I’ve been drooling over some faux wainscoating for a couple of months now. I first saw this blog post and fell hard. I love the dark gray on the walls – the exact color I want throughout our house (aside from the few rooms I’ve painted and the red in the kitchen). Then I saw this blog post and was finally inspired to plow ahead. Our total came out to be much more than the $35 she posted, but it was still under a hundred dollars and made a lot of impact.

Here’s the before:

Boooooring.

And here’s the after:

Yay!

The picture will eventually be replaced by some other, homemade, artwork, but at least there’s some color.

We love how this turned out because we have a small home, with a very open floor plan. Walls would really make everything cramped, but there’s also not much definition of each space. Now I feel like the dining “room” stands on it’s own a bit.