Front Entrance

I'm delving deep into paint-world again. Our front vestibule needed help, our staircase too. The whole corner of the house faces north and all that dark dark wood meant dark dark corners, even in summer time.

Two weeks ago we were here:

before

Two coats each of primer and paint later, here we are:

after

And the front door:

before

after

Peeking inside of the vestibule:

before

after

The Landing Strip:
before

after

I love projects like this because I have such a different FEELING just looking at it. Going from dark wood and mayonnaise yellow walls to white with pale blue has made such a HUGE difference.

But, yes we still have that HORRENDOUS sconce to deal with.

Must... get... new... one.

Something that doesn't look like a quilting bee is about to take place (did somebody say granny chic?). I would leave the bulb bare for a while, but let's just say the electric-works underneath seem a little "raw" and the shade is like the lesser of two evils. Almost.

And if you've noticed - we (as in the paint and I) are inching closer and closer to that dark wood staircase. And pretty soon something's going to give.