The hardest part of a dated house is imagining it any other way.
A house that has not been touched since the seventies is hard to judge, because everything visible argues against it. Emptying the room and re-rendering it separates the shell — which is usually fine — from the finishes, which are not.
Open the StudioWhat usually goes wrong
- Dated finishes dominating every photo
- Furniture and clutter hiding the actual room
- No sense of what is worth keeping
- Disagreement about whether the house has potential
The workflow
- 1Empty a Furnished RoomEmpty it first — the shell is impossible to judge through someone else's furniture.
- 2Remodel a RoomThen see the same shell finished, so the decision is about the room rather than the decor.
- 3Before-and-After Time-LapseA before-and-after clip is what convinces everyone else.
Questions
- Does it show structural changes?
- Only finishes and fittings. For removing a wall, use the open-concept project.
- Can it work from an estate agent photo?
- Yes, though a photo you take yourself with more of the room in frame works better.
Rooms that come up most
Styles that tend to suit