Dining Room Before and After

Dining Room Before:

 Nasty smelly carpet, "retro" light fixture and 70s wallpaper - maybe this dining room was stylish about 50 years ago, but I am happy to see it go.



Dining Room After:

As you can see, we made a HUGE improvement, and I now feel good about inviting guests over for dinner. We still need to get white trim, but for now - I am one happy wife! 

Table: Made by my husband and stained with Ebony stain from Home Depot. This table took him a LONG time - maybe because he works 11 hour days. We were literally staining two days before Thanksgiving because we were hosting. Talk about procrastinators! The days of having guests eat at a picnic table in our dining are over. 

Chairs: Target and believe it or not, Goodwill. we already knew we wanted the metal chairs from Target and I just happened to be perusing at Goodwill and found a set of 2 still in the box in perfect shape. Turns out Goodwill and Salvation Army often get new merchandise from Target still in it's packaging. Since then, I have purchased a set of decorative mirrors, dishes, a vase and a bedding set all brand new and all from Goodwill/Salvation Army.

Rug: Lowes (and it was very cheap, thank goodness - seeing as our dogs use it to nap on).

Flowers; One of my go to centerpieces is Hydrangeas. They are simple, beautiful, long lasting and better yet - I can get them in my front yard! These are just placed in super cheap Ikea Vases and made a STUNNING Thanksgiving centerpiece. 

Hutch: Fred Meyer and massively marked down. We had been looking for ages and all of the hutches we found were $400+. We ended up getting this one on sale, plus used a 10% off coupon and got an additional 10% since this was the floor model. In the end it was around $239.

Love getting to show off my Grandma's copper she recently passed down to me

                                               

I keep all my vintage Pyrex and some special occasion items in the top for display

One of my Thanksgiving tables from last year (we had so many people we needed two) 

We still need to get white trim and figure out the window situation - either blinds or curtains. It gets quite sunny in the summer.