The main floor of our house is a fairly open concept, therefore we had to come up with our overall design objective for the floor before I can pick a paint color for the dining room. We decided since we both like being in the mountain and the city, why not combine those to thoughts for an "urban cabin" feel. Since we have the chair rail through out the main floor, I decide we would wallpaper the bottom half in Cole & Son's Woods Wallpaper in a gray finish. The top of the chair rail will be Benjamin Moore's Revere Pewter.
I started painting above the chair rail & I'm really happy with the color! At the same time, I found the perfect home for the candle holder the prior owner had left behind for us!
The dining room has a lot of little "weekend" projects, here is what we have to do:
(1.) Hack the Ikea Hemmes Cabinets (Pinterest inspired project)
(2.) Extend the wall under the stairs so it can accommodate the Ikea Hack.
(3.) Remove the archway between the living room and dining to make even more open
(4.) Add a decorative backing to the current Ikea Norden cabinet
(5.) Wallpaper below chair rail
(6.) Paint ceiling
(7.) Pick a trim paint & paint trim and doors
Since we are cutting out the drywall and extending an area, I've painted all the Revere Pewter I could without moving the bar cabinet. Therefore I needed to look for additional work.
In the meantime, I found a home for Jesse's Grandmothers art in the spare bedroom and came across a chair left out for trash!
In the meantime, I found a home for Jesse's Grandmothers art in the spare bedroom and came across a chair left out for trash!
