Latest House Project

We can't seem to go long without doing something to our house.  Do you recall me asking you not to let me paint again anytime soon!?  Yeah, thanks.  You didn't do your job, people.

But it's all good.  Because I love what we've recently done!  And with Stephen's help, it wasn't too bad.

We have a formal dining room in our house that we use proooobably once a year.  Heck, we used it so little that it used to be the kids' art room before we built the playroom.  Our beautiful table and chairs were now covered with markers and crayons.  We figured "one day" we'd recover the cushions or refinish the table.

Before, in a past life, before kids.  I can hardly remember what life was like then!  It was so shiny and clean!

But, we were looking at the dining room a few weeks ago, and were talking about what a waste this whole room is.  Why not make it into something we could actually utilize?  So, Project Ditch the Dining Room went into effect.

First, we listed all the furniture, the chandelier, wall hangings, curtains, and more on Craig's List to sell.  We had some people get most things quickly, which was nice.  Next up was a trip to IKEA.  (FUN)  Then was... painting.  (SIGH)  Thankfully, with Stephen, we finished it in about 8 hours (instead of 8 months like the garage!)  He hung the new light, we put together the furniture, and got it all in and organized.

It's now our random room.  Part homework area, part craft area, part extra pantry space, part storage.  I'm telling you, though- we have used this room daily since we re-did it!

Check it out:

My craft area.  I love the flexibility the pegboard gives me to organize things.  Plus, it was very inexpensive!

Homework station.

I also love the new wall color.  The lighter paint color makes a huge difference!

More pantry space (since our pantry is pathetically small!)

Ok, SERIOUSLY... this is it for a while.  Really.