Stacy Risenmay

Do-it-yourself projects and Home Decor

My Dining Room!!!!

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My dining room is done!!! I love how it turned out. I am going to start with my favorite part (the ceiling) and then work my way around the room.

I have wanted to paint checkers on my ceiling since before we moved into this house! Six years to be exact. I had the idea and I had to wait until we moved here. Then I don’t know what happened. But I just never got it done. Painting a ceiling was not very high on a list that included electrical, floors, grass, etc. It ranked pretty low since it wasn’t a need. We even started this project a couple of times over the years but always got interrupted. I will admit I had a few strips of tape on my ceiling for. . . ummmm. . . 2 years.  But it is done now and that is all that matters :)

I took these shots in the morning when the sun was very bright and very orange. I had to edit the crap out of them and they are not crystal clear, but I think they are good enough to show you what it looks like.

This clock I have posted about before. I originally built it to cover up a meter box in our apartment when we lived in Vegas. It stuck out of the wall a good 10 inches so I cut a bunch of it off with my jigsaw.

I live with 5 boys so manners is a big deal at dinner time. This gets said A LOT so I thought a visual might be good.

I love my polka dot curtains!!! I needed to add more dark brown and the dots were playful. I think they are fun. I originally bought some paisley fabric but it seemed too…..serious, for lack of a better word.

The tall cabinet is the old ironing board cupboard. It is now the broom closet. It will be getting a mini facelift soon. But it works for now:)

Remember all those things I bought on clearance??? Well here most of them are! The tea cup became a pot for the plant, the candle holder got painted and distressed, and the hanging votive got turned upside down. I forgot to put the candle on the tall brown candle holder. I would like to find a silver one to go next to it also. One day :)

And here is the BEFORE. The shelf just had 4 silver frames. Pretty boring huh???

I can’t WAIT to show you the other half of this room. . . THE KITCHEN! I am hoping I have a good week and can finish the rest of the kitchen so I can reveal it next Monday. That is the goal. We will see!

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  1. OH MY STARS!!!!! LOVE IT!!! I painted checks on our floor and loved loved loved them……can NOT imagine how your neck must have felt looking up for that amount of time…..but WOW so worth it!!!!!!!

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  5. looks great! I wasn’t sold on the idea of a checkerboard ceiling until I saw the whole room…it’s nice!

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  9. Hi Stacy, I love the ceiling, how did your neck feel when you were done? I am planning on painting the ceiling in our study this summer, but I am using a stencil.
    have a great day,
    Regina

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  10. I love the ceiling..Beautiful..You have inspired me to attempt this in my downstairs family room..Wish me luck..My husband will see this and cringe..LOL..
    Janet

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  11. It looks just amazing Stacy! My neck hurts just thinking about you painting your ceiling. LOL! But it adds sooo much to the room. Love it!

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  12. What an awesome ceiling you have! I love the brown and polk a dots. You tied it together perfectly.

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  14. So freaking cool! Your ceiling is killing me. My husband would never go for that. It looks tremendously awesome. Great job! Can’t wait to see the other side!

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  18. Very cute and fun! I need to paint my kitchen ceiling, but there always seem to be higher priorities…maybe I’ll get to it eventually.

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  21. “Edit the crap out of them…”? LOL! We must have the same camera and editing software! :)
    Wow! So impressive and unique! Also? I love the mind your manners visual. I eat dinner with 5 males every night and I understand the need for that sign. :)

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  22. I love your dining room! The colors you chose are fabulous, and that ceiling is to die for! I might have to copy your look sometime. Thanks for sharing it!

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  24. I absolutely love the ceiling, it’s so much work!! Great job, and I love the sassy curtains. I’ve been wanting to paint stripes on a ceiling…..

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  26. Beautiful, I love the colors they are so nice together!
    You are very talented, I look forward to that kitchen.

    BTW that is a cute baby in the before pics!

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  31. Following you from Sugar Bee Crafts. You did a wonderful job. Love it! :) Would love to have you link it up to my {wow me} wednesday link party going on right now on my blog. :)

    Ginger
    gingersnapcrafts.blogspot.com

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  32. I love it! So adorable. Can I move in? I’ll blend. I’m 6ft tall w/ red hair & a 4yo deliquent. You won’t even know we are there. LOL

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  45. My mouth dropped OPEN when I saw that ceiling…. VERY NICE!

    Sending a link to your page to a friend of mine who will love it too :)

    Visiting via linky party at FunkyJunkInteriors

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