Comments on: Slow Design & The Stairwell/Hallway/Entry https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/2018/03/slow-design-the-stairwell-hallway-entry.html Thu, 15 Nov 2018 17:54:35 +0000 hourly 1 By: Susan Brinson https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/2018/03/slow-design-the-stairwell-hallway-entry.html#comment-795408 Mon, 09 Apr 2018 18:52:09 +0000 https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/?p=13248#comment-795408 I’m here to confuse you even more. :) I’d paint that ceiling so fast you’d blink an eye and it’d be done. If you don’t want to, look at real deal old school bead board as a cover or Anaglypta wallpaper. The wall paper would be good for your walls too. Your walls can be in terrible shape, or if you want to do the ceiling, screw up 1/8 dry wall and paper over it. You can remove it later when you deal with the popcorn. The wall paper was used in old homes and is just thick, embossed paper you can paint it any color you like. I love it and plan on using it in a bathroom. It’s good for hiding sore spots like those panels. I used it to hide an electrical panel in our Manhattan loft. Good luck! Have fun!

]]> By: Ally https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/2018/03/slow-design-the-stairwell-hallway-entry.html#comment-795162 Fri, 30 Mar 2018 23:30:13 +0000 https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/?p=13248#comment-795162 In reply to Jenn.

Seconded! :)

]]> By: Jessica https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/2018/03/slow-design-the-stairwell-hallway-entry.html#comment-795080 Mon, 26 Mar 2018 17:53:27 +0000 https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/?p=13248#comment-795080 Wow! Absolutely love this solution. I can’t get over the black in the hallway. Normally I love a tone on tone look but seeing those comparisons, white definitely gives you more light.

I’m sure it’ll look great either way!

]]> By: Scoops https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/2018/03/slow-design-the-stairwell-hallway-entry.html#comment-795011 Fri, 23 Mar 2018 17:27:13 +0000 https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/?p=13248#comment-795011 In reply to Cass.

I love the blue and the black, but I think the blue would really highlight the brass. Yes, so much to do with these old houses. We’re trying to fix them up while at the same time incorporating our own aesthetic. There’s always a project, but that’s why I love it. Congrats on your new place!

]]> By: Scoops https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/2018/03/slow-design-the-stairwell-hallway-entry.html#comment-795009 Fri, 23 Mar 2018 17:24:45 +0000 https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/?p=13248#comment-795009 In reply to katie.

Hey Katie! Great suggestions, and that’s one of the questions I’ve been asking myself. I feel like there is 3 different combinations of trim/wall/ceiling color that I’ve got bouncing around in my head and I haven’t been able to decide which is best. I know I’ll get there, sometimes I just have to stew on these things for a bit. Thanks for your suggestion!

]]> By: Scoops https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/2018/03/slow-design-the-stairwell-hallway-entry.html#comment-795006 Fri, 23 Mar 2018 17:15:55 +0000 https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/?p=13248#comment-795006 In reply to Sara.

I’m definitely going to weigh my options to see if there isn’t a prettier way to incorporate the plumbing access panels. They are such an eye sore!

]]> By: Scoops https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/2018/03/slow-design-the-stairwell-hallway-entry.html#comment-795004 Fri, 23 Mar 2018 17:13:38 +0000 https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/?p=13248#comment-795004 In reply to Megan.

Thanks for your vote! I am leaning nearly black blue right now, but I’m still undecided. That’s why you haven’t seen any updates. I’ll figure it out soon though, promise.

]]> By: Cass https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/2018/03/slow-design-the-stairwell-hallway-entry.html#comment-794960 Thu, 22 Mar 2018 00:49:38 +0000 https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/?p=13248#comment-794960 I LOVE the blue. The shot of it with the light fixture hanging above the stairs really sold me! Also thanks for the inspo. My hubby and I just bought our first house in south Minny last fall and there is just. so. much. to. do. I’m really diggin the archives!

]]> By: Scoops https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/2018/03/slow-design-the-stairwell-hallway-entry.html#comment-794804 Thu, 15 Mar 2018 15:39:56 +0000 https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/?p=13248#comment-794804 In reply to RoseAG.

Thanks! These are great tips! Did you know they sell empty quart sized paint cans at the hardware store? I often move my paint-can-remnants to the quart-sized can and then keep paint on hand for touch ups too :)

]]> By: Scoops https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/2018/03/slow-design-the-stairwell-hallway-entry.html#comment-794803 Thu, 15 Mar 2018 15:31:05 +0000 https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/?p=13248#comment-794803 In reply to Lori.

Thanks for your comment, Lori! I am still torn, I think it could be good both ways. I like the drama of the tone-on-tone, but your concern is what concerns me too. The space is sooo small. If we stick with the white trim, then I think I will for sure paint the doors black, I think.

