Oh yes, E & K are about to master yet another room...time to bust out the elbow grease 'cause we're tackling this one ourselves! This time around we'll be taking on tasks like installing windows, attaching crown molding, and even fabricating our own custom designed, built-in hutch. It's always a challenge taking on a room, but once we're finished we never regret it. We even usually end up doing things that make for a wonderful story about the early part of our marriage. Anywho, enough babbling, lets get down to the nitty-gritty. Allow me to introduce you to our inspiration page:
This is what we currently have going on in our dining room. The color of the room is nice but we plan on lightening it up a bit. The bare wall has been waiting for the perfect piece of art for about three years, so hopefully we can find something we love enough to hang in that spot. The alcove is unique and currently houses my milk glass collection, but it needs a bit of a face-lift. The
Restoration Hardware dining room table and chairs were a special wedding gift from my parents and will most definitely be staying! And the chandelier is...still up for debate.
We really dig the back hutch and wainscoting in the picture above. It would be a nice way to separate the dining room area from the living room area.
We plan on building out from the alcove to create a hutch which looks something like this white colored one in the picture above. We also love the texture of the sisal rug.
Possible new chandelier candidate, shaded pendant light, to add a bit of a clean modern line to the room. This addition is still under consideration.
Throughout our home we've been slowly painting some of the rooms with the Benjamin Moore color, Carrington Beige. We absolutely love the subtly of it and it really looks good all year 'round. In the living room/dining room we're trying for a warm white...which is not an easy color to find. The goal is monochromatic warm whites and beiges.
For the bare wall in the dining room I was thinking a large framed chalk board would be fun, instead of a piece of art or a mirror.
My BIG project will be sewing two canvas slip covers for the turquoise chairs we currently have in the living room. Two Three benefits to this project. 1) A cover for the chairs for when we have parties, 2) an alternative great look 3) I get to take an upholstery class and learn a new skill!
I plan on using some of the vintage suit cases I've been collecting from estate sales and consignment stores over the past few years (they've been sitting in our basement waiting to be called into action). I'm thinking I'll use them as side tables for the couch.
These lights are rugged and stunning!
Last, but not least, we will install some beautiful antique leaded glass windows to flank the front door. This should allow a lot of light to flow in while also preventing passers-by from peeking directly into our living room. Some molding around the ceiling edge and voila, we've got another 3 month project on our hands!
