Calling in the Pros.

I don't think I have shared my foyer with you all yet.  It is a great space, it is just...well let me just say, I am willing to try almost any home remodeling project....build a deck, no problem, curtains, slipcovers I got it covered!  Litterally!  Furniture refinishing, tiling, painting, landscaping, in fact  I once had 18 tons of stone delivered to my house when I was 6 months pregnant, and I taught myself to build a dry stacked stone wall....I think you get the picture.   I like to tackle new projects, but I also know when I have been out matched and need to call in the professionals.  Or maybe I am just getting old!   My foyer has out matched me.  It is ridiculous. Why? Well...my ceiling hovers 21 feet above the hardwood floors for starters.

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Unfortunately I don't have a wide angle lens on this camera, but my ceiling soars another 6 feet above the this shot.

I am very comfortable on ladders (years ago I was a rock climbing instructor--if you can believe that...) so heights do not scare me. It is the fall off the ladder that scares me.  I know myself, and I am a reacher.  When I am painting a room, I tend to get lazy.  I see how far I can stretch with my roller before I move my ladder.  At 21 feet, I don't think reaching is a good idea.  So I have made the calls and I have hired a painter.  Now that the hard part is taken care of, let me show you my space.....

I decided to paint my walls Wheat Bread by Behr.  This is the same color I used in my Mud Room makeover.  You can see in this picture how far I could reach, even on my ladder! One of my friend's said my walls looks like an Aztec painting! Not the look I was going for....

Oh wow that this is a terrible picture of my cat's rear end!  I am sooooo sorry!  It is also the only picture showing my upstairs hall which is open to my foyer. 

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As a side note, MooMoo my cat thinks she should be in all my pictures, if I take out my camera, she starts prancing around! 

Here is my amazing painter Todd Glasgow painting my foyer...

Here is a better look at the height of this room.

We painted the walls Behr's Wheat Bread, but had the paint custom matched and used Benjamin Moore paint.  I had the ceiling painted in Benjamin Moore's Cloud Cover.

So where should I start with this room, well....If I had a million dollars....(....I'd buy you furniture for your house---at least according to the Barenaked Ladies song).....still singing to myself.  Okay let me get back on track, over the next week, I will share with you a couple foyers that are inspiring this makeover, and unlike C's room which is taking forever, I will reveal my new and much improved foyer.  As always my budget is tight.  I have about $1250 to spend on this remodel, and that includes the painter!  I will be moving a couple of pieces in from other rooms, and I will be bringing back in a couple of pieces. 

Rebekah