Project Stairway Step 2: From Better to ....

NOT pink. Nope, painting the stairs pink got the big veto from BSD.

I wanted to wait until the whole stairway project was finished before posting, but I realize that is going to take A. LONG. TIME. Because it involves choosing a paint color. For some reason, this is painstaking for me. I become Charlize Theron in The Devil's Advocate. Do you remember that movie? The one with Keanu Reeves and Al Pacino is his dad. And, er, the devil. Charlize is Keanu's poor backwoods wife who becomes haunted by everything and is going crazy. And, she keeps repainting their apartment.

That's me. I take forever to choose a paint color. Then half the time, I don't like it and want to repaint it. 

Enter Exhibit A.

I've painted this wall a few colors. I think I've narrowed it down to one of these two. I need to make a decision already before BSD divorces me. This wall has been this way for over a month now. It's hard because even though our house has a whole wall of windows, it can be quite dark in here. Pretty shades in the sunlight look dirty at night and can cast ugly shadows as you can see in this photo. Anybody want to save my marriage and weigh in with a preference?

OK,without further ado... BLECH!

BETTER...

BEACHY!

Now all I need to do is paint the walls, pick out a fun light fixture for the stair landing, and add the rest of the framed pictures to the landing area. Oh, and redo the rest of the house to match the new "Hip Beach" theme. No problem.

I will post the details about the runner in a separate post because I know I looked everywhere online for information on how to install a Dash and Albert rug on a staircase and found nothing.