Hallway Painting

A few weeks ago, we decided to tackle the hallway. I chose a light tan-ish color since I didn't want the small enclosed part of the hallway to feel too dark, and needed something pretty neutral to complement both the green in the living room and the buckskin yellow in the kitchen. The challenge with the hallway is the entrance where it is the full two stories tall. So, Noah was my brave hero and painted all of the high spots while I held the ladder for him praying that it would all go smoothly... and luckily it did! Now that it is all finished, definitely don't plan on re-doing it anytime soon!

Here is it before (sorry the pictures don't really accurately capture the colors, but it looks great!):























And the after:
























And Noah in progress:























Sorry the colors are hard to make out and that is only a piece of the full hallway, but it's kind of impossible to show the whole thing... so y'all will just have to come visit to see the rest :-)

Also, as my anniversary gift, Noah made me the entryway bench and cubby set that I have been drooling over. There's a blog that I read occasionally, and she posts plans to build different designer pieces of furniture. So Noah made this for me; it fits perfectly in our entryway... LOVE it! I wanted some baskets with cute colorful liners, but was having a terrible time finding any, much less some that would fit into the cubby spaces. So I found some baskets that would fit, and then went to JoAnn's Fabric and found some baskets that had plans to make your own liners. The sizing was a bit different for my baskets, so I took the basic idea and modified it to my baskets. I don't have a sewing machine, so I just bought some of that glue that bonds material and just used that to seam the fabric together. It worked fantastically since you don't really need the size or seams to be perfect for this project. Here is the whole thing: