Ok, so this isn't the sexiest of house transitions, but it is definitely one that takes my breath away the most. And it would probably be the most unassuming, had you never visited our house prior.
A little history on me: I like white trim. I love a clean look. Our little SC house had the old farmhouse baseboards and I just fell in love with the whole whiteness of them.
Call me a weirdo.
So when we moved into this house, they had painted all of the downstairs baseboards, but left the upstairs dark and it always bugged me. I just wasn't sure how to make it look pretty without painting them. So with the help of my good friend, Rita (painter/home designer extraordinaire!) we (she??) got to work.
Now that, my friend, is a lot of dark wood. Every door, every baseboard, every window frame...well, you get the picture.
Ahhhh...isn't that CA-RA-ZY?? We carried the same wall color from downstairs and all the woodwork became white. I thought we were going to have to change out our door hardware too, but being a dark bronze, they actually looked really good when we lightened everything up.
The first day Rita started on it, she had been working for about an hour when I came upstairs.
Me: *Gasp!!* Rita!! I love it!
Her: Annie, that's primer.
Me: Well I LOVE primer!!
And seriously, it's just spinned into a love affair from there. Every time I walk up the stairs, I really feel like I'm entering into a new house.
All in all, it took her months to get everything painted. Pretty much everything took a coat of primer and two coats of paint. But I am so happy with the results.
Will share more soon! Happy Monday, sweet friends!
