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Nee ideas to restore Tudor Revival

12 years ago
We just purchased a Tudor Revival home built in the mid 70s and later remodeled to mostly all white. The dark wood has all been painted white. I originally fought the dark wood idea as I grew up with it everywhere, but all research and original design found in unpainted closets points to a walnut type color & I want to honor that, but with a bit of flair. I have always loved Victorian and King Louis mouldings and decor so a tudor with gothic flair or Mediterranean appeals to me. I'm having trouble deciding how to honor the home, my tastes, & increase resale value. I realize restoring it and my flair is not vanilla and won't soak to a lot of buyers. I'm ok with that. So in the end ideas& photos of what to do in each respective room shown will help. Especially the living room, kitchen, master exposed-in room vanity, the terrible avacado and seafoam bathroom, & the needs love covered back patio.

Comments (18)

  • 12 years ago
    The ref pic kitchen has some of the criteria you mentioned
  • 12 years ago
    Miranda, here is link to a home that might inspire you. Follow the link and there are pictures of the whole house.
    Bruce Rosenbaum · More Info

    I could picture your kitchen with dark , almost black cabinets, copper sink, and moulding under peninsula with wrought iron stools. And of course a lighter wall colour to contrast.
    Miranda Gilbert thanked MarleneM
  • 12 years ago
    Wonderful challenge. Are the furnishings in your four photos yours or the previous owners?

    Have you settled on a budget for the initial phases or are you gathering ideas?

    will you be stripping and refinishing all the white painted trim?
    Miranda Gilbert thanked apple_pie_order
  • 11 years ago
    Fantastic Marlene! Thank you. @apple - the furnishings are ours but we just moved in and they are two homes combined. I did purchase the table and chairs at an auction just prior to moving in, hoping to cover them in red or something medieval looking.

    No budget yet, spending around $100-$150 a month so far, for the projects as we go. I am mainly gathering ideas because it will be an ongoing project for some time.

    In regards to the trim, I dislike the white paint. I realize it is a trend to brighten up places, but some of it does not make sense to me at all, i.e., the painted mantle. I have discovered that all the trim and doors was all walnut stain and we would like to strip and refinish it, yes. Not sure how hard that will be, but seems to only have one coat.
  • 11 years ago
    ann dee I just saw the photos for suggestions. That first kitchen is amazing as well as the mantle and beams in the great room. You all are so much help. I have spent hours searching the net for 3 months and never seen any of these. Thank you!
  • 11 years ago
    That is an amazing kitchen isn't it and the great room isn't too shabby either ;-)
    good luck with this ongoing project and keep us all up to date with your progress.
    It will be very interesting and good luck.
    Miranda Gilbert thanked anne dee
  • 11 years ago
    The rosenbaum house is amazing, isn't it. You can only put together a home like that over time, just like what you are doing. Let us know if we can help along the way and post updates. Good luck!
    Miranda Gilbert thanked MarleneM
  • 11 years ago
    I am including my patio in my kitchen area/family room. Half way through the process we realized that the family room wall that separated the patio seems like an obstruction. Cannot tear down the wall because it is a load bearing wall. What are your suggestions.
  • 11 years ago
    can you cut out a "window" opening that is arched like a Tudor to at least partially open it without taking all the wall, or put a load bearing metal beam across the top from the far left to the right and then have your opening or cut out below that for maybe a mini bar or entertainment feature. Or even a tudor style leaded/stained glass feature?
  • 11 years ago
    I wish we had stone with an arch but here's our mantle restoration
  • 11 years ago
    And here is the latest on the entry
  • 11 years ago
    My favorite so far
  • 11 years ago
    FB is sooo much better with dark mantle. And the entry, how did you do the walls? Is that a faux paint finish?
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    11 years ago
    Just as another source of "inspiration" you can do a search for "Brown Cafes" in Amsterdam. I've been in dozens of them and many of them have that "tudor" theme going for them...mainly because they have very old wood that hasn't been cleaned in a 'coons age...but I digress.
  • 11 years ago
    The entry was an itch I had to scratch, but the two lumber yards in our town had no faux paint glaze or the proper wood veneer. So we put up the boxes of trim and I used actual stain, very sticky, then mixed with clear glaze to seal it. I still need to glaze the top half but I am waiting until we get to a city that has the actual tinted glazes.
  • 11 years ago
    Thank you. I will Google them now.
  • 10 years ago

    It's been a year! since the last post.

    Anything new happen in that time you'd like to share with us on the progress of yr beautiful home?