Hallway/Stairway to...

It's wasn't to Heaven. Well, we'll just leave it at that. 

We're halfway done, though, and things are really looking quite heavenly now.

So here is where we are to date. Hopefully, Thanksgiving will give Husband and I time to varnish the hallway and strip the stairs. After that, we'll just need to sand, and then varnish, the stairs sometime soon. That's not near as daunting as the hallway.

New light fixtures for the hallway! Old ones were horrid.
New brushed-nickel trimmed ones.

 Where we started

I should tell you we haven't replaced the 1980s doors yet. They'll be white, but for now the hallway will seem a bit dark, and decidedly not cottagey. And the steps will have white backs, too, by the way, which with both whitenings, will help immensely.

Upper main stairs

Lower stairs

Hallway. Yes, they dripped paint all over and
then covered over with carpet. We ripped it
up and this was there.

More drippy paint in the hallway's corner.

See what our progress has been after the jump.

Where we went

We're painting the backs white, thus the filler
dots. Husband with sander. Prior to any
pro-help.

*Note: Sanding puts dust everywhere. Not that I doubted it would, but no matter how I tried to prevent it--and I was really, really, really good about sealing stuff up--I still ended up cleaning EVERY surface in my home, walls, floors, etc. from top to bottom. It's really clean now I guess!

 

 Where we are

Bare and beautiful! My 50-year-old red oak floors!

Ahhh! Lovely!

Bare floor/finished bedroom floor. Once varnished, they
should match.

Now you know why I've been a bad blogger. Between all the regular home chores, this ate up alllll my time not sleeping and eating! I hope you like where it's at and I can't wait to share more of the progress. :)

xoxo