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Dining Room Before and After: From 1980s Orange Sherbert to NOW
by
LibrarianTellsAll
(IC: blogger)
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We bought a 1989 time capsule of a house last year. Now we're slowly bringing it into the present, one room at a time. Today, I'd like to share our dining room with you. It's changed a lot in the last year. So, come on in!
The house doesn't have an eat-in kitchen, so this is where we eat every meal (and play a lot of board games!). So making this room look clean and nice, and doing it FAST, was a high priority.
The first time we saw this room, the walls were the color of orange sherbet and covered with a thin film of brownish nicotine. It smelled terrible! And let's not even talk about that light fixture; it was full of bugs. But when I saw the gleaming hardwood floors and two (two?!) sets of French doors, I knew we could turn this room into something beautiful.
Before we even moved in, we had every surface in the house primed and painted to seal away the smoke smell forever. The white paint made the room look clean and bright, and I'm so glad we painted the trim and doors black. I think it looks stylish, in a Kate Spade kind of way. We added white blinds for privacy and light control, and I like the high contrast of white blinds against the black doors.
I fell in love with the rug online, and stalked it until Wafair dropped the price. Why were they temporarily charging half price? No clue! Adding a rug made the room feel so much cozier, and I love the subtle tone on tone pattern. It doesn't call attention to itself, it feels great underfoot, and it hides small spills really well. Shh! *grin*
A stocked bar on top of the buffet, a mirror to bounce light around, a whimsical gallery wall, and some fresh flowers finished off the room. Or did it?
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Published January 23rd, 2015 1:00 PM
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