Welcome!
Come on in and make yourself at home. I cover home-ec subjects with a special focus on decorating, budgets, recipes, and making things by hand.-
Subscribe in a reader
Subscribe by email
Search
-
Topics
Psst… featured on Apartment Therapy!
Click here to visit my feature on Apartment Therapy.
Tag Archives: dining room
Making over chairs, part 3
I sanded, primed, painted, repaired, cut, stapled, and put all the pieces back together to make a new set of dining room chairs from mis-matched ones I already had. Here is the before picture: And, after much hard work, here … Continue reading →
Posted in Decorating, Projects
|
Tagged chairs, dining room, makeover, painting furniture
|
2 Comments
Making over chairs, part 2
In my last post, I detailed how I sanded, primed, and painted a set of four mis-matched chairs. I also replaced the rubber caps on two of the chairs’ legs and replaced a broken seat on another one. You can … Continue reading →
Making over chairs, part 1
What do these four chairs have in common? Besides being a bit worse for wear and in need of facelifts, not much. That is all about to change! I decided my dining room needs a set of coordinated chairs, preferably … Continue reading →
New dining room table and rug
It’s been a year since I painted our dining room Silver Fox by Benjamin Moore. We had a Saarinen white tulip table that I loved, but it was too small for this space and didn’t accommodate more than four people, … Continue reading →
Dining room layout planning
Last week, I shared some potential layouts I’m considering for my bedroom. I’ve been having fun making model rooms and cutting out to-scale pieces of furniture. I decided to do the same for my dining room. While I’m happy with … Continue reading →
Posted in Decorating, Home Ownership
|
Tagged dining room, furniture arrangement, interior design, layout
|
2 Comments
Painting my dining room
I’ve wanted to re-paint my dining room for quite some time. I debated about colors for a few months. I considered doing something dramatic like a bright fuchsia or tropical blue. I thought about going with pale walls with an … Continue reading →
