The very first week of living in our home we stayed up night after night painting the living room and kitchen. Then over the next few months we painted the 3 bedrooms upstairs so that we could start living upstairs. The hallways got the shaft. No matter how ugly they looked, we couldn't muster up the energy to paint them. Until about a month ago. I was hosting Thanksgiving this year for my in-laws so it gave us a little motivation to get the main hallways painted.
The Front Entrance Hallway
This was an easy 2 afternoon nap paint job. I painted all the white (baseboards, trim, ceiling and the trim on the door) during one of Payton's naps and the walls another day.
Last little bit of yellow in this hallway. It felt good.
The after picture is definitely not my end goal. Especially because the lighting is horrible. But it will do for now.
Still on the list to do in this entrance hallway:
hang some art or pictures on the right wall
spray paint the light fixtures black until later upgrade
paint door a fun color like this blue
cover the tan bench seat in a cute fabric like this
The Basement Stairway
This paint project was a lot harder. I painted the trim and baseboards and covered all the holes with wall putty one afternoon. That was the easy part.
Then Ty and I tackled the wall one evening. It wasn't so much time consuming as it was dangerous. That banister may look sturdy, but just like everything else in the house it needs some work. That banister was the only way we could paint up into the high corners of the wall. I had to stand on it while Tyler held my legs to make it sure I didn't break it. Unfortunately we didn't get a picture of that.
To the left you can see part of the remaining hallways not painted yet.
Here is the finished product with some IKEA shelves and pictures to decorate the fresh coats of paint.
We managed to get the new light switches and covers on before Thanksgiving. Barely.
We will see how long it takes us to finish painting the other 2 hallways.
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