So I've been wanting to redo our dining room for quite a while. There was really nothing wrong with it before, but it had really not been finished either. The paint was looking a little worse for the wear, so that was the first thing on the agenda. After over a week of struggling with the choices, I settled on a cabin red & coffee colors for the walls. Dan & my brother Rick made all the woodwork in the house & it's painted a craft white {sort of a creamy off white color}. We painted 2 walls the red & 2 wall the coffee. I really love the way it turned out! Definitely a big change from the pale green it was before. I'm thinking I still am wanting a area rug for under our farmhouse table, but haven't found the right one just yet! I thought I'd share some peeks around the room..
This is one of our antique chairs that surround our farmhouse table... we were lucky enough to have Dan's parents give us 4 or 5 of them & I've supplemented with some similar ones that I've found at antique stores. I've got a thing for the bluish-green ball jars too, so I have a load of them. Seven fit perfectly in the wire basket I've had for several years. I put some candles in each jar & am using them for a centerpiece. I think it looks sorta cool on the long table.
The 2 cabinets in the pictures above are ones that I found when we first bought the house when I was going a little antique furniture crazy. The green one used to have doors on it, but they were difficult to open & close, so I just took them off & use it like a book shelf. Since the dining room is also my office, this holds some of my work stuff. The cream one has been in our bedroom for the last several years holding my clothes & tv, but now is holding my printer & lots of work & scrapbook stuff. Plus I'm loving it because I can display cool stuff in the upper portion. You see this wall when you walk into the house from our porch.
Above the dining room table I made this collage of yummy scrapbook paper goodness & one of my favorite sayings. Since it's my office as well, I went a little more boldness. I wanted it to be a little fun & there are a few little surprises in this one. A little bit crazy, but I'm really liking it... sort of a mix of my love of vintage, modern, color & pattern all in one! I'm anxiously awaiting a vintage letter M that I ordered off of Etsy that will go on this wall as well.
Next on the agenda... the living room!
Love it! I need a decorating recharge at my house.
Posted by: Sarah T | November 06, 2009 at 09:13 AM