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Dining Room Makeover

May 4, 2015

Dining Room Makeover

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.

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

Modern Dining RoomI 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.

Stenciled Wall

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!

Stenciled wall in dining room

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!

Dining room decor moose head

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.

IMG_2935Believe 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!Farmhouse tableThe 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.

Dining room makeover

Teal dining room chairsI 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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