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ORC FINAL REVEAL – UPSTAIRS HALLWAY AND STAIRS

by studiotullia | Nov 10, 2016 | DIY, INTERIOR DESIGN

At last! The FINAL REVEAL of my UPSTAIRS HALLWAY & STAIRS. I am so exhausted from the final last two days of pushing myself; painting the final coats on the walls, doors and dresser. Three coats seems to be the magic number for best coverage.

Just a little reminder that for years, the UPSTAIRS HALLWAY & STAIRS was a tangerine orange with some random furniture pieces and very basic lighting.

Here is a BEFORE SHOT:

Are you ready?

Here is the AFTER SHOT:

And here are a few more:

I wanted this to be a functional space for my nine year old twins. Charlotte’s room is too small for a dresser and she really needed a place besides the guest room across the hall for her clothes.

I painted an heirloom dresser WHALE GRAY by BENJAMIN MOORE. The wool rug is a MOROCCAN RUG from WEST ELM that I added for warmth and color. The wall to wall carpet couldn’t be installed during this time frame. The STAR LIGHT is from POTTERY BARN and the Lamp in a Mid Century vintage find. The shade and baskets are NATE BERKUS for TARGET.

The horizontal reproduction beach painting was from ROSS and it served as my color inspiration for the room. Of course I’d love a beach photograph by GRAY MALIN but for now, this is what we’re working with.

The kids could use a mirror for getting dressed and I found this one at TARGET for $40. The antique bench was a GOODWILL find, with a cane seat and back. It was too folksy for the space with a carved heart in the back so I modernized it with the custom seat cushion and lumbar pillow in white and gray linen, custom made by STUDIO TULLIA. They are filled with down blend and super comfy.

The elongated arm was what I really liked about the antique bench besides the scale being perfect for the kids,

The flower oil painting above the guest room door is by ELIZABETH SEE, an Oregon artist.

SO, moving onto the GALLERY WALL in the STAIRWAY…here is another BEFORE SHOT (with our dog, Pumpkin):

And here is the AFTER:

Salon style GALLERY WALL of family photographs; mostly black and white photographs with some art thrown into the mix. I used black frames, white frames and a few vintage gold frames. I am still working on the wall with several more to go above these. It takes time to select pictures, frames and mattes. That was quite a project in itself. The limited edition print is by Italian artist, BAU and was from CR FINE ARTS, LTD.

I painted the ugly brown stairs white with gray treads along with the railing at the top of the stairs.

Here is the view from the bottom of the stairs. I found this basket made for stairs that is perfect for books, toys and other odds and ends that need to go back upstairs.

So, that is it. I will add some more pictures to this post later, however I am working on this remotely from Astoria, where we are staying for the weekend.

So check out the rest of the ORC GUEST PARTICIPANTS’ rooms HERE

And the ORC DESIGNERS, invited by the ORC Sponsor, CALLING IT HOME, who finished their rooms yesterday are HERE:

Here are all the sources I can think of for now:

WHITE WALLS – Mountain Snow by METRO PAINTS

WHITE SEMI GLOSS on trim and stairs – MILLER PAINT

GRAY DOORS – OWL GRAY by BENJAMIN MOORE

GRAY TRIM on Railing & Stair Treads – WHALE GRAY by BENJAMIN MOORE

GLASS PENDANT – SCHOOL HOUSE ELECTRIC

MOROCCAN RUNNER – WEST ELM

BEACH PAINTING – ROSS

FLORAL OIL PAINTING – ELIZABETH SEE

ROUND MIRROR – TARGET

CUSTOM CUSHIONS on Antique Bench – STUDIO TULLIA

LAMP SHADE & BASKETS – NATE BERKUS for TARGET

BENCH, DRESSER, & LAMP – vintage finds

FRAMES on Gallery Wall from POTTERY BARN, IKEA, AARON BROTHERS, and a few vintage ones.

I hope you liked it! It feels much moire inviting and functional now. LIke we have gained an extra room.

Thanks so much for following along! Have a great weekend.

Best,

Suzanne

WEEK 5 – ORC FALL 2016 – BYE, BYE ORANGE…HELLO, WHITE

by studiotullia | Nov 3, 2016 | DIY, INTERIOR DESIGN

I finally got the orange walls covered with three coats of MOUNTAIN SNOW white paint from METRO PAINT. Now everything is looking very white.

This is where we were last week:

And this is where we are this week:

I’ve finished most of the trim in a GLOSSY WHITE from MILLER PAINT and hung up this VINTAGE MIRROR.

I’ve installed this 28″ Round Mirror from TARGET. I wanted a bigger one, but for $49 I went with this one.

We had to stop and sand the glue and carpet remnants off the stairs and side molding before we painted anymore of the stairs.

The WEST ELM ASHIK WOOL RUNNER arrived and while I wasn’t so sure about it initially, I think I can make it work.

It looked like this on the website:

And this is what it looks like in person. This is a close up of the rug. The palette is lighter and the fibers are more coarse than the original photo, with a lot of the salmony orange pink.

I started to panic and look for another rug, with this inspo photo of a space by ASHE + LEANDRO in mind:

This is what I came up with two different woven Indian rugs from a local store, CARGO

and

but in the end, I opted for the WEST ELM rug after all. The colors seemed too busy for the hallway and the size was not really right.

MY FOCUS this last week is all about CONTRAST in this WHITE HALLWAY and a NEW LIGHT FIXTURE to replace this existing one, which is nice, but too small:

So, here’s my final check list:

Paint semi gloss CHARCOAL black paint on stair rail and tops of stairs
Paint all four doors semi gloss SILVER GRAY
Paint office door to my office semi gloss CHARCOAL
Paint stoop at base of stairs white and apply the STENCIL from HEIRLOOM142 from Canada below for fun:

5. Hang all my NEWLY MATTED AND FRAMED PHOTOS in the stairwell.

(For you Portland locals) Seth at I’VE BEEN FRAMED, was a dream to work with; along with some pre-cut double mattes that I found, he matted and assembled “frame kits” for me that made it super easy and affordable. I went in there with ten or so frames and was worried how much that was going to cost. It cost me about $50!

6. Install the custom cushions and lumbar for the new antique bench I scored at GOODWILL for $40:

I thought about painting this bench but I have decided to leave the natural wood and cane work. I am making a seat cushion and lumbar pillow to give it a more modern look and hide the missing cane work until I can get it fixed. Overall its pretty sturdy though.

6. And lastly, there is the matter off the antique DRESSER, which I am planning to also paint MILK PAINT CHARCOAL.

I’ve got my work cut out for me, which might have something to do with why I am getting so little sleep lately…I’m worried.

See you next week for the FINAL REVEAL.

Don’t forget to check in with the FEATURED DESIGNERS:

As well as the GUEST PARTICIPANTS::

See you soon! Thanks for following along.

Best,

Suzanne