Painting the Hallway, Again!

So I painted the hallway about a year ago.

It was an off white color, and it was looking grimy,

so I decided to paint it a dark color hoping

dirt wouldn't be so noticeable.

I chose an olive color because it complemented

the mocha color that is in our kitchen.

Kitchen (mocha) color on the left,

 hallway (olive) color on right.

 

I loved the color -

originally.

But the longer I lived with it,

the more I started to dislike it.

It made the already dark hallway

darker and gloomier.

 

Let me just say here that I can be a little indecisive.

Or maybe I'm too decisive and don't

think through things completely.

No, I think I'm indecisive.

So the more I thought about the hallway,

the more I realized I needed to repaint

it a lighter color.

 

 

See - dark hallway even with the light on.

And yes, we do have a boob light on our ceiling.

Don't judge!

 

So I picked out a lighter color to paint the hallway.

But first I had to TSP it (clean it).

I did that last weekend, so this weekend

I was able to paint a first coat.

 

Now it may look white in this picture,

but it is a tan color in real life.

So basically, it's almost the exact same

color that I had started off with.

 

This shows you all three colors together.

 

I haven't finished painting the hallway

because there was too much moisture in

the air this weekend, and the paint

 didn't want to dry.

I plan on finishing up the paint job in the next

couple of weekends, and I'll post pictures

of the finished hallway at that time.

 

So have you done any projects lately

that you can't stand and need to fix?

Please don't tell me I'm the only one.