Showing posts with label Dining Room. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dining Room. Show all posts

Farewell Wall Art!


I'm glad to report that my husband and I continue to make progress as we rush to get our downstairs finished. We've been able to get our dining room to the point where all that's left to be done is the sanding and staining of the floor. This means the unique flower bouquets that have graced my walls for almost a year have now been removed permanently!!! A big thank you to my mom who came over on her Saturday to help us with our big painting project.



(I apologize mom, but I had to)

While my mom was hard at work painting our walls, I gave her cup of water to cool down. Well, I shouldn't have given her a cup that looked exactly like the red, plastic one she was painting out of. As she yelped, laughed and then washed her mouth out, she turned and said "no wonder the water was taking forever to come out." Thanks mom for that good laugh and memory that I will never let you live down. :)



The disappearing of the bouquets...


(bonding with my walls)


installing the wainscoting!

(another thanks to mom Landis, who helped paint both coats of the wainscoting)


Ta-da!



The evolution of the floor...

My husband also worked very hard at installing the wood flooring on the
one side of the living that doesn't have it. We both have a new appreciation for people that do this for a living. What a physically demanding task!


Half of the living room has wood floor and the other had this. (above)
Off to work he goes...





The end result! ...of the floor and Dustin

We recently sanded all the floors that you saw. Our next step will be to stain it!

Back to work.. Spackling, Sanding and Priming


Our latest project has been the downstairs living and dining room area. My husband has been working so hard to get these rooms to a point where we can start priming the walls. Our radiators are currently out for the purpose of refinishing the floors easily. So we're in crunch time mode to get our radiators back in before the weather starts getting a lot cooler. We're excited to see these rooms start coming together, yet exhausted thinking of all that needs to be done. My husband works all day doing physical labor and comes home to a house that requires the same physical demands. Please pray for strength and a renewed spirit.

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Reminder of what the walls in this room used to look like... sponge paint: greens, yellows and browns.


Blue walls with hand painted flower bouquets... :/


A Winter Wonderland...
or the result of spackling and sanding a large room.

Special thanks to our brother in law, James. He was a big motivator for my husband when the next step was to sand all the walls. Not a fun job at all. James seems to come when the worst jobs need to be done. Needless to say, it has helped us so much!

Spackling some odds and ends.. not as fun as I make it look.




Doing some touch up work. 



Amazing friends came to help wipe down walls, vacuum and paint!!!


Taking a time out...


Finished... no more scary looking walls. 



This guy needs a hug. :)