445 Dining Room
It's been a minute, huh? Or, over two years. So, I'm not good at this blogging thing. No surprise, really. While I'd love to report that we have done ALL THE THINGS in that time, it wouldn't be true. Yes, we did sell the old house and yes, we did walk away with money. We opted to pay off my school loans, the car note, and some credit card debt so our renovation budget was/is slim. We've been working slowly and frugally. In a past entry, I mentioned that we made the intended living room into our dining room because it is the largest room at the front of the house. This is what it looked like before we moved in: It wasn't bad...at first. We quickly realized that having no overhead lighting was not workable, so we paid to have a line installed. The whole house was painted in that yellow color but it was/is flat paint which is not reasonable in a house with kids. Well, at least not with MY kids. Last fall, we tackled the dining room and we love the r
