The Dayton Challenge is a challenge

Mostly because I thought that I would list my challange wins and losses here once a week...but by the time that I sit down to write something, I've forgotten my Dayton experience by that point. There was a question on Cash Cab the other day in which the root of the answer had to do with Dayton.

What's new?

I pretty much stay out of my own dining room. Since it's really just the 2 of us, Jerry and I often eat dinner at the small (2-person) kitchen table. Except on mondays when we eat $5 Hot N Ready Little Caesar's in front of the big TV while watching our Monday lineup (Cash Cab, NCIS, and the 7-8 block of "How I met your Mother" on Lifetime - yes, Lifetime) before heading off to win MLTrivia.

What a tangent!

So, I pretty much stay out of the dining room. The DR has a distinct look to it, courtesy of the previous owner. It's very....hmmmm...country. After pulling up the carpet and exposing the hardwood floors, and stashing as much as we can in the room's closet, we decided that we didn't hate the current scheme. However, in the 4 months that we have lived there, I have come to realize that we cannot seem to decorate it!

See why:

That's the living room as the former owner had it (that's her furniture and everything). Our dining set is very similar (a little lighter) and we have a side buffet table that's probably just as dark as the one in this picture. We did change out the light fixture to a dark bronze with frosted lamps. The only decorations on the walls are a picture of Jerry's former church and a plate of the same.

I want to paint it a dark color above the chair rail, get rid of the wall paper and paint it white below the chair rail (maybe change out the chair rail), keep the red accents and finish the room with black and white photos.

If Betsy doesn't convince me to keep it as is!