Painting

When we moved into this house, almost every wall and room was beige, with a few exceptions. Patrick's nursery was a lovely green (and stayed that way) and our room was a disgusting green.

Before we even moved in completely, we painted the living room (blue) , dining room (yellow) and both bathrooms (green). This summer I painted our bedroom a lovely brown-pink-cream.

And now, we are painting the hall-stairs-hall (H-S-H). It was a delima from the start. The H-S-H is in every part of the house, exteding from the back door/basement door/ powder room, past the kitchen, into the front hall, up the stairs, and all the way down the hall to the end. It passed every other room in the house. It had to be a colour we could live with for a long time since it was such a large project.

Originally Shaun wanted Red, which I agreed to, but then changed my mind. Red would be a very hard colour and would definetly not go with all the other colours in the house. Then we talked about grey. Finally we've settled on a blue-grey.

Yesterday, I sanded and primed the banister and spindles. They're metal, and we would have prefered to replace them with an oak railing, but its awfully expensive. I'm going to be finish-coating them in black melamine. We also measured and bought the runner for down the stairs -- a dark grey, very plain but will help with traction on the hard-wood stairs. We also picked out paint colours and I can't wait to choose one!!

Today I'm hoping to get more of the trim and walls primed. We have to prime everything because the existing paint is oil-based and we want to use latex. Unfortunately we have to use this super-expensive primer to do it, otherwise it would peel off :(

So I'm very excited! Pictures to follow!