Will any of this work in my DR? Seeking opinions!
I am forging ahead with my dining room and downstairs bath while waiting for kitchen remodel to begin mid January. I have to get chairs for the DR so we can have Thanksgiving/Christmas dinner here. The walls won't be painted until after the kitchen is done. but I am okay with everything looking "off" for a few months.
Plan is to do simple parsons chairs for side chairs, with a sort of "winged" chair on the ends. I am thinking of using a patterned fabric on the backs/sides of the end chairs. Walls Teal, but none of this is written in stone. I have no confidence in the direction this is going, so please feel free to tell me if some/all of it doesn't work. Okay, here goes...
Current DR: (getting rid of burgundy and please excuse the mess,The cabinets in the corners are already gone and all artwork can be moved, etc...)
Example of side chairs:
Example of end chairs: (No nail head)
Option !:
Option 2:
Light 1:
Light 2:
Light 3:
BTW: my Dh just told me I was going with something like this for chairs, but with a nicer fabric:
Please tell me what, if any works or give me some alternatives!!
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girlwithponytail
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Comments (103)LL, I didn't see your question until now, sorry. I wasn't going to draw up a plan that recesses the fridge into the pantry closet because it sounds like that set-up limits the size of fridge Flying can get - 30" most likely, possibly 33" - unless she makes modifications to the bathroom, swapping out the tub for a shower as suggested by lascatx above. Personally, I'd be reluctant to limit fridge size. My SIL had a heckuva time finding a new fridge to fit their existing cabinet - height and width were what was common when they built, not what is common now. We had to modify our cabinet by jacking it up 2" with plywood inserts at the base - ugly but short-term - to fit our new, taller fridge. Thank goodness we weren't hindered by soffits like my SIL. That said, there does seem to be more choices for smaller fridges that there were even a couple years ago so perhaps this isn't a big deal after all. But it's still not the norm, which means fridges will often cost more. But if that's not a concern for Flying, then yes, changes can be made to the plan I posted Tue, Aug 23, 11 at 20:39 so that the sink can be placed on the entry wall. The door would need to stay put or shift over only 6" so that there's room to have the DW next to the sink. It would be 12" of wall, 40" door, DW, 33" or 36" sink cab (smaller sink cab leaves a few more inches between counter run and doorway), spacer cabinet, corner, then 38" to range. This would leave a long stretch of peninsula counter between DR and kitchen. The 2nd oven would need to go under the counter here. The bathroom wall set-up would need to change a bit, too. because the entry shifts over only 6", not 12". Staggering the cabinet depth would work: 12" deep cabs close to the doorway, 18" deep cabs next to the fridge. If Flying has the funds and the desire to do the extra remodeling required to recess a 36" fridge in the pantry closet, the above still works, too. But if the only reason for all this extra work is to get a view to the backyard, it might not be necessary. Flying's back door has a window in its top half. If that's not enough, she can add a window along that back wall ala the photo I posted Fri, Aug 12, 11 at 14:02. It would mean giving up a little bit of upper cabinet room (about 12" I think)....See MoreWhat's your opinion on this table for my black DR?
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8 years agoI think the teal paint will be very pretty. I think your awesome table is so nice that it might deserve something a little more special than regular Parsons chairs. Maybe something like these--
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amykath
8 years agoMelissa Kroger
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoJic712: you have given me a lot to ponder! I think you are right about the fabrics being too trendy. I don't want to get caught up in that and be sick of everything in 5 years! You are also 100% right that I don't want to swap out my burgundy and gold house for a gray and turquoise/teal one. My sister has a new home and there is turquoise in every room: rugs, pillows, KA mixer, bed linens, etc. it's over the top and I want to avoid having a color themed house that I tire of. That is exactly why I'm doing my kitchen very simply with white cabinets, soapstone counters, white quartzite island. It's popular now, but neutral and classic. So if I love the teal walls in the DR, how do I avoid the whole house "matching" yet still making it all cohesive? Won't a random teal wall look weird? Or maybe it looks cool... I'm not sure! Lol
please tell me if any of this works:
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