dining room before & after

(let's pretend that i didn't fill the previous post with dining room pictures)

this room was used by the previous owners for television viewing. this room is used by the current owners for about everything but television viewing. it seems like our giant dining room table (housewarming gift from crazy grandma- thank you!) is never without craft supplies, homework packets, or laptop computers.

this room, like the rest of the house, was a family effort. tiff helped place the photo wall frames (which was a lot more work than it sounds like, or should have been-sorry). katrice helped me paint. but, as usual, brian did the bulk of the work. he installed flooring, baseboards, & the light fixture. and made my red bench long enough to sit the monkeys and all their crazy cousins.

chalkboard by brian, tree painting by mia, misspelling of 'origami' by me.

a more accurate depiction.