The Simply Savvy Budget Dining Room Makeover Weekend 2

So if you have visited SSG's house at any point in time over the last two (ish) years, there has been DANGER lurking.

And not death by licking or suffocation from pet hair, though Fisher is a worthy foe in both areas ...

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No, no. If you have sat at SSG's dining room table, it's a wonder you're still alive.

SSG put the table together herself. And you COULD TELL. SSG paid close attention to the directions on putting the first chair together and then is pretty sure she winged (wang?) it for the other three.

Wobbly?

Doesn't begin to describe. There were entire sections of chairs that not only had screws loose, but DIDN'T EVEN HAVE SCREWS! SSG checked her handy tool box full of stuff she has no idea how she has (where did YOU come from electrical tape?!). Sure enough, there was a LARGE number of screws that looked oddly similar to those that happened to make it into the chairs a couple of years ago.

SSG is sure that at some point she thought to herself "Hmmm ... why are there so many left over screws? Maybe I should keep them?" And THANK GAH she did. If any of those chairs could no longer be held together with one screw and a prayer, it's a long fall from those pub chairs onto the floor.

But REST ASSURED future Chez Simply Savvy visitors, SSG has rectified the situation.

This weekend SSG finished (ahem) putting together her chairs, steam cleaned the carpet, scrubbed the baseboards with a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser and brought the chandelier down from the ceiling. If the local precinct is lacking for an interview room, SSG's dining room table could do the trick. Those lights are BRIGHT and they're at just the right angle to shine right in your face.

SSG decided to push spray painting the table to next weekend when she paints an accent wall and thinks she's going to keep the rug in the living room to match with some curtain panels she remembers she has upstairs in her linen closet. But let's not get ahead of ourselves shall we? November is assigned to the living room ... please excuse SSG while she crawls under the dining room table and hides.

The basket worked well, but SSG has caught herself throwing random stuff in it that she doesn't know what to do with ... so she's not sure how long it will stay there. She's worried it will become a dumping ground for clutter. And really?

That's what closets are for.