My last post was about my family working on our little nest through a 4th of July weekend nine years ago. Some things never change…This past 4th of July, my father was at it again. This time we were ticking off one more project in the living room.

Over 100 years ago, if you had walked into our home, there would have been a wall to your left with just an opening to enter this first room. When we purchased the house, this wall was gone. When you opened that front door, it felt like you were walking right into the living room. It didn’t have a sense of an entry. Here are a few before pics.

My father made a radiator cover that helped a bit and created a little more separation here.

We even gave this cover a little update a month ago with a beautiful marble top.

Gorgeous, but you still felt like you were walking right into the room. I didn’t want to put a wall back up because this isn’t a large room and I didn’t want it to feel even smaller. Solution – a pillar. My father created a pillar mirroring the pillar directly across the room at the base of the stairwell.

So here’s a progress pic…

And now for the final product.

Now It feels more like an entry. My father even added the final bits of applied moulding to the wall next to the door.

Some things never change, I’ve got one 2 more projects for this teeny tiny entryway. I’ll share them on this blog if they ever come to fruition. Maybe next 4th of July : )