In case you don’t remember, this is how our dining room initially looked {previous owners furniture, not ours}:
And here it is currently:
Our dining room has quickly become my favorite room in our house! Just this past week it has totally taken shape and changed from a caterpillar to a butterfly. I love this butterfly. We’ve had quite a lot of work done in it to create such an elegant space and you’d have thought we spent a fortune! However, that’s not the case. Thankfully, we used sites similar to costshed.com and found plenty of quotes before starting any renovation work. This way, we were able to find contractors that actually fit our budget and did the work at a fair price. I couldn’t be happier with the way everything has turned out!
If you’re planning on getting your timber floor sanded, we recommended looking for a company that offers UV Cured floor coatings. Most floor sanding companies don’t offer this option yet because of the cost of the equipment.
In the past month we have gotten new dining room chairs, a table, and chandelier. I love each of them so much that I cant decide which is my favorite:) What do you think? Whats your favorite?
We aren’t done yet as with the decorating, like perhaps a different rug or some kind of piece under the drift wood art. Maybe some different accessorizing for our DIY Card catalog buffet?
The fun changes we have made in here are:
-adding wainscoting, baseboards, and crown to all the walls {check back soon for a new tutorial on how we install crown now!}
-taking out the not so pretty tile and laying down our hardwood flooring {our new flooring is Maverick hand scraped hickory}. For our next renovation project we have been thinking about using luxury vinyl plank flooring. Take a look at luxury flooring here to see the full range.
–side note: we spent SO long looking into the different flooring options we could use. We knew we didn’t want to use carpet so we looked into stamped concrete Lynchburg, different tiling, and about 20 different shades of hardwood. We’re happy with how it turned out in the end though.
-taking out the middle wall that was blocking the flow from the dining room in to the family room
-had all the walls smoothed out and added can lights
-painted the top half of the walls Sherwin Williams Olympus White, and the wainscoting part Sherwin Williams Extra White
This room is awesome because it is not only large, but it is now fully open to the kitchen and the family room. I love that it fits our new big table easily and with extra room to boot. For a long while we were really torn on what type of chandelier we wanted in there. Did it need to be a long horizontal one or could we stick with a normal sized one? Did we want to DIY it, or find a vintage classic one?
I am going to go in to all the details of our new one tomorrow{UPDATED: Schonbeck chandlier info here}, followed with posts about our table and our chairs {UPDATED: info on table and chairs here}, so be sure to come back:)
ETA- The rug is from RugsUSA, its their Marquis Ikat Knit Midnight rug. Unfortunately they just posted it as closeout, and are currently out of stock:/
WOW! That is truly fantastic and so beautiful, you guys did an amazing job!
Wow that room looks amazing! What a crazy transformation
You always blow me away with your designs! And how you two do so much diy!! I’m so impressed. That room is gorgeous! Love the chandelier with the rustic wood and the white paint really makes everything pop.
I’m not much of a commenter, but I have to say that this room is right at home with every picture you post on Design Inspiration Monday. Very well done!
Just found this post via a pin on Pinterest and just WOW. I had pinned your dining room because I thought it was gorgeous and was completely drawn to it, but now that I see the before…seriously amazing vision!!!
Angela @ Number Fifty-Three
You have done a great job transforming this room from dark and dreary to bright and beautiful! Love the chandelier!
Stunning! Love your style – the chandelier is fantastic!!!
LOVE is not a strong enough word. And I am sure however you finish it will be awesome, but I have to say, the rug is one of my favorite things in the room!!!!
HOOOOOOLY COW. This looks amazing! I love that I actually got to see your home in person – it’s so much easier to visualize. I love the mixture of rustic and fancy, old and new. Just lovely all around. Not that I’m surprised – you can do no wrong in my book.
Beautiful! Also, where did you guys get your dining room table? My husband and I have been looking for something like that for a while!
I think I heard angels singing! Nope, I’m sure of it! My favorite would have to be the chandy–can’t wait to hear more about it!
Okay, I’m obsessed with your blog, and never comment… but this room is AMAZING. I’m trying to get my new house put together too, and this just motivated me to get my butt in gear! THANKS!
Wow! Looks great, love the dining table 🙂
LOVE this. Can I ask about sources for the table and chairs?
WOWO you guys are SOOOOO talented!
You people are the KINGS of Trim and Molding! Can’t wait to see more. Ann
UM, you are magical. This is beautiful.
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Nice look of interior design it is really cool
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where is the rug from? Love it!
Unreal! Absolutely stunning! Love love love it all!
Oh, this is BEAUTIFUL! LOVE that chandelier!!!
Love everything about it! So well done!!
Just found your blog via Centsational Girl. I’m IN LOVE with your dining room makeover. So unbelievable!
Can you come to my house in Pembroke Ontario Canada and do my dining rooom?? Lol, I love that table and everything that goes along with it, we are not the most handiest of people! 🙂