October 2019

Almost the entire interior of this house got painted.  I left 2 bedrooms that had been recently repainted by my son for the kids.  The rest of the house, excluding one closet (there is a ton of storage space!) has neutral, lighter colors.

The entryway was originally dark green walls with dark blue steps. Here it is after a coat of bright white on the trim, that already helped.

Next, I painted the risers white too, they had also been dark blue, which made it hard to even see the steps when walking down them.

I wanted the steps lighter, but knew (or am hoping, at least) that there will be a lot of traffic through the house and didn’t want footprints to show.  So, I layered grays and whites to create a barnwood look, and gave it a few clear coats for durability.  

The stairs going up from the entrance are hardwood and we couldn’t afford to match that, we had to make do with what was there.  We did replace the light fixture and got daylight LED bulbs for it.  Much brighter!

I don’t particularly like that rug there, but one was needed for open houses.  I am going to find one more appropriate.  That ivory one will be messy too fast.

The door and frame didn’t need painted , since it was nice wood in good shape with just some oiling and elbow grease.  Every other door in the house was painted the bright white  they were many different colors and styles, so the fresh color was unifying.

But I did put a fresh coat of an espresso color on the exterior.