Update on our door paint-- after priming in gray and using satin paint over, we've decided to go back with semigloss. The satin was fine for the doors at the entry, where there is a lot of natural light, but we have a hallway with five doors opening on it and the satin paint just sucks all the light out of the area. So on Monday we are reprinting these seven doors in semi gloss, then will go after the other twelve doors on this level. I am hoping it won't present a problem with the high gloss trim, but as Roseanne Rosannadanna used to say, "it's always something."

In our old house, I painted the interior doors the same color as the walls, then used a contrast color for the trim. Looked nice, but got a little tricky because one side of the door was a taupe to match the hallways, and the side facing the bedroom/bathroom interiors was matched to those rooms. When it came time to sell, though, our realtor recommended painting all of the doors and trim white. Not sure if that was good or bad advice. We wound up renting the house for a year because of the bad market and are hoping it will sell next year.

Patricia, we have no storage for coats or boots except for a small closet behind where I took the long view photo and the kids wouldn't be able to reach the hangers. We might look into cutting into the living room (if it's not a supporting wall) to create a built-in, long term. I think i'll do the door in the trim colour. Thanks for your comment 🙂

Paint walls solid white or very light color - get rid of wallpaper. I would not swap the toilet as older toilets were smaller. Replacing with a modern unit of any style will take up more room. The wall mounts don't save room and put stress on the wall. The shutters are gorgeous so keep! You simply cannot buy shutters with thin slats like that anymore. Remove the "secret" door and glass shower door. Simply use a thin white curtain. If the shower will not be used the space could be converted into a storage closet or combination of sink and shelves. Change floor tiles to white or very light color. Your sink is adorable and unique. If it is functional I would keep. The towel bar could be swapped with clear lucite or thin chrome bar. Remove wall basket. That space could be plain wall, a piece of artwork, or a bathroom towel holder (clear lucite or chrome). We remodeled our small home bath and are familiar with brightening up such rooms and maximizing space.