My Entry Closet Transformation--Before and After Pictures

Ready yourselves. I'm going to reveal a dirty family secret. Just look at this mess!

Shoes, coats, scarves, all in a deplorable state of disorder!

Yes, it's true! We would just coldly and carelessly chuck our shoes inside the entry closet when we came in the door! What a mess.

This is what it looked like pre-remodel-- with the doors off and all cleaned out. Poised to start the remodel. Check out Carpenter Dan's plan below.

~Dan the Man's Plan~

Moldings, bench, beadboard, hooks, shelves.

Scroll down to see the finished product...

The Beautiful Afters!

~The Finished Product~

Gorgeous! 13 hooks, a shelf and a lift-top bench for the shoes. It also looks gorgeous from the inside!

Dan the Man, remodeler par excellence!

Another fantastic project by the ultimate craftsman.

We love this guy!

Please notice the padded lift-top bench.
Thank you, Dan! You're a genius and a gentleman!

Note that the shoes are now neatly laying in the storage bin below.

Last view of it empty...5-4-3-2-1....

This is how it looks now as we start to fill it up! Beautiful and orderly--the perfect balance between form and function.

Simply lovely!! Oh, I love this little nook!

Bathroom Remodel--Before Pictures

Remember this? Six days after we moved in to our new house, the water heater in the attic, (yes, you read that right), the water heater in the attic burst and flooded our upstairs causing significant damage to several rooms.

Here the girls from the insurance company tackle the clean up and try to figure out what to do next.

Yuck and Ugh! Soggy insulation from a collapsed ceiling.

Three rooms were flooded and the blowers blasted 24/7 for 3 noisy weeks.

Check out the water damage in the bathroom. Ewwww!

While we wrestled with the insurance company, we had the good fortune to meet a friend of a friend, Dan from Flawless Carpentry.

Dan is the Man--the ultimate remodel/fix-it guy. He knows how to do everything, is intimidated by nothing and he takes a lot of pride in his work and his work ethic. He is honest, skilled, efficient, and reliable. He is also a really great guy which is important when someone is in your home every day.

The whole bathroom had to be ripped out.

Dan had to saw through the old fiberglass tub/shower to get it out.

The demolition is done. Dan measures twice and cuts once. He's a perfectionist, which is just what you want in a carpenter. His standard is higher than ours!

New plumbing and waterproofing in the shower. Now we've got a blank canvas.

It already looks better!

But wait till you see the finished product. Just scroll down to see that.

Gorgeous!!

Bathroom Remodel--"After" Pictures

TA-DA!! Dan's beautiful, precise tile work. It feels really good under foot. Don't you just love our retro tile? It's in the shower and on the bathroom floor.

Here you can see the crown molding at the ceiling, the subway tile in the shower,

and you get a little peek at the wainscoting.

Here: the vanity, the granite counter top, the mirror, the new faucet and hardware and a shiny bright light fixture.

Dan the Man--Voila!!! He makes it look sooo easy!!

Here: the red shower curtain and towels on the snazzy hooks.

A nice new Kohler toilet--the little things mean a lot!

We're done and we LOVE it!!

See the Hawaiian leis on the hooks reflected in the mirrors?

Those are in honor of Dan's quality workmanship.

He really should have his own show on HGTV.

Thanks, Dan. You're the BEST!!

Be watching...new project coming soon>>>>