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Textile mill loft conversion: before & after

AI-generated concept, not a real renovation. Every image on this page, before and after, was made with AI. There is no real property, no building work and no cost behind them: they are ideas to look at, nothing more.

An abandoned three-storey red-brick textile mill beside a canal in the north of England, reimagined five times: from the air, the arched entrance, a mill floor as a living room, a vaulted ground floor as a kitchen and the attic as a bedroom. Cast-iron columns, brick vaults, oak trusses and steel-framed glass: ideas for a warehouse or mill loft conversion.

1. The mill from above

Before (AI concept): Aerial view of a three-storey red-brick mill beside a canal, with a tall square chimney, rows of arched windows with broken panes, a slate roof full of holes with birch trees growing from it, graffiti at ground level and a yard of rubble behind a rusty gate. — Before

After (AI concept): The same mill from the same height with a complete slate roof and flush skylights, restored arched windows, cleaned brick, the chimney intact, two narrowboats and a timber pontoon on the canal, and a gravel courtyard with lawn, young birch trees and parked cars. — After

Same mill, same chimney, same canal, same rows of windows. The concept re-roofs the building, adds skylights and turns the rubble yard into a courtyard.

2. The arched entrance

Before (AI concept): Ground-level view of the mill's corner entrance: a large brick arch filled with rotten boarded doors covered in graffiti, arched windows with smashed panes above, an empty cast-iron sign bracket, plants growing from the parapet, and a wet cobbled yard with rubble, an oil drum and a toppled bin. — Before

After (AI concept): The same corner with the arch fitted with a black steel-framed glass door and fanlight onto a lit lobby, restored arched windows, cleaned brick, the cast-iron bracket holding a plain black sign, relaid cobbles, olive trees in black planters, a bench and a bicycle rack. — After

The arch, the windows and the iron bracket stay. The doors become glass, and the yard becomes a clean cobbled forecourt.

3. A mill floor as a living room

Before (AI concept): A long mill floor with two rows of cast-iron columns under timber beams and a plank ceiling, tall arched windows along the left wall, flaking whitewash on brick, a rusty loom frame, scattered bobbins, a broken chair and a holed wooden floor. — Before

After (AI concept): The same floor with the timber ceiling cleaned, the columns painted black, arched windows in black steel frames, wide oak boards, a cognac leather sofa and two boucle armchairs on a wool rug, an oak coffee table, a long dining table with black chairs, tall plants, industrial pendants and a bookshelf at the far end. — After

Same columns, same beams, same windows, same length of room. Only the surfaces and the furniture change.

4. A vaulted ground floor as a kitchen

Before (AI concept): A ground-floor corner under a vaulted brick ceiling on iron beams, with a cast-iron column on the right, two tall arched windows, an old stone sink on brick legs, rusty pipes, tipped-over metal lockers, broken pallets and a flooded concrete floor. — Before

After (AI concept): The same corner with cleaned brick vaults, the beams and column painted black, limewashed walls, the windows in black steel frames, deep green shaker cabinets with a white butler sink under the windows, open oak shelves, an oak island with leather stools, a black range cooker, brass pendant lights and a polished concrete floor. — After

The vaults, the column and the two windows do not move. The new sink sits under the windows, as the stone one did.

5. The attic as a bedroom

Before (AI concept): The mill's top floor under heavy timber roof trusses with daylight through missing slates, a round-arched window centred in the brick gable looking out on chimneys, pigeons on a beam, a rusty bucket, a wooden crate and fallen slates on a dusty plank floor. — Before

After (AI concept): The same attic with the trusses cleaned, an oak-boarded roof with skylights, limewashed brick, the arched window in black steel, a low bed in white linen with a rust throw under the window, oak bedside tables with lamps, a leather armchair, a cream rug, an olive tree in a terracotta pot and oak floorboards. — After

The trusses and the arched window stay where they are, and the bed goes under the window. The skylights are an addition the before image does not have.

What Roomstill does, and what it does not

These concepts go further than Roomstill does: they can rebuild a roof, add glass or move a window. Roomstill starts from a photo of your own room, furnishes or restyles it, and keeps its walls, windows and doors where they are.

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