Right now my dining room is the furthest you can get to dining in style, any style for that matter. Our dining room & kitchen is an open kitchen style all in one TINY room. If our house was bigger I would consider the space to be a breakfast nook. Alas the tiny space is our dining room. I often wonder what the builders 1956 were thinking building a home with such a tiny dining room. My guess, most people who bought their home in my area in the 1950’s must have used TV trays – so not me.
Even though our kitchen and dining are combined into one room and I want the dining room to feel like its own amazing space that flows into the kitchen seamlessly. I want to be able to entertain family and friends. Eat waffles on Saturday morning, and then host a Fab dinner party that night in our dining room/kitchen. Right now our the room looks purpose; its main objective right now is the dreaded dumping ground: groceries, my purse, mail.
Here are a few dining rooms that inspire me.
I love dining rooms with dark tables and parsons chairs and intesting light fixtures. I'd love to have a fireplace in my dining room! { our a fireplace in my home for that matter, yup we are oneof the few homes built in the 50's with no fireplace }
My Objective
Even though our kitchen and dining are combined into one room and I want the dining room to feel like its own amazing space that flows into the kitchen seamlessly. I want to be able to entertain family and friends. Eat waffles on Saturday morning, and then host a Fab dinner party that night in our dining room/kitchen. Right now our the room looks purpose; its main objective right now is the dreaded dumping ground: groceries, my purse, mail.
Here are a few dining rooms that inspire me.
I love dining rooms with dark tables and parsons chairs and intesting light fixtures. I'd love to have a fireplace in my dining room! { our a fireplace in my home for that matter, yup we are oneof the few homes built in the 50's with no fireplace }
I like the idea of mixing chairs and having the light fixture be the focal point in the room, swoon
I love the artwork and high ceiling in this space + I'm loving the super large vases on the table....hmm they would also look nice on a dining room floor.
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Here's my how I plan to have my family dining in style soon (and on a budget)
- Sand and restain dining room table a dark color, our current dining room is simular to Pottery Barn version above.
- Sand and paint buffet a semi gloss white. I like the one above, but ours will do for now
- Find the perfect drum shade ligth fixture of our dining room, at a good price
- Paint our walls Woodrow Wilson Putty - they color is more grey then biege
- Buy 4 parsons chairs from Ikea
- Find oval of round Mirror for dining room - maybe paint white?
- Gather frames for gallery of photos on wall
- Find a simluar style rug in our price range
- Find affordable laminate flooring for our kitchen & dining room
- Curtains, simple Ikea curtains
