Dining Room Before and After–ORC Week 6

Hoorah! I made it to the finish line of the six week One Room Challenge. I was able to completely finish the project on time, even though it was just a couple of hours before we were hosting a party for 50 people at our house! To say that I am tickled pink with the results would be an understatement! Let’s review what it looked like before. I don’t switch things up very often and after nearly 30 years I have finally tired of this look. The first step, and by far the most tedious and time...

Dining Room Update- ORC Week 5

I can see the finish line for this project and I am so excited! I will actually finish on time so you must come back next week for the big reveal! This week I completed the window treatments and recovered the chair seats. I covered the chair seats with a dark pink upholstery velvet fabric. I chose a solid color because I thought that a pattern might be too much with the carved backs of the chairs. When I bought these chairs about thirty years ago I planned to changed the cream colored chair...