We have lived in our house for 1 year and 3 months now. The dining room was not our taste so we set out to redo it little by little. It's finally redone and, man, does it look different! We painted, replaced the door, tore out the carpet and laid new flooring, added a chair rail, and hung a new lighting fixture. Below are photos of before and after the remodel.
BEFORE:
AFTER: (We hadn't changed the light fixture yet in this photo but it's a nice picture of the chair rail)