The Foyer...It's Only Mostly Done

Well...the foyer is done...for now. I finished all I can do before I go back to work. I really hoped to have the whole thing finished. But as I am slowly realizing, I am not as young as I used to be. As I have progressed in age some weird things happen to me. I hurt every day. I can't understand why after two weeks of working I haven't built up even just an iota of stamina. I am just as sore today as I was weeks ago at the end of the day. Anyway, I digress.

So I finished the walls. They have been caulked and primed and now have two beautiful coats of egg-shell finish white paint. Man do they look good! I am very proud of the work I have done. I changed out the switches and the outlet that were in the hall. The three-way switch was little more difficult to do than the others but I did it! Randy helped put up the lights on the ceiling and installed the new doorbell. We have two doorbells, one at the front and one at the back. The way the old one worked we could never tell which one had been rung...one ding for the back door and two dings for the front...apparently I can't count. If I could, wouldn't I be able to tell the difference? So now the new one plays the Westminster bells for the front and one tone for the back, woohoo! Hopefully now I won't have to go running back and forth trying to figure out which door to answer. I know the image is making ME laugh just thinking about it. I spent a few hours cleaning and arranging. I put up several pictures (using Math!). I cleaned up the guest room so now my mother-in-law can walk around in it. Wink wink. If anyone has ever seen that room in its normal condition...let's just say it is a marked improvement. If only we had a basement we could stop storing junk in it. Oh well.

The trim will have to be done at some other point...say Thanksgiving or Winter break. If I get industrious I might work on it over a couple of weekends. We'll see how the school year goes!


In this picture you can see the pretty new light fixtures and the new doorbell on the left side. I am overwhelmed by how bright the hall is now with the new lights...and we used the compact fluorescent lights (there are two 60 watts in each fixture). Dude is it bright!

I had to make a decision on stopping point for my foyer. Why? Because the foyer actually extends up the stairs and into the upstairs hallway. I do not look forward to the day that I have to paint the facing wall of the stairs...it is really high up. So here was my not-so-clever solution. It probably looks pretty tacky...but what real choice did I have?