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October 16, 2010

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Right...so a month ago, things were a little less busy. Since then, I've had a few interviews, my BFF's wedding, an anniversary (three years!), and accepted a new job. But, we've continued working on the house and have made quite a bit of progress, but since we haven't even completed the tour of the before pics, let's get on with it! 

Here is the dining room, just down the hall from the family room, on the kitchen/garage end of the house.  My grandmother is generously giving us the table, chairs, and china cabinet.  I'm excited to put all of her china back in the china cabinet.  It is a simple timeless pattern and I'm looking forward to having some proper dinner parties! 



 Love the chandelier and ceiling medallion!


I plan to recover the seats of the chairs with an updated fabric, my first choice was a brown and tan zebra-ish pattern but Ben vetoed that.  The wallpaper is coming down and we'll get some new curtains as well. I'm planning to keep the walls simple since the chair rail adds some interest, we'll probably do a darker neutral above the chair rail and maybe a tone on tone stripe on the bottom. Maybe...

 This is the formal living room. I'm excited about the built ins to have more room for books and knick knacks. Good thing I love to dust.  We'll probably remove all the spindles except for the ends and make those into more square columns.  This will end up being our tv room since the family room has so many doorways.  Since we don't yet have furniture for this space, I like to think of it as the dance party room.
 Looking from the front door towards the dining room.
This is the front entry.  I'd love to add a huge statement entry light, like this one from Pottery Barn. 
The floor just inside the door is brick, which I'm thinking of painting (shocker!!) white with some floor paint. There is also a large closet for all of our coats.  I never thought of myself as an outerwear aficionado, but I did realize the other day I have three fleece jackets, three long dress coats, two short jackets...I may have a problem. More of the house to come!