Dining Room Progress/Update
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Comments (19)Thanks so much for the feedback everyone. Teacats- Thanks! Hubby and I aren't big champagne drinkers, but we've been spending a lot of time outside with BBQ food and a cold beer, so that counts, right? :) Mrose- I agree... monochromatic would be my first choice. However, hubby really wants color (when we started doing work on the house, he insisted we don't be a "beige house family") and I am trying to find a happy medium, lol. I like color but I don't know how to introduce it. I actually found a painting that I LOVE at Ballards, but it's too much money for us to spend right now. http://www.ballarddesigns.com/sunrise-on-the-reeds-giclee/paintings-prints/contemporary-prints/204037 Roarah - Thank you!! Cyn- Thank you! It was a challenge convincing hubby to paint the cabs at first. And the first time we did it, it was a disaster! I actually had to strip them all down and start fromt scratch. They are not perfect... but they look soooo much better than the first time. And the finish has been incredibly durable. I am definitely a fan of INSL-X cabinet coat after seeing how it wears. Prickly- Surprisingly the rug came from HD. It wasn't very expensive (about $100) and while I think it's a lovely rug... you can tell it's not the greatest quality. I am having such a hard time with it "rolling" and the little bumps make it hard to vaccuum. But it looks nice! :) It has chocolate brown, charcoal gray, cream, and a rust red in it. Lukki- Will your DH not let you paint your cabs? Mine was very hesitant and when I hated them the first time around... he was NOT happy. However, now I love them, and he doesn't really feel one way or another about them, haha. As long as he doesn't dislike them... I am happy :) gmnolen- thanks! The dining room is BM's hot spring stones. It reads a gray beige at night and almost light purple in the morning. A very interesting and complex color... but I really like it. Didn't like it in the beginning because of the purple cast, but I like it now! Kadydid- I don't know, but that yellow was glaring!!! It was the first thing we painted because I just couldn't deal with it, lol. When I would come down the stairs half asleep and walk into the room with the sun shining in, I felt like I was being assaulted! Haha, when my Dad came to visit and see the house for the first time, his reaction was "Wow, this is a nice little house. But man... that is YELLOW!!!" regina - Thank you! Loribee- Thanks! I really do love the mirror. I was originally going to silver leaf the rim to get rid of the coppery color... but now I think I am going to keep it. Mixing metals and finishes adds dimension, right? Jeannie- our DR is 11'5" x 12'7". The table is 40"W x 62"D x 30"H. The set is from Macy's (got it on sale on Black Friday) and the name of it is "The Bradford Collection". It was a splurge for us, but I have always wanted/needed a dining room (family never sat around the table for dinner as a kid and I always wanted that for my own family) and when I found that set, I was in love. Good luck! :)...See MoreUpdate on dining room progress--finally :)
Comments (15)lavender, thank you, and thanks for the vote on the stair spindles. When I have a free minute I've been taping off where the spindles meet the treads, so after the ceiling trim is up, it's a go. marti, I think she was more than half in jest, but the room is painted, so it must have worked! shadygrove and shades, thank you. Do you all realized that you get to see my new stuff before almost anyone else? I just want to say that I really appreciate everyone's encouragement. I've been busy the last couple of days, routing and painting the new ceiling trim. I put up the filler on the top of the DR cabinet this morning, then my father wandered in with a bucket of cherry tomatoes. Lol, any idea how many cherry tomatoes one has to halve to fill a dehydrator? A bunch--but aren't these the cutest little things?!...See MoreProgress Pics of Dining Room
Comments (14)Thanks again for all the nice comments. If anybody has any suggestions to make it better, please let me know! I am always tweaking. This is a dining room that we eat in every day, as you can tell from the "coordinating" baby seat. ;) Don't you think the turkey ties it all together? Hilltop, the table is made by Drexel. It is the Richardson double pedestal table. We love this table. It is gorgeous, and also has some other features we like. It has not apron so that you can comfortably cross your legs without bumping the bottom of the table, and since it's a pedestal, you can squeeze a lot of people around the table without having anybody hitting a leg of the table. We got the DH shield on it, which is an extra layer of protection for the table top. Unfortunately, that is no match for my family. Sigh. Our 3 year old put some scratches on the table top within 2 weeks of getting it with his fork. This week, our dog uncharacteristically jumped on the table to steal some food and put 2 other scratches on the table top. But, in a normal family, I think the table would be very durable. sueb20, the table runner is a mud cloth from Africa that my MIL brought back from one of their trips. I'm glad that you think that it looks good in the room. I didn't put a ton of thought into the stuff on the buffet. It kind of landed there when we moved in, and that's where it has stayed. I've been meaning to tweak it some, but haven't had time or inspiration yet. Thanks again!...See MoreBay window dining room progress
Comments (26)Thank you all! I'm glad you were able to enjoy our space. : ) The Chandy was new from ebay, and looked like it had leopard spots when it came. Yikes, nothing like the "antique bronze" type description. DH cured that with some spray paint. The chest in the window is from a local yard sale. Yes, we sit in these little chairs by the windows often. The secretary desk was my grandmother's. It looked fine in her low-ceilinged living room, but it needed a little extra height in our space, thus the basket of goodies and lights on top. The table was my mom's, and about a year ago we put laminate on the top out of desperation when the veneer got reeeally bad. I'm still looking for a larger table to replace it, but for now, it works, and it is super-wipeable for everyday use. :-) Just for kicks, some of you might remember When the dining room looked like this. (You can now sort of see that we put closets on either side of the window at one end of the room instead of how we considered doing them in this old discussion.)...See Morehappy2b…gw
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