Stripety Stripe Stripe Stripe

After having the last little and barely being able to move for many months, I decided my first post-baby project would be to paint stripes. The upstairs hallway was the winner because it's long and a little dark in spots, and I didn't want to lock the stripes in a room and not be able to enjoy them only, say, when I went in the bathroom. So, five minutes after deciding, the tools were out and we were stripping  stripe-ing. 

Sort of. There is some prep work that needs to be done, which is why I hadn't tackled it before. But other than having to commit a few naptimes and evenings to it, it wasn't bad, and gave the hallway so much attitude, I'd do it again in a minute...

What I was really hoping for was to lighten/brighten the color so that I would be ok with the dark color that I was itching to re-paint. It didn't work, and soon after, I repainted over the green ... which meant repainting the ENTIRE house. Weird how that happens.

There are a lot of how to's all over blogland. I did the basic level, with 12-ish inches planned for the stripes, and some frog tape. I used paint the same color as the wall to seal the edges and I was on my way. LOVE me some stripes, and I don't have to worry that they make it look wider...that was the goal.

Green: Churchill Hotel Olive (Valspar?)

White: French Linen (Benjamin Moore)

Both mixed at Walmart. Because I'm cheap like that. 

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