My thought process is this – by doing the entry way, the hallway will look incomplete and that will annoy me enough to make me want to finish the hallway. As for the downstairs landing, I have no idea where that motivation will come from.
While I don't mind the beige the sellers used, I did mind their paint job. Aside from their fast one-coat paint job, when they did touch-ups before they moved – they bought paint with the wrong finish, so there a huge shiny paint streaks everywhere. There's at least 20 areas just going up the stairs.
I decided to paint the walls the same gray that's in the living room. I love the color. It's still soft and neutral, but the chair rail pops a little more with the new color.
Maybe someday I'll find the motivation to paint my doors white.
Before:
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During:
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After:
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I like it! Definitely helps with the flow into the entryway.
ReplyDeleteI love your blog. How fun to be a newlywed again. I have been married for 24 years and we are on our third house redo so I thought I would pass on two things I learned the hard way.
ReplyDelete1. The shiney paint patches: If you store pain in the garage heat can cause the paint to become thicker and changes the sheen. Now I store my paint indoors and upside down.
2. Shelf paper: Spray on a lit mist of water and you can reposition the paper and then it sticks when the water dries.
I loved your buffet make over!