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Stairway Makeover








We decided it was time to redecorate the stairway, the last time it was decorated was not long after we moved in, about 11/12 years ago so it was definitely looking tired and dated, so work commenced on the 29th January 2021.

Before

The stairs are long, narrow and quite dark so we opted for bright colours to help reflect light. I absolutely love the Tiffany blue colour so that was the route we started going down, looking for paint colours as close to Tiffany blue as possible, we came across this one and opted for that.


We didn't want the whole of the stairway painted Tiffany blue only have it as a feature, the side walls we painted white. I liked the idea of stripes on the wall that faces going down stairs and also the outside of the opening into the coat/shoe closet, I would have liked to transform that area into a feature that would blend in with stairway and not look so practical but we have no where else for coats and shoes so that had to stay.


We had bought the hanging light set from Bunnings a couple of years ago in the sale, we painted them the same colour as the feature walls.


                                      Before                                               After



Undercoating and painting the walls white.


Then came the stripes. Scott marked the lines on the wall and painted them in.


We also changed the handrail from the ugly bulky wooden one to a sleek slender chrome rail which suits the narrow staircase better. We thought about painting the wooden rail white but I thought chrome would look better but checking the price of chrome handrails put us off until Scott spotted a chrome wardrobe rail in Bunnings at a fraction of the price and fashioned it into the handrail we have now!, he resprayed the original gold brackets chrome so the whole handrail cost just $29 total.



Below are a few before and after photos.




We are still waiting for some art work that we bought on etsy, I will update with a photo when it arrives.

This is the art work I was waiting for and isn't it glorious 😍

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