Floor Molding, Finally

I love using Christmas stay-cation to hole up in the cold weather and work on indoor home improvement projects. Instead of starting a new project, I made a list of the odds and ends that were never completed from my previous projects. You know the ones… the good-enough-for-now, I’ll-finish-it-someday sorts of chores.

Well, the dining room wallpaper came down in Nov 2014, and with it the sticker-wrapped-plastic floor molding. Two years later, I busted out the wall to make space for the new fridge. The next spring, my multi-talented arborist offered to help me fix the tile and drywall while he was here for my big tree removal project. (He later also built my pergola using local lumber!)

Even though I’m sure I’ll have to rip the molding back out when I replace the floors, I’m just sick of looking at the bottom three inches of rough unpainted drywall. Plus, now I get to buy an automatic nailer, and justify keeping the chop saw from Mom’s garage.

I started with the corner that’s hidden behind the bookshelf.

Not bad for a first attempt.

I’m certainly getting a lot of practice with corners.

Nothing too fancy, but matches the trim in the other rooms of the house: WM 662 9/16 in. x 3 1/2 in. Pine Primed Finger-Jointed Base Molding

Wine Shelves

The closet from the small bedroom carves out an awkward zig-zag in the dining room. Adding a sidebar and floating shelves helps smooth out the flow of the room.

Dining Room Paint

Turns out, choosing the right green is a real pain in the ass. Behr's Wheat Grass looked great in my neighbor's breezeway, but ended up looking like pea soup in my dining room. Then there's too-minty, too-olivey, and too-grayish.

I ended up choosing Glidden's Sandarac Sage... I based it on the color of my cute little countertop compost bin.

Wallpaper Begone

Before

These photos are from the real estate listing when I bought the house.

In-the-Middle

So, these aren't really 'After' photos, but at least they show the wall paper gone. Look at that awesome 70s mustard color!

Dining Room Blinds and Ceiling Repair

I took down the vertical blinds in preparation for getting rid of the wallpaper. This is when I realized that the ceiling had been popcorn-coated. And apparently when they scraped it off, they didn't bother to remove the blinds so they could scrape all the way to the edges. What a pain in the ass, since now I have to paint the entire ceiling over again. #JobDoneWrong

Kitchen & Dining Ceiling Lights

Two ceiling lights - one pendant, one semi-flush mount - took the place of the oversized ceiling fans.