Hall and Landing

My entrance hall and landing are tiny and like most modern builds, lacks storage. I have a tiny cupboard under the stairs and I have to tilt the vacuum cleaner to get it inside and get on my hands and knees to retrieve anything else in there.

The decorating costs have been minimal, I used the leftover soft green from the lounge on three walls with white up the stairs and on the landing. Luckily Aldi had a great special offer which included a paint tray, paint roller and extending pole all for around £7.00. This enabled me to quite easily paint the high walls and with the added benefit of using white I had no “cut ins” to worry about!

OK, so here’s the pics.

These were taken the day I moved in.

BEFORE

AFTER

My BHS chandelier purchased in their sale for £18. See also my T towel blind on the door in the background!

I desperately needed storage for dog leads, keys, wine (also doubles as a shoe rack) and other bits of tat, I had a couple of bargain buys of Ebay. The wine rack base was about £13 and the shelf top about £8. I think they go together quite well and fits in the small area at the base of the stairs.

The mirror, which is opposite the pine unit, was a nasty, tacky, gold colour which I painted using some leftovers in a tester pot. I quite like it now, sort of looks French (ish).

Now upstairs, here’s the bureaux before the makeover.

And after a distressed paint jobbie.

Another tacky gold mirror, given a coat of paint, which is at the top of the stairs.

My boot sale bargain £2 chandelier on the landing.

Here's a pair of picture frames that have been given a makeover. The bluebell photographs were taken by my lovely friend Les. I wanted bluebells to tie in with the BLUEBELLE framed photograph of my daughter.

P.S. take NO notice of the disgusting carpet. I’m replacing it all when I’ve finished decorating the whole house.