Home: Dining Room Makeover

Dining Room Makeover: Part 1

During the holidays, my family and I began to work on redoing our dining room.  The existing layout prevented the area from living up to its full potential. With its previously boarded over window (a throwback from when the home's laundry room was a small back porch), disused second door leading into the laundry, and shallow built in, the room felt smaller than it actually was. 

As I have always dreamt of having a paneled dining room, that was our inspiration. Our first step was to add a framing for the panels.  This was a bit labor intensive as our walls are comprised of concrete. However, as usual, my hubby came to the rescue. It only took a couple of weekends for him to sort it out for us. Yay!

Here is the love of my life working his magic!

That old window is finally gone.

A sneak peek of the finished look!

It took a bit of elbow grease to get these panels stained. Whew!

We left room for the depth of the new built in.

It's going to have loads of storage!

Phase One is complete! 

Which was fortunate because we had to prepare for the holidays.