New House- Dining Room

Normally, I hate formal dining rooms and think they are a waste of space.  Usually because they are so far from the kitchen it doesn't make sense.  But in this house, it is close and I like it a lot.

Here is the before.  More dreaded green wallpaper on unfinished sheetrock.  I cannot figure it out!


They certainly did ride the oak train as far and fast as it could go.  I learned that a ceiling like this is called a trey ceiling.  So there you go.  Learn something new everyday.


Don't you love the framed Victorian print with fake flowers on top?

Here is a view from the kitchen before we painted the green wallpaper.  The blue booster chairs are such an eye-sore and drive me crazy.  But since Kembia and Truitt are on the short side of their ages, they stay.  The IKEA baskets on the right contain all of our homeschool stuff.  

The table was given to us from my aunt.  Which was awesome because we were using an office table at our old house which was severely bowing in the middle, was much too small for this space, and much too small for our family.  

Here is the room from the other side.  These IKEA desks hold pens and coloring books and all things little kids.  It took forever and a day to hang those frames evenly, and after it was all said and done they are a couple of inches too high.  Drives me nuts, but not enough to change it yet.  One is hung by screws and the other by a wire, so to do it again will take some time.  

Things to do in this room.  Paint the chandelier until we can afford a new one.  Recover those ugly maroon seats.  Someday take the wallpaper off and then remove the chair rail.  

Here is a good view from the dining room showing the layout of the living room and kitchen as well.  Two bedrooms, bathroom and stairs to the walkout basement are down the hallway to the left, and the mudroom/laundry room are to the right.