If your eyes aren’t bleeding from the BRIGHT Chinese Red color, I applaud you. This was originally supposed to have a gold glaze over it to help make it not quite so eye-searingly bright. Alas, we never did get around to it.

Fast forward almost 2 decades and the front hall now looks (mostly) like this:

The floors are the same $1/square foot sticky tiles we originally installed in 2000 when we were broke and that was the only option. I have a new curtain rod ready to replace the one in the pictures. I will say that the existing one has stood the test of time even if it was a Big Lots bargain.

Left to finish in this area is the wallpaper accent on the Living Room wall and the border which has since been discontinued. It’s the same gold color and is about 6″ wide. It will go just under the crown mouldings that are just out of frame.

Before I can do that, however, I have to install the crown moulding for the left wall to match the existing mouldings. I also purchased a wooden accent grille from O’verlays to go over the office door which I’ll share in another post on the office.

The final project in this area will be new flooring which is still under consideration.