Stairwell woodwork

I wanted to add a chairrail to the stairway for some architectural detail that we didn't have when we moved in.  To start, I taped off the lines of where I wanted the chairrail to go, using measuring tape, pencil marks, and blue tape. 

Blue tape as a guide was great, because then I didn't need to make sure I was straight each time I made a cut - I had already done that when putting the tape up!

After I was all taped up, I made the correct cuts with the saw, and used my new nail gun to nail it to the wall.  The hardest part was getting the right angles during the cuts for the non-90 or 45 degree angles. 

I am happy with the way it turned out.

Dining Room Redo

Our dining room was a hot mess when we moved in.  We had lovely carpet and a nice, emerald green wall.  Don't get me wrong, green is my favorite color.  You just have to use the right color green so it looks nice. 

Really, lovely.  We used it as a dumping place for our things when we were moving in, before everything found a spot. 

We ended up redoing the floors to a laminate wood - Adam installed those, and I will have a post on that renovation later - we did the living room and hallways in laminate also.  Then, I installed the chair rail (crown molding is still yet to be installed), and repainted a nice dark sage green, to complement the lighter sage green in the living area.  We also got a new dining set from craigslist, which I absolutely love.  I did have to recover the chair cushions to a neutral color on them.  I think it looks really nice.