Stairs and Upstairs Hallway – House Tour
Today’s house tour includes the Stairs and Hallway Upstairs. This space was featured in Small Spaces Magazine and all over the web. People love a good Picture Frame Collage Wall!
The wainscoting and picture frame collage extends up the stairs and down the hallway. I spent a few weeks creating the wainscoting. It’s MDF that I routed with a “Roman Ogee” bit. Then I spent another week priming, sanding and painting it. It took a few days painting and hanging all the picture frames. Not too bad in terms of time/work for the impact it created. I love having it extend all the way down both the upstairs and downstairs hallways. It adds texture and the white and bright paint make the hallway not seem super narrow.
Hi Sandra!
Just discovered your blog via Pinterest. You have a beautiful home! In this particular post, you mentioned hiring painters to stain the treads and railing the same color as your floors, but what did you do with the parts of the stairs that are now white – the sides and backs of the stairs (they were all wood colored in the before pic)? Did you just paint these white yourself, and if so, did you sand and prime them first or just paint over the wood with a semi-gloss paint? I’d like to do this in my house but I wasn’t sure how to proceed.
Thanks!!
Amanda
Oh, I'm addicted. I'm going to go out and buy a router table!
I love your stairway so so much. It is the very first thing I saw at your blog and it makes me smile everytime I see it.Your house has got to sell lightening quick. I can't imagine anyone passing up that hallway.
I'm totally late to the tour here, but I have to say that this is just an AMAZING transformation! I love it. LOVE it.
Just Beautiful!!! I want to create this look in my basement. How high up the wall is your wainscotting?