One of my favorite series on my blog is Small Home Style, a blog series dedicated to sharing small space ideas to help maximize small spaces. For new readers out there, I started the series to celebrate small homes. As a small home dweller myself, I have a soft spot for sharing creative ways to help my fellow #SmallHomeDwellers.

Today on Small Home Style, I’m sharing a roundup of dining room tables and chair pairing ideas for small spaces. A few months ago, we replaced our freestanding banquette with a built-in banquette in our small dining room, read more about the update here

I love the update, it gives so much extra storage and fit the small space perfectly, making our eat-in kitchen dining room feel more spacious. Once the built-in banquette was finished, it didn’t feel quite right paired with our vintage dining room table and blue velvet chairs. What was missing was the warmth of wood tones and I can tell more streamlined chairs will work better in the space now. I gathered a few inspirational photos, to help guide me in the direction I plan on going with our small eat-in dining room

Banquette Dining Room Inspiration

Here’s how my dining room currently looks, I’m excited to bring in a wood rectangle table paired with more streamlined wood chairs. The cushion on the banquette was custom made from Calico, as were the pillows. I love the combination and think they’ll shine even more once I find the perfect dining room table and chairs.

My Dining Room

Below is a roundup of dining room tables and chair pairings, for my dining room I’m leaning towards either a mid century modern dining room table or modern farmhouse table that leans a little mid century.

Dining Room Table and Chair Pairings: ONE // Jodie Dining Table, Cline Bistro Chair, TWO // Gracie Dining Table, Holfred Dining Chairs (great price $150!) THREE // Caleb Dining Room Table, Kallen Dining Chairs FOUR // Modern Expandable Dining Table, Wishbone Dining Chairs (set of two) FIVE // Emery Dining Table, Ecole Dining Chairs SIX // Stylewell Dining Table (under $260!), Laney Dining Room Table, Weston Dining Chair (also in white) SEVEN // Sloan Dining Chair, Holland Dining Chair EIGHT // Ventu Dining Table Wishbone Dining Chairs NINE // Idora Dining Table, Laney Dining Chair TEN // Carmean Dining Table, Lena Side Chair

Putting this dining table and chair roundup together has helped me narrow down the selections of my small dining room! Now time to measure and re-measure! I’m looking forward to my dining room evolving over time. What are your favorite dining room and chairs from the above?

During the Holidays I spend a lot of time in my kitchen baking Holiday treats for my family and friends. I love baking and trying new recipes. With the holidays fast approaching it was time for me to organize my baking and pantry cabinets. From the outside looking in my kitchen appears to be organized until you open certain cabinet doors! Having no pantry in my small kitchen has been a struggle, my kitchen cabinets would quickly get cluttered making it hard to find my baking staples.

I’m so excited to share how I was finally able to get my baking & pantry cabinets organized along with my new favorite baking tools with the help of my friends at The Home Depot. I found everything I needed to get my kitchen organized at homedepot.com/decor

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My baking and pantry cabinets before, always felt cramped and it was always hard to find the spices, baking ingredients and everyday essentials. My baking cabinet was messy and overflowing and my pantry cabinet had no organization and items were just crammed inside. My pantry cabinet is an L-Shape cabinet and it's always been hard to figure out how to get everything placed and organized inside.

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I tackled one cabinet at a time and took everything out, and gave the interior of my kitchen cabinets a good cleaning. I was shocked by how many duplicate items were hiding in my kitchen cabinets. When you can’t see what you have you end up buying more of what you don’t really need. To get my cabinets organized, I used the OXO Food Storage POP Containers, this set is great to kick off pantry and cabinet storage. These have been game changers! I love that they are clear, stack, and are air-tight and make storing everyday essentials easy.

Sources // OXO Food Storage POP Containers, OXO Food Storage POP Containers 3 Piece Set, OXO Bakeware Set

I moved all the dry goods in my pantry cabinet to the OXO Food Storage Containers based on size. My no pantry kitchen instantly became organized. I love being able to open my cabinet door and being able to see everything neatly organized. I placed baking mixes and items we don’t use that often on the upper shelves.

I used the same process to tackle my baking cabinets starting with the spices, first I added an Expanding 3 Tier Spice Rack that fits perfectly inside my cabinet and elevated the look and organization of my spices. For my larger baking dry goods, baking powder, baking soda, chocolate chips etc. I used small OXO POP Storage Containers. It's so nice having them small stackable containers vs boxes. I also added two clear lazy susans in my cabinet to make accessing my other baking items easy, trust me lazy susans are a must!

Using Clear Command Hooks, I was able to hang my Measuring Spoons and Measuring Cups inside my cabinet so now they have a permanent home. Before adding the hooks to my cabinet all my measuring spoons and cups seemed to go missing!

Sources// Expandable Spice Rack, Clear Lazy Susan, Measuring Spoons, Measuring Cups, OXO POP Storage Containers, Clear Command Hooks

I love all the smart storage solutions I added to my kitchen! I can’t get over how everything is organized and has its place. Now when I open my cabinet doors, I smile. It's the best feeling knowing where everything is, no more buying duplicates!

With my baking cabinet and pantry finally organized, I’m so excited to get baking for the Holidays! My new OXO Bakeware set is amazing and a huge upgrade from my old warped bakeware. In addition, I also added some new pretty mixing bowls.

Sources // OXO Bakeware Set, Cream Mixing Bowl Set, Mason Cash Batter Bowl, and Measuring Cups set

For me Holiday baking just got fun again! Thank you so much, The Home Depot, for partnering with me and helping me get my baking and pantry cabinet organized! I’m so excited to make some yummy Holiday treats for my family and friends to enjoy.