Hello Everyone! I wanted to share some of my dining room changes. Keep in mind that I’m not quite done yet. I plan to repaint the dining room in July or August when it’s too hot to be outside. Right now the weather is too pretty to be inside painting! To see a before of my dining room you can go here.
The biggest change I made to the dining room was adding black buffalo check fabric.
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I repainted two dining room arm chairs from white to black and added the black buffalo check fabric to the seating.
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The picture behind the chair is one that I had forgot that I had. It is a photograph of my grandmother feeding chickens on the family farm.
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I found it about a month ago in an old suitcase that I was given. We’re guessing she was probably about eleven or twelve years old when this picture was taken.
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I kept the plates on the wall but I changed the vignette on top of the buffet.
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I replaced the dining room chairs with these chairs that I purchased at an auction a while back.
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As you can see I painted all of them black.
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I wanted to change the lighting in the dining room but I haven’t found exactly what I’m looking for. So until I do, I am making do with what I have. I did make a change to the shades. I covered the shades with twisted manila rope.
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Covering those shades has really made a big difference. It was an easy fix for very little money. I priced out new shades and they were expensive!
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When I purchased the black buffalo check fabric, I purchased enough fabric so I could make simple valances out of it to hang in the dining room.
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The inspiration behind my changes in the dining room were the result of finding my grandmother’s picture. I’m so glad I did!
As always, thanks for stopping by and I hope you all have a wonderful week.
Gail
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