Cottage living room renovation, Belthorn
A full living room renovation in a Belthorn cottage — the original ceiling beams exposed, the fireplace opened back to stone with a wood burner fitted, and dark mahogany replaced with oak throughout.
- Scope
- Full renovation
- Duration
- Around 4 weeks
- Completed
- 2025
- Location
- Belthorn, Blackburn
The brief was direct: take the dark mahogany out, put oak in, expose the original ceiling beams, and fit a log burner. We stripped the tongue-and-groove panel ceiling, opened up the blocked fireplace to the original stone, replastered, installed the oak beam mantel and woodburner, fitted oak skirting, architrave and cottage doors throughout, and laid new carpet. Around four weeks of work, start to finish. The result is a room that reads its own age — beams visible, fireplace open, dark wood replaced with oak that suits the cottage.
Before & after
What was included
Strip-out of dark mahogany skirting, architrave, doors and floor. Tongue-and-groove ceiling removed to expose original timber beams. Blocked fireplace opened to original stone, oak beam mantel installed, log burner fitted to hearth. Full replaster. Replacement oak skirting, architrave and brace-and-batten cottage doors. New carpet laid throughout. Wall lighting and downlights wired in. All decoration.
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