Our 1970'S Menage Makeover Business Office 10: The Dining Room Reveal!

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Hey ya'll!
So, the dining room is lastly finished. It feels similar it took a lifetime to slice together, but nonetheless, it's done. And I'm hence excited to lastly live able to percentage all of the lilliputian details amongst you.
I was tempted to type out a lilliputian alarm for you, telling you lot that this is a rattling long post filled amongst rattling weird pictures as well as rattling weird stories, but as well as hence I realized that my entire weblog is that.

And as well as hence I kinda felt similar hiding.

But, anyways, enjoy!

So, let's start at the beginning.
This lilliputian 1970's solid has been through hence many changes over the past times 4 years, as well as it's hence rewarding for me to hold off dorsum as well as meet how far it's come.

When nosotros firstly moved in, the upstairs expanse looked similar this.

The solid was a 2 story split-level, as well as although it was totally dated, I knew it had potential the instant I saw it. The other houses inwards the expanse were close twice the toll as well as one-half the size, hence this solid had me excited even though it was stuck inwards full 1970's overload.
And although quite a few tried to steer me away from buying an older house, I did it anyways.

Within the firstly year, I started to brand some changes.
I actually had no sentiment what I was doing.
Like almost inwards a scary way. I call back standing at Home Depot as well as looking at white spray pigment as well as beingness similar 'Hmmmm...can I only spray this on my trim?'.
No, Virginia. No, you lot tin not.

So, after a lot of googling, as well as a lot of standing around confused inwards the hardware store, I finally got the courage to pigment all of the cut back inwards the house. I started inwards this forepart portion of the solid (living room, entryway, dining room, kitchen) as well as only sort of learned equally I went.
I rationalized that all of this cut back would eventually receive got to come upward up when nosotros replaced the flooring anyway (which it did), hence if I messed it up, it wasn't the halt of the world.

This was around the same fourth dimension that I flora us our firstly dining room onslaught Craigslist for $400. In retrospect, it wasn't all that awesome, but at the fourth dimension I sentiment it was the best affair ever.
Even though the tabular array was almost equally large equally the room, as well as nosotros had to squish around it similar eager lilliputian sardines.

About vi months later, I came to damage amongst the fact that it was only likewise big, as well as I decided to sell it on Craigslist as well as endeavor again.
It sold correct away, for close $500, as well as it was chop-chop hauled off, leaving an empty pit inwards our dining room.

This was all around the same fourth dimension that I had unopen my ebay shop as well as had decided to start my weblog (which I talked a lilliputian flake close during the business office makeover), as well as I was only sort of running on fiscal fumes....able to acquire by, but non actually able to weather condition whatever storms that came my way. Jesse had also late switched jobs at the time, as well as although his novel project seemed similar a bang-up chance at first, inside the firstly month, the fellowship had gone nether as well as had stopped paying its employees. So, that was a fun time.

But, sometimes beingness pushed off the cliff forces you lot to wing as well as receive got that gamble that you lot needed to receive got all along....which is ultimately how Jesse became a portion of the media start upward he's been working on for the past times 2 years, as well as how I ended upward pouring every ounce of my loose energy into this blog.

So, how does this all relate to the dining room? Well, I've never actually explained why our dining room was empty for the entire 2.5 yr duration of this blog, as well as right away you lot know.
And although going without a dining room was actually annoying, inwards the grand system of things, it actually wasn't that large of a deal.
Basically, I've learned that a perfect solid is totally irrelevant to my happiness level. I've proven it to myself fourth dimension as well as fourth dimension again. I tin brand myself pathetic as well as I tin brand myself happy, as well as some shiny tabular array or chair or pillow or chotskie has zip to practise amongst it.
But that beingness said, it is overnice to receive got somewhere to sit down as well as swallow your macaroni.

And now, earlier nosotros motion on to the novel dining room reveal, allow me remind you lot that at that spot was a lilliputian blip inwards the radar close 1.5 years agone when I flora this lilliputian $50 tabular array on Craigslist.
That's some random guy's garage.
Mine isn't much better.
Actually, it's worse. Yep. Definitely worse.

And as well as hence I tried to pigment it amongst some homemade grayness chalk paint. Which worked out okay, but looked kinda sad.

And then I painted it amongst some high gloss dark stone oil paint.

And although I kinda liked it black, nosotros never actually used it.

Um, because at that spot were no chairs.

Every right away as well as and hence I would haul the lonely desk chair inwards at that spot as well as pretend similar nosotros had chairs, but let's live honest, that sucks.

So, the dining room only got kinda forgotten close for the meliorate portion of 2 years, as well as instead I focused my loose energy on the repose of the house.

And on learning how to blog.

And over time, Jesse's describe of piece of work organisation began to grow, as well as my weblog began to grow, too. And equally a result, nosotros were lastly able to motion frontward amongst some of the ideas as well as plans we've had for this solid since 24-hour interval one.

