Before Photos of Our Townhouse Living & Dining Room

Helloooo One Room Challenge party people! If you’re new around here, the One Room Challenge is a 6-week event where you can follow along for start to finish on a room makeover along with 19 other very talented bloggers and designers (see the bottom of this post for links to everyone participating!). 

Every Wednesday for the next six weeks you’ll get an update on the room, the design plans, progress photos, and even having you chime in on design thoughts! 

The last time I was a part of the ORC crew I was VERY pregnant with Gwen and we did a 6 week crash makeover of our master suite in our current house which you can see here. This time around we have a very spirited toddler “helping” us along as we design the open-concept living room and dining of our new house!

Without further ado, let me give you a little run down on the room we’ll be giving a design overhaul…

the stunning fiddle fig in the living room foyer! - One Room Challenge Week 1: The Before Photos of Our Living Room + Dining Room by top Houston lifestyle blogger Ashley Rose of Sugar and Cloth #decor #homedecor #diy #interiors #renovations where the living room and dining room meet - One Room Challenge Week 1: The Before Photos of Our Living Room + Dining Room by top Houston lifestyle blogger Ashley Rose of Sugar and Cloth #decor #homedecor #diy #interiors #renovations view from the living room into the dining room - One Room Challenge Week 1: The Before Photos of Our Living Room + Dining Room by top Houston lifestyle blogger Ashley Rose of Sugar and Cloth #decor #homedecor #diy #interiors #renovations the fire place wall - One Room Challenge Week 1: The Before Photos of Our Living Room + Dining Room by top Houston lifestyle blogger Ashley Rose of Sugar and Cloth #decor #homedecor #diy #interiors #renovations the view into the living room from the balcony upstairs - One Room Challenge Week 1: The Before Photos of Our Living Room + Dining Room by top Houston lifestyle blogger Ashley Rose of Sugar and Cloth #decor #homedecor #diy #interiors #renovations

The above photos were all taken after we closed on the house this past November and we’ve definitely covered a lot of ground since then! 

There are certain elements that are original to our new mid-century home that we LOVE. And if you haven’t been following our renovation so far, we’re still living in our old house while we knock out the main pieces like the kitchen, bathrooms, scraping the ceilings, and a lot of the other hurdles we’ve come across so far. 

When it comes to this specific space though, these are the major things that will be happening—

  • Keeping the AMAZING original doors, fiddle fig, and the terrazzo at the foyer
  • Removing all vinyl flooring with a much more impactful, light wood flooring
  • Most definitely changing all of the light fixtures
  • Giving everything a fresh coat of paint (any guesses on colors?!)
  • Sticking with the mid-century feel 

ONE ROOM CHALLENGE WEEK 1 | THE LISTING PHOTOS FROM THE BEFORE SPACE

Below are the photos from the listing and what the house looked like when we toured it and put an offer in…

living room - Sugar & Cloth Casa: All the Before Photos from Our New Fixer Upper (+ video!) by top Houston lifestyle blogger Ashley Rose of Sugar & Cloth #fixerupper #renovations #ideas #homedecor #realestate

foyer - Sugar & Cloth Casa: All the Before Photos from Our New Fixer Upper (+ video!) by top Houston lifestyle blogger Ashley Rose of Sugar & Cloth #fixerupper #renovations #ideas #homedecor #realestate

dining room 1 - Sugar & Cloth Casa: All the Before Photos from Our New Fixer Upper (+ video!) by top Houston lifestyle blogger Ashley Rose of Sugar & Cloth #fixerupper #renovations #ideas #homedecor #realestate

dining room and spiral stairs - Sugar & Cloth Casa: All the Before Photos from Our New Fixer Upper (+ video!) by top Houston lifestyle blogger Ashley Rose of Sugar & Cloth #fixerupper #renovations #ideas #homedecor #realestate
It’s safe to say we should have a pretty dramatic before and after version of this space, don’t you think?! I’m so so excited to start seeing the design elements coming together! 

Be sure to check back next Wednesday to get an idea of the mood board and design plan! In the meantime, here are the rest of the One Room Challenge Spring participants…

At Home With Ashley | Casey Keasler | Dorsey Designs | The Farmhouse Project | Home Made by Carmona

 House of Funk | House of Jade Interiors | House Seven Design | House That Lars Built | Inspired by Charm

 Jana Bek | Jessica Brigham | Kelly Golightly | Murphy Deesign | The Pink Pagoda | Sarah Gunn

 Sherry Hart Designs | Sugar & Cloth | Veronica Solomon | Vintage Revivals | Media BH&G | TM by ORC

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20 thoughts on “Before Photos of Our Townhouse Living & Dining Room”

  1. Wow those floor to ceiling windows are incredible! The floor to ceiling everything is amazing in your home! I can’t wait to see the finished space 😍

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  2. Mid Century Modern is my favorite. I would love to come decorate it for you. I did 15 houses in Michigan and 17 here in Florida. I can’t wait to see how yours turn out.

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    • Best comment of the day! Thank you so much for following us since the beginning! P.S. Love all the bright beautiful colors in your prints! XOXO

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  3. I can’t wait to follow along and see the transformation! We just bought our first house, so I’m looking for inspiration!

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    • Congrats, Ali! We definitely will have a lot of updated posts with the progress (and more things that we learned that hopefully others can avoid). XOXO

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  4. ya girl! Looking forward to seeing how it goes down! I did our MCM living room for the fall ORC, so I can’t wait to see what you do!

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  5. This is such an awesome space to work with! My living room and dining room are also connected together. Looking forward to seeing how you transform this space! Good luck :)

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    • Thank you! We love how the living room and dining room connected too just so there is a bigger gathering space. That’s for the good luck. (We are going to really need it!) XOXO

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  6. Beautiful home with light filled open spaces. If you want to update the railing in the loft you could put a glass railing up. Or, I saw a coastal home on tv that closed off a loft room to use as an office, by using glass wall so everything still was open and light. The only thing is trying to find non-glare and non-reflective glass.

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    • A glass railing sounds sooo cool and probably kid-safe so you don’t have to worry about them try to poke through the railings! XOXO

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