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Book Club update & DR makeover AW - before & after PIPs
First off, book club ladies, we let Norm out of doggie jail (the home office) after everyone left and he ran into the kitchen all panting and smiling, looked around, ran to the living room, looked around and then came back into the kitchen where he did this for five minutes:
"Where are my lady friends? They were JUST here."
Secondly, here is the link to the book club schedule. Devon is next for March with romance.
http://community.thenest.com/cs/ks/forums/thread/47137534.aspx
And on to the dining room!
Before:
Mid:
Now:
Yay for brittjoy and her spray paint (with the trigger!) saving idea! The chairs still look pretty crappy, but they look great from a distance and that's what matters. 
What would you put on the sideboard? (That candle is just there to get rid of the dog smell for book club.) On the table? Anything else I'm missing?
Re: Book Club update & DR makeover AW - before & after PIPs
Norm makes me want a dog really badly. He is just too freaking adorable.
As for the dining room, I think you did an awesome job. I really love the color combo.
Looking good!
I don't have any specific ideas for the sideboard, but I recommend looking at the YoungHouseLove blog for ideas. They have a similar setup in their first house dining area.
Book club was wonderful, thank you so much for hosting! The dogs were wonderful, seriously. Norm's piggy noises are the cutest thing EVER. I want to steal him.
Can't wait for next month
As for the dining room, it looks beautiful! Seriously, I love it! For the sideboard, it's similar to the one I have in my kitchen, and I just use it for all my white plate storage. You could store similar looking dishes there or go nuts at pottery barn or hobby lobby with little decorations... like small figurines, candles, fake small potted plants, brown antiqued books, etc. The green walls and white furniture lend a garden feel to the room IMO.
The pictures do not do the dining room justice. I absolutely love what you did! Especially the rug.
Can't wait to host next month! I'm working on a list of choices. I'll have it up sometime today so we can vote.
Poor Norm
Good job on your project! Maybe keep an eye out for a pretty runner?
Thanks everyone! And thanks for letting me AW. I've been working on this room for like three years.
I'm probably not the person to be asking this. Everything came out *okay* but not great by any means. But I'll share what I did...
I lightly sanded the flat surfaces, but didn't sand the spindles. I tried painting with a roller and brush with a paint and primer that matched the exact color of the sideboard thing, but that ended up like crap. All drippy and no one to paint the spindles evenly. So I got spray paint that (basically) matched and the trigger attachment Britt recommended and I sprayed over what I had already done and the rest that wasn't done. I need to slap on a coat of polyurethane over at least the top, but I ran out of time.
It took six or seven cans of spray paint (satin heirloom white) and I did it in stages over three or four days. Probably less than six hours of actual work though. And it would have been less if I hadn't wasted my time with the non-spray paint. I totally should have used spray paint for everything.
Also just wanted to say... Book Club food last night was AWESOME. We effin' BROUGHT it.
How am I going to top that next month?! I'm thinking romantic theme.. Fondue or something.