2012: The Happy Home Project (Dining Room Chand)

H8 2 Decor8? NOT ME! I'm obsessed and although I've been out of commission (errr...staples) these past few days, have no fear! I am back in gear!!!


While enjoying my favorite part of the day---romantic evenings huddled around the dining table after the hustle and the bustle of the days routines have settled down nicely like the meal set neatly upon the table. All 4 children settled in, ready to get to their storytelling about the days events. The stories and the memories are always wonderful. The light fixture hanging above the dinner table?...not so wonderful.

It has good bones, a nice sprawled out design that can easily light the entire dining area but the orang(ish) color had been peeling and flaking off this old fixture and I was NOT having it!

And clearly there is no sense in updating and making the rest of the space presentable (yet functional) if this gawd awful fixture is old and dilapidated. It had run its course and it was time to bring it back to light. 


So...
I got to work! 

Some light sanding and some mild soap and warm water got them in painting condition.

And while the first coat of paint was drying, Jaxon and I made banana bread and while it was baking in the oven, we laughed and giggled to pictures we posed for while nestled on the kitchen floor. 


I've finished up with the second coat today and hung the final project. Not a dime was spent to update the 'lier (used excess paint from my inventory;) 

I can't wait to see it lit (in the grand golden hue it is) when the sun falls neatly upon the late afternoon. 

Slowly but surely becoming a Happy Home?! .... I think so :)

I hope that each of you enjoy the rest of your week and have a joyful, fun-filled weekend with family and friends (in your Happy Home no less)

"A house is made of walls and beams; a home is built with love and dreams."
Cheers to your happy home! (and yes, I have a glass of champagne in my hand) I deserve it. 


On to the next project...