Hallway of Gray

We finally got around to painting our stairwell/hallway and risers, though admittedly, with the help of a professional painter who had ladders that could reach our 16-foot high ceiling.

 For comparison...here is the before picture:

The color we used is the same silvery gray (Samovar Silver in satin finish by Sherwin Williams) painted in the living room and dining room. It's a neutral shade that we're using in various parts of the house to help unify the spaces and balance out some of the other crazy colors we've painted on accent walls, etc.

The risers were painted white to match the trim and banister spindles.

Once again, the before picture when the only color the house knew was "oak:"

The gray walls look great with the banister and create a two-tone effect (with a deeper darker grayish blue on the rail). Now both the upstairs and downstairs oak has been transformed and the institution-style white scuffed hallways are a thing of the past. 

Aside from a few doorways and, of course, the ugly kitchen, this concludes most of the painting on both levels. (Notice how moving on to more expensive projects means less projects getting done at all.) Over time, we'll start tackling some of the bigger projects and I'll continue to share them here.