Yes this one has took a while. Undercoating and re glossing all 9 door frames, stair spindles and hall panelling became a labour of love.
We last decorated the hall stairs and landing just 4 years ago. However, with bikes coming through daily, and little hands up and down the stairs it very quickly took its toll. It was previously painted in a pale grey and baby blue, so although both light colours I was amazed how bright it became with my ‘sugar white’ paint from B&Q. This was an expensive one coat paint, that I managed to find in the sale bin for £20.
I had great fun creating the photo wall at the bottom of the stairs, I wanted the photos in sepia. So I had them printed from Max Spielman for 50p each print, and frame’s were from Wilkinsons, £4 each. The mirror I have had some years ago from Next but it’s still a fave.
The rag hanging (Steve described as a mop lol), I loved from Facebook, simple yet chic ?. The 2 small box pictures are from ‘Clintons’ card shop, and were around £3 each in the sale ❤.
The little fairies are from Facebook, again supporting small online businesses is something I love to do. They are both are a few years old and I get complimented on them often, who doesn’t love a fairy? ?
https://www.facebook.com/FabulousFairyFactory/
The lights we picked up from ‘Homebase’, £30 each. I loved how pretty and delicate they were. We just hope they last with the 5 kids ?, probably not the most practical but very pretty, but a little low ?.
Also I picked up 5 large ceramic tiles from ‘B&Q’ at 17p each in the sale. I had no idea where to put them, but they kinda worked nicely placed randomly on the stair panelling. It’s something a little bit different, good old silicone has worked well keeping them in place.
The modern radiator cover was from a Facebook selling page for £25. It tied in nicely with the lines on the tiles.
I’m photo mad and this was a down scale on my part ?. I picked up some new frames from ‘The Range’. The little peg style one was just £5. I love the idea of changing it regularly. Some frames are from car boot sales and some decorations are recycled. I kept all the walls the same colour, and wallpapered the 2 walls at the top of the stairs.
I picked up this lovely, again very retro vibed wallpaper paper from B&Q. It was reduced to £8.99 a roll. It tied in well with the tiles etc, pinks and gold/brown shades are calming and quite neutral.
Next on the list is the playroom makeover. I reckon it will be easier than this project ?. The height on the stairs and the angles for the wallpapering definitely made this one a tricky project, but who doesn’t like a challenge??
The One That Took A While