Dining room done!

Ok, so technically it's not a dining room.  It's more of a "dining area."  But it's done, and I can check another box off my list of projects at The House of Goodwill to complete.

Because of commitments back at the home/house, my son and I came to The House of Goodwill for just two days this week, to make a little progress on the house.

I had painted the top half of the dining area last week; I finished the bottom yesterday.  Meanwhile, my son finished painting some molding on a door frame downstairs and sanded the downstairs bathroom vanity.

Together we got some yardwork done.  We also spent an hour running the hills together here the other day.  That was the fun part!  (It's usually just me by myself.)  So, before we head back home again, here are the before and after pics of the dining area.

These two pics are the room before.  It was formally a dark coral color on top with a khaki color on the bottom.  The living and dining rooms were the only rooms in the house where the molding had been painting white when we bought it.

Below are the pics in process.  I lightened the upper color to an orange-tinted cream color, and the bottom is the same blue color I painted the entryway.

Here's the finished room.  Now I need to find some curtains and a rug - it's going to look great!

The lighter colors are refreshing.

After all this time I am SO CLOSE to having this whole house painted.  And once the painting is fully complete, I can move in all the furniture in the garage and start really setting the house up.  This is the part I've really been looking forward to!

My son painted the downstairs bathroom for me and the dark stained door frame to the garage.  (Pics to come.)  The only other thing we had planned to paint downstairs was a dark green accent wall in the downstairs kitchen.

As I stood downstairs contemplating the color for the wall, I took a really good look at the dark cabinets and decided I just couldn't leave them in their current state.  They just look old, and dark, and in need of freshness.

So I had my son take off all the hardware and pull the cabinets out in preparation for sanding.

Now we need to sand and paint the downstairs kitchen cabinets.  (NOT a small task.)

All of this time, I had been planning to do the same in the main kitchen upstairs, but at this point in the project I had changed my mind - honestly, I'm just tired of painting and thought we should just let them be.  But if we do the downstairs...well, I'll see how it goes.

I do have my son to help me, which is really motivating, as it seems to make the task so much less overwhelming.

Aside from the kitchen job(s), I am also waiting for the hall bath and entryway walls to be fixed, so they can be painted.  And that's all I've got left.

Someone was recommended to me who could fix the walls, and when I contacted him, he said he could and would - BUT - he is so busy he's scheduling work two months out right now. 😑  So my husband offered again to try the walls himself.

And at this point, I'm thinking that's the best idea.  I just want them done.

When we redo the kitchen(s) and the entry and bath, the walls and cabinets will all need to be sanded, which will make a huge dusty mess in the house.  I want to get past that before I haul all the furniture, etc. in that I'll be using in the house.  So that's why it feels like the house is still on hold.  

I just can't wait till it's all in place, and to have rugs and organized rooms.

It's getting there!