Dining Room Finally Finished!

Since we've moved into the house, we've been quite busy! We've been working on lots of DIY projects and quickly forgetting what life was like before we knew everyone at Lowes by name. I've added some pics so you can see how the dining room project went:

The popcorn ceilings half-scraped.  Watch as our dining room magically gets taller, brighter, and transports to 2014.

Looking fly in his gear...

Fully scraped...

And painted while hubs recovered from poison ivy.

The first wainscoting panel went up, after a lot of math and cutting with the new miter saw. I left that part up to the mathematically inclined (Michael).

Then a lot of liquid nails, caulking, and painting... This is the point that I began to lose faith that the project would ever end.

All panels up!

 Then came the painting... and more painting... and then more. Not pictured: a red-headed sister who did the first coat.

Josie barked at people outside helped supervise.

and FINALLY it was done! We've got to do some decorating, pictures on the back wall, perhaps a rug to keep it from echoing like a cave... but we are SO happy with the results.

Also, doesn't the wall color look different in every single picture?

Yay! We're taking a one week break from doing any work on the house because next weekend is The Popcorn-Scraping Bonanza Part II (The Kitchen)... wish us luck!