I've managed to get about half the dining room painted. What slowed me down is that there is a flight of stairs from here to the basement, and painting that corner meant getting the ladder positioned just so. The other big job in here is replacing a window. The sash for the lower portion is shattered. Nothing to do but replace it (on our budget). A replacement (stored in the shed) came with the house! Libby used a tablecloth from India (cut in half and hemmed; bought from Ten Thousand Villages) for the lower windows and a bamboo shade for the uppers.
