Here are those before and after pics I promised

Here is a photo looking down the hallway before. The hallway is that dark mysterious area in the middle of the photo:




Here is the cheerier hallway looking down the other wall:




Here's a sample of the dining room/entry before:





And finally, the same dining room/entry now. This photo is looking 180 degrees around from the before picture, but now we have the table up against the window you see in the above photo and it's messy and I don't want to clean it off for a picture.