Is there any hope for this 1970's "Tudor"
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advice for my 1970's family room in all its paneled glory
Comments (26)Hi, so glad to find this forum. Help! I guess you would call my husband and I 'gluttons for punishment', as over some time, we've restored an 1898 Queen Anne Victorian 3-story gingerbread home, redone a beautiful 1980's home (pretty structure but awful 'cosmetics'), and now are working on a 1971 roomy home on a big treed lot, the lot being the reason we bought the home. The room I'm thinking of has dark, dark paneling in the room the former owners used for a game room; we've used it as my husband's study but are about to turn it into a media room. The paneling is DARK, but it is that good, high quality dark walnut...I've really gone back and forth about what to do with it. The house has straight modern lines but really, with a few major changes, could look very '1910 Arts and Crafts/Edwardian', so my goal has been to add much wider baseboards, wider and 'crowned' window & door trims and eventually transform the whole house. The home's original 'bones' lend itself to that nicely...AND I have so many antique furnishing from our Victorian house days, that I needed to figure out a look in which my things can work. 1971 doesn't do it, and since the Edwardian Era followed the Victorian, I figure, why wouldn't that work for me now? Our lot is gorgeous, and houses can always be changed. I've really debated about what to do: paint over the paneling, OR mud the seams and paint over it, OR take it down and dry-wall then texturize it, and more...BUT knowing it's quality, I'm now thinking of 'white washing' or 'glazing' it with some type of colored wood-stain/or light glaze that would let the pretty quality of the wood come through, yet give us a lighter look. I'd LOVE to know if anyone knows of a good product to use/ or knows how to do this or has seen this done. PICTURES WOULD BE SUPER if anybody has any! It's dreadfully dark in that room. The room is also our main computer/office room, so even though the dark paneling could come in handy for watching movies (once it's a media room), it is drearily dark for any other purpose. Any feedback or ideas are WELCOMED! My dilemma now is, since we're shooting for that Arts/Crafts 1910 look, which the bones of the house can well adapt to...1970's paneling doesn't do the trick....See More1970's Exterior Remodel Help!
Comments (15)Here are a few options. I would remove the shrubs in front of the bottom windows and add something taller in the center. I would also limb up the tree on the right to reveal move of your house. Eliminate the storm door and modernize the front door. I really like the darker taupe and the cedar color at the top. With a dark roof (charcoal, not black) and the wood piece over the garage door stained to match and the modern front door, I think it would completely change the look of the house. Don't do contrasting corner blocks, make everything the same color to keep from chopping up the house. Does your siding need to be replaced or will a good paint job do the trick? If you're going to replace it, use the same wide size in a Hardi plank. You won't be doing the house any favors if you replace nice, wide siding with chintzy 5" vinyl. Power wash the concrete step, add a tall black planter and modern coach lights. Hope this helps!...See More1970's Tudor home in need of some help!!!!!
Comments (14)Powerwash YES. Paint brick NOOO! Tudors have natural brick or stone and dark wood for the half timbering. Some, called magpie houses, in England have Black painted timbers and bright white stucco. Dark brown trim wood and cream faux stucco siding is appropriate for a 1970s Tudor. If you paint the brick and trim those light taupes or grey you might as well add shiplap and call it modern farmhouse. Really it is your choice if you want to keep the classic Tudor look or follow the latest trends. Powerwashing and some tree trimming will brighten it a lot. Then add some flowers for color....See MoreKitchen Reveal 1970s update
Comments (21)Thanks, Traci and Kathy!! Something that might help my fellow lurkers lol, is how we arrived at the flooring decision. We have the yummiest site finished hickory throughout the main level. I baby that floor because it is so beautiful. For the kitchen, I did not want a such a precious floor. The site finished hickory is not fragile per se, but I wanted a kitchen floor that I would feel okay about wet shoes walking on, that could accommodate dog food spills, any errant cooking mishaps, without heroics to clean. For some people, hardwood fits that bill but I am not made that way! Most people said oh bring the hickory into the kitchen, but not a person who said that was someone who would be cleaning it!! Our layout is not a great room style, but it does open to the dining room and you can enter from the living area as well as through a door to the outside. It was hard to find the type of ‘fake wood’ floor I envisioned, as everything seems SO rustic to me. And, we knew that whatever we chose could not be so busy as to compete with the q sawn oak and backsplash. The flooring also had to be harmonious, but not try to match, the yummy hickory. I must have had 40 samples from big box stores and on line vendors. The Glendale Pine was a whim, we bought a box just as I was thinking I would have to give up my dream of a low maintenance kitchen floor. I think it makes a great supporting cast for the rest of the kitchen and could not be happier with the lifestyle aspect. Point of this long winded story, I feel that I was true to my needs in choosing the floor, and I am happy. And while those that would chose continuing the hickory would not be wrong, that would have been wrong for me. What does Marie Kondo say about joy, right???!...See Moresheloveslayouts
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