In the true Beyond spirit of un-contained, joyous narcissism, I thought I would start a reno thread for the new house. I haven't taken possession yet, but I plan to do a lot of the stuff before moving in. There are at least four major projects I will leave for the future: basement reno, home theater build, deck, and kitchen. Although the Kitchen may get done early, also.
(In reality, I like to do these things as journals for myself. I just went back and read through my home theater build thread on AVS, which was fun, too.)
Here are some before pictures:
As you may surmise, it's not really my style.
Here is the direction we might go: