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To answer a few questions I get asked:
Yes, we are all moved in and loving the country life.
No, we are not completely done with the house. We have barely touched the bathrooms, and I
always have little projects I want done throughout the house.
Yes, we are still working on things. We typically pick one or two projects a
season to work on usually the outside during the spring/summer and the inside
during the fall/winter.
I want to start with an update on one of my favorite areas
in our house, the dining area. This area
took us almost an entire year to get like I wanted, but it was well worth the
wait. Before we moved in, this area adjacent to the kitchen was
big enough for a small breakfast table.
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First, the floor was removed which showed a leak by the back
door. After fixing the leak, we replaced
the back door and framing around it.
Once the wall between the kitchen and living room was gone,
it opened up a lot more room for a bigger table and hutch in this area. I wanted a place to display my fine china and was excited to have enough room to do it. I found a small hutch perfect for the spot
being sold online. (It just so happen
that the man that made it lived down the road from us.)
After buying the hutch, I knew I needed a farmhouse style table.
We found a man that was able to make us
a table, because we didn't have time to do it on our own. However, I (being the picky one) wanted some fancier
legs for the table and just so happen to find someone selling these legs on
Facebook for dirt cheap.
The man was able to build our table around the legs and make
us a bench for one side. We were able to use the chairs from our old breakfast table for the other sides. (I will eventually replace these chairs if I ever find the perfect set for the table.)
The next step was a light fixture. I knew that a normal
dining area light fixture would not work in the area, and I did not want a
fixture that hung down low. After
looking at lots of stores and not finding anything that would work, I resulted in having one made. I bought wire baskets, and my dad was able find a wood piece for the base. He worked on putting it all together to create the perfect light fixture for the area. He even added Edison bulbs to make it look
older. (The light fixture actually came
almost a year after buying the house.
Before making this, we did not have a light fixture hung. We had
taken the old one down during the demo time and never put anything else
up.)
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Decorating was the final step. I knew I had to incorporate some country
style paintings on the walls. Dad, being the handy
artist that he is, was able to paint me four great paintings for the area. They were just what the space needed. Then I found a light-up "L" for the top of the hutch at Big Lots.
The only thing left for me to do is add a few lights to the
hutch, and this area will be completed.
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Elizabeth
