Entryway before (super boring!) :
Sorry it has taken me so long to get this post up! The
stripes were actually the first thing to get done, but it took me a little longer to get the room styled. I'm such a perfectionist and don't like to take "after" pictures until every little detail is just the way I want it. Of course, I've changed things around a million times since I took these pictures (some accessories are even different in some of the pictures) so I guess your home is never really finished!
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| taping was not the most fun part, so i was thankful it was a small room! |
We actually did this all on June 5...yes, our first anniversary! Super romantic, huh? I wouldn't have had it any other way, though! We don't get to spend a lot of time together due to our super hectic schedules, so it was nice to have a big project like this to work on together! Joe was so sweet to help me with this! He was a HUGE help to this extremely right brain creative girl! He is always so logical and mathematical, so he was the one who did all the measuring...thank God!
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| all taped and ready to start painting! |
I thought about writing a full tutorial, but decided not to because the one I followed was so amazing! Jessica from
Decor Adventures wrote a fabulous tutorial on painting stripes, and it was so incredibly helpful to us. We did a few things different, but it was so nice to have her post to go by. Seriously, if you are thinking about painting stripes, definitely use her post as a guide!
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| all finished! |
Our ceilings are super tall, and we had lots of molding to work around, so we decided to take the easy way out and paint the gray stripes on the existing wall color (which is kind of an off white.) I was worried it wouldn't look as crisp as some of my inspiration pictures, but I absolutely love the way it turned out. Plus, it was WAY easier not to have to paint a base coat of white! We ended up having 4 gray stripes and 5 of the existing color so we wouldn't have to tape around the ceiling and baseboards. Genius, I tell ya!
I ended up choosing the color Versatile Gray from Sherwin Williams because I was scared the
greige color I picked out at first would be a little too dark. I was totally right! The Versatile Gray turned out to be exactly what I wanted, and I love the way it looks with the off white that was already on the walls.
This source list is for you,
Allison! :)
Paint: Versatile Gray by Sherwin Williams
Both buffet lamps: Home Goods (The white one with the fun lampshade will be sticking around in here!)
Floor lamp: Target
Buffet: It's acually a
bookcase that is supposed to stand up tall, but we added some stainless steel legs from Ikea and called it a buffet!
Ikat bowl: Anthroplogie (I am so in love with this bowl and need to go get more before they sell out! Perfect for keys or jewelry!)
Bench: Home Goods
Pillows: Home Goods
NYC Prints: Photos taken by yours truly! I thought it would be fun to have some cool NYC architecture framed in here to go with the Statue of Liberty picture I had mounted on canvas. Nice, cheap art!
Shoe Basket: Home Goods
Silhouettes: A DIY project I did for the cake table at our wedding. Love looking at these and feeling all nostalgic :)
Mostly everything else was either a wedding gift or from Home Goods!
So, there ya go! A pretty and welcoming entryway on a super tight budget!
Moral of the story...GO TO HOME GOODS!
