Home Interior: Our 1970's House Makeover Part 10: The Dining Room Reveal!

so many practical ideas on how to update an outdated work solid on a budget Our 1970's House Makeover Part 10: The Dining Room Reveal!

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 thus excited to lastly live able to portion all of the fiddling details amongst you.
I was tempted to type out a fiddling alert for you, telling you lot that this is a really long post filled amongst really weird pictures too really weird stories, but thus I realized that my entire spider web log is that.

And thus I kinda felt similar hiding.

But, anyways, enjoy!

So, let's start at the beginning.
This fiddling 1970's work solid has been through thus many changes over the yesteryear 4 years, too it's thus rewarding for me to hold off dorsum too come across how far it's come.

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

The work solid was a ii story split-level, too although it was totally dated, I knew it had potential the instant I saw it. The other houses inwards the expanse were almost twice the damage too one-half the size, thus this work 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 foremost year, I started to brand some changes.
I actually had no sentiment what I was doing.
Like almost inwards a scary way. I recollect standing at Home Depot too looking at white spray pigment too beingness similar 'Hmmmm...can I merely spray this on my trim?'.
No, Virginia. No, you lot tin not.

So, after a lot of googling, too a lot of standing some confused inwards the hardware store, I finally got the courage to pigment all of the cut down inwards the house. I started inwards this forepart component division of the work solid (living room, entryway, dining room, kitchen) too merely form of learned equally I went.
I rationalized that all of this cut down would eventually receive got to come upwards up when nosotros replaced the flooring anyway (which it did), thus if I messed it up, it wasn't the destination of the world.

This was some the same fourth dimension that I establish us our foremost dining room assault 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, too nosotros had to squish some it similar eager fiddling sardines.

About six months later, I came to terms amongst the fact that it was merely likewise big, too I decided to sell it on Craigslist too effort again.
It sold correct away, for almost $500, too it was apace hauled off, leaving an empty pit inwards our dining room.

This was all some the same fourth dimension that I had unopen my ebay shop too had decided to start my spider web log (which I talked a fiddling fleck almost during the business office makeover), too I was merely form of running on fiscal fumes....able to acquire by, but non actually able to conditions whatsoever storms that came my way. Jesse had also lately switched jobs at the time, too although his novel project seemed similar a neat chance at first, inside the foremost month, the fellowship had gone nether too had stopped paying its employees. So, that was a fun time.

But, sometimes beingness pushed off the cliff forces you lot to wing too receive got that jeopardy that you lot needed to receive got all along....which is ultimately how Jesse became a component division of the media start upwards he's been working on for the yesteryear ii years, too how I ended upwards pouring every ounce of my liberate 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, too at in 1 lawsuit 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 work solid is totally irrelevant to my happiness level. I've proven it to myself fourth dimension too fourth dimension again. I tin brand myself misfortunate too I tin brand myself happy, too some shiny tabular array or chair or pillow or chotskie has nil to exercise amongst it.
But that beingness said, it is overnice to receive got somewhere to sit down too swallow your macaroni.

And now, earlier nosotros motility on to the novel dining room reveal, allow me remind you lot that at that topographic point was a fiddling blip inwards the radar almost 1.5 years agone when I establish this fiddling $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 thus 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 fossil oil paint.

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

Um, because at that topographic point were no chairs.

Every at in 1 lawsuit too thus I would haul the lonely desk chair inwards at that topographic point too pretend similar nosotros had chairs, but let's live honest, that sucks.

So, the dining room merely got kinda forgotten almost for the meliorate component division of ii years, too instead I focused my liberate energy on the ease of the house.

And on learning how to blog.

And over time, Jesse's concern began to grow, too my spider web log began to grow, too. And equally a result, nosotros were lastly able to motility forwards amongst some of the ideas too plans we've had for this work solid since twenty-four hr menstruation one.

We started inwards February yesteryear trigger-happy downwards the wall betwixt the dining room too kitchen.

And also expanding the doorway into the hallway. Knocking downwards those ii walls gave us thus much to a greater extent than space, too actually opened upwards the entire foremost score of the house.

And thus nosotros spent several long months installing novel raw forest flooring throughout the house.

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

And thus for residual of the summer, I generally traveled amongst Jesse too tried to recuperate my brain. Just this yesteryear month, I lastly started inching dorsum into finishing upwards the small-scale details I had left behind.
Like switching out the gross former tan outlets amongst fresh white ones (Okay, fine, Jesse did that part.), too finishing upwards all of the novel cut down (which reminded me that I actually demand a friend who volition apparel sweatpants too pigment amongst me).
Thank you lot for making me experience similar I already receive got one. Posting that too seeing your responses non exclusively cracked me up, but also kinda made me call because I was similar 'Look Jesse!! There ARE girls out at that topographic point similar me. I'm non a full freak! It's a miracle!'

And at in 1 lawsuit that all of the laborious fiddling details are lastly finished on this primary score of the house....
almost 8 months later...

There's lastly a performance dining room that I tin swallow macaroni in!

Will you lot boundary upwards too downwards amongst me too non live mad if I accidentally laugh-cry on your shoulder too acquire out snot on your sweatshirt?
It would hateful a lot to me.

So, let's utter details for a minute.

The tabular array took me months to find, equally I had really specific measurements too a really small-scale budget, too I lastly establish 1 I loved at a local salve store. The chairs are white leather amongst stainless steel legs from Overstock. I dearest the fiddling steel legs. They merely brand everything experience thus modern too fresh, which is actually overnice after the 70's cave of yesteryear.

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

Oh, too the lighting was from Lowe's too the mirrors too accessories are generally thrift shop finds.

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

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

Just imagine a similar human face upwards equally below.

From that 1 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 merely set it at that topographic point too non experience the demand to utter almost it. Ever.

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

It's a sickness, too I reject to endure inwards darkness.

As for that wall amongst the mirror (that you lot can't actually come across thank you lot to my promising photography work), it even thus needs some help. For now, I'm merely 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 fiddling area, similar a copper mug, a silvery tray for the java machine, too some fiddling alphabet magnets that I spray painted silvery too gold.

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

I've also added some fiddling gilded pair of scissors to my utensil pot.

I receive got nil else to tell almost that really, but it seemed noteable.

And thus I swapped out the living room pillows amongst my most favorite ones always that I establish on Etsy.

I'm thinking of making an additional span for the bedroom, equally they're merely dark too white striped fabric, cutting into 4 squares on the diagonal too thus sewn together.

Kinda awesome.

I mean value they may receive got officially set an destination to my compulsive pillow swapping problem.

I'm in all probability lying.

I merely dearest that you lot tin come across a fiddling 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 develop for. Thanks for sticking some to witness me limp through the complete line.

I dearest ya for it.

'Til side yesteryear side time!

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

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