Tupper House Dining Room Makeover

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It’s finally done and I’m SO excited to share our new dining room look with you. This room makeover took exactly a month from start to finish, but came with it’s trials and tribulations (looking at you, plaster). Let me take you through the process (and the cost) for this total room makeover!

Need a reminder of how it looked before? Check out the Tupper House Tour:

Colour Choice

My husband Ryan envisioned a red dining room from the very beginning, and I was on board until we sampled two reds: 1. Benjamin Moore Dinner Party and 2. Benjamin Moore Caliente. I hated them both (Ryan liked Dinner Party, but it was too brown for me), and so that threw us into a tailspin.

We considered different colours like teal, dark green, and gold, but ultimately decided that red was the colour we wanted to go with. I discovered Benjamin Moore Burnt Peanut Red on Pinterest, and we got a sample from our local store.

I think it’s the perfect red for this space. It’s not too bright, and it’s a classic colour for this regal dining room. The room is quite large, and can definitely handle a bold colour.

Benjamin Moore Dinner Party vs Burnt Peanut Red

Benjamin Moore Dinner Party on the left, Burnt Peanut Red is circled on the right.

Taking Down The Wallpaper

This room was wallpapered, so we wanted to take that down. Luckily for us it came off easily, however there was wallpaper residue from previous generations of wallpaper. Under that was plaster that somehow had never been painted in the last 170 years.

Read More: Tupper House Before Tour

Repairing The Plaster

Some parts of plaster (especially on the curved wall) were damaged, so repair work was needed. This was our first time actually repairing plaster… and it won’t be the last! After many YouTube videos my husband started the repair work.

The first step was to take away the broken plaster and clean the lath, so there’s a good surface to work with. He used plaster of Paris to fill in the holes, layer by layer and finished it with a top layer of drywall compound. Lots of sanding later, we had a smooth surface to paint.

Painting

We started with giving the ceiling a fresh coat of flat white. It was definitely yellowed in some areas!

For the walls we went with Benjamin Moore Regal Select in Eggshell, since that is my favourite paint to work with. Most of the room only needed 2 coats, but in a few spots it needed 3.

We then painted all of our amazing trim in Beauti-Tone Designer Series Trim & Door paint in High Hide White. It gives great coverage and most of the trim only needed 1 coat.

Putting It All Together

We didn’t buy too many things for this room, my husband made our dining room table in 2016, and I LOVE it. The table in the window was left by the previous owner.