Every door and window is handsomely molded with medallion corner blocks. The foyer, living room, and former dining room are adorned with six inches of dental crown molding and there is ten inch baseboard molding throughout the house. So why then is the upstairs hallway so plain? This is way the hallway looked when we took possession of the house in April 2012.
The upstairs hallway runs almost
the entire length of the house, about 26 feet.
The door at the end of the corridor leads to the attic, sometimes making
passage along this long and somewhat dark hallway a little bit eerie. Last week we completed our hall renovation
cheering things up a bit by adding some fresh paint, new lights, a few travel
photos and some colorful rugs. And of course,
some millwork.
Ironically, we found some unused chair rail in the attic. It’s identical to the millwork found in the former dining room and we feel certain it was intended to be installed elsewhere in the house. Gary guided Larry through the installation process, including how to make the wall look plumb and level when
it’s not. Whether or not the unused
chair rail was purchased with the upstairs hallway in mind, we do not
know. But we do know, we love the look!
