Dining Room (MMR 5)

The dining room is by no means complete, but we have made some big steps in making the room more pleasant to live in. We started by removing all of the old, ugly wallpaper. We did this with a white vinegar - warm water solution in spray bottles. For those of you who have never removed wallpaper, or haven't employed a vinegar solution, this is a very cheap and effective way to do so. We peeled most of the loose paper off before spraying the walls down, and then went to work with the solution. It took a few minutes of soaking to start breaking down the glue, and once that happened we were able to make quick work of the walls. I will note that the wallpaper was on plaster walls, which may have made it slightly easier then removing it from regular drywall...but I'm not sure.

Once we finished removing the wallpaper, we did any spackleing and sanding that needed to be done, and then primed and painted. There is an off white chair rail throughout the room, and we decided to go with two tone green. They are the same color (at least when you look at the color swatches), just different shades, with the darker green below the chair rail, and the lighter green above. For some reason I prefer to use Behr paint that we get from the local Home Depot...I like the finish and texture of it. We also paint all of our ceilings with Sears Easy Living White Ceiling paint, again, preferring the finish over other choices we've played with.

After painting, we installed double curtain rods over each of the windows with matching pull back hooks. We also installed a new dimmer switch for the light, but still have not had the time to replace the light fixture itself.