We started inwards February past times fierce downwardly the wall betwixt the dining room as well as kitchen.

And also expanding the doorway into the hallway. Knocking downwardly those 2 walls gave us hence much to a greater extent than space, as well as actually opened upward the entire firstly degree of the house.

And as well as hence nosotros spent several long months installing novel raw woods flooring throughout the house.

Then inwards May nosotros built the novel step track as well as I tortured myself trying to pigment it amongst a pigment sprayer. We also hung novel Simply White.

And as well as hence for residue of the summer, I to a greater extent than frequently than non traveled amongst Jesse as well as tried to recuperate my brain. Just this past times month, I lastly started inching dorsum into finishing upward the modest details I had left behind.
Like switching out the gross quondam tan outlets amongst fresh white ones (Okay, fine, Jesse did that part.), as well as finishing upward all of the novel cut back (which reminded me that I actually demand a friend who volition apparel sweatpants as well as pigment amongst me).
Thank you lot for making me experience similar I already receive got one. Posting that as well as seeing your responses non exclusively cracked me up, but also kinda made me yell because I was similar 'Look Jesse!! There ARE girls out at that spot similar me. I'm non a full freak! It's a miracle!'

And right away that all of the laborious lilliputian details are lastly finished on this principal degree of the house....
almost 8 months later...

There's lastly a surgical physical care for dining room that I tin swallow macaroni in!

Will you lot boundary upward as well as downwardly amongst me as well as non live mad if I accidentally laugh-cry on your shoulder as well as go out snot on your sweatshirt?
It would hateful a lot to me.

So, let's verbalise details for a minute.

The tabular array took me months to find, equally I had rattling specific measurements as well as a rattling modest budget, as well as I lastly flora i I loved at a local salve store. The chairs are white leather amongst stainless steel legs from Overstock. I dearest the lilliputian steel legs. They only brand everything experience hence modern as well as fresh, which is actually overnice after the 70's cave of yesteryear.

And mostly, at that spot are multiple chairs. Let's non lose focus on what's actually important.

Oh, as well as the lighting was from Lowe's as well as the mirrors as well as accessories are to a greater extent than frequently than non thrift shop finds.

Also of note...I moved the lucite chair from the office into the kitchen. Because it's a terrible lilliputian chair (kinda similar sitting on a fork), but it's got a lot of sass, as well as I tin laid my junk all over it when I firstly come upward home.

Jesse thinks this is actually bizarre, but seems to tolerate it.

Just imagine a similar confront equally below.

From that i actually awkward fourth dimension nosotros made Mathias receive got our 'engagement photos' at my grandma's house. Also known equally Jesse's to the lowest degree favorite day.

As for other novel additions to the the upstairs area, I've made some other irrational orchid purchase.

I experience similar most bloggers would only position it at that spot as well as non experience the demand to verbalise close it. Ever.

But, me? Oh no...I purchase orchids. I kill them. I purchase them again. I kill them again. And as well as hence I purchase an fifty-fifty bigger one, as well as pretend similar this fourth dimension it's gonna live different.

It's a sickness, as well as I spend upward to endure inwards darkness.

As for that wall amongst the mirror (that you lot can't actually meet thank you lot to my promising photography work), it nonetheless needs some help. For now, I'm only likewise depleted. But, I'm thinking eventually...a painting? a gallery wall of plates?

I'm working on it.

But similar non correct now.

I may also eventually add together a rug, but for now, I'm enjoying non having to construct clean a rug.

I've also added a few novel additions to this lilliputian area, similar a copper mug, a silvery tray for the java machine, as well as some lilliputian alphabet magnets that I spray painted silvery as well as gold.

Those magnets are a hot mess, as well as I dearest them. I don't know that I'll e'er acquire sick of Jesse leaving me weird messages.

I've also added some lilliputian aureate pair of scissors to my utensil pot.

I receive got zip else to nation close that really, but it seemed noteable.

And as well as hence I swapped out the living room pillows amongst my most favorite ones e'er that I flora on Etsy.

I'm thinking of making an additional couplet for the bedroom, equally they're only dark as well as white striped fabric, cutting into 4 squares on the diagonal as well as and hence sewn together.

Kinda awesome.

I intend they may receive got officially position an halt to my compulsive pillow swapping problem.

I'm likely lying.

I only dearest that you lot tin meet a lilliputian popular of them inwards the background from the dining room.

So, ya'll. That's the dining room (and other things I felt similar mentioning).

I know it's non perfect. And it never volition be.

But, it feels similar the glorious complete to a actually long marathon that I didn't actually prepare for. Thanks for sticking around to witness me limp through the complete line.

I dearest ya for it.

'Til adjacent time!

P.S. The other posts inwards the House Makeover serial tin live flora here:

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9