Evanston Mansion Renovation Episode 21: Dining Room
Evanston Mansion Renovation – Dining Room
We’re always trying to get inspired from what’s here in this historic home in Evanston, Illinois and bring that into what we’re doing in terms of remodeling. Wall color, trim color, ceiling color are now all the same color to allow you to focus on the beautiful, original details.
Follow along!
- Episode 1 – Exterior and Foyer
- Episode 2 – Library and Family Room
- Episode 3 – Dining Room and Porch
- Episode 4 – Kitchen and Pantry
- Episode 5 – Stairwell and Landing
- Episode 6 – Primary Bedroom and Bathroom
- Episode 7 – Porch and Third Floor
- Episode 8 – Lower Level
- Episode 9 – Laundry and Guest Bath
- Episode 10 – Kitchen and Pantry After Demo
- Episode 11 – Primary Bath and Closet After Demo
- Episode 12 – Laundry and Guest Bath After Demo
- Episode 13 – Third Floor After Demo
- Episode 14 – Temporary Primary Bedroom
- Episode 15 – Entry Hall & Library
- Episode 16 – Primary Bath
- Episode 17 – Exterior Sconces
- Episode 18 – Powder Room
- Episode 19 – Kitchen
- Episode 20 – Butler’s Pantry
- Episode 21 – Dining Room
- Episode 22 – Primary Bedroom and Closet
- Episode 23 – Laundry and Guest Bath
- Episode 24 – Living Room
- Episode 25 – Guest Bath
Transcript
Welcome back to the Evanston Mansion Renovation Series. Off to the dining room.
This is the room that had crazy angels, cherubs, ivy, all that kind of stuff on the ceiling. And as you can see now, it’s gone. We’re actually painting the crown molding.
As you recall from previous videos, the crown molding that’s here, it’s beautiful, it’s very intricate, but we really felt like it was making a brownish orange stripe around the room.
So, now in this room, everything from the top of the chair rail up is all going to be painted white. Wall color, trim color, ceiling color are all the same color.
We’re always trying to get inspired from what’s here in a historic home and bring that into what we’re doing in terms of remodeling. So, it’s very, very important to us when we find beautiful hardware like this to keep it, to preserve it, to make sure that it’s working. And this door works beautifully. Same thing with the transoms. We want to make sure that we’re always keeping things like that in place.
Go back and watch from the beginning if you’ve missed any episodes of this incredible journey.