The dining room was one of the first rooms we tackled in the house, to read our story and our decision to purchase this weird house, click here. For a change, this dining space was not so bad but it wasn't good either- it was a plain room with a dull beige color and chair rail. I wanted to turn it into an elegant space that didn't look very formal and could accommodate my bar style tall dining table. Here is a before picture of the dining space.
The white patches are the holes that we have patched up with putty.
This is after we colored the walls and made the squares for wainscoting.
Again me with the compressor nail gun and level.
The next task was to paint the trim- not just in this room but the entire house; Painting the trim and doors, since they were a bad shade of cream, was the most daunting of all the projects we undertook during the renovation.
Here is a picture of the room after we had painted the wainscoting and trim.
The white brightens up the entire space and makes the fireplace look brand new.
The room was still a little plain and I wanted to have a feature wall. We decided to go with stenciling the walls with a nice dull silver color. It was again a very demanding task and took 10 hours to finish one small part of the wall, but the result was totally worth the effort.
Trying to make sure the stencil is straight!
Here is the end result of all that went into making this dining space. The small hutch to store glassware also has nice lights inside to highlight the crockery.
The silver accessories over the fireplace mantle add a nice touch of elegance.
That chandelier came in a thousand pieces and took me 7 hours to assemble, by the end of which my back and eyes were pleading for me to stop! In the end, it was a very rewarding experience and the dinners will be a bit more elegant.