Truly the last update of the day
Mar. 1st, 2009 11:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
desperanceThe strangest thing is happening. In my head. I had - of course! - intended to paint my floorboards black. With perhaps little gold stencil fleur-de-lis or some such on the risers.
Thing is, though, the old carpet was not as wide as the stairs, and the outer uncovered edges had already been painted, glossy off-white. And when I took the carpet up I found that goes quite a long way towards the centre of each stair, it's a broad margin - and, y'know? It does make the stairway brighter.
So, yup. This strange thing is happening. I am thinking, what if I paint the whole thing off-white, all the boards? To be sure they'll get grubby fast, but hey. Easy to clean. And light is nice, in a north-facing house.
So maybe. Only, then what do I do with the walls...?
Thing is, though, the old carpet was not as wide as the stairs, and the outer uncovered edges had already been painted, glossy off-white. And when I took the carpet up I found that goes quite a long way towards the centre of each stair, it's a broad margin - and, y'know? It does make the stairway brighter.
So, yup. This strange thing is happening. I am thinking, what if I paint the whole thing off-white, all the boards? To be sure they'll get grubby fast, but hey. Easy to clean. And light is nice, in a north-facing house.
So maybe. Only, then what do I do with the walls...?