A Fun and Eclectic Formal Dining Room Before/After
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When we moved in, the formal dining room was one room that didn’t have wallpaper! Yay! BUT, it did have a horrible peachy-cream wall color as well as dirty cream trim. We knew the trim and crown moulding would be an easy fix – just a quick two coats of bright white. The huge built-in was another story.
I tackled painting the built-in and it took a good week of heads down painting. It’s a beast! After getting that painted, along with the trim and crown moulding… we were well on our way to a fresher space. We painted the walls a beautiful, medium gray (Benjamin Moore – Gray Husky). From there, it was just about finding the right pieces and adding layers.
*Find all the sources on my blog as well as more "after" pictures. Oh, and if you love this room then you might like our eat-in kitchen or guest bedroom. Find those rooms under "house tour" on Bigger Than The Three Of Us.
I tackled painting the built-in and it took a good week of heads down painting. It’s a beast! After getting that painted, along with the trim and crown moulding… we were well on our way to a fresher space. We painted the walls a beautiful, medium gray (Benjamin Moore – Gray Husky). From there, it was just about finding the right pieces and adding layers.
*Find all the sources on my blog as well as more "after" pictures. Oh, and if you love this room then you might like our eat-in kitchen or guest bedroom. Find those rooms under "house tour" on Bigger Than The Three Of Us.
Before we dive in to what we’ve done or not done, let’s take a quick peek at the before. I always love looking at the “before” for reference.
BEFORE:
Quite a bit of our furniture is thrifted and the room has housed a few different chair/table combinations. I think we’ve finally found a table/chair combo that we really like.
This room has come together over time (or organically). I always love the end product so much better when it’s not rushed and this room is a perfect example of that.
There’s still a few more things to do, like find something to hang over the bar cart and installing wood flooring, but it’s pretty darn close to being finished.
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Well hello not boring dinning room,,,it's gorgeous
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Beautiful, enjoy !
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