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Pops of Color (or, why I love paint)

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I love paint. It can totally change the look of a room or area with just a (relatively) little bit of effort.

Finished Entry with Rehung Mirror - Finish It Friday - Dogs Don't Eat Pizza

Our front entry was blah. It needed a pop of color to liven things up. Also, as I mentioned before, we are hosting Thanksgiving this year, and we needed a bench and some hooks in our entry for our guests’ coats, hats, etc.

Here’s what it looked like before:

hallway before - Dogs Don't Eat Pizza

 That picture is really before the before – it’s from when I first painted the hallway, after pulling up the nasty carpet on the stairs.

This is what the entry looked like on Saturday morning:

entry before - Dogs Don't Eat Pizza

Brighter than the beige, but still, well, blah. Yawn. It needed a pop of color – just in that little triangle under the stairs. Time to liven things up in the hallway.

I had a coupon for a buy one, get one free sample pint of Benjamin Moore paint from Ace Hardware and figured that would be enough paint to cover this area. In fact, I only needed the one pint. The color is Wolf Gray.

entry before 2 - Dogs Don't Eat Pizza

I painted two coats, so that the dark paint fully covered the bright white paint.

after painting - Dogs Don't Eat Pizza

I bought the bench at Marshalls – it was $99, but had a ding in the leg (which you can’t see), so they took 10% off. Quite a deal.

To complete the entry to make it welcoming and functional for guests, I added hooks and a mirror.

entry mirror raised - Finish It Friday - Dogs Don't Eat Pizza

The mirror was at my six-year-old daughter’s height, but I rehung it with burlap to make it normal grown-up height:

burlap knot - Finish It Friday - Dogs Don't Eat Pizza

The burlap is threaded through the D-hooks on the back of the mirror. When tying it to the banister, I wrapped the burlap around the banister first for extra support before tying a knot.

So, to review, before:

hallway painted2

After:

mirror rehung normal height - Finish It Friday - Dogs Don't Eat Pizza

me in hallway - Dogs Don't Eat Pizza

My son took this picture – he was very proud of it, so I wanted to include it here (even though it was before I raised the mirror to normal height!).

Which brings me to Day 18 & 19 of Thirty Days of Gratitude: I am grateful for paint and for small projects that make a big impact.

entry mirror raised - Finish It Friday - Dogs Don't Eat Pizza

As you might see in the background, there is a new runner on the stairs. I did that this weekend, too, and I’m writing a tutorial for that today. Stay tuned!

Thanks for stopping by,

 

 

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About Karen Cooper

Hi! I'm Karen. I call myself a “recovering lawyer” - I traded in my power suits for power tools and a life of DIY adventures. Join me for DIY, home decorating, repurposing and upcycling, and organizing projects and tips as I transform a 1929 Tudor bungalow into our home. I believe in merging old and new to make a house a home.




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  6. Cheryl says

    Ooh, it looks so nice. Your company is going to feel so welcomed with your new entry! We worked on our cabinet doors this weekend, using a lighter gray and it’s coming along nicely. I did a big BOO BOO though and forgot to clean out my brush. It was a good brush too … lesson learned!

    I am thankful for my husband’s amazing talents AND his patience with my mediocre ones. He’s always so encouraging and together we come up with some pretty good stuff!

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    • Karen Cooper says

      Thanks, Cheryl. I can’t wait to see your cabinets! I love how you and your husband are such a great DIY team!

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