While my post title may hint at some sublime -- nay, ecstatic -- state of being, I am most assuredly located squarely in the seventh level of hell, a level reserved for poor souls unfortunate enough to buy and sell a home at the same time. Our bank account is hemmorrhaging faster than a hemophiliac at an acupuncturist, and coping with little sleep and loads of msg laden takeout for the last few weeks has left me with a (hopefully impermanent) visage that can only be labeled as cryptkeeper chic.
Let's talk about stairs.
So, fresh paint is up at New House and it's looking jazzy, but the decorating dominoes have begun their inexorable tumble towards complete and total overhaul. Now, please. Ok, not everything can happen now, but the glossy barf oak stairs are particularly offensive, and that must be dealt with. Paint is the solution to every crisis, yes?
This is my dreamboat banister. White balusters, black rails and black... end thingy. I know it has a name? Bueller? Bueller?
Look how much better things can be! I think the mocha stain looks rich with the light floors.
No way am I covering up my fancy new treads with a runner (sorry future baby's knees), but I like everything else about this.
Painting everything black would probably make my life easier, right?
Ok, so my question for you is: how hard is this going to be on a scale of 1 to mf nightmare? Pretty close to the bad side, right? Do I have to sand all that crap?????
Should I paint the balusters white and the rail and end post black? Stain rail and endpost dark? Paint everything charcoal?
Lock myself into a hidey hole and never come out?
[Living Etc, House Beautiful, Centsational Girl, Lonny, Richard Powers]