New House Series: The Hallway Pt 1 - Not Sure What To Do

Hey Reader,

There is only one real hallway in the house, and it connects all the bedrooms on the second floor. Obviously, the walls have to be smoothed out - that is a given. The hard part is figuring out exactly what I want to do to the walls when it is done.

I have considered doing some old school paneling on the walls, to make it look really classy. I think it would be really nice, but given the spacing on my doors I think it would be a struggle to get the two sides of the hall to match in a reasonable way. Plus, I really want to do the paneling in the craft room, and don't think its needed in more than one space in the house.

Then I thought about doing a textured wallpaper that would add interest. The irony of working so hard to smooth my walls, only to put a textured wallpaper up is not lost on me. The difference being that the textured wallpaper is significantly more palatable to me. The problem with wall paper is the transition. This hallway connects to the stairwell, and that connects directly to the downstairs. With the damn curved edges on the walls, I would need to figure out a good place to switch from wallpaper to regular paint again - or wind up wallpapering the whole downstairs.

Paint would give me the most flexibility and it would seem easier to transition to different colors downstairs. I suspect there will be multiple posts about this, because it is really going to be a challenge.

All of this is a concern for the future though, because we have to worry about the wall smoothing first. I know I said I wanted to write about wall smoothing less, and I definitely do. However, there is a unique problem with the wall smoothing in the hallway. Namely the stairwell. How the hell am I going to get up there? The ceilings are super high. That is awesome for the planned chandelier, but not great for me getting up there with a trowel and some joint compound. Notice the really long window at the front of the house, that is the stairwell. We aren't talking some 8 foot ladder, no matter how tall I am, unless I want to step on the step that has made it clear is not for me to stand on. Incidentally, there are actually two steps on the ladder I am not supposed to step on. I feel like that is absurd. Put something there so I don't step on it. Otherwise you have built me a glorified step stool.

For now, I am working only on the parts I can reach with a standard ladder. Expect to hear a lot more about this as we get to the parts that are a bit more challenging to get to.

Hopefully I can get that done in the next week or so, otherwise I am thinking we have finally reached a point where my projects are taking longer than a week - creating a tougher turn around time for the blog. Wish me luck, and keep making cool stuff.

Until next time,
JoshPrime

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