Painting the Hallway

Last November when we painted the living room, we decided to wait and paint the adjoining hallway at another time. Today was that time. For some reason unknown to me, one of the previous owners of this house painted several rooms in the house with black paint. This paint wasn't just any black paint either. It was matte black paint, which made the walls look like a chalk board and act like a chalk board anytime something touched one of the walls. I hated it. It also made this particular hallway look so tiny.

Before:

After the first coat of primer:

After the second coat of primer:

After the paint:

Doesn't this color look so much better?

I still need to remove the tape and check for areas that need to be touched up. I'm crossing my fingers that I won't need to do much touch up painting on the walls. I know the moulding will need lots of work because whoever painted the walls black didn't do a very good job and got black paint all over the moulding. I'll try to post photos of the finished product soon.