Our hallway is really long. And dark with a tint of yellow. Attractive, right? We live a ranch style house so every room opens into the hallway. Currently, the hallway has three separate cased doorways; one from the family room into the actual hall, one midway down, and it ends at the back bedroom. There are seven additional doors that also open into it and two sets of closets.
Here is a picture from before we purchased the house:
We painted it a light tan when we first bought the house, and although I love the color in the family room {Sherwin Williams Rice Grain}, in the hall it looks yellow. It's primarily due to the lack of light.
Lofton and I sat down a few weeks ago and made a list of projects for freshening the hall-- recessed lights, painting the ceiling and attic fan, crown molding, wainscoting, and a new wall paint color.
Work started yesterday! And by work, I mean we spent an hour at Home Depot followed by three subsequent trips to pick up things Lofton forgot. Regardless, the front part of the hallway is much brighter. He added two recessed lights to that section and removed a fixture from 1958. We have another fixture {bought on super clearance at Home Depot almost a year ago} ready to go, but the drywall had to be patched first. See the second photo below.
It's kind of amazing how much brighter things look with the two lights installed. The back of the hall is next.
You can actually tell how yellow the back hall looks now compared to the front.
Then it will be molding time. Lofton installed wainscoting in our dining room at the old house, so doing it down the hallway should be a fast process. I've already agreed to be on paint duty for the attic fan.
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It is looking so good! You two are such super DIYers.
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