Quick update on the dining room. The floors that looked like this:

Now look like this:

Yea!! New floors and baseboards! And a new IKEA rug - on sale for $130!

Additional plans:

- recover the seats on the chairs

- paint the top of the walls navy

- find curtains

- install white wainscoting under the chair rail - inspiration pics (thank you, Pinterest):

The parents are in town this weekend, but I wouldn’t dare make them work while they are here…