I promised pics of the dining room. Finally, curtains have been chosen - a nice Wheat-coloured silk that will blend into the wall. Here's the finished room....aahhhh...and 5 minutes later HandyMan and I moved out the dining chairs, covered the table, wrapped the light in plastic, and took down the curtains.

Kitchen demolition is beginning next door so we needed to seal up the dining room against all the dust bunnies that will soon appear!