I don’t have the best “before” pictures of the hallway leading down to
the bedrooms and linen closet… nor do I have pictures of how it looks when it
is decorated since I don’t have the pictures on the wall yet. For some reason,
I didn’t take pictures of the hall before removing the family photos. I also didn’t take pictures of the closet
before I removed everything… and believe me there was a LOT of stuff in the
closet that was removed. My mother
donated a lot of stuff when she came back in December. I am excited that it will not be so cluttered
anymore.
As far as the hallway goes… I love how the new flooring looks going down
the hall. It has such a clean look and
will be so much easier to keep clean.
Especially since vacuuming is my absolute least favorite chore in the
entire world. The new lights that my dad
put in make it look even nicer.
I also didn’t take a picture of the coat closet before it was
emptied. I think I was in the mode of
packing and just took all the coats and put them into suitcases without
thinking about needing the before picture.
I can say it was packed to the brim.
When my parents came home, they did go through their coats as did we,
and we were all able to narrow it down to a lot less coats to make it more
manageable.
I was able to get pictures of the entry way throughout the process. Some
changes that took place in the entry way were the removal of the wallpaper and
wood railing on the wall. He had to
texture the wall and paint it and for a newbie, he did an excellent job. His
specialty was flooring so taking on the painting aspect was a huge blessing to
us.
German pulled up the tile in the entry way towards the beginning of the project,
but he didn’t lay the new flooring right away.
Thankfully this gave me time to think about writing verses and the
opportunity to write verses to bless people as they enter and leave the
house. Originally, I was only going to
do the verses in this area, but I got inspired and wanted them in every area of
the house.
The entry way is also the only area of the house that we didn’t use laminate
flooring. Instead, we chose a tile that
matched but could handle the heavy traffic coming inside. When I came home to the tile setting, it
looked like a bomb field… We had a walkway to get to the bedroom, so we didn’t
walk on it. German told them we needed
to stay off it for a couple hours, but since I wasn’t home to hear that piece
of information, we used the walkway all night until he came home the next day. I
love how it turned out and flowed in with the laminate.
My dad completed the work by installing the new sconces we bought to
match the new chandeliers. Of course,
getting rid of all the plants and some of the furniture that was in this area
will also help freshen up this area as well.
It looks so much better now. We even ended up getting a fancy new
doorbell since Matthew wouldn’t be able to hear it from our new bedroom and
that way we would know when someone came up to the house when we were not
home.
The rest of the hallway was very cluttered before the remodel. One thing that I knew is that I was not going
to have the banister full of all the books and miscellaneous items. We also decided not to put all the furniture
back in the hallway but to leave it open and have an easier walkway for people
to get through.
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