another room done

we installed the baseboards and then had to hunt around to find quarter round molding in white oak to go around the curio cabinets. now that everything is installed, we can finally call the dining room done.

see, baseboards:



looking towards the french doors to the front patio:



and one of the finishing touches (we were so happy to finally be rid of the unsightly gap we lived with for almost a year):

a long overdue project

we hoped to refinish both the living and dining room floors before we moved in to get rid of the horrid finish called pickle. unfortunately, we were only able to accomplish the living room so we've been living with mismatched floors for almost two years. the time finally came to complete the dining room. here's the original pickle:



here's a close-up shot of the original pickle in the dining room next to the refinished living room floors:



and here's the completed floors (baseboards pending):