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The laundry hallway wouldn't have been so bad if it weren't
for the fact that it's difficult to clean and therefore hasn't been in quite
some time. There was also a lot of pet damage that was left unattended to that made this a real eyesore. On the left is an example of what the cubby hole and cabinet scheme looked like in this area. I started on repainting the hallway and forgot to take "before" photos on the worst of it. |
| This is one of the four hallway nooks that was screaming to
be redone. Everyone agreed that the yellow and orange wallpaper was evil and
must be destroyed. Inside these cabinets was scary enough, but what I found hidden on top of them confirmed a rumor I heard about Mr. Bullfeathers a long time ago. Someone once told me that he was in the habit of trying to swindle the utilities companies by tampering with the meters at his own house (before he slimed his way into this one.) It would appear that he at least made the attempt to do the same thing at some point while living here, as I uncovered a damaged and obviously tampered with electrical meter hidden up here. |
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The same nook after the evil flowered wallpaper was
destroyed. Eventually gold knobs were added to the cabinets and the frayed
pull-cord replaced with something a bit more decorative. Normally I don't work in pastels very often, but lavender was the only paint color I had on hand that would compliment the blue. The lavender had originally been bought to use in the kitchen to mask the wall damage with a sponged painting technique, but then I came to my senses and decided on another approach for that problem. (More on that later.) But I have to admit that it was fun to experiment with softer color schemes in here, although it does clash a bit with Garith's bathroom at the end of the hallway which is painted blood red and as of this writing does not have a door. |
| The pantry after my paint job. Before, the bottoms of these metal doors were completely rusted out from years of moisture and mold. I ended up sanding them down before giving them a sponged paint job to mask the rough patches.
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