The faded woodwork debacle left us feeling discouraged. If it had been a bedroom insead of a hallway that we pass through several times a day, we might have just shut the door on the room and our project for a few months.

Pablo mixed stain into varnish and sprayed that on our woodwork with a paint sprayer. No one was sure if this idea was even going to work or how well it would turn out. It took several tries to get the color right, but the end result looked much better then we had hoped for.

The downside was that the varnish tinted more then our woodwork. Right now we have a pink bathtub, toilet, sink, fishtank, computer desk, computer monitor, mirrors and anything else we forgot to cover. It should have occured to one of us to cover these things in plastic before we turned on the paint sprayer.

Good thing we already needed to repaint the hallway.

The only thing left to do is sand and refinish the little back hallway floor. I’ll start on that after the holidays.

Photo taken from the dining room. We selected a blue green color from Benjamin Moore’s Historical collection called Wythe Blue HC-143. It’s a darker version of our first paint color attempt. Our bedroom plaster was originally tinted a similiar color to Wythe Blue and served as inspiration.

Top of the stairwell. Light fixture is from Rejuvenation.

Taken at the top of the stairway landing, looking down.

Taken at the top of the stairway landing, looking towards the sleeping porch.

Photo of the antique leaded glass doors, taken from the upstairs bathroom. It is difficult to adequately photograph these beautiful doors due to the narrowness of the back hallway.

Photo of the back hallway taken from our bedroom.

This project somehow doesn’t seem as exciting as some of our past projects but it was just as much work!

Most of the exterior siding is now in place.

David and I painted most of the new wood with Jasco wood preservative that also helps prevent termite infestations. We still have a few places where the wood was put up before we go it treated that we will need to address.The preservative comes in clear and green. I like the green tinted preservative because it is easier to see if you missed any spots.

Our neighbors asked if the green tint was the color we had decided to paint the house? We have been telling everyone that we are going with some shade of green. I think they were worried.

We have made some progress on disposing of our trash pile.

One of my favorite things about the new back porch?

From the dining room window, you are now looking at a window on the back porch instead of a steel door.

You can also see the window from the living room.

The bathroom floor has been built up and is now level with the back porch floor.

We purchased sconces on sale from Restoration Hardware. They are modern but they don’t feel out of place in the room. I gave up trying to find antique sconces. Most of the period sconces that we happened to like were way out of our price range.

I took a wrong turn somewhere with my wiring. That is why one of the sconces is mssing a bulb and shade. For some reason the light stays on all the time and I’m not able to turn it off from the fixture or the wall switch. One more project to add to my never ending To-Do list.