More Home Improvement Fun

So, during the same week we did the Stars Wars bathroom, we also updated the entryway. The entryway wall was white - one of the only walls without wallpaper - and boring. (I searched for a "before" picture, but we don't have one, so you'll just have to use your imagination. It shouldn't be hard ... think, "plain white wall.")

We had such a hard time deciding on a color to paint the entryway, mainly because we had already painted the nearby walls some pretty bold colors, and we didn't know what other color would work with them. Probably because there *is* no color that will work with them.

So, Jay suggested we put flooring on the walls.

And that's what we did.

Jay and his brother, Jack, used IKEA laminate floor and adhered it to the wall while I watched from the sidelines and tried to keep the boys out of the way. I am so happy with how it turned out. I've even stopped worrying about the fact that the instructions screamed "do not glue down the laminate under any circumstances!" We're all about throwing caution to the wind here.

Here's the view when you walk in the door:

I know what you're thinking. You're thinking, "That's paneling! I thought the Fear's hated paneling!"

We do dislike paneling ... bad early 80's paneling like this:

What we have now is flooring. On the wall. Horizontally. It's different, I tell you, it's different!

Ok, where were we? Oh yes... here's a view from the living room. You can see one of the bold color choices I was talking about, along with my knock-off George Nelson clock.

I really love that view. Except for the flooring and the wicker chair and the 80's chandelier ... but those are projects for another time.

We're having a lot of fun putting our stamp on this home. It's leaning towards the 70's a bit, but hey... the house was born in the 70's and so were we. It's like going back home, man. Like going back home.