On to the Dining Room

Of course, while the woodwork in the hall and living room was getting done, so was the woodwork in the dining room.

Except that the entire dining room is woodwork...

I'm really glad to get rid of the gray stripe on the chair rail! Man, was that a bad decision by someone...

Now I've finished enough touch-up and re-installed enough hardware that we can put the room back together.

We picked up the sideboard yesterday. We'd seen it a while ago at H&B, but kept looking around to see what else might be out there. It was also tough to find something that was the right width and height for this location. Most things were either too low or too wide. We didn't find anything we liked better, so it became ours.

It's a really cool piece, c. 1830. The bottom drawer on the left side is quite deep and is partitioned. The theory is that it was for storing decanters.

I had to fix a hinge on one door and it has the usual wear you'd expect from a piece that's almost 200 years old.

And now that the room is freshly painted, the fireplace tile looks awful. We've never been fond of it and have a change in mind. We're just waiting on the tile guy...