Dining Room Makeover

Ive been wanting to add some sort of chair rail or board and batten on the two window walls but I couldnt picture what it'd look like so I grabbed a roll of painters tape and went to town creating a plan.

When Zack got home the next day I had him help me frame out the windows with baseboard trim and add 1x4 MDF boards around the walls.

Then, I painted the lower half of the wall Valspar Swiss Coffee

About a week later I decided I really did want to add the vertical boards for a more board and batten look so I picked up some simple flat trim from Lowes. I marked all my studs and then cut the trim to fit

After everything was attached with the nail gun I caulked the seams and filled the holes and did a quick coat of paint.

Im hoping to replace the blinds fairly soon and then this will be another project off the list!

---Jackie

Living Room Progress

Theres been some progress being made around here lately and its getting me all giddy that the projects will be wrapping up soon. The new sofa was delievered and we are really enjoying having all the space to stretch out. We went with this one from Furniture Row

I purchased these pillowcases from Aki Home when we were on vacation in California and turned them into couch pillows, which I am really diggin.

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We also got around to building the new coffee table.  I envisioned so many different types of tables for this space. I wanted something industrial but also rustic too. I loved these options from Restoration Hardware...

And these from Arhaus....

Ultimately, I landed on one super similar to the last one that was in here just without the bottom shelf, lower to the ground and with wider planks, kinda like this one from Rejuvenation.

Zack built the frame out of 2x2 decking wood and I spray painted it Rustoleum Hammered Black to give it a metal like appearance.

Then I stained the wood and we attached them with our nail gun.

Next on our to do list: Paint the fireplace and get a rug. I cannot wait to get the painting done! Its going to have the biggest impact on the space. We are planning to paint the fireplace white and replace the grey/white tile with simple subway tiles.  Its going to be so good.


---Jackie