Entryway Re-Do ~ Part II ~ Painting the Entryway

I have hated the carpet on our stairs since we bought the house.  I've been waiting until the kids are sure enough on their feet to not be constantly falling down the stairs.  So, a few weeks ago, when Keith's dad & brother were around, we ripped the carpet up.  

Before:

We weren't really sure what we'd find under the carpet, we were hoping for hardwoods, but no such luck.  

We pretty much found the worst-case scenario: bull-nose OSB.  OSB is like little shavings of wood pressed together into something vaguely resembling wood, but not really.  And the bull-nose means we have to find something to cover not just the top of the stair, but the part the points out as well.

We haven't figured out what we're going to do yet, so all our guests are still welcomed to this lovely site of contractor stairs in our entry way.  We've never really been a shoes-off house, but at this point in time, I'd highly recommend you keep your shoes on until you're at least up the stairs.

But, since the carpet was up, it seemed a reasonable time to paint the entry way...and if we're painting the entry way, we need to paint the landing, ...and if we're painting the landing, we need to do the hallway as well...and don't forget the ceiling. 

So, we sent the kids up to the cabin with Denise and painted our entry way/landing/hallway:

The entry way is a turquoise color, the wall at the end of the hallway is more of a seafoam blue, all the other walls are a light grey.

Have I mentioned how much I love our SolaTubes?  There's no lights on in this hallway, that's pure sunshine:

The turquoise is pretty bright, but I love it.  Combined with the grey, you actually get a ton of different looks, depending on how the sun it shining.  In this photo, the far wall & the near wall are actually both the same color, believe it or not:

Keith helped with all the up-high painting, which involved borrowing a 2nd ladder and building a scaffolding.  He even painted inside the skylight, which turned out to be the easiest part since he could use the extension ladder.

Now we have painted nearly every room in our house, with the exception of the downstairs hallway and our bedroom/bath.  I think we're done with painting for a while!