Updating Our Dining Room on a $350 Budget

So this was our dining room before we started, there really wasn't much to it. The first thing we did along with most of the rest of the house is to paint and lay down the tile throughout. After that, it was a matter of getting a dining room set, lighting, and decorations to make it feel more... homey, without breaking the bank!

We hunted for a bigger table (I wanted to be able to seat at least 8) and came up on this listing on Craigslist for $60, so I went ahead and bought the table. FIrst thing we did was sand the table down so we can get it painted.

After sanding it down, I painted the top of the table with our leftover exterior house paint (LOL) which was a dark grey Behr Paint, and for the legs I did a general white Behr Paint.

I purchased 8 MCM chairs from ebay at $25 a piece. Also got some placemats and decorations from IKEA. Bought a chandelier from eBay for about $50. I also purchased a cool contemporary clock from eBay for about $40.

The room still feels quite bare, so I decided to put a pallet accent wall. We got the pallets for free from our workplace and started working on it.

Using a nail gun, we nailed the pallets into the wall. This was the wall when its done.

TIP: Nail pallets into the studs of the wall :] it will hold it in place much better.

And this is our dining room! I found a painting someone threw away and decided to put it on the left side of the wall by the dining room.

Here is our breakdown cost:

Dining Table: $60

Dining Chairs (8): $200

Chandelier: $50

Clock: $40

TA-DAAA! Simple, bright and hopefully a mix of modern and rustic :]

Here is the before and after picture

We put in a bookcase too on the left and added an industrial light instead of a modern chandelier.