Sneak Peek Dining Room

 

Here is a little peek into the dining room so far.  Still on the hunt for a few things to put up on the walls.  I did find a really fun piece that is being made for my dining room from Etsy.  I cannot wait to get that and show you this unique piece I found.

It was fun to unpack some of my decor from the cottage home and use it in the condo decor.

I was able to hang up my Mixtiles pictures on the new shiplap wall.

Found these cute Ray Dunn pillows at HomeGoods on clearance.

Down by my daughter's home in the country is a cute little flower shop with the most unique gifts.  I saw this sweet dresser for sale and thought it would look really cute in my new farmhouse/cottage decor.  I am trying to find pieces with the natural wood to mix in with my whites.

Before

After
I am looking for a solution to add a dining room light.  The problem is when they converted this old house to condos they put in the fixtures and wired everything but then poured cement between floors to lessen sound.  Since we are on the third and highest floor they did the same with cement in the attic space.  ???? Makes no sense!!!  Therefore no access to the attic to run wires.  If you did not choose to have all your wiring done when these were first converted you do not have anyway to bring in wires to make a light fixture.
UGH!
We could tear out the shiplap and run the wires from the bottom plugs up the wall and over or I am choosing to not ruin all the work of the shiplap and will make a light fixture that runs on batteries with a dimmer and remote.

I plan on getting a light fixture and using remote led bulbs that dim and work off the remote in place of a regular bulb.  I have been seeing this done on pinterest.  The remotes also come as a faux light switch that you can put on the wall to turn it on and dim.  That way it looks like a real light switch.

Stay tuned for this.  I hope this will work and I can get some lighting over my dining room table.
Gotta love Pinterest for ideas!
I hope to show you how I am going to do this soon.

Things are coming together and I will have more pics of before and after in the next few days.

Meanwhile I am still having a dilemma with the new washer and dryer hook up.  The drains are not draining and the other night when we first tried the washer it backed up and ran down and out the light fixture in the condo below us. Lucky for her and us it was a light fixture over her bathtub so that was a saving grace.  The water ran into her bathtub.

I am waiting on the plumber today to come and see what the problem is.  Terry used Draino and snaked it as far as he could.  It started to drain but very slowly so he feels something is stuck in the drain further down than he can reach.  Hopefully the plumber today will have better equipment to get it all cleared out.

This is how things have gone.  Two steps forward and then three steps back.  I guess that is the issue with buying this unique condo in an old mansion.  The lady we bought from did not have a washer and dryer in her unit.  She used the washers and dryers in the basement.  Praying the plumber can get the drain opened up and we can have our own washer and dryer.

Nothing seems to ever go easy in life!
Happy Friday
Have a great weekend.
Hugs,
Kris