Dining-room Redesign!

When you love something in your house, do you tend to deal with it untouched for a long time or do you have a propensity to stroll past it every day while it fades into the background? Sort of like being at your Grandma's house where it feels like the very same furniture has remained in the very same sport for your entire life? It's familiar; it's comfortable.

I know that sensation, just my comfy friend was in the form of a mirror that hung on the dining-room wall - for about 9 years that's way too comfortable. I've traded out almost every piece of furnishings under it and around it except for the table itself. Well, it was time to change things up! It worked for a very long time until I got tired of not being able to take photos without having the reflection of myself or the kitchen. So, out it went. Instead, I hung the framed blackboard that I got by making a trade with another supplier back in September when I did a classic market. I also just recently discovered the pegged racks for a steal and added a few of my ironstone plates. I may include cups to the left side too; it's a symmetry thing with me.

The space is a mix of brand-new, old, handmade, re-purposed and thrift store and estate sale finds. The chandelier was painted a few years earlier, and I'm trying to choose if I wish to keep it or replace it. For this reason the reason I haven't rewired it to hang lower. We have high vaulted ceilings, so it's up quite high since I swagged it.

The rug is from Pottery Barn this past year, and the table we've had for about 10 years or more. The buffet was a light wood colour and was the first piece of bed room furnishings I bought as a single girl several years back. I cut the legs down and painted it when I moved it to serve as the buffet.

I made or reupholstered/painted a couple of products in this area myself, including the drapes, the upholstered bench and pillow, the wreath and the reupholstered antique chair in the corner which you can check out here.

All the ironstone was either found at estate sales or thrift stores. The last thing on our list for this room besides the light fixture are installing brand-new baseboards because we pulled all of them out to change our floors a couple of months ago and haven't navigated to that job yet. Lastly, those stunning spring flowers were a present from the husband a few days back. He's a sweetie and said they were "simply because" and he desired me to know that he loved me, how sweet is that?