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oritcm

Should this be painted?

11 years ago

We have a wall under our curved stairs. Right now it is not painted but I am wondering if it should be? Only the slanted part, not the flat part under the stair landing (where the recessed light is on pic 2)

This is the view from the living room:

And the view from the front door (sorry it is so dark):

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