It seems like we have been doing a lot of little (and big) projects around the house lately, and this place is slowly starting to look like it belongs in this century. We are quite pleased with our most recent renovation of installing hardwood flooring upstairs. The stairs were already hardwood, but were covered with a carpet runner (that we actually had replaced with new carpet before we moved in), but we hated the carpet and loved the wood floor so much, that we had it ripped out and had the wood refinished. The project itself seemed to drag on for months (note to self: never ever hire Aspen Flooring to do any project ever again ever), but the end result was entirely worth it.
This "before" pic was taken when we first moved in--the carpet was new and the overall look wasn't that bad...
Fast forward almost 5 years, the carpet was looking pretty worn after being trampled on daily by a family of five. So, it had to go...
Then, we had the risers and trim painted, and WOW!!! We love it...
Here is another "before" picture I found while rummaging thru, trying to find the first carpeted picture for this entry. Look how tiny Max is! And look at how dated the paint and the trim and the stairs look. I think this was an amazing improvement!!
We also replaced all of the doors. We had the hollow, brown (fake wood) doors with brass hardware. I didn't find a before picture, but they were very 1980s. Paul did this particular project himself. He had to sand and cut the doors and the inserts for all of the hardware, and he painted and hung them himself. The glass door is the entrance to our mudroom, we opted for the glass here since the natural light from the mudroom brightens this hallway significantly. Now, we just need to do something about the awful tile floor...
I love the three panels...
I found a bunch of cute pictures when I was trying to find the "before" pictures of the stairs. I couldn't resist posting some of them on here, especially since, in addition to how big my boys have gotten, they really depict the transformation our house has gone thru with new paint and trim and doors...
Here is little Max, trying on his new backpack the day before his first day of preschool. He was 2.5 and we thought he was huge! In this picture you can also see the ugly brown trim around the windows and doorways, and the kitchen and foyer desperately needed painting...
He was so little! Now our door is a slate blue and the trim is white...
Look at these two little cuties! Now they are huge.
We have replaced the doors with some beautiful sliders, and the trim is white and walls are painted. We have done a lot in 5 years!
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