I love the design and creative process that takes place when decorating our home and can’t wait to share it with all of you throughout Within the Grove.  I have never had an agenda or any idea as to what I will be doing within a blank space of our home until that creative moment strikes. 

Let me introduce you to an area where my creativeness has blossomed : our dining room.  This happens to be one of my favorite spaces within our home.  This area started as a blank canvas when we bought our home last June.

Since then it has transformed into the unique space where we often enjoy the company of others surrounded by delicious meals.

I am sure you can guess my favorite part of the dining room: the bold stenciled wall.  I can’t express enough how much I love it! I often get asked why I didn’t just do wallpaper.  I love the creative process it took to paint this wall and using wallpaper would have been to quick and simple with what I was looking for.

With a stencil I bought from Cute Stencils, a gallon a paint, a mini paint roller, and my sanity this wall was created.  From start to finish it was 18 hours worth of work.  Was it worth it?  You tell me.  I certainly think so!

This quirky moose head was given to me by my mother.  She stumbled upon it at a local Homegoods and immediately thought of me.  I wonder why?  It also goes great with the buffet I found at Goodwill.  Yes, a steal of a deal!

I am proud the most of our dining room farmhouse table and bench.  It was the first piece added to our dining room.  This farmhouse table is one of a kind.  Both pieces were handcrafted by my very talented husband.  I leave the building to him and he leaves the painting and staining to me.  We make quite the duo when focused.

Believe it or not it took me about 6 months to finally settle on a rug and the type of chairs to accompany our farmhouse table.  I had a vision one day and had to find the perfect pieces!The wicker chairs and jute rug provide a natural and clean atmosphere while the two teal chairs provide a pop of color bringing it all together.

I could go on and on about our gem of a dining room.  Get in touch with me if you want more information on a “how to” or maybe you see something in the pictures that you want more information on.  Let’s chat and become friends!

I am thrilled you joined me on day one of this wonderful journey of Within the Grove!

Resources:

|| Stencil: Cute Stencils || Jute Rug: Rugs USA || Dining Room Chairs: Wayfair || Moose Head: Homegoods || Framhouse Table and Bench: Within the Grove || Starburst Mirror: Homegoods || Curtains: Target

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