Dan had removed the wallpaper the week prior so we thought ... pick out two colors, paint it on and we'll be done! Not so easy ... there is molding everywhere ... it took forever to tape and paint the molding. Thankfully, Caitlyn and her friend Chelsea helped Dan out on the first day.
We painted the top portion and really liked the color. The bottom portion .... not so much. I was cutting in the trim to start with and told Dan "I sure hope I like this better with a second coat" ... on the 3rd coat it looked like wet cement ... you know that muddy green look? Yep, that was the bottom of our dining room. So, off to Home Depot I went. I got a gallon of the paint that Caitlyn had originally picked out for us. I figured that she had been right about all of the other colors I better just listen to the teenager. We painted the new color over the "cement" and loved it. The NEXT morning we put another coat on and then went to pull the tape off .... hmmm SLIGHT problem ... the paint peeled off with the tape ... all 5 coats ... 3 of the green cement and 2 of the brown ... that was on Sunday. Dan took yesterday off and fixed it :) Yeahhh!!!
Caitlyn put the pictures up on the wall this afternoon and we finally took our "finished" pictures! Just in time to start the 30 foot entry way .... yuck! Here are the photos of the dining room. The dining room table and china cabinet (the cherry wood) are from Grandma & Grandpa Grainger. We love them. The centerpiece on the table is their 50th anniversary tea set, too.
Dan already started painting the hallway out of the kitchen and I think we'll probably work on that while we figure out what to do with the entry way.
Have a great weekend!
Heidi, Dan and Cat
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