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Dining Room Before and After

Here are my latest before and after photos.  The area is the dining room, which is right off the living room.  In place of the new chandelier from Home Depot, there used to be a ceiling fan.  I'm not a "fan" of ceiling fans, so that was one of the first things to go.  The very first thing to go was all of the old carpet that covered the floors in almost all of the rooms. As I've written previously, one of the things I first loved about this house was the paneling, and this area off the living room that I have chosen to use for the formal dining area.  Not long after starting the process of buying the house, I envisioned an all-gold dining and living room.  Part of that vision was gold curtains.  Well, after purchasing the fabric online from Ebay, I realized they were way too sheer to be used without backing.  Since taking these photos, I have added off-white muslin to make them opaque.

As you can see, under that old carpet were some fabulous hardwood floors!  And as you can also see, they still need sanding and refinishing.  That's another one of many projects on our to-do list.  Keep in mind, this whole area is still a work in progress.


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Here are photos of our table setting where we were celebrating our first Easter in our new home with a country ham provided by our wonderful realtor, Sheryl Mayo.

Our dining table was was a purchase from American Way Thrift store in Lancaster, California.  It was an unbelievable price of under $40.00!  It used to be brown, but had begun to show wear and tear, especially after a long and rough trip from C.A. to V.A.  I decided to go for it and paint the table gold.  I absolutely love the results!  I found the chairs for the dining table at a little thrift store down the street from our new home.  I also painted those gold.



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  1. UnknownSeptember 5, 2016 at 5:00 AM

    Talk about taking a fancy leap! Just a few small changes and additions turned this space into something reminiscent of a palace as compared to a more down home space. The long, flowing gold tinted curtains add height to the room itself and the pristine looking table adds and old world charm to a quaint space.

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