I feel like this shouldn’t be so hard, but it is! I’m just glad I figured out that it is possible for all three spaces to co-exist in the same space. That was the hard part!

]]> By: Scoops https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/2018/03/slow-design-the-stairwell-hallway-entry.html#comment-794802 Thu, 15 Mar 2018 15:24:27 +0000 https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/?p=13248#comment-794802 In reply to Hallie.

Thanks for your feedback, I will go with that gut thing! I still haven’t put roller to wall just yet but I’ve thrown up a few test colors. Still undecided, but I think I’m leaning towards the blue.

]]> By: Scoops https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/2018/03/slow-design-the-stairwell-hallway-entry.html#comment-794801 Thu, 15 Mar 2018 15:22:37 +0000 https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/?p=13248#comment-794801 In reply to Courtney.

I am so torn. Today I’m feeling tone-on-tone more heavily. Maybe if I leave the ceiling white that will help to bounce light around the space, or it will just look really dumb. Not sure.

]]> By: katie https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/2018/03/slow-design-the-stairwell-hallway-entry.html#comment-794751 Mon, 12 Mar 2018 21:24:19 +0000 https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/?p=13248#comment-794751 I’m reeeeal jealous of your brass handrail! I also Love your lighting choices. Regarding trim, sometimes I’ve seen good pics where people treat baseboards and window trim differently. like leave the window trim as wood toned but paint the baseboards white. I know you don’t have windows here, it’s doorways, but maybe if an all in or all out solution isn’t best, you could do some mixture of keeping the doorways painted white, but painting the baseboards same as the wall color.

]]> By: Sara https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/2018/03/slow-design-the-stairwell-hallway-entry.html#comment-794719 Sun, 11 Mar 2018 19:43:28 +0000 https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/?p=13248#comment-794719 We have a plumbing access panel too, but luckily it is the same wood as the trim so I think it looks kinda cool. I vote for using the same color as the entryway and white trim. Love the contrast!

]]> By: Megan https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/2018/03/slow-design-the-stairwell-hallway-entry.html#comment-794707 Sun, 11 Mar 2018 11:18:38 +0000 https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/?p=13248#comment-794707 It’s PERFECT!!! Definitely black and white trim. <3

]]> By: RoseAG https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/2018/03/slow-design-the-stairwell-hallway-entry.html#comment-794690 Sat, 10 Mar 2018 15:27:33 +0000 https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/?p=13248#comment-794690 Nice solution with the paint line to the wall downstairs.
I’ve got no opinion about the trim color, but wanted to say that I think the dark walls and leaving that corner protector by the stairwell dark is fabulous. Having been the mother of boys I know that the stairway is going to get banged up and dirty. Making it all dark and hiding the corner bump guard is perfect. I will say, keep a fingernail polish sized sample of your paint in an upstairs closet so you can touch up dings. That’s the one not so great thing about dark walls. Gouges show.

]]> By: Geraldine https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/2018/03/slow-design-the-stairwell-hallway-entry.html#comment-794670 Fri, 09 Mar 2018 19:21:15 +0000 https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/?p=13248#comment-794670 In reply to Scoops.

Oooooh. … I like that :)

]]> By: Lori https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/2018/03/slow-design-the-stairwell-hallway-entry.html#comment-794665 Fri, 09 Mar 2018 14:13:01 +0000 https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/?p=13248#comment-794665 Oooooh, love where you’re going with this! I vote white trim, bc the hallway’s so dark that I think you’d miss the detailing completely if it was painted to match the walls. Most of your tone on tone inspo pics are big, light-filled rooms. Anyway, I’d go light cuz you can always change your mind later, and it’s easy to paint dark over light than vice-versa!

I personally am #teamblue, because I never get sick of blue. I don’t think you need to match the entry color, and it actually makes sense in my head that another color higher up on the wall would be lighter.

]]> By: Hallie https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/2018/03/slow-design-the-stairwell-hallway-entry.html#comment-794657 Fri, 09 Mar 2018 06:37:45 +0000 https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/?p=13248#comment-794657 In brief:
black walls and ceiling, white trim, dark doors

maybe your doors in the blue? i know that doesn’t put the blue next to the brass.

i could probably go for the blue walls, but i didn’t dig them in the fourth photo down. mockups aren’t perfect for showing color, though, so go with your gut. you’re on a roll now!

]]> By: Courtney https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/2018/03/slow-design-the-stairwell-hallway-entry.html#comment-794647 Thu, 08 Mar 2018 22:37:38 +0000 https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/?p=13248#comment-794647 I’m team blue with tone trim. Immediately the toned photo caught my eye and I couldn’t stop staring. Also, very nice touch with the sliders ;) Makes reading far easier!

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