{renovate} stripes!

**Update: I'm submitting this project to the Pinterest challenge today! If you look at my Pinterest boards, you'll see that that project came directly from there. I just happened to post about it a week too early! You can see my project, plus all the others at Young House Love, Bower Power and House of Earnest. Enjoy! :) **

Does it feel like forever since I've actually shared a home project? It feels like forever to me, which makes the project I'm sharing today even more fun :).

A couple weeks ago, I posted about painting stripes in my hallway. You can read about why and see my inspiration rooms here.

As a reminder, here is what our hallway looks like. Late last week, I set about painting stripes.

And so now, this is what our hallway looks like! Stripes! Aren't they fun?

The hallway is actually an incredibly awkward .... especially for taking photos! There are actually SEVEN doors in this tiny space. So, you can imagine that taping straight and accurate was .... interesting ;). The door on the right in this picture is the door to the craft room.

I am so happy with how it turned out though. The lines are SUPER crisp, and I think everything is straight. If you read my previous post about this, you'll remember that Chris was actually out of town this weekend. Not only did he have NO idea I was painting, but we'd never even talked about stripes in the hallway. He was completely surprised when he got home last night, but he loves it :).

I think the stripes add an interesting element to what could be a very boring, basic, door-filled hallway. I kept the blue color that was already in the hallway, and is the color of the living room, to keep the spaces tied together. The stripes are the same white/cream color as the trim in the entire house.

Here's the view into the kitchen:

And the view from the kitchen, down the hall:

This is what you see when you walk in our front door:

Because of the number of doors, there isn't a lot of space for decor. I've always kept it really simple.

A dashboard from a vintage car hangs on the wall; a nod to Chris' obsession hobby. The letterpress print is from our trip to Boston last year when we stumbled upon the Hatch Show at Boston University. You can read more about the show here. It was incredible. None of the Hatch Prints were for sale, but we managed to snag a letterpress show poster. I love that the guy is blue and coordinates incredibly well with the wall color.

On the only other wall big enough to hold art is Crate and Barrel candle holder we received as a wedding gift. It's beautiful when all the candles are lit, and makes the space sparkle.

I'll be back Wednesday with a how to, in case you'd like to create stripes of your own! It actually turned out to be quite simple, and only took a few hours from start to finish. 

What projects did you tackle this weekend? Have you painted stripes in your house? Would you ever paint stripes in your house?? :)