The Dweller Gets the Reno Bug...Dining Room

Just like all good things in life, a successful renovation just keeps you wanting more!  So it is with that attitude that I persevered and decided to tackle our dining room.  This room is just across the hallway from the Oasis so while I am dwelling, I will get to enjoy the view to this room as well.

The dining room is currently a gold colour from Benjamin Moore, Quincy Tan HC25 .  The floors are an espresso brown oak and the room is long and narrow with a bay window facing the street.  The  wall unit and small bar are black and the table is a medium brown.  The chandelier is a "goldish" metal of some kind and I am thinking that might have to be replaced or repainted.  Sadly the upholstered chairs have to find a new home as well as the gorgeous new, yes new, artwork!

The  professionals arrived and began with the usual coverups and well as starting with a coat of primer everywhere.  My plan is to have panel moldings applied to the walls, similar to the oasis but with a beefed up crown piece and a small second panel rectangle in each panel in the top quarter.  I am also planning to have two sconces installedon either side of the mirror above the little black bar piece.  The crown molding that currently exists in the room is plaster, fancy and was probably quite expensive for the previous homeowners.  Instead of demolishing it like we did in the oasis, we hope to simply cover it with a larger piece of plain molding.  The baseboards will be replaced and panels installed not only in dining room but in the adjacent walk thru pantry as well.  Paint will be trim white on panels and Benjamin Moore's Kendall Charcoal on the top third.  Whew!  A Tall order


Fingers Crossed!!

 The walk thru pantry leading from dining room to kitchen, dark brown cabinets covered with plastic on right.

The bright spot is one of the two new roughed in areas for the sconces......

So far so good.............