Hello! I know I have
been MIA for several months, but I had some time and wanted to show you a home
remodel project we had done recently. If
you follow me on Instagram you may have seen some pics about this project.
When we purchased our home almost 3 years ago, I was not a
fan of all the maple woodwork. We did
lay maple hardwood floors, which I love, but the trim, doors, and staircase all
being maple was TOO much in the foyer.
It was very yellow/orange depending on the light and the wood was very worn, it was an eyesore to me, which
is not what you are wanting for the entry of your home. From the beginning we had plans to pull up
the carpet on the steps and replace with wood and paint the railing. We had some problems with the supplier of the
wood and ended up getting so frustrated we just pushed the project aside for
the last few years.
In November, my husband came home from work and informed me
we needed to host a holiday work party and that was the motivation we needed to
get the project going again. I had ideas
in my head about colors for painting the trim in the foyer, while leaving the
trim and doors throughout the rest of the house maple. I was not bothered as much by the wood in the
other rooms, just the foyer. I had an
interior designer pop over and give me her opinion. She had the fabulous idea to paint the doors
only on one side. So the bathroom and
study doors were to be painted black in the foyer, while they stayed maple
inside their respected rooms. She agreed
the trim could be painted only in the foyer and it would not seem odd
throughout the rest of the house to be maple.
I was thrilled with her ideas and we got right to work! As a side note, we did not do any of the
work, we hired it all out .
So this is what we started with when we purchased the home, he
walls were a soft ivory and front door was white.
We had the walls painted a few months after moving in a color called Comfort Gray by Sherwin Williams. It looked very blue during certain times of the day, we were going for more of a gray....it was so frustrating, but we left it. We also painted the front door black on the inside. The chandelier we wanted to change too, but we left it for the time being.
So the day after Christmas our remodel started! We all lived in the basement for 10 nights, which started out as fun, but by the end we were all ready for our beds again! We even went to the local indoor water-park for a night, we had such cabin fever and the weather outside was at record lows.
However, the end results were fabulous! The first night I just sat in the foyer and drank a glass of wine and was in awe of the transformation. I felt like I was sitting in my dream home, it was a Pinterest moment come to life! The photos truly do not do it justice. Without repainting, the wall color even changed to the silvery grayish blue we wanted from the start. I found the light fixture, which we lovingly refer to as the "birdcage," from Joss and Main. It has just a touch of glam and sparkle with some crystal droplets hanging around each light and the base. So, enough chit chat.....here are the pics!
I am so happy we finally went ahead and completed this project! I also got new light fixtures in the kitchen, dining and living room and made a huge wall collage. The next chance I get I will post pics. Have a great weekend!
