Heading Upstairs

Moving onward and upward...

I don't have many pictures of the stairwell, probably because stairwells aren't that interesting.  But in this one you can see the weird two-tone thing going on:

Who knows why they thought that was a good idea.  At some point, we'll see about replacing the stairs that are the weird color.

I'm also planning on replacing those stair treads with something more neutral.  Brody will love having those so that he doesn't fall down the stairs any more.

At some point we may want to upgrade the railing too, though that's very low on the priority list.

This is the door on the landing that goes out to the Juliet balcony.  I may throw a window treatment on it, and we'll definitely add some potted plants out there.

My favorite thing upstairs...laundry chute!

The wall color in the stairway/upstairs hallway will be changing, though I'm still deciding what.  Definitely something neutral.  Currently it is the same color as the living room, which would be easy and provide a nice flow.

We'll also swap out that ugly brass switchplate and knob on the laundry chute.

There are three bedrooms upstairs.  First, of course, is the master bedroom:

These photos are a little dark because obviously I didn't turn the light on...it's because I'm such a fantastic photographer.

 This is looking into the room from the doorway.  It's hard to tell from the picture, but it's a very nice sized bedroom.  With wallpaper, but probably the least offensive wallpaper in the house.  Still, it must go.

Turning to the right, facing west.

 The door on the right is the closet, which isn't huge but has a nice his side/her side thing going on.  Our current closet is small so I took it over and poor Sean has almost all of his clothes in his office.  However, that will change!

Facing the other way, these windows look out over the front of the house.

Not a ton to do in this room, but we still need our list:

• Remove wallpaper (notice a pattern here?)
• Paint - picking this color will be a doozy. More on that later.
• New window treatments
• New light switch plates/outlet plates
• New ceiling fan
• Radiator cover

Beyond that, I think we're going to need more decor to fill up this room.  We have enough room that I think we could create a little reading corner with a chair.  In time...

The other two bedrooms are smaller, but not tiny.  About the same as the current house we're renting.

Bedroom #2:

Looking in from the door

 This will likely be Sean's office, as it's slightly larger than the other room.  Same basic upgrades here: paint, new ceiling fan, outlet covers, window treatments, remove popcorn ceiling, etc.

This room has some fantastic built-ins, which will be great for Sean

Bedroom #3:

Judging by the decor, I think this used to be a room for their pet dragonfly.

I'd love to get a radiator cover for this wall that would extend to each end of the wall and double as a window seat & storage.

Close up of the dragonfly motif...they're wallpaper-like decals.  Cute, but they've still got to go.

This room will probably be the guest room.  Ironically, that means we'll paint the blue room green and the green room blue, but...what can you do.

Coming up next: I've saved the best part of the upstairs for last!