Hallway part two! After we let the plaster dry I went ahead and primed the entire room. This proved to be one smelly situation since our primer decided it was old and was going to be stinky. It quickly became one very small and very smelly room. It seems painting in the middle of the winter with no exterior windows allows odors to linger for a long time (who knew?). Can you say fumes? After going back and forth about colors and painting 12 samples on the wall we decided to go with a creamy gold color for the hallway. Since the room is so small and all the surrounding rooms had such vibrant colors we thought this was the warmest way to transition between spaces. We went with Benjamin Moore Concord Ivory. Which is not ivory for the record but more of a butter color.
I bought a color-matched gallon of Miller Acrinamel Satin and pulled out my trusty Bone White Acrinamel Semi-Gloss for the trim and ceiling and went to town. By went to town I mean I hand painted the entire space. It was slow going. There was a lot of cutting in since there were so many doors. There was virtually no space to roll anything. Also, the room is 9 feet tall so I couldn't use a step stool, I had to move my 8 foot ladder up and down the hallway as needed. But three coats of Ivory and two coats of bonewhite on the doors and trim and I felt like I had a whole new space.
At the same time, I stripped the hardware for the closet door (which someone had slopped paint all over) I also ordered a vintage inspired light on Etsy and picked a clear glass shade to allow as much light as possible. Smaller changes included adding oil-rub bronze light switch covers, painting the thermostat bone white (a huge bonus since it was a gross 1970's gold color) and getting some frames for all of our national park posters.
The end result was light and bright and a huge difference from the blink and you missed it dirty white hallway. Part of me wishes the color was a little more orange and went with the rug a little better but I didn't want to sacrifice the brightness for matchy matchy requirements. All in all, I was pretty happy with the space.
Just as a reminder: Before 2010
After 2012
A round up: plaster repairs $200, Concord Ivory wall paint $43.00, Bone White trim/ceiling paint $0 (because we bought it a year ago), vintage inspired Etsy light $75.00, oil rub bronze switch cover $8.00, Michael's black frames for three posters- $60.00, and Pottery Barn sale runner $75.00. That's a whole new space for under $500.00! Although when you realize the space is about 8 square feet it may not work out to such a great deal.
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