Hammer, Saw, Glue, Nail

My darling husband has been working very diligently for the past two weeks on the dining room. Even though our house is a contemporary split-level 1970's style home, we are trying to remodel with a more traditional look. Our styles seem to lean toward Shaker, Craftsman, and Federal. Ok, so I am to blame for the Federal style.

The dining room has been in the works for a while, it currently has sub-flooring. The builders did a terrible job with the house, just ask my husband. The baseboard frame for the wainscoating is level, the subfloor is not. It will be interesting to see the final product! The wainscoating is up the wall to waist high with a wide board frame around it.

Our plans for the room is to paint the wide board frame, baseboard, window trims, and door trims the same color throughout the house. Because we could not decide what color to paint the room, the wainscoating will be the same color as the hallway and, eventually, the living room. The wall above the wainscoating will be a creamy yellow, the exact shade is yet to be determined. We are trying to decide between three different samples. Paint seems to be difficult for us to decide upon one choice and stick to that choice with confidence.

I am excited about the dining room being finished within a month or so. We will work on the floor after the walls are finished. I am not sure if we will paint before or after the flooring goes down. Then my husband is off to the workshop again, this time he will be working on our table. The table legs and apron are currently in a box in the computer room. Hopefully he can also make the china hutch if we don't find one at an antique store first. Then, when everything is finished, we can have a party!