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   Heather on March 23, 2011 at 6:15 am

   yep. me too! i saw this yesterday too and started imagining ripping sheet rock down so i could have painted spindles. then began brainstorming other things i could try this effect on! someday when i rip up the carpet on my stairs I will paint those something fun. thanks for the inspiration, tastemaker!

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   Dianne Tant on March 23, 2011 at 6:29 am

   so I guess you like green?

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   Jennifer Ingram on March 23, 2011 at 9:24 am

   That is very refreshing & cool! Makes me crave some fruit stripe gum from about 30 yrs ago 🙂

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     Kristie Barnett on March 23, 2011 at 12:34 pm

     i loved fruit stripe – that’s probably why i love this staircase!!!

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   Julie on March 23, 2011 at 12:21 pm

   I love this! I am posting a bright blue and green today! Thanks for the inspiring blog!

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     Kristie Barnett on March 23, 2011 at 12:34 pm

     Julie, I’ll go check out your post! Thanks 🙂

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   Daniel on March 23, 2011 at 3:39 pm

   I hope to one day have a blog like the decorologist. You are the bomb.

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     Kristie Barnett on March 23, 2011 at 5:40 pm

     you are too kind!

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   melissa on March 23, 2011 at 8:39 pm

   I actually have primed spindles just waiting for some personality. There are only 8, though, so I’m not sure the effect would be as fabulous….

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   Kelly on March 24, 2011 at 8:16 am

   So creative and beautiful! Thanks for sharing. 🙂

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   carolsmyth@thedesignpages on March 24, 2011 at 1:14 pm

   Who says there are no new ideas. This is brilliant. What a brave and adventurous homeowner!

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   jasmine on April 12, 2011 at 10:11 pm

   I saw something really similar to this in a recent martha stewart but can’t find the photo. do you remember it? the hand rail was white and came to a very clean and simple curve at the bottom. The rails were painted in varying shades of blues and greens. Any chance you have that scanned or know of a link online?

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     Kristie Barnett on April 14, 2011 at 8:45 am

     jasmine, i think this is from martha – i pulled it from “the painted room,” but i think it’s from martha stewart living originally.

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