Let there be light

As promised, here is the update on the latest finished portion of The House of Goodwill project:

Last week, I completed painting all the dark molding in the entryway, and I completed painting the hallway.

Here is the only pic I could find of the hallway from the day we closed on the house.  The hallway, before:

I wonder how many hours of my life so far I've spent painting dark molding white?

No idea, but it's A LOT!

Here it is again while I was in process of painting the molding white.

In these pics, the walls look yellow, but it's not accurate.

The color was a flat light brown, kind of like adobe color.

I changed the color from brown to a very pale green.  It is one shade lighter than the color I painted the office/bedroom.

I think this pic shows the before brown color more accurately.

Here is the after.

The color is called "tranquility."

It's the middle of the afternoon on a sunny day with the light on and lighter paint.

You can see how this house is so naturally dark.

It looked even darker before, with dark colored paint on every wall!

Maybe it's easier to see the color with the door closed?

Looking into the entryway, from the hallway.

This half of the house is almost done.

I've done three bedrooms and the hallway - the bathroom is in process.

I've been working from a green/orange/purple color palette to honor my 1970's house.  But I've decided to throw a little blue in too - I haven't finalized the entryway colors yet but they're going to tie into this hall color.

Little by little, the house is getting lighter and brighter!