From Bedroom to Dining Room

When we purchased the home, this room was considered a bedroom. However, we decided that since the room was directly off of the kitchen, it would make more sense to have this space as a dining room.

The room was in tough condition. The ceiling and left hand wall had water damage from a hole in the roof. Since this all needed to opened up, we decided it was an opportunity to vault the ceiling and rebuild the wall with doors that go out to the porch.

Demo

There was a mess of blown in insulation and vermiculite (thankfully no asbestos) and some spaghetti of wiring.

Rebuilding

Edward reframed the entire wall and vaulted the ceiling. We found these narrow French doors that fit perfectly as an entrance from the kitchen. We also found salvaged Victorian doors to install as the exit to the porch.

Drywall and paint really transformed this space!

We saved all the usable wood from the wall rebuilt on the left. We reused it to create exposed beams on the ceiling really defining the space. The light was a cheap marketplace find. We removed the ball on the bottom and spray painted it bronze.

We installed wide plank flooring from a local company. And put polyurethane on to protect them.

Eastlake Doors

These doors took a ton of work to restore but it was worth it!! Allie stripped all the paint off both sides. The outside got a fresh coat of paint and the inside was shellacked. She even made her own shellac!

Check out – How to make shellac!

Check out the door transformation here

We had moulding made to match one of the missing pieces and Edward recreated the other piece. We added glass to fit the missing side. Then cleaned up the locks so they work!

Here’s the before and after!