Living room: This was a large room with some dated features: rosy red plush carpet, red glass veneered fire place with gold accents and  heavily lacquered cherry wood trim. This was the before:

Step One: We tackled the floors first by taking the carpet away and stripped/stained the hardwood hidden underneath. Hardwood flooring really is the way to go when designing for a family because aside from it just looking great it doesn’t stain and is easy to clean. Step Two: We then made over the fireplace by stripping it to bare bones, painting it, building a custom frame/mantel for it and then converting it from gas to a wood burning stove. Taking the fireplace back to it’s original state gave it much more character than if we were to have just faced it with another material. Step three: We painted all the walls and trim with Sherwin Williams primer/paint to give the room some life. Step four: We brought in all the furniture and accessories that suited our family’s needs…comfy, indestructible and unbreakable! Step five: To update the hearth we replaced the red ceramic tiled and put down black subway tiles. These are the after pics:

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