We didn't even get a picture of the crown moulding and beadboard in the kitchen where the fluorescent lights used to be because the lack of straight edges and 90 degree corners was maddening. Needless to say, no one was in a mood to take pictures of it at the time. But I do have an in-between pic with the potlights around:
Kitchen lights before:
Kitchen lights in-between (pic is flipped as it was taken on mac):
We have new black hardware and painted the old brass door hinges to match. Jay's installing the door catcher things here:
After I painted the quarter round, Jay measured, cut and put it down all along the baseboards and dapped the nail holes:
And remember our big plans for a stone wall in the foyer? It finally happened. Over the plywood that covered the hole that Dave made to make room for the fridge that didn't fit, we put up concrete board, and also reinforced the plywood so it could hold up hundreds of pounds of stone:
The stones were a lot more difficult to put up than I thought. They're individual, cultured stone that you lay one at a time and you have to try and make it look random while stacking them as tightly as possible. So it's like putting a puzzle together but none of the pieces fit. 2 solid days of working at this: 
Frustrated, I even had Jay outside cutting some tiles because I needed some custom sizes:
After:
And remember our big plans for a stone wall in the foyer? It finally happened. Over the plywood that covered the hole that Dave made to make room for the fridge that didn't fit, we put up concrete board, and also reinforced the plywood so it could hold up hundreds of pounds of stone:
The stones were a lot more difficult to put up than I thought. They're individual, cultured stone that you lay one at a time and you have to try and make it look random while stacking them as tightly as possible. So it's like putting a puzzle together but none of the pieces fit. 2 solid days of working at this: 
Frustrated, I even had Jay outside cutting some tiles because I needed some custom sizes:
So the foyer before:
And foyer after (colours are a little bright due to the flash):
And foyer after (colours are a little bright due to the flash):
And Jay did an excellent job on the flooring throughout. Here are just a couple pics:
Hallway looking to the living room before: 
After:
After:
Showing a bit of the foyer wall before:
After:
Looking into the bedroom before:
After:
You can see the crown moulding and beadboard on the kitchen ceiling in this pic. What you can't see is all the dap that Jay used to fill all the gaps. Jay also changed all the light switches and outlets from brass to white. We still have to decorate, put up more pictures, clean, but we should be done next weekend. Bathroom and kitchen still need work, but that will be phase 2.
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