1st Floor - The Front Parlor

This is the Front Parlor. When we moved in I made it into a dining room. For three years we kept it that way.  But I have recently changed it back to a parlor and moved the dining room table.

Now

Now

When we moved in, lavender walls, white carpet and a fan light.

All of the rooms were painted Easter egg colors, lavender, pink, sunny yellow and aqua.

We painted the dining room a soft Laurel green. And began filling all the nail holes and sanding the trim.

After the wood was fixed, we painted it with High Gloss door and trim paint.

This door had a lot of scars and dents, plus there were some holes where old locks had been. I filled the holes and deep scratches with the two part epoxy patch mix.  All of the transoms in the house still had their original wavy clear glass panes, except one.

We had the carpet pulled up and new oak floors put in.

After the floors were sanded

Stained with Minwax "Gunstock" and two coats of poly

We replaced the fan light with a light that matches one in the living room.

I built a shelf to separate the two pieces. Mike cut a new decorative top piece for it.
I found the spindles at a salvage store.
Then I darkened the wood with Minwax polyshades.