Sooo... With a few more strokes of the brush, a LOT of clean-up, and felt-tipping the bottom of all of my furniture, I was able to begin re-assembly... The only challenge that I ran into with this was my complete inexperience with all things electrical prior to the start of this project... BUT, I did manage to install the two lighting fixtures - one in the bar and one over the dining room table. Overall, I am really proud of the results. I have to say that I love the finished product. It definitely makes the house more "mine" and THAT is a feeling to enjoy :-) SO, here are the finished pics:
First off I'll show you the newly finished bar room. LOVED the tone of this orange color... And with it being such a small room, I decided that the ceiling needed to be the same color as the walls... Still haven't found window trimming for this room yet (I am open to any good suggestions!), but overall love the warm feeling and the ability to incorporate Nana's wash stand into the room - converted into a little wine bar, of course!
And here is the light fixture that I installed... Even though it's a little room, I wanted to have lights that I could focus around the room. Eventually I will finish refinishing a hoosier cabinet that I got from a friend, and it will move into the bar to store all my bar glassware. Then the spotlights can sit on my butterfly canvas (shown below), the wine rack, and the refinished hoosier... Motivation to make sure that I refinish it well :-)
Now, onto the family room / dining room combination. This room is about 14 x 22 feet, so it always just felt mammoth before. Now I've been able to divide it a little without shrinking the room...
The first pic I took while sitting on the love seat at the far end of the room, looking back toward the dining room.
This one is from the kitchen entry into the dining room, looking back toward the bar... Another piece of Nana's furniture (ironically, rescued from a barn many moons ago), now sits under the window. Eilis has finally ranked a "toy basket" under the light in the family room. Not that she has yet been trained to put her toys away, but she knows where they went when they disappear on her, so that's a start that I can live with!
This is where the loveseat and couch come together. I don't personally like overhead lighting too much, so I use a lot of lamps... And the 10 outlets around this back room make that VERY feasible...
Another shot of the dining room area... Complete with a crate of CD's that I borrowed from a friend & a wine rack that this same friend's family was getting rid of, now re-purposed into a plant stand for a spider plant that my supervisor at work was convinced was dead... Guess what... It's quite happy in its new home :-)
Finally, a closer picture of the dining room light fixture. This was a bit of a bear to install, because I had to figure out how to shorten the chain without mangling what was left behind. It took a few iterations before I got it right, but thankfully the chain was about 8 feet long and I only needed about 16 inches of it :-) In the back, you can see the shelf that I found at Target for my new microwave stand. Got the matched horizontal one for my television. There are a lot of different wood tones and faux wood tones in the room, but I think it ends up feeling cozy.
Did I mention that getting rid of the old ceiling tile & installing the drywall has also helped out on heating in this room- double bonus!! Overall, I am SOOO happy to have this project done and my rooms reclaimed. Anybody up for a celebration?!
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