A New Look for the Dining Room

We worked during the week last week and almost all weekend to finish our dining room. We still have a few things to finish- but overall it is done! We love our new room and the "new" furniture. I apologize for all the pictures, I was just excited to show the differences.

Here is what the room looked like on move in day: 

 

Here is what it looked like right after moving the furniture back in: 

Here the buffet cabinet before we started: 

 

 We removed the doors and wiped it down with liquid sander:

 I taped the edges:

 I started to paint:

 After two coats of the cream paint:

 Clay wiped it down with the tinted glaze. Clay then re-installed the doors.

 We still need to buy new handles for the doors (they are harder to find then we thought).

Here is how we did the table/chairs:

 We took off the seats and also wiped them down with the liquid sander:

 I taped the edge of the table because we wanted to leave the top with the natural wood:

 We put two coats of the cream paint on them as well:

 Clay working on the glaze:

 A close up of the finished chair:

 After the glaze had been put on the table:

 We did the same process with the china cabinet:

 Clay also installed lights in the top of the china cabinet. It is amazing how different the lights make it look. I was also very happy to finally unpack some of our wedding gifts. Now we just have to hang pictures, buy the door handles, and finish covering the chairs this weekend.

The best part of this whole project:
1. Can of Opps paint cream Glidden Duo=$12
1. Can of Opps tinted glaze paint= $7
1. Can of Martha Stewart clearance paint (light brown) = $12
1. Can of Martha Stewart clearance paint (dark brown) = $12

For a total of $43 we were able to paint the room and all the furniture and still have paint left over.

We are going to start some more projects this weekend. Hope everyone has a blessed week!