Amazing

wow, that is lovely!

How absolutely stunning!

I love a good before and after post!

It doesn't even look like the same place! And I love the fact that they got rid of the popcorn ceiling.

Too vanilla for me, but definite improvement

oh, I miss the tile... Looks lovely now though.

so pretty--well done

This was not simple changes, all the doors were changed.

I love the old tile...

WOW!! Agreed that I would have kept the old floors, but this opens up mental possibilities! LOVE!

I would have kept the tile as well. The saltillo tiles looked amazing.

Okay I love the after however "simple changes" doesn't accurately cover the fact that they changed -the floor tile, the walls, the door frames, the ceiling, the light fixtures and the doors. They basically ripped it to the studs and redid everything. There is nothing "simple" about this change!

While I think the change is amazing--it really is so much brighter!--I think that the photos are a little misleading (when aren't they?)

Is it even the same shot? In the first photo, all the doors are to the left, in the second photo, they're all on the right.

And why is it that there's all this light coming through one of the doorways? Why isn't that happening in the first photo?

I also wish they would've kept the old tiles. They had a lot of character.

Out of curiousity, is this someone's home? So many doors--I'm intrigued!

This is a completely misleading and disingenous post. Look how many doors were on each side before--the updated version is shot farther down the hall. They also added transom lights over at least two doors. This is NOT an apples to apples comparison. I also cannot believe you ripped out the saltillo tile, which was gorgeous. It's pretty now in a Pottery Barn catalog kind of way, but that's it.

I think they might be standing at the opposite end of the hall?

In any case, an excellent upgrade. Not my style, but this is much better than the before. Including the tile.

Yup, opposite end of the hall. And apparently there was only one door in the before, so they had to add the others (not replace). It's all in the original article.

We, the readers, need to take the responsibility to check the original source before judging, but the bloggers definitely need to take the responsibility to report accurately. Please be more careful in the future.

This is a beautiful transformation, however I agree this is not a simple change! They added those little windows above some of the doors, in addition to all that trim, etc.

Adding transoms is not a simple change...it is certainly a beautiful way to brighten the hallway, though!

massive transformation! i'm a fan of the windows above the doors.

I actually like the saltillo tile more, probably because I grew up in the southwest.

The lighting, paint and doorways look much nicer in the after photo.

holy holy holy

I like saltillo tile myself and have something similar in my hallway and kitchen (in the SF Bay Area).

If someone had wanted to keep the tile, they could still have made a big difference by painting the walls a light neutral color and painting the trim white, and updating the ceiling and lights, and hanging some artwork that would complement the saltillo tiles.

The After looks great, I have to say, very bright and architecturally interesting - though if I were going to rip out the saltillo tile in favor of a different color and look, I'm not sure I'd go with the tile shown in the After shot. Oh, well, to each her own.

SOOO much better. Tile was ugly. After is so much more clean and simple and interesting.

Whereas this is much brighter, and the diagonally placed tiles should help make hall seem wider, I think the height of the panelling narows it again. I think elbow height is much more space-expanding than shoulder height.

I like saltillo tiles, but the hall looks much better without them. I like how with the addition of the board and batten, the lights, and transoms, the whole feel is much more 1880's than 1980's :-)

LOVE the changes, do not love saltillo tiles (just biding my time until I can get rid of the ones in my kitchen)--well done all around.

flawless. adding windows above the doors brings in so much light at the ceiling.

oh. wow.

Pretty and fancy and expensive.

I would have liked to see just the wall color changed, to white, and ceiling fixtures changed. In my opinion, no reason to rip out perfectly good tile.

Whether or not it's "my style" or not is irrelevant. (It's not my house, duh.) I just like to see the possibilities. I think the transformation is pretty amazing, without being too extravagant.

So many aspects are beautiful...the added windows, the wainscoting, the light fixtures, and, even though it's not favorite thing to paint wood trim, the paint. Looks great. For me, though, saltillo tiles are such a classic element and they last forever...it seems a shame not to try to incorporate them somehow rather than the waste of destroying them and putting in new tiles. But, of course, to each his own taste! Good job!

wow. Nice job.

I also prefer the old tiles and the photos are a bit misleading, but I'm not bothered by it this time around because the after is STUNNING. Definitely a huge improvement :)

These comments surprise me.

You all honestly can't compare the two photos because one is from one end (of a narrow hall with doorways on both sides) and one is from the other??

Sure, the photo quality is way better in the after, but it always is! Nothing new there!

It totally looks better. The transoms make the biggest difference of all!

It really looks beautiful and definitely fresher/up to date. It's nice to see some attention paid to a humble hallway. But I still don't know what kind of architecture this house is. I mean, at first it was sort of Southwest, and now its sort of Edwardian or ... I'm confused and would like to see the rest of the place!

Wow...tough crowd. Here someone goes ahead and does everything we want to do to rooms that we don't like, and they get knocks for going too far. PS...that old tile was nasty and had to go. Come on people-occasionally everything cannot be fixed with a can of paint.

It's beautiful, but a little too busy with all of the new (adds up $$) mill work...the word escapes me for what is on the lower part of the walls. It appears the after shot was taken from the opposite end of the hall, so the opening down on the right in the 1st shot is now on the left in the second. The opening itself makes the space seem less dark. I absolutely love the new transom windows above the doors and would love to do that in my long hallway too. The cost is too great to justify the end.

I love the colour and the paint job you did on this hallway, but the white tile floor makes the overall effect feel a little reminicent of an old school asylum or something. I think that keeping the orginal floors with the new paint and would have just looked fantastic!

I wonder what a complicated transformation would look like?

Saltillo tile is HIDEOUS! Great changes.

Wow all this money on a hallway?

I would have tried to find something to go along with the tile floor but that's because I'm cheap.