Our hallway makeover is finally complete. The summer has been crazy, so from start to finish it took about two months to get this project done. All of the trim, doors, walls, spindles, risers and railing were painted, and unfortunately, more than a few coats over foot prints on the steps.
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Hallway on the day we took possession of the house in April.
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Dusty rose stairway to heaven. One of the hazards to your health when you buy a B&B named A Victorian Rose...
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The trim was too yellowish-grayish-greenish-barfish, and the railing was too yellowish-orangish-shineyish
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A couple of coats of a light grey called Luminarie on the wall, then it was on to the BM Cloud White for the spindles, spindles and more spindles. I darkened the railing with a dark walnut low lustre polyurethane. (4 coats)
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Wall colour and cloud white trim on the left.
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Started the runner, it's a beige colour to warm up the gray to get a natural sisal look.
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Measured out a band because the runner was boring on its own
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Clean and fresh.
So that part of the project seemed to take forever, but the other sub project took less than 48 hours from brainwave to operational.
I really like the look of the Moooi string pendant lights. Since I am cheap/poor I would never buy one. So I came up with my own version.
Cheesecloth, Stiffy Stiffener and a pendant light. The idea came from when my mother made a nativity scene in the 80s by draping and stiffening cloth over the molds. I skipped spray painting the shade gold, but the idea was similar.
Picked up a pendant light at good ol' Canadian Tire. Put a call in my brother in-law and offered beer for a wiring job. 30 min later it was up and working.
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The big shade fills the hallways high ceilings.
