The room had great light, and good moldings. Also, one of my favorite features was the antique copper light fixture. The walls were in good shape but really dirty, the ceiling was popcorn, disgusting carpet, and there were vertical blinds in the windows.
The fireplace was totally functional, in fact we used it to heat the house, and it worked really, really efficiently. I just didn’t really like the look. Unfortunately, it is something that we didn’t get to change. I thought about painting the rock white, but the heat the fireplace put off would have been too much for the paint.
What do you think? Really there were no big scary parts to this room,
besides the floor, but it looks pretty decent.

Check out the other Retro-Remodel posts for more before and afters.
>great job.
That is an amazing deal on that rug and your couches look really good too.
Cheri
>Love it! You did a beautiful job.
>Wow. I'm just so impressed how you can take something kind of blah and turn it into something from House Beautiful magazine! You're amazing!
>Ahhhh yes, that cursed chandelier in your living room still has pieces of my head on it probably from all the times I hit it. It's funny, I was in that room tons of times, yet seeing that process reminded me of all the things you guys did that I just forgot about. I'm sure you didn't need reminding:)
You should put the before pictures right next to the after ones at the end of the post so everyone can see hwo amazing it really is.
Good stuff!
>amazing job, lots of hard work on that floor. I love your slipcovers and that leather ottoman coffee table.
>wOW! Do you want to come and recover my couches? Those look awesome, mine need some serious attention or a complete makeover! I love the color of your walls in your living room, they are pretty!
>Refinishing floors is such back (and neck) breaking work. There are many places on our floors that we've "lived and learned" from as well but I sure do love ours better than our golden grandma carpet we ripped out the day we moved in about a year and a half a go! We too had to scavenge from closets to patch a few spots but it worked out great. I guess lots of people in our neighborhood have the same wood floors since all the houses were built in the early 60s and the loans everyone was getting required a wood floor for some reason. We even thought of asking our neighbors for a few sections out of their closets when we thought we were just a few squares short but luckly we scavenged up enough. Anything to save a buck, right? Ha Ha Ha
>amazing job, lots of hard work on that floor.
>Thanks for the great information on the floor sanding .
>what paint brand and color is that?
>The paint color is Ralph Lauren Kauai
RL Number: NA57, in the Naturals collection. I loved that paint! I actually bought 2 gallons of it in the mis-mixed section 5.00 each, I guess cause someone didn't like the color!
>thanks, RL is the BEST brand to buy. Unbelievable coverage~
Oh, now this I remember! I thought…and still think you were the most talented woman I had ever met. You guys are incredible. I love watching you transform spaces.
Thanks Heidi!! You are so sweet! I hope you guys are doing well!