A house of hall walls...

So you know I live in an old,

 small cottage on Covington,

and in most older homes

there are not wide open spaces.

There are hallways

 that lead to every room in the house.

This is the case in my home.

All these hall ways are not exactly

the best case scenario 

if you like a big open look, as I do.

But, when you have lemons...

So,  I thought I would share with you

what I did to doll my hall walls up.

 I painted them in

 cream {Ralph Lauren roadster white}

and tan {Behr's teepee brown}

extra large horizontal stripes.

They do not seem to look straight in my photos,

but they actually are.

 On the wall that separates the girlie's rooms

I hung an old architectual piece

above family photos

all framed in chunky black frames,

{I wish I had used black and white photos instead of color}

and then hung hooks for the girls

to put their coats and back packs on.

No excuses for stuff thrown on the floor!

 This is an old telephone niche.

I usually have an original old black rotary phone

there that actually works,

but it is being used in a play currently.

So, it looks a bit under dressed right now.

But I am sure you can picture

the chunky black phone sitting

against the stripes.

 And this is the hall way leading

 in from the back door.

 I have hooks all along this wall.

This is a very used area,

and I needed it to be very functional.

 I love the sign above the hooks

that says

we are members of the Madison Ave. Society.

{we are soooo not the Madison Ave. type}

I love even more that

 I got it at a literal hole in the wall junk store for .99!

{see what I mean about not being the Madison Ave. Type?}

 These are the doors that lead into our laundry/utility room.

They are across from the wall in the above photo.

I attached old hotel room numbers to them

for a little extra something-something.

 My chunky key holder.

That I actually do use!

No more lost sets of keys!

I actually got this for free.

It was headed into the trash.

Can you believe that?

 Love this set of hooks

made out of an old piece of moulding

and old silverware!

 And this is at the end of one of the hall ways.

I am hoping to eventually stack these suitcases

to the ceiling in ascending size.

I got that idea recently

here in Country Living magazine.

But these were the only suitcases I have as of now.

I am actually storing seasonal items inside of them.

So they are useful AND good looking!

Ok, so there are some of the many hallways

in my little cottage.