August 11, 2008

Mr. Miagi Exercise

This was not a Mr. Miagi exercise, as the stairs required horizontal strokes, but I still think of The Karate Kid every time I paint. Today it was the upstairs staircase.

Eventually, we'll paint the trim of the stairs a different color -- something bold and cool -- but for now, Swiss Coffee. It's white with a tiny bit of brown; off-white with a brown tone? It has an eggshell finish.




It's funny. The last pic was taken at night, so the camera flash gave the stairs a sheen and gleam that they don't really have.

Today... tiling. Scary.

5 comments:

tron said...

We used Swiss Coffee on all of our trim at our old place. Good luck with the tiling!

Deborah Glasofer said...

looking good! by the time you're done w/ your place, maybe i'll buy a place and put you two to work :)

Hack said...

The Swiss drink white coffee?

tron said...

we do

Rob said...

For clarification, Swiss Coffee is an off-the-shelf color option at Home Depot. What I mean is, we didn't spot Swiss Coffee in a sea of paint chips and choose it. It's one of Behr's standard offerings.