dining room paint project

I went to bed last night kind of worrying about keeping Evelyn out of the dining room in the morning until we could get her down for her nap and finish the painting up. I knew it would be a huge pain, especially since we had moved two large pieces of furniture to the middle of the room, and one of them was tall and wobbly so I was terrified it would fall over on her. M, however, had no such worries when he went to bed because he stayed up until 3:30 to put another coat of paint on both sections, AND he pulled the masking tape off, and put the outlet covers back on and rehung the dorky sconces and picked up the plastic from the floor. (He had other worries, namely: how long he would get to sleep. Answer: not much.) Isn't he wonderful? (He also did the dishes later in the day. Bonus!)

Anyway, we really love how it turned out.

That table was given to us by one of M's ex-coworkers. It's a cheap table but it helped fill the space so it's fine. Anyway, this evening, we had another wild hair and disassembled it and took the top to the basement, where M put a darker stain on it. It needs another coat but I think it's going to look great. It'll be much closer to matching the room.

Our next project will be to do the living room and hallway, and if we're still feeling motivated, we might slap a coat of paint on in the kitchen, too. We're going to stay with the same two colors in the living room--it will mostly all be the lighter color, except the wall with the fireplace.

It feels good to be getting things done again!