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    Formal Dining Room :: REVEAL

    May 20, 2013 by Ashley Mayes 16 Comments

    I love our "new" dining room. It feels like us and we accomplished it pretty cheaply (I'll get in to more of that in a bit!). Before I show you the before and after, I wanted to run through the list of what we did.

    Our List:

    Updating the Chandelier

    Buying and Updating the Table

    Buying and Refinishing the Chairs

    Adding Garden Chairs

    Adding the Dresser

    DIY Ikat Painting

    Adding Curtains

    Painting all Trim and the China Cabinet (taking it from Cream to White)

    We came in at just a few dollars over $400 for the whole room (furniture, paint, decor, etc.).

    Ok, so on to the before and after.

    Before:

    Formal-dining-room-before

    Progress:

    Formal dining room clean but before paint

    After:

    formal dining room reveal after

    large diy ikat painting

    close-up of painted built-in

    close-up of plastic plates in formal dining room

    finished chair

    close-up of the wrapping paper art

    credenza styling group of three

    dining room looking in to the living room

    formal dining room after with painting

    painted built in

    target threshold placemat on credenza

    view of buffet styling with plate wall

    west elm bowl and wine stoppersThe trim in person is pure white. Just lovely. You can't tell as much from pictures, but it made a huge difference.

    I'll do a full source list on Wednesday.

    Hope you love it as much as we do. =)

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    1. Julia @[email protected]

      May 20, 2013 at 6:10 am

      Yes, I do! Love it!
      And you kitty too!

      Reply
      • Ashley Mayes

        May 20, 2013 at 4:16 pm

        Thanks Julia!

        Reply
    2. Megan

      May 20, 2013 at 12:45 pm

      Totally love it!!!! Looks so great. The colors are fun and the whole room is sophisticated chic. Loveeeee.

      Reply
      • Ashley Mayes

        May 20, 2013 at 4:16 pm

        Thanks Megan!

        Reply
    3. Krista @thehappyhousie

      May 20, 2013 at 11:58 pm

      Gorgeous room! I love the mix of eras and styles... Such a fabulous e lactic space. Great job pulling it all together!!
      Krista

      Reply
      • Ashley Mayes

        May 21, 2013 at 7:12 am

        Thanks Krista!

        Reply
    4. Charlotte

      May 21, 2013 at 8:14 am

      Gorgeous! Just Gorgeous! Well done, I love all the little details.

      Reply
    5. Jena @ Involving Color

      June 02, 2013 at 9:38 pm

      Ashley, your dining room looks SO good and that artwork over the credenza is amazing! Do you know the name of the paint color you used? I'd love to feature this on my paint color blog. Let me know if you're interested!

      Reply
      • Ashley Mayes

        June 03, 2013 at 7:55 am

        Thanks Jena!

        Reply
    6. Laura

      June 02, 2013 at 10:47 pm

      I love it! And I especially love the large ikat art! Did you create that yourself and it not, where did you get it? Thanks!!

      Laura @ The Turquoise Home

      Reply
      • Laura

        June 02, 2013 at 10:48 pm

        Nevermind about the painting ... I looked a little closer and saw the link. It's beautiful!

        Reply
        • Ashley Mayes

          June 03, 2013 at 7:54 am

          Thanks! It was a DIY but I linked to the inspiration and you can buy that one.

          Reply
    7. Two Thirty~Five Designs

      June 05, 2013 at 10:56 am

      This is fabulous!

      Reply
      • Ashley Mayes

        June 05, 2013 at 1:02 pm

        Thank you!

        Reply
    8. Shavonda

      July 18, 2013 at 9:15 am

      Beautiful Job! Love the MCM credenza!

      Reply
      • Ashley Mayes

        July 19, 2013 at 1:11 pm

        Thanks Shavonda!

        Reply

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