If you look back at the earlier posts from 2012; you'll see just how much damage we had to do to the dining room. More work was done on that room than any other prior to moving in.
And that work was being done right up to the moment we moved in. In fact, the paint was still wet when we started filling it full of stuff.
The walls were painted with a primer just an hour before showing up with our stuff. And that's pretty much how it stayed for the last 9 years. Until now.
We've decided on a "design language" we're going to use throughout the downstairs. Some of this draws on the existing woodwork design. Other elements (like the ceiling faux tin) are ideas we've tried elsewhere in the house already. But this room is the first to get it all at once.
Brigitte contemplating layout.
Putting up the faux tin doesn't take too long. But caulking in all the seams is a bit of a chore. Brigitte handled most of the painting. We decided to stick with white, but this time actual paint instead of just Kills primer.
Brigitte was the wood cleaning rock star on this project. Years of past painting mistakes had to be scrubbed of almost every piece of trim.
As Brigitte was out of town, I had to install the new ceiling trim on my own. It was a little tricky to do working by myself. But it turned out well.
After 9 years, this room finally looks the way we envisioned it the first time we viewed the house.
The next step is going to be to apply this same style of finish to the living room. Then the foyer. But first, we're going to take a short rest.
