Sunday, December 05, 2010

"Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean." -Johann Wolfgang

Kelly is finishing up the house tours with foyers and entry ways. 

One of my first decisions about my house was that I wanted to paint the entry way a bright green color. It took 7 samples before I found the right green. I highly recommend using sample colors before diving in and buying a whole gallon (or 5) of a certain paint shade only to realize that it is more yellow than it seemed, and ending up with 3 unused gallons in your garage. Not that I have experience with that.

This is what the entry way looked like when I bought the house.

This is during the renovations. All nice, white and bright!

This is what it looks like now - with the most accurate representation of the green paint. It's a tough color to photograph! (See the paint color in the office, it may or may not be the paint mentioned earlier in this post.)

We took the old trim and 2 doors off the shelf in the hallway, painted it black, and filled it with fun.

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This is the wall opposite the black shelf.

This is what it looks like outside my front door.


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3 comments:

  1. Love it all! The white ledges and interesing things on the walls, the black shelves, the wall & door paint colors ~ What a great home you've renovated! :)

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  2. Love your entry way. I've always wanted a front porch like that!
    It's beautiful.

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  3. Gorgeous green and I love the shelf idea! We've got a space just like! Quick question, what color paint did you use in your living room? I've yet to find the perfect color to go with our red couches. Thanks!

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