Posts from the ‘Dining Room’ Category
- The built-in blitz continues…dining room edition part II on March 7th, 2013
After a week straight of nonstop work the dining room built-in is finished. And this time, since it’s been so long since part one and you’ve all waited patiently (all ten of you), let’s just reveal the final product here right at the start before picking up where we left off. I couldn’t have gotten [...]
- The built-in blitz continues…dining room edition on March 4th, 2013
Like I said before, one day I’m going to run out of spaces to fill and radiators to cover, and that’s going to be a sad day for me. Because I am really enjoying the built-in bonanza currently underway in the old rowhouse. Though, based on the amount of time and effort these last two [...]
- Making our old chairs new again — or at least less old on December 21st, 2011
We purchased our dining room set from the former homeowner, and ever since we moved in I’ve longed to recover the stained and worn fabric of the dining room chairs. Mauve traditional tapestry-inspired floral patterns are simply not our style. The green fabric in the trash can is what we found under the current pattern [...]
- Finally got around to replacing that dining room fixture on March 16th, 2011
I had never paid much attention to the light fixture that we had in the dining room. Seemed pretty typical, and I’m not one for big fancy glass and crystal chandeliers. Certainly not in a house of ours, anyway. So when Rachel’s parents asked us if we wanted an extra chandelier they had in their [...]
- One coat left! on December 10th, 2010
Dining/living room floors, originally uploaded by whiteknuckled. Floors have been stained and are nearly done. One more coat of poly going on today and we get to finally stay at the house tonight. Should have some nice fumes for us to enjoy overnight. We’ll be able to move our furniture up from the basement and [...]
