Something I was very excited about, maybe more so than any other thing about this new place, was my dining room. See, I've never had one. As far as I can remember, every house I've lived in since birth has not had a dining room. I don't really know why I wanted one so badly, but I did. I had a very specific plan for this space - to make it reflect the heritages in our family. I planned on what I was calling a "heritage wall" representing the Jewish, Irish, Italian, and German blood in our children's veins. I ordered a handmade wooden German flag on etsy.com (it was my one splurge), used a banner my sister had sent us from Ireland listing all the Irish family names, hung up a Jewish wall prayer mount, and ordered a collage print of famous Italian sites from Walgreens. I am working on hanging old family photos (and I mean very old, like from the late 19th century through 1920's) and I bought wooden letters to spell out the word "family" in Celtic, German, Italian, Yiddish and English.
The gray color on the walls was better than I thought it would turn out. I absolutely fell in love with it!
We now have a dining room table and chairs. Never had these of my very own, and my in-laws' neighbors were getting rid of it, so we took it. It's in perfect shape and is only a couple years old!
I will post a few pictures now so you get an idea of what I'm doing. When it's all done, I'll post more, for sure!
(Please excuse the quality. My camera broke and these pix were taken with my phone or webcam.)
Starting to paint
Heritage wall - still working on it
Dining room table set
spray painted the mirror blue to complement gray wall
Painting
Loving the way it's turning out!
Bathroom before
My sister Chloe in front of unfinished wall
After color!
Bathroom color
a work in progress
Ava eating at the table this morning
my etsy flag!
