Working on the hallways in the new house.
They have wood wainscoting halfway up. I do love wainscoting, but this really isn’t the best quality. Kind of 70′s-looking, and all that wood makes the halls dark. So we’re preserving all the original wood on the stairs, bannister, entry doors & throughout the vestibule and painting the wainscoting white. Here you can see that they’re half-primed.
Going really classic and painting the wainscoting Super White and the walls a light gray. And the vestibule Benjamin Moore Palladian Blue, a favorite color that my mom also loves.
Halls colors will be sort of like this:
Also choosing light fixtures. We need one for the vestibule, one at the base of the stairs, and one at the top of the stairs.
Here is the one that Willy nixed. A simple, modern look from one of our favorite companies, Schoolhouse Electric:
He’s into this shade, but I’m not so into the Custard color against the cool white & gray:
So I found this one at Rejuvenation that’s similarly-colored, funky, and um… awesome!
Right?
And the yellow picks up on the wacky Sixty-One above the door.
Man would I LOVE to know who did that to the place! Forget gold leaf, let’s do yellow swoosh-y letters. Amazing.
wow! really?! that’s awesome. everyone thinks that willy & i did them (which we totally would do crazy, swoopy, yellow lettering. or i’d like to think so, but really i’d prob just go old school gold leaf
oof — i hope the handprints don’t show up too badly on white!
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Im guessing the older neighbors will have a better memory than I do but Im pretty sure that your address sign was redone since we moved in 5 years ago. So whoever you bought the place should know the vendor that did it (assuming he didn’t do it himself).
I can see why you are painting the wainscotting but beware – the handprints might drive you insane. I have gray walls and I can’t believe how many people put their hand on the wall for support creating nice little souvenirs all up the stairs.
Hall is looking brighter already…..color choices are great. You have a great eye for style…always did from a little one. Never will forget the blue bunting!!!!!! And all the maxi dresses.