Dining Room Makeover

What's Really Scary

I decided I was NOT spending money on Halloween decor this year. 

My only purchase being that I bought cheap sheets at Walmart to cover my furniture...

so that my house looks really haunted. 

But the scariest thing in this photo is not the ghosts or ravens or witches....

it's the room beyond, the dining room. 

Which is terribly neglected. 

I promised myself I was going to paint my dining room furniture over the summer and it did not happen.
In my own defense, I was pretty busy with outside projects.
And having so many pieces to paint at once is quite daunting. (five chairs, table and buffet)

So...it's now or never....and I am declaring it is now.

See the cloudiness of the patio door?  That's a build up of weenie dog snot. 

If you have dogs you know how this stuff is like glue...very hard to remove.
Of course I didn't even try to remove it before this shot...so there.

Ignore the dust bunnies under the buffet. I haven't bothered to clean under there because 

I keep thinking I'm getting ready to move it to paint it. Terrible....lazy...that is what I am.

So this table, chairs and buffet, my Mom found for me at Salvation Army. 

It's been sitting here patiently waiting for me to finish it. 

I started on the buffet two years ago as you can see but didn't get any further. 

Now because I've posted it...I have to get it done. 

I said it would be done by Halloween and time is ticking away. 

I'm so tired of averting my eyes when I walk through my dining room 

and explaining to friends that it's a work in progress.

Shameful that my dining room is so unfinished. 

There now I have to do it.