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Dark hall, stairs and landing paint ideas

3 years ago

Hi, we have a small hallway and a dark stairway that double back both sides at the top that we are getting skimmed and looking for ideas for paint colours suitable to brighten it up but will work as a family space please and not show marks up too easily

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Sharon NIMMO
Original Author
3 years ago
Wumi
3 years ago
When you enter the house are the stairs immediately in front of you? Where do the doors either side lead to?

I have stairs directly in front of the front door (no hall) and a living room on the right. My staircase gets most of the light from the glazed front door and the glazed living room door. Changing to glazed doors can really help with lighting.

Sorry, I haven’t made any suggestions for colour! I’d personally just paint it in a brilliant white first and then decide on a colour later on.
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ali270
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Dulux light reflecting paint really does work . We used it in our north facing kitchen and it does bounce the light into the room .

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