Almost looks civilized, doesn't it?
Back out a bit though, and our dining room looks like this. Not too bad considering one wall is black tar paper, another is a rusty sliding door, another is a piece of plastic, the fourth is unfinished drywall, and the floor is icky concrete.
I was determined to eat in here, so I started clearing out the mess in early December and had Handyman insert a plywood panel to enlarge the table. I also bought a new tablecloth at Home Goods.
I got this snow flake covered fabric at JoAnne's to make a runner, and I stapled some icicle lights around the perimeter of the room.
Handyman also created a temporary table in the corner to hold the Christmas tree.
That table is hiding this unbelievably ugly planter that is STILL here. I swore when we bought the house that the planter would be the first thing to go, but three years later it's still here.
So our table looked like this, the company was great, the food was delicious, and everyone had a good time in our weird dining room.
Here's my theory: fancy everything up a bit so they don't notice all the weirdness.
