add picture frame wainscoting to the lower 1 3 of the walls in the stairwell paint the wainscoting a deep moody blue gray rain cloud by sherwin williams and paint the walls above the wainscoting in the stairwell white alabaster by sherwin williams the stair treads will be oak and the stair risers will be painted white the rest of the walls outside of the stairwell will be painted a soft sage green rare gray by sherwin williams
