How true that is. Feeling is what we want to have when we walk into a room. Sometimes it is love, comfort, uneasiness or so calming. What do you want to feel? What do you want to see?
First do before and after shots of the area or room you want to do. Here is a before shot of the ceilings, in both hallways. Plain old canister lights.
The first one is the canister light that was in the hallway. The bottom is the chandelier that is being hung today as a matter of fact. See the plastic round that was used to cover up the larger hole. I have another hall, that also has the canister light and right now, it looks like this:
Tomorrow, I will show you what it looks like. Then I will take you step by step to change a hallway. Both of the fixtures belonged to my mother, and when she died and I rented the house, I took out the fixtures I wanted. They are quite old and there is nothing that comes close to the look for me today plus the sentimentality.
This is the actual seeing of a project. Visual!!!!!!! I even take pictures of new home construction for my clients if needed.
Most of the time hallways are just non-descript. I think every room should have character. I am starting with the lighting as I have my son-in-law here doing the work. Yeah for me.
Every room needs a focal point or a center on interest, or something interesting that makes you feel wanted there. This particular hall has 4 doors leading off of it, and it is 42" wide by 9.25 ' long. Not very large, but it is seen from all 4 rooms. Especially from the family room and the kitchen, so I really want it to blend without being garish.
Painting the walls a white, and striping them in blue, then of course all the art I can fit in, will give it a natural beauty. It is a great starting place for this wing of the house as it is the guest area. It is also the area that I am re-organizing as well. So that you can get a feeling as to how a designer or decorator works, this is the beginning.
I choose a white, a softer white, to use as my base coat. I will paint the ceiling the same white. I will then mask off the stripes and paint in the blue. The walls may take two coats as they are a gold kind of color now and it can show through. I will do the stripes next, seeing if I need two coats. The woodwork will be white, semi gloss. I will take you through different rooms to show you how to put them back together, also with organization.
Choose a starting point. Take your pictures and save them for future reference!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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