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I hope youย had a wonderfulย Easter weekend! This week I am sharing our dining room from our home renovation in 2011. ย This room was formerly a den/office space. ย In case you missed my post about our kitchen, ourย main goal during theย renovation was to make our house feel more open so we decided to take the wall down that separated the future dining area from the family room.
Before (view from familyย room looking into the future dining area):
During (wall removed):
After:
| ย Dining Table: ย Nebraska Furniture Martย Design Gallery (Fremarc Designs) ย | ย Four Framed Prints: Horchow ย | ย Mirrors : Home Decorators (sold out except forย this style) ย | ย Boxwood Centerpieces: Nell Hills ย |
We have limited space for a table in our kitchen so we choseย a larger dining table that would accommodate our family plusย guests. Although this is considered our dining room it is much lessย formal than a typical dining room.ย It isย connected to our family room soย we wanted it to be a little more casual. ย We actually foundย theย tableย and chairsย on sale at NFM in the Design Gallery. ย The tableย had a few scratches on the surface but luckily weย knew of a local craftsmanย that refinishes furniture. ย When we got it back it looked brand new! And now thatย I have boys who like to drive trucks on ourย tables, I know it will need to be refinished again at some point ๐
We added a built-in buffet where the wall used to be, which has been so useful for two reasons. ย One, it has provided us with a lot ofย storage space for all of our china, seasonal dishes, andย stemware. ย Bonus, the boys can’tย get into it because it isย baby-proofed. ย Second, it is a great placeย for serving dinner.
| ย Built-in Buffet: Millard Lumber ย | ย Hardware: Millard Lumber ย |
The artwork below was inspired by a family friend. ย We stayed at her cabin a couple years ago and she had this exact piece of artwork hung nearย her kitchen table. ย The sentiment really resonated with me and I fell in love with it. ย I knew I wanted one large piece of artwork on this wall sinceย I have a collage on the wall next to it and I like to change it up. ย This was the perfect piece, so thank youย Sue for inspiring me!
|ย Artwork: Borsheims (Sugarboo) |
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I hope you have a greatย week! Thanks for stopping by!
~Kate