Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Property Ladder - Living Room, Entryway, Staircase & Upstairs Hallway Reveal!

Property Ladder

The final rooms on the main floor are the living room and the entry way. It may seem that I did this little tour backwards, starting at the back of the house and moving forward, but it is the most logical progression for us, as we always come in the back door, and spend most of our time in the family room. :)

This is what the living room looked like before/during the renovations:

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And today:

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The piano came with the house :)

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Eventually, the pocket door that is leaning against the wall will be installed in its place - it was built into a wall, but all of the hardware and pulleys are still there and working!


The way that the house was laid out when we got it, you could not even access the main floor after you entered the front door. The house had been divided into apartments, and the area where we now have our entryway was jury-rigged into a bathroom! When you walked through the front door, you walked directly into a royal blue wall, and the only way you could go was up the stairs. I cannot for the life of me remember why we failed to take pictures of that monstrosity; however, I do have some "during" pics:

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The wiring was a virtual spiders' nest, as each apartment had one, or more, panel and box!

And after:

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Staircase before:

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And after:

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On the landing, we keep one of my favorite decorations. This beautiful piece was a wedding present from my coworkers, and I set up the inside with one of our wedding invitations, my gloves, and Austin's boutennier. :)


Because the house had been so chopped up, we had to re-work a lot of the upstairs layout. In fact, this is what was sitting in the middle of what is now our hallway:

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After shots:

Looking North:
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Looking South:
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I apologize for the doggy rear in some of these pics, she likes to follow me around :)

10 comments:

  1. Wow Katy waht a trandformation. I love the color you chose for the family room too!

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  2. Wow. What a difference from all that 'stuff' piled in that room! It looks great.
    That staircase railing was beautiful, what did you do with the old railing?

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  3. It all looks beautiful! Well done!! The staircase concerns me though, are you planning to put up a banister? I have three toddlers and the house we bought did not have a banister. It was incredibly scary, especially when they perched at the top and casually said Hi Mama!!!

    hahaha Your dog is adorable, and half of my pictures have pets in them too.

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  4. Wow, Katy! You guys have been busy - it looks GREAT! Makes me miss my old Iowa house :o) Great to find your blog!

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  5. It is looking fabulous! That is a lot of work, but it will be worth it.

    Lisa Q

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  6. So exciting!!!

    Are you going to have some sort of railing by the stair case?

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  7. Oh, what a lot of work you have put into your home! You and Austin are so talented. I hope you'll have many happy years in this house!

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  8. OH! I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE what you've done with this! And that old pocket door . . . ahhh, how wonderful!

    You have done A LOT of hard work on this and you should be proud of yourselves! WOW! What a major transformation! It's STUNNING!

    We're remodelling/adding on to a one room schoolhouse now. Tons of work, but SO worth the rewards!

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  9. You have really done an amazing job! So fun seeing these pics!

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  10. I just left you an award on my blog! :-)

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