New Front Door Interior side.

Once we had the the new front door in, we had pretty much wrecked the old 80's linoleum that was at our front entrance. We had always planned on updating it to a tile floor so nothing like ruining the existing linoleum to kick start our tiling.

When we remodeled the Kitchen it was me who did the tile backslash. Jack did all the tile cutting while I hung, then grouted and sealed the tiles over the course of four days. It really is not difficult. So I was pretty confident when we tackled the floor. I should also note that this is a very modest entryway, roughly 20 sq ft.

It was shocking to see that the hardwoods that were intact under the linoleum were in better shape than the ones that had ran throughout the house. Perhaps since they were not exposed to the ware and tare of us running around on them is what kept them nice? That is with the exception of some of the stuck on glue that held down the linoleum. But that could have easily been sanded off. For a second, I was left thinking it could be fun to refinish the hardwoods in that section, but then reality set in and I vetoed that idea once I fast forwarded to the winter and the thought of the snow we would track in. Tile I think, is a much better fit for the area.

Wasn't kidding when I said small entryway. This is it.

The wood floor that was under the linoleum still had a fair amount of the original finish on it. It looked like a matte polyurethane finish. The dark streaks are the glue that held down the linoleum.

The foam insulation that went all around the front door was a bright yellow. You can see it peeking out in some areas.

Before we put up the interior frame work.

And now for the afters:

Here is the tile we selected. This is after all the grouting and sealing were completed.

The base trim work. I had originally wanted to salvage all of the existing trim. But since it was such a small area that we were trimming out, new trim was only a few dollars. And it also looks so much better than what was original to the house.

I went with painting the door the same color on the inside as I did for the exterior. I LOVE the pale blue in the house! It gives off just enough color without being too bold for the itty bitty space.

All in all, it was a very easy update. Lots of fun and lots of eye candy.