Upstairs Hallway Reveal!

The COVID pandemic has disrupted our daily routines and coping mechanisms. Personally, I find solace in keeping myself occupied to the point of exhaustion, which helps me avoid dwelling on the current situation. This has always been my approach. Fortunately, my understanding husband allows me the space to navigate through this in my own way. He trusts that I will eventually come to terms with the challenges we are facing. I have reached that stage now! I feel incredibly thankful and humbled to reside in a nation where individuals jeopardize their well-being to support and sustain our community. A heartfelt appreciation to all the healthcare professionals, essential workers, and service providers who are the backbone of our society during this crisis. Thank you!

As I promised, I will keep writing my blog, with the hope that it brings you a little distraction in this strange time.

Here we go:

Today I am going to show you how the upstairs hallway has turned out. This is the hallway that began with reorganizing the linen closet and then painting all the doors from black to white. It somehow morphed to include painting the ceiling, walls, touching up crown molding, baseboards, door jambs, and changing light fixtures.

Before I started painting the doors, I sanded around where the doorknobs because the new ones are smaller. I also noticed a couple of drips from when I painted the doors black and sanded those as well. Now we are ready for painting.

I started by painting the doors with two coats of primer. This will help the regular paint adhere better and I will use less of the more expensive paint. The knobs I purchased for the doors were black, but the hinges on the door were silver. Instead of buying new I scuffed the hinges with steel wool then sprayed painted them black.

To no surprise, after painting all the doors, the walls, and ceiling looked tired, so I repainted them as well.

After refreshing everything, the next step was to replace the light fixtures that came with the house (no judging about the dust).  I began my search, but the options were all above my budget. I came across a fixture I liked the glass dome but was not a fan of the brassy gold. brassy gold color. The price was eight dollars and decided to take a chance on it. I painted the base black, installed it, and was blown away at how beautiful it was. The pattern on the ceiling and walls was breathtaking.

With the doors, ceiling, walls and light fixtures done it was time for artwork. This was easy I just shopped our house. I placed the bicycle Giclee from our family room at the top of the stairs, the sepia prints also from the family on the large wall leading to the bedroom, and finally family photos which I mounted on two amazing shutters (with patina already on it) that I purchased at garage for four dollars.

I am so happy with the final result; the space is now so calming. It's exactly what you'd want to see before going to sleep each night.

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Products Used:

• Kilz Primer Paint

• Behr Interior Ultra-Pure White Paint

• Rust-Oleum Matte Black Spray Paint

• Flush Mount Ceiling Fixture