Say "Goodbye" RED wall!

When we first moved in to our house, a little over three years ago, we painted the back wall in our family room RED! It was cool, BUT I got a little tired of it, so I painted it the green that we have through out most of our house. Here it is:

Before

During (The priming stage)

After( I know this is a crappy picture!)

Make it from "Scratch"

How many people can say they took sheets of Maple, cut them down, planed them, make the tongue & groove and end up making their own hardwood planks? DAVE can! I didn't think it was possible, I didn't believe (that's how I felt on a few projects, especially because he has never done it before!) and I thought this project would last a year!

That was not the case!!! Dave cut the wood in about two weeks and came up with his own border idea and finished the hardwood in our family room in about a little over a month! I LOVE it!!! Good job Dave!

These two pictures are the "Befores" of the family room

Say goodbye to our nasty tan carpet!!

A few of the sheets of Maple

This is where it starts to look more like planks.

Here is where Dave did his own tongue & groove!

Pictures of thee "After"

Don't mind the absence of base boards, those come next! The stairs and border are brazillian cherry wood (that's what our Kitchen floors are made of so they could match) What do you think?