before and after: entryway

11 November 2009

Let the before and after home tour begin~today is the entryway:

Before:


Now:

What we did:

new front door with window to let natural light in ~it was like a cave before (my husband installed) $150 and painted it black $8

new flooring (husband and I installed) ~ we layed it right over the tile floor ~it's a flexible vinyl laminate wood called Konecto Metroflor Prestige in traditional and super easy to install. You can cut it with box cutters! $65 Okay, and when I say "we" installed, I mean he installed and I was his weight. I stood on the piece he needed to connect it to and then put all my weight into smoothing it down. :)

primed, then painted trim, closet door, and paneling a custom white $20

took down the wallpaper, painted the walls Baby Turtle by Benjamin Moore $15

new light fixture: $12

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