Pick a Door

Any door...
Upstairs in the house, there is a strange little hallway that runs off the main center hallway.  It's strange because it's only about 5 feet long, yet contains 5 doorways- each with a door (clockwise from left of photo: master bedroom, office, small linen closet, master bathroom, and finally the main hallway- where I took photo from). 

That's a lot for a little hallway to handle! 

So it's a little kludgy to begin with...
and to add to it, the longest stretch of wall is drawn all over with pen, pencil,& SHARPIE MARKER!  
(Yikes! Larger photo below) 

Here's a sneak peak at the plans we have for this area...

New Master Bath Concept 1

(after the kitchen project is complete!)

Existing floor plan

The bathroom will extend into the office (labeled  "sitting room"). 

The hallway would also be extended & widened to become our walk-in closet. 

I'm sure the exact placement of the fixtures, etc. will change as we continue to discuss it over the next year... so don't hold me to any of this!

In the meantime, I wanted to clean the space up (ideally without spending any money!)  So out to the workshop I went to explore my paint options... I have a can of gray, which will go nicely with the purple bathroom.  Plus I'd like to paint the master bedroom gray again (like it was in the old house), so that'll match.

When I told Mike the color choice, he was afraid it would be too dark.  There is a ceiling light in the little  hallway, but since it is such a small space Mike may be right.  


So, we decided to mix some white paint with the gray to lighten it up.

The painting went quickly- since there isn't THAT much wall space, although it did take FOUR coats to cover the marker (I definitely should have used some kind of primer first!)

I'm not painting the mouldings this time- I'm saving that for an out & out moulding painting party that my mom and I will have!

I'm also playing with the idea of doing some kind of design on the wall... there are a couple that I've seen on other blogs that would be pretty.  And what better place to try something like that out (where it won't be too noticeable if it goes horribly wrong!)

So, until I settle on something...
here's what we've got!  --->






Random thoughts:



I'm liking these bed linens
for the gray/purple master suite color scheme.



Note to self:
Never, EVER let the kids mark their height in Sharpie!



 Update: Here's the link to where we updated this space with a painted pattern on the wall!