Dining room Cabinet

    We picked up our new TV console at the local Rooms-to-go yesterday. This allowed us to move the cabinet we were using into the dining room like we've been planning for years. Check out my past blog post about this piece of furniture HERE.

( I love how slim this cabinet is - one of the reasons we picked it years ago. 

It fits well in our small space.)

(lots of spaces between the chairs and cabinet)

(The evenings are nice.)

Blue or white TV console?

     We have been going back and forth on which color TV console to pick from Rooms-to-go. We love the bluish green one, obviously lol. Our house is filled with this inspiring color. Surprisingly, for this reason we are leaning towards the white. We considered that adding a blue TV console would be to much of a good thing in our space. The white would also brighten things up.

( blue/green console and warm pine console) 

(white rustic console)

DIY Mantle

     My next project, only because I assume it will be easy, inexpensive and I can do it on my own, is to change the tile on our fireplace. The only thing I'm stuck on is what to replace the white tiles with. Obviously, I want something warmer but other than that I'm very indecisive.

 (2012 before we moved in)

 

As you can see the tile doesn't go well with our moody space

I think the white sticks out like sore thumb



IDEAS:

I love the idea of adding a thin decorative trim to whatever tile we choose, as seen in this picture. 

New lamps & accent pillows

See previous master bedroom blog posts CLICK HERE!

Hubby and I spotted this beautiful lamp on sale at Kirklands and it was love at first sight! If you don't know, Kirklands has a spin to win app --- >> you can play once a day! Hubby and I always spin before we check-out. You can get huge discounts, up to 50% off, I think. Anyway, it's a must download! Kirklands always has a variety of lamps in stock. These are shimmery and creamy. Love them!

 Hubby had this bedroom set before we got married. It's very big and masculine. I don't hate it, but one day I may replace the headboard, that's at the bottom of our list, no where in the near future. I purchased the "Dream" sign a few years ago at Garden Ridge (now AtHome stores). You can see the new lamp on the right side.

 I love flowers, and I love blues/greens. I found this bed spread a few years ago. It's got a corduroy type of feel, so it's durable with a house full of dogs who like to jump up and claw everything. Our accent wall is painted in Zen by Behr from Home Depot. I also purchased the sparkly "Mr. & Mrs." pillow from T.J.Max or Ross (I can't remember). The shiny cream pillow is from Target.

Here you can see the two lamps on our night stands. They are sheer when the sun shines through them. I planted 8 roses bushes behind bedroom windows a few years ago. It's so nice to see the bright red fresh blooms peeking in (unfortunately they aren't blooming right now). 

 

 Another angle . We have a third huge window to the right of this picture where you can see our fountain. 

(the fountain front and center outside our third window. I have a past blog about restoring this old fountain into what it is today)

You can see the main paint color in our bedroom here, also a peek at our vaulted ceilings. We painted the other three walls in our bed room, Avenue Tan by Behr a few months ago. Finally changed it from Burnt Almond, which was much to dark! All we need now is crown molding which we will install ourselves eventually. :-)

 Making memories with each project.

Dining Room Chairs

Check out our dining room BEFORE pictures <<<---- Click there!

      The day has finally come, we have chairs in our dining room! It's been two years! We found our table on sale about a year ago and couldn't find any chairs we liked. Finally, we found something slim for our small dining room. The colors look great in our space!

 

 (Here you can see the fabric details. I love the variety of blues, golds and creams.)

  

As we were shopping for chairs, we knew we weren't looking for something overly matchy-matchy. The woods didn't have to be identical, they simply had to go well together. I like how the spindle legs mimic the table legs.

( the height work well also)

    

      We have three more things on our to-do list. 1.) Buy a rug.  2.) Buy a new light fixture. 3.) Install white arch molding (see the tan/yellow paint along the room transition/arch?) 4.) Move our current TV stand to under the map and use as a buffet table (we are waiting until we get a new TV stand.) So, that's it for the dining room for now.

Dining room paint color: Hazel by Sherwin-Williams