Getting Our Paint On

I learned 2 things while painting our hallway. First, our camera stinks for posting blog pics & 2nd, a little paint can make a big difference. Last year we painted our kitchen and bedroom/master bath and I loved the color so much in our master bath that I had to use it again. The color is Ethiopia from Behr. The swatch looks like a brown but up on the wall it looks like a muddy grey. And I love it! So, here we go.....

First, Corey had to fix a few problems spots on the wall. Between 7 years of kid use & a lab/aussie mix dog chewing on everything, the edges were looking pretty beat up. A little spackle and we were good to go.

Here is a nice before shot, including that hideous sconce we had up. If you remember, we just scored some cool-ass sconces off of Craigslist for $20! I love a good bargain. So, if you walk into our front door, and turn to the right, this is the view into our hallway, or was anyway:

This is the view looking out from our bedroom into the hallway (end of the hall compared to the last shot). That is the same sconce that we just can't wait to get off the wall, and some of our painting supplies ready to go.

Ella just loves helping out and since Corey is not the biggest fan of painting she was a huge help. I did the cut in and Corey did the in-between, bigger sections. Ella was my spot painter & general helper outer. Like, hey Ella go turn the radio on. Hey Ella, go get me a glass of water. Hey Ella, quick, grab a paper towel with water. You get the picture.

Here's the front hallway painted:

And here's the hallway from our master bedroom.

Here is the view from opposite direction looking towards the front entrance pathway.

On 2nd thought, I guess I should have put that there were 3 things I learned when painting the hall. The 3rd being that new paint on the walls really accecentuates the fact that our door frames and baseboards needed some upgrading too. So, we taped up the whole area, as seen here looking at the door leading to our bedroom.

And, here is the picture of the new sconce up with freshly painted walls, doorframes, & baseboards. Nice, eh?

Here is a better shot with the new sconce. The baby gate is up for Ace, our dog, who would wreak havoc if he had access to this hall and into the bedrooms.

And, 1 more shot from the front entryway looking down towards Ella's room.

I have a few more ideas for the hallway that we will be adding shortly but whoa, I'm really happy with the results of our paint. And we are just getting started....