On Saturday, I finally decided to touch up the paint in the dining room. I hadn’t actually finished since we installed wainscoting in October. Actually, I didn’t have any paint left for the living/dining rooms, and then I bought the wrong type of paint (I needed satin but bought semigloss – duh!). So, I touched it up, but it looked horrible up-close. I finally picked up the right paint a month ago. And, I finally got around to touching up on Saturday.
That would be making a short story long.
And, once we had all the furniture moved, I realized that I had *rarely* (if ever) cleaned behind the hutch. Yeah, that was disgusting. And, then as I was cleaning behind furniture and wiping down the baseboards, I figured that I may as well move all the furniture around while I’m at it.
So, Ryan helped me do a little rearranging. He’s a good man. He hardly even rolled his eyes.
Before wainscoting:
And, after shuffling the hutch, the corner unit and the grandfather clock – here’s what it looks like:
Adoring the new layout!! Now come over and help me.
Our house doesn’t allow for much moving around layout-wise so, I envy you. Add this to my list of envy’s…..aren’t we at #57 now?
The wainscoting looks terrific! Love that light fixture, too. And yes, I love rearranging furniture. But most of our rooms are very small and the furniture only fits in certain ways, so that’s kind of frustrating.
I love the change-a-roo of the furniture. I think it really works.
I absoutely love the tote bags from your previous post. My favorite is the green one. I am going out asap (or as soon as it stops snowing) to buy placemats!
It looks so nice!
I LOVE rearranging my furniture! It makes me feel like I have a whole new house.
We are supposed to get about 2 feet of snow tomorrow. I think I might try to talk the future hubs into letting me rearrange the boudoir.
I don’t do alot of rearranging. I work so hard to get it how I like it. Assessories on the other hand are constantly changing – sometimes weekly!
Your dinning room looks great, you did a good job.
p.s. love your red and white centerpiece.
I am too lazy to do much rearranging, but I know I need to! Such a difference your wainscoting made. 🙂 It looks great after you made some changes with the furniture placement. Question: did you paint your table? We have a very (!!) ick country table in our kitchen that looks a lot like the one in your photos. My husband won’t let me paint it, but I think if I show him your photo he might change his mind. 🙂 Yours is great!
It looks great! I move stuff around alot. My husband knows better than to ever walk through the house at night without a light on. He never knows where things will be from one day to the next!
very nice! Sorry I haven’t been commenting lately but I’ve definitely been reading! 🙂
yes, like you said, rearranging is like getting new stuff! or maybe I’m just indecisive 🙂
really like the hutch there!
it looks good! it’s always nice to rearrange for a fresh look. i always want to do that, but the silly way our house is layed out really leaves little room for moving any furniture (so i have to deal with it by moving accessories)
The wainscoting looks so nice! It really makes the room look so much more open. I’m jealous!
The wainscoting looks great. I like the color on top, it makes it pop. We move our furniture around every so often, but our rooms are small squares- so there are only so many options.
Wow, LOVE the wainscoting and I really like the new furniture arrangement. It feels more open, at least from what I can see.
I love to rearrange furniture! In fact, after our painting episode I tried to COMPLETELY switch the living room around, but until we can move the TV to the basement it just doesn’t work.
Still drooling over the wainscoting. : )
Looks good! I like the view from each doorway now. very nice!
Kim! A small change at my house would be hanging a new frame. Adding wainscoting to make a great dining room even more amazing…now that is a big change! Love it.
P.S. wainscoting is a funny word.
I hardly ever change furniture- except at Christmas time. When I do, I think “Well, there was a reason I had it there in the first place – it looks better.” I don’t have many options. Your dining room is gorgeous!
We changed our furniture in the living around and I like it a lot more. I do believe you have also inherrited this trait from your grandma though. She loves to paint and rearrange also. It looks wonderful. Great job!