This past weekend I gave a big chunk of my past away. My daughter and son-in-love came and took all my dining room furniture and silver, some crystal and china. They have just bought their first house and so I decided it was time to part with my dining room. This has been planned for weeks but I was a little surprised at the emotions it stirred around.
I watched them load the trailer with pieces of furniture that I loved and cherished but really no longer fit in my life and it was just kind of strange. It was cutting of ties to memories to the past, which is healthy, but I was taken aback by those emotions. My daughter carefully packed the crystal and china that she wanted and I watched some of my memories and dreams go in the box with each piece. It wasn't really sad, but I can't quite put my finger on what it was. I do know, though that it was one more step in making my home mine and that feels good.
On the flip side, though, I now have a wonderful office space where all my work can be consolidated and organized! No more work in the sunroom, no more boxes in my bedroom! I am excited about that! Tomorrow I will start moving things into the empty room and trying to find a place for all the crystal that was left! I can't wait to show you some before and after pictures!
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Sunday, March 5, 2017
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Welcome to THE Dining Room!
What can I say! The Dining Room project has come to an end and I am sooooo glad. We finished up just in time to enjoy spending Thanksgiving in there, and promptly began Christmas decorating so I didn't manage to get any photos without the decorations. I hope you will appreciate a little before and after fun!
Welcome to our before dining room
(the first couple of "before" shots were the ones sent to me via email
when my DH found the house):
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| The BEFORE..... |
| the AFTER! |
Another BEFORE...
and...
| AFTER! |
| I thought we were going to have to replace the chandelier... |
| but the shades made it a keeper! |
These window treatments were re-purposed from our last house. They were too short for the height I wanted to hang them, so I found a remnant (literally the end of a bolt) of raw silk in just the right color, cut it into 4 equal strips and added it onto the bottom with some coordinating trim. Presto! I now have NEW, custom drapes! Hot glue is your friend!!!! I also used the drapes to recover the chairs.
Here are a few more random shots of our "new" dining room!
We still have a few things we want to add to the dining room...a BIG rug, just to name one, but I will have to find just the right one so that may take a few months! Now, I am off to tackle more Christmas decorating and to start planning our next project!
Tally:
Primer/paint/Spackle/sand paper, etc. $175.00
Hole Patch kit $ 15.00
Electrical receptacles/covers/supplies $ 30.00
Shades for Chandelier $ 45.00
Curtain $ 79.00
Window Treatment supplies (fabric/trim) $ 17.00
Total Cost for Project: $361.00
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bathroom redo,
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Christmas,
curtians,
dining room,
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redecorating,
rug,
thanksgiving,
wallpaper
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
The Free Chair Redo....
Tomorrow I am planning on posting the before and after of the dining room, complete with total costs and photos (so far I haven't been able to get good pictures!) but for today, I thought I would just do a before and after of my "new" dining room chairs. Dh's sweet Daddy came across these and thought they might be something I would like to play with (and we are always in need of more seating). Well, it took me about 6 months to get to it but I finally did and I am pleased with the way they turned out.
Tally:
Chairs: FREE
Fabric: $0 (they were part of the drapes that I re-purposed from our last house!)
Stain: $5
Brush for Stain: $2
Here is a before:
| SAD. |
and an after...
| GLAD |
Tally:
Chairs: FREE
Fabric: $0 (they were part of the drapes that I re-purposed from our last house!)
Stain: $5
Brush for Stain: $2
Total Cost of Project: $7/4 chairs (or $1.75 for each)!

Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Dining Room Teaser....
Yes, I am a tease!
This is just a tiny peek at what I will be posting about next week. Wallpaper has been removed and we decided to go with paint instead of more wallpaper. Window treatments have been completed and hung and we are ready to host Thanksgiving...just in the nick of time! So, check back next week to see a before and after (dramatic after, I might add) of our DIY Dining Room face lift.
Can you tell I am excited about the results?
This is just a tiny peek at what I will be posting about next week. Wallpaper has been removed and we decided to go with paint instead of more wallpaper. Window treatments have been completed and hung and we are ready to host Thanksgiving...just in the nick of time! So, check back next week to see a before and after (dramatic after, I might add) of our DIY Dining Room face lift.
Can you tell I am excited about the results?

Labels:
dining room,
DIY,
redecorating,
remodeling,
thanksgiving,
window treatments
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Guess what I am doing this week?
Do you ever start a project with a plan, knowing just what you want to do and where? You know...you have made decisions! Well, that was just where I was at the beginning of this week when I peeled the 1st strip of wallpaper off my dining room wall....now, not so much.....
I promise I had a plan...really, I did.
But, as I peeled and peeled and adopted the nickname of "Queen of the Strippers" (yes thank you, dear husband, I appreciate that) I began to wonder if I should do something different. My dining room is a big room, (20 feet by 14 feet), so I am looking to warm it up and make it more cozy which is somewhat ironic because it seems in every other house I have had, I was trying to open up the dining room and make it less cozy...oh, the irony.
| Got my 1st wall done! |
But, as I peeled away the wallpaper a strange whisper started in the back of my mind, "Wallpaper" it called. "Wallpaper would cover a myriad of wall damage...." and I replied, "You have got to be crazeeee!" but it continued. Do any of you have these strange decorating voices in your head or is it just me?
So, after I have heard from several of my besties, and much debate over to wallpaper or not to wallpaper, I thought I would ask even more people so I will have even more voices in my head throw this question out into blogland....
What would you do?

Labels:
decorating,
dining room,
houses,
painting,
redecorating,
remodeling,
wallpaper




