New and Improved Dinning Room

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The dinning rooms was one of the worst rooms when we moved in. There was a light with an awful circle thing around it, a coat rack glued to the wall. The ceiling was painted yellow and then the walls were yellow with an orange sponge paint. AWFUL
So after i finished the living room the dinning room was next! 

Here is the room before we moved in. Sponge paint and all...you can also see the light and that weird circle thing in the photo

Besides removing the coat rack from the wall, we wanted to remove the circle and the light. Well we now know why they put up the circle thing. They cut a hole in the ceiling and decided instead of fixing it, lets just cover it! So we got the job of fixing it. 

After everything was sanded, and Mark (husband) had painted the ceiling white. The room was ready for a fresh coat of paint. 

Another view of the room. We did realize why they sponge painted it...because they never fully removed the wall paper, so the texture hid the natural texture left on the wall....SO LAZY

Fresh coat of paint. Looks MUCH better

Next Mark and I cut and installed crown molding. The following day i painted all the trim and molding white. Looks much nicer 

Here is the room with the carpet and furniture back in place. I did end up putting all the dishes back in the hutch the next day. 

Almost finished room. Looks so much better, we are so happy with how it turned out. Also...check out that beautiful new light! 

I hung up one of the canvas paintings i had. It reminds me of our trip to the dominican republic. 

The last thing for the room that i was waiting on was the frames for these two pictures. They are hung evenly and are simple. They are painting done by a local artist of the beautiful area we live in. 

I am SO excited with how our dinning room turned out. Now its time for our BBQ housewarming party! 

I am not sure what room i will do next. I think i am taking a slight break for a minute. 
Eventually i think i will be painting the furniture since there are so many scratches and it needs some updating. I picked out a nice shade of grey. Maybe at some point. 

#stacksarerenovating
#stacksnewhouse 


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