Update on the Stairway Wall Molding

Pin It I finished filling the nail holes, sanding and painting the grid wall on the stairway.  Here is the finished photo with the paint.

New Molding for the Stairway

Pin It I've been wanting to add square molding to the staircase for some time now.  And today, I did!

I spent several hours removing some old molding, patching, painting the upstairs wall (Behr Cottonseed - the yellow color at the top of the wall) and then installed primed MDF 1x3" boards in a grid pattern.

Here is a preview picture. 

Sprucing up the Entryway

Pin It I spent a Saturday with a few scrap pieces of wood, new coat hooks (Lowes) and some paint and came up with this:

Here is the starting point inside the front door:

Added 1"x4" strips of wood to the wall.  I used countersunk screws into the studs since I planned on attaching large coat hooks.  It probably wasn't necessary, but with my kids and their fifty pound backpacks it was worth the extra effort.  I filled the holes with wood filler, sanded and primed.

Then used two coats of Ultra White Behr Satin. 

Installed the bronze coat hooks.  I think they were about $3 each.

When visitors come over, they always comment about how interesting it is that I used a door by the front door for my coat hooks.  I didn't plan to make it look like a door, but when I look at it I see how much it does.  Cool!