FINISHING DETAILS

it took about 4 years to finally finish all of the major changes in this front room ... there is still a few finishing details like painting all of the trim, putting up a window covering that isn't a stapled together sheet held up with alligator clips and nails (the result of j's fabulous "sewing skills"), adding an area rug for the sitting area, an end table possibly with a lamp and few more decorations to make the place more homey but that can wait until a later date and at this moment in time i am proud to show off what has been accomplished ... we have a sitting area, an entrance closet and a dining room with a table and chairs! we can actually have people over to sit down for a home cooked meal and they don't have to balance their plates on lawn furniture ... so i hope you enjoy the transformation ... i know we certainly are :)

here is a before picture ... i unfortunately do not have very many before pictures as i didn't document the changes happening in the beginning ... as you can see the room is primed and ready for paint ... before it was yellow on 2 opposite walls and a rust color on the others ... it was beautiful ... so beautiful that we immediately broke out the primer and turned the room a powdery white ... there was a door and tiled entrance on the left hand side (which you cannot see) and the window was over closer towards the corner ... the floor was yellow skinny hardwood that we would liked to have saved and resanded and stained but it has pieces missing and "repairs" done to fill in the massive holes from the old octopus gravity furnace ... so we went right over top with a dark laminate floor

fast forward a bit of time (well actually about 2 plus years) and the door and window switched spots (during the coldest time of the year one december when it was -35 degrees celcius plus the freezing wind ... everyone thought we were crazy but when you are doing the work yourselves you make the time whenever the happy helpers are available to lend a hand even in the dead of winter), a tiled entrance migrated across the room and it stood painted with its new floor for awhile awaiting the changes to come

next add in some important pieces to pull the room together ... like an actual closet plus simultaneously finish the basement and move the leather furniture downstairs for the living room

find some much smaller chairs for the sitting area ... and finding 2 of them makes it even better

buy a table for the dining room area that's not too big and not too small but just right ... and of course it should fit the criteria of being modern in design

next find some dining room chairs ... i like the contrast of the white table with the black chairs and leather is easy to clean ... and i like how they kinda match the detailing of the white sitting chairs

find a few things for the empty corner ... anything to do with the eiffel tower and flowers will do nicely

put it all together and admire that the idea from 4 years ago is actually almost complete :)

add some lighting, a few more decorations and now the room is ready for company to come over and visit and feast

reuse some previous decorations and pieces and people can come over to sit and talk or enjoy a book

hope you enjoyed the tour of our little front room ... can't wait to finish off the room but that will wait until we get back from our overseas adventure :)

cheers ~n