Looking In My Front Door

This is the moment you've all been waiting for, a tour of my house. (I'd much rather be showing pics of the lights we took the kids to see, or cutting down our Christmas tree, but since I forgot the camera, you'll have to view these instead!)

In the beginning.

The front entry.

Welcome to my hallway, er, house.

With carpet and lovely brown linoleum.

Without carpet and linoleum.

Eww....put it back!

(Just be thankful you can't smell this picture. I still can.)

Suprisingly effective drywall demolishers.

The finish crew. Aren't they beauties?

The bare studs.

(Note the section of flooring that is missing?)
Since this was a load bearing wall (for the garage) we had to re-inforce the beams in the ceiling (attic) before we could proceed forward. And do a little re-wiring.

No studs at all!!

But, where did they go?

Ta-da!

We recycled them into a wall in the former hall to really create an entry to the house.

This is the back view.

This is the front view.

Note the subfloor is gone, too.

Drywalled, mudded and waiting for texture.

Hardibacker down on the floor.

OOoooh, pretty paint!

Pretty paint all around.

(This is after we kilzed the entire house.)

A new foyer with 16" tiles.

Shocking that it took us a long time to come up with this design.

Simple really is best.

Close up of the beautiful tile.

Almost finished, with grout and flooring.

Not suprisingly we still don't have the transition piece in place, so this is still what it looks like. Maybe I'll get it all finished by March.

So, there you have the first mini-transition-tour. Look for more starring the kitchen, the family room, and the bathroom, with minor roles going to the laundry closet, hallways and bedrooms.

Now, you must remember, we only had minimal tiling and painting experience before this project (I'm talking the entire house). Most of the things we did here were new skills that we acquired or faked. Some things we hired out, due to time/safety constraints, but alot of things we tried on our own. Definetly a learning curve.