Pewter in the hallway, as we did in the sunroom. It’s a great greige color.
It’s going to make a huge difference in this space.
Wrapping around the corner towards the bedrooms.
Outside the bathroom.
Hallway looking towards den. We have lots of furniture painting projects too. She has a lot of cherry Queen Anne furniture that needs some refreshing, so we are going to paint a few pieces to update them and not have an entire house full of matching cherry.
This bench will be one of the first pieces we’ll paint. I think it will looks really cute in another color, with a new runner on the floor and new pillows. Stay tuned for more! We have lots to do in this house!
Looks great so far. It’s amazing what the board and batten does to a space. 🙂
Thank you to the owner for letting us tag along. ♥
I said it before and I’ll say it again…the house is already gorgeous!!!! Those floors! That queen Anne cherry furniture is to die for!! I would LOVE a house full of matching queen Anne cherry furniture and shudder at the thought of painting it!!! From my recollection bathrooms and kitchen needed updating only. The board and batten and new color is fine but I still think the foyer was gorgeous to begin with. I do like architectural detail but I hope they’ll put the same furniture back in the entry!
I somewhat agree. While I’m not keen on “matching” furniture either in stain or style, I really like the settee in it’s wood stained finish. It really grounds the space and looks antique. I like a painted finish, but at times it just looks cheap.
Between painting the sunroom and installing this board & batten, it already looks like it’s on the threshold of the 21st century. Decluttering alone makes a huge difference – just ask any of us who’ve just put Christmas away! This will be fun to follow in 2016.
Looks great. I love the table with the stools under it. Great extra seating but out of the way too. I am anxious to see you continue with the house and a thank you to the owners for allowing you to include all of us!
Happy New Year!
So happy for Andrea and David. That house is going to look spectacular!
Matching Cherry. Very funny. Should be name of a new blog. 2 words to sum up a decorating style, “She’s a matching cherry sort of gal.” Better, “She was a matching cherry gal.”
Leaving Matching Cherry
Marvelous changes, already.
Garden & Be Well, XO T
Wow! That looks great…like a completely different space. I too love cherry and mahogany furniture, but I can’t wait to see how the painted pieces turn out. You have great vision, so I know it will be beautiful!
My daughter and her husband bought a house in Whitlock Heights and it was decorated beautifully…in 1996! And there it stayed. The good thing is that some of our old furniture from that era matches well with the paint and window treatments, but it’s stuck in time. They needed to do some things outside that cost money but weren’t fun, and soon they’ll be ready to update it inside and I can’t wait to get my hands on it. They are keeping a lot of the cherry furniture that was “gifted” to them, though, because they like British Colonial/West Indies style. Neither of them are trendy, so they will have a look that lasts.
HI, Kim, I know your family knows a lot about Marietta real estate and these older homes. I bet your daughter’s house will be gorgeous when updated too.
Rhoda, it’s funny to walk into a lot of houses in Marietta because you can tell we had the same builder. Even though the houses in Oakton and Whitlock Heights were usually custom built, they have a lot of the same features. Our house was built in 1964 and the one my daughter bought was built in 1975.
So very pretty and modern. Would love to see an updated light fixture. Does the family have plans on refinishing the floors a darker color? I have the same red oak wood floors and would love to have them sanded down and stained a darker color and less orange, but I’m a little afraid what they will look like (maybe worse). Can’t wait to watch your progress this year. 🙂
I have those same floors–my house may be just a little bit newer than that one, but not much. When I had mine refinished, the wood guy suggested leaving them unstained and I really like it. In fact, it’s almost too easy care because you can’t see the dirt at all. I can tell I need to sweep when I can feel what’s on the floor when I’m barefoot. Let me just give you one warning about dark floors–they show everything. My sister in law had them in a new house and she hated them. They had a plumbing flood about a year after they moved in and they had them done in a lighter color because taking care of the dark was not fun. I reminded her of the time I thought cranberry red carpet was a good idea (my kids were small and it was the same color as koolaid–what’s not to like?) but it was a disaster! Nasty old oatmeal carpet looked nice longer unless you were really into vacuuming.
Kim, those darker floors can show everything, that’s true. I’m very fortunate that with my dark plank floors, they really are easy care and don’t show that much at all, unless I don’t vacuum for a couple of weeks, which doesn’t usually happen. They have been surprisingly easy to care for and part of that I think is the fact they are hand scraped with a matte finish and that must help somehow, because they really do not show much at all. They always look great.
Buffie, no on the re-staining of the floors. She may add more hardwoods in the living room and dining room, but earlier had additional flooring put in and stained to match the existing, so I can’t see her redoing all of that. These are not bad, a more natural color which will age nicely.
Oh, yes! A new light fixture is definitely happening in the foyer.
Can’t wait to see the next step in progress! Love it!
Really enjoying updates on this home, as I, too, live in a 1950’s brick ranch (paneled walls throughout, ugh!) that hasn’t been updated since the ’60’s. Remodeled the main bathroom a couple of years ago, and just finished my living room. Took down the paneling in there, painted the sheet rock a beautiful greige (Ball and Twine from Sherwin Williams HGTV line), put up a plank accent wall stained/painted in soft, watery greens and blues, natural wood stains and neutrals. On to the kitchen next; going to be a big undertaking to try and do it on a tight budget.
Hey, Nanci, your renovations sound beautiful! Good for you on the updates.
Thank you for sharing the paint color. We certainly would have asked!
I so enjoy your blog and have been following you for several months. I especially enjoy the home tours and remodels. My daughter and son-in-law have a small raised cottage outside of New Orleans and are slowly updating it as the previous owner was very into dark Tuscan gold and green. A lot of dark colors for a small house, though it does get lots of natural light. I’ll definitely be checking in often to see the exciting remodel. How wonderful that Andrea and David have you to guide them along the way!
That’s a remarkable difference, they should be very proud of the effort they put into the refreshing, it’s certainly a big change for the better. Great job advising them on color choices Rhoda, that’s a lovely combination! I’m anxious to see more of the after photos as work progresses.
Looks great. I am wondering about all those “thermostats” and switches and knobs and such. I would have wanted those addressed before doing all of this work. Are those staying?
I’m sure those all serve a purpose, so they won’t be going. At least, it’s the back hallway and we all have those things to deal with.
Your off to great start. This redo is getting exciting,looking forward to the next post.
The renovations are taking shape…it’s looking great!
The B&B adds a lot to this space. Good going so far!
Better already!!