Out with the orange!

We hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! We spent our few days off relaxing and Christmas shopping, so our home projects have been a little on the back burner. But, that's okay! During this time we've really put pen to paper (and Pinterest pinning, follow us here). We now have a plan of attack for the lower level of our house. This is our priority so we can have company over and not feel like we are in a disarray.

This may offend some, but we are NOT fans of wood trim, especially this orangey-oak that is in our entire house. We love the fact that there are solid wood doors, solid wood trim and quality finishes, it's just not in our preferred color. So, Nathan took some time during the evenings this week to begin painting all of the trim in the hallway, front entry, dining room and living room.

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Just one coat of a good primer totally transforms the look of the trim and we find it makes the floors look less orange, too.

We used this primer:


Tonight and throughout the weekend we will be finishing the hallway trim and painting the solid 6 panel doors that we have and replacing the knobs and hinges.