Snow today! We decided to stay in today and complete a few small projects. We began the day with a man from Gardiner's furniture coming by to install the China cabinet shelves that were missing from our Broyhill delivery. He also hooked up the interior cabinet lights, so now the cabinet is all ready to be set up with our china. Now the dining room is complete, and I can't wait to host a family dinner soon. We have to put a lot of things away in that room, but here's the cabinet among the boxes to unpack.
Then we spent a long time stringing crystals on the living room light fixture. We had to lay all of the parts out on the floor to organize them. Nosey Rosey had to see what all the fuss was about--anything new and she is on it:
Here she is with the large center pendant. She thought it was a toy:
Comet didn't give a hoot what we were doing, but that didn't stop him from trampling all over the crystals.
Humphrey was just happy to explore.
Because I can't stand on a ladder, Jeff hung the crystals as I handed them to him.
And voila! Our light is complete. One more item crossed off our To-Do List, which feels good:-)
I'll need to start shopping for window treatments, too. I'm thinking some neutral Roman shades would look nice here, and get matching ones for the kitchen. The problem will the be 8 foot window in the front of the room. It might be hard to find the right size, so hopefully I can find someone who can custom make them for us. I'm not 100% happy with the paint sheen. In person it is a warm beige and looks way better than in the pictures--in pictures it reads more golden. It is Olympic's zero VOC paint in "Cracker Bitz." It is the color of Ritz crackers so that's probably how they named it. We tried to save money by using the same paint that we used in the kitchen, and it is semi-gloss. I would prefer matte finish for the dining area.
