Dining Room Reveal

Sorry I'm late with my Wednesday post - but I'll explain it all Friday, and it will all make sense.

Today, I thought I would share the dining room - and I need to give you a little background information.

Mountain Man and I could not decide which room we wanted to use as the dining room and which was going to be the living room.  The room that we talked about being the dining room (and that we had used for our first Thanksgiving dinner) was across the foyer from the kitchen and the original owners had used the space as an office.  Mountain Man thought that it was too far away from the kitchen - however, I didn't want the dining room to be the first thing you saw when you walked into the house.

After days and days of discussion we decided to move the living room furniture into the front room to see how it would "feel".

  Mountain Man wanted to make sure that he would be able to look out at the pool area from the new living room.  Well, there was a big problem -  a wall that blocked the view.  We knew that no matter which way we decided to go with the remodeling project the view to the pool would be opened up. 

However, I don't think Mountain Man could see my vision.  How do I know?   Well, when I got home from work one day in April (almost exactly a year ago) this is what greeted me.

Mountain Man decided to knock down the wall that separated the front room from the pool area "to see what it would look like".

Now, we did have an open concept.  
(Oh, look at the picture above and you can see one of the angled walls that was in the kitchen!)


 This is when Mountain Man decided to drop the little bombshell that he did not feel like he was up to do all the work himself - For example, He did not want to climb up into the attic to do the electrical work, plus he isn't an electrician and we would be doing some major electrical work - like new pot lights - new electrical in the floor.  Well, let's just say that I was somewhat very surprised at what he had done and what he wanted to do, but.......

 how can you be mad at someone who looks like this????

Just a little boy in a big boy body!


I just heart this man!

Good shot to show the angle that was in this room.  (Told you there were angles EVERYWHERE!)

See the additional drywall work on the right - that goes into the guest bedroom suite.

              BTW, the foyer area (on the left) is going to change too!

Six weeks into the project the flooring was down and the blinds had been bought and installed.

Still no furniture, but things are starting to look up.

Our new dining room.

My Christmas present from Mountain Man about eight years ago.

An antique sugar mold.

Hutch

Some of the decor

One of my prides and joy is the antique Hoosier cabinet that my mom and dad found in Canada back in 1969 (yep, over 40 years ago they brought it back to Florida).  


This baby is amazing!

Isn't it pretty??

Not only is it pretty - the interior is in amazing shape - all the interior charts are still there!

 This is actually a grocery list - all around the circle are different foods and you move the pointers to the food you need so you can make your grocery order.  Pretty amazing huh?  It also still has the original flour bin and bread safe - I have never seen a Hoosier that is in this good of shape.  It hasn't even been refinished!


 I just LOVE my Hoosier!


Okay, let's move on to the rest of the dining room.

The buffet came from IKEA (yep, we have other things from IKEA) and it has been fantastic - just the right size and so much storage!

Well, that is my dining room.  


I'm so glad that we decided to use the front room as the dining room.  Yes, it is a little further away from the kitchen, but it is not a problem thanks to the buffet and the hutch I have plenty of room.

(BTW, the wall hanging that you can see the corner of on the left side of the above picture - well, I made that guy - maybe I'll do a show and tell on that project in the future.

I'll see you on Friday!

Hugs -

Carol

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