The kitchen remodel has caused an avalanche. A big slow avalanche that takes 12 months to make any real progress. The red paint in the Dining Room was giving me anxiety when compared with the new beige-y paint in the kitchen.
Here is the "Before" Dining Room in the least flattering photo I could find:
When I realized the Beechnuts and I had plans to be away for a few days, I bought the primer and paint for Jeff to tackle the painting in our absence. As soon as we left, Jeff stared at the paint cans, reached for the phone, and booked a painter to do the work.
The blue-gray of C2 Melodic makes the room feel much larger and airy, which is exactly the feeling I wanted. I hadn't realized how the former red paint was so overwhelming until it was gone.
We moved the map to be centered with the room, not the section of wall. Now it is centered with the chandelier and the dining room table.
The buffet came from our friend's parents who didn't want it anymore.
I unpacked some long-forgotten china and silver.
I bought the fabric for the chairs in the Pottery Barn Bettina fabric to match the curtains (bought on sale).
I think the rug should be different, but I'll live with it for now.
A painting on-loan from my sister in London gets a more prominent position in the house.
I love the pattern in the curtains and chairs, I think it makes the table that once belonged to my grandmother feel young. Well, younger!
I ordered the mulch and then did the research in true "Ready, Fire, Aim" fashion, and discovered some people bed their playground areas with pea gravel. Yes. Rocks. Doesn't that seem mean? Our kids are accident prone so even though we are surrounded by termites, I felt that the mulch might reduce the number of hours spent pinning down a crying child to apply neosporin and band-aids. (Sorry Dad, I went with the wood mulch.)
