Before and after pics

[Huma0]

I'm an enthusiastic interiors buff and renovating my house has been a long-term labour of love and, I realise now, will always be an ongoing project. I'd therefore be really interested to hear from other hosts who have renovated their Airbnb properties and see before and after pics if you have them, or just hosts who have plans and ideas for future projects.

To start it off, here is one of the guest rooms in my house, BEFORE:

and AFTER:

I still haven't finished tweaking this room yet (the painted wardrobes for example), so there may be updates to come.

Please share your projects and plans!

[Andrea9]

@Huma0

Now that I have a visual of what your entrance area looks like I realize my idea wasn't all that great and works better for covering piles of random things in a more closed space. Your depository doesn't even look all that bad.

The plans for it look beautiful - that chique retro with class, love it!

The mirror is from a Dutch webshop 

http://www.goodsshop.nl/mirror-mirror

Although the picture is with a Dutch imprint, the English text is printed in black on the glass too in a square block. I tried photographing it years ago to send to somebody, but wasn't easy and not easily readable either, but believe me, there's no personal charming detail that mirror friend misses!

I have the little one 300x300mm (you see, I picked up the mm thing from you!)

It has a really smart attachment on the back to keep it at approx. 15mm from the wall and so the hanging hole is about 100mm from the top. That way I was able to overlap the top and bottom edge over the two simple Ikea mirrors, making it look like a whole unit if that makes sense:

[Huma0]

@Andrea9 I like the mirror a lot and what a clever idea to team it with the Ikea ones to make a larger 'installation'. Perhaps guests don't mention it because the writing is quite small (it's surprising how unobservant people can be) but I would definitely comment on it. I think it's great!

Yes, with the hallway, I just need to get stuck in. It's probably not as big a task as I imagine it to be and could be done in stages. The main thing that has stopped me so far is the stairs, which need professional restoration. I was worried the mess from this would ruin the new paintwork, but to be honest, I have no idea when I will find someone to do that for me at a reasonable price, so I should probably allocate a weekend to start addressing the entrance hall. It probably doesn't look as bad as I imagine, but I'm always keen to usher guests past that space asap!

[Huma0]

And yes, @Andrea9, the hallway isn't so bad, considering this is what I started with!

[Andrea9]

OMG @Huma0 - that was daunting!!

I suppose you know there are sanding tools with dust suction to at least prevent the worst messes, but still it's never completely without a certain amount of fine dust :[

[Huma0]

@Andrea9 yes I heard about those. My brother recently had his floors redone and I was surprised to hear they were painting the walls first, but he said they were using the dustless suction sanders. However, my current builder said it does still create quite a lot of dust. I am sick of waiting though (current builder not interested in tackling the stairs - seems no one affordable is!) so I should just get on with the rest and deal with the dust when I have to.

[Oomesh-Kumarsingh0]

@Huma0 I really like that antique style you have given to that bedroom and i will sure you will get plenty of happy guests booking your place in no time.Have a nice Sunday and happy hosting!!!

[Lilian20]

incredible !!

[Mariann4]

Wow @Huma0!! 😮😮

And everyone else! What amazing pictures! Truely inspiring!

I have about zero interest in interiour, colors, style etc. I am happy everytime any of my projects turn into something decent in the end... That my idea actually works. My joy in the process is the doing, and the learning by doing. But then my ideas come from seeing pictures like yours. I just don't search for them since I have no clue about what to search for.

So thank you for sharing! You are so talented 🙂

Mariann 🙂

[Huma0]

Hi @Mariann4 thanks for your nice comments. If you're looking for inspiration, there's so much stuff on Pinterest. Do you use it? It can get a bit addictive though!

[Mariann4]

Naaah @Huma0...

That's my point. It doesn't interest me to the extent that I go looking for it. It's my feminine black spot. Give me the hammer instead! But when I see posts from people I like, or know that usually have good posts, I take a glance and see the impressive work they have done. And it makes me happy for them to see what they have achieved. And I try to remember it if I liked something. Or if I see something that would not suit my way of living.

I consider myself somewhat handicaped in the color/style/fabric/glow/etc.-department. But I get the thumbs up whenever I take the chance and try. Luckily! 

So I'm happy with the inspiration that is floating in my direction by accident 🙂 Yours this time was very good since it is close to what I can imagine can be suitable for my parent's house from 1912 as they have to remove an oil-oven as heating sometime in the years to come. It will mean a massive reconstruction of their home as my father is considering heated water either in the floors or by radiators. Or both. You did lovely with the radiators!

Mariann 🙂

[Huma0]

@Mariann4 I hear you! Each to their own and sounds like you are getting it right anway. I wish I was better at doing more of the practical stuff myself. I'm a pretty dab hand with a paintbrush (even if I do say so myself) but anything more complicated than putting up shelves is a bit beyond me!

[Mariann4]

Hahaha!

I'm lousy at the practical stuff as well, @Huma0. But at least that interests me more and I give it a try 🙂 So yes! Each to their own 🙂

Mariann 🙂

[Willow3]

@Huma0

I keep forgetting to mention - one of my hands down favorite things you've done in your spaces is to put in old fashioned radiators.  The modern ones lack style and would completely ruin your vibe... LOVE the old ones in there.  

[Huma0]

Thanks @Willow3. No, I'm not a huge fan of the modern, flat panel radiators. As well as being ugly. they're not actually as efficient as the old school style or cast iron ones that pump out much more heat and stay warm for ages after the heating is off. I really had to shop around though to get a good price for those as they can be soooo expensive. Ebay to the rescue again!

[Huma0]

One of the unfinished, but hopefully soon to be finished, areas of my home is the downstairs cloakroom (that's powder room to US contributors, rather than a place to store coats!). It used to be the boiler room, but since I got a new boiler, it's become a dump for all my DIY materials.

I had already bought these patterened blue and white tiles for the floor of a shower room, but am going to go for a different look in there now, and use these in the cloakroom instead. I'm really not sure what to do with the walls though. It's hard to match white tiles to these as they have off-white rather than bright white in them. Of course, the walls don't need to be tiled. They could be painted or wallpapered, with maybe just a tile splash back behind the basin. Any ideas?