Hello my friends, hope everyone is enjoying their summer!
I'm back today with a tour of the dining room in our new home, take a look:
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These photos are from the sale listing with some of the previous owner's furniture still in place.
What I loved about this dining room was the size, fireplace, vintage hardwood and large window. Just like in the front hall, I hand scrubbed and polished the floors and repainted the walls. The old curtains came down and I painted the fireplace brick.
Take a look:
This is how you enter the dining room from the kitchen.
Moving into the space you can see the fireplace wall and the window is to the right.
Above the mantle is an antique painting from 1910 by an artist named Le Roy. This painting belonged to my grandfather's grandparents and had been in storage forever. Since a lot of that time was in an old garage without climate control, there is a bit of humidity damage to the print. The frame is the original wood that I painted to seal it up and stop some of the crumbling. I was also able to take the painting out and give the glass a good cleaning on both sides. I love the richness of the colors and the nostalgia - it reminds me of a painting that I always placed in my houses when playing The Sims original version way back in the early 2000's 😆
The golden stag statue is one I picked up at a yard sale for $3, with the $29 store price tag still intact! Originally white I gave him a quick coat of spray paint and named him Hector.
To the right of the fireplace is my 'pie safe', a thrifted cabinet that I repainted and use to display my faux pies and puddings. I've got a post planned for next month where I show you everything inside 😉
Turning around and looking at the wall opposite of the pie cabinet is my faux cake storage display. Another thrifted piece, this one is filled with cakes of all sizes. The top was originally open shelving that I used picture frames to close off and the bottom cabinet is where I store my fancier dishes. I've got a detailed cake post planned for the end of this month and a DIY tutorial for the glass 'doors' scheduled for late August.
The deer skull up on top is named Henrique. He's spicy 😎
Turning to the right and you will see the shelving that I like to swap out every season/ holiday. Right now it's full of my faux cactus collection and features summer time photos of my kids when they were small 😍
To the left of my seasonal shelving is my cookie cabinet full of, you guessed it, faux cookies! I'll share all about those cookies in the next few weeks but for now you can click here if you want to make your own firefly jar - it's the jar of faux grass on top of the cabinet. The jar of stars I made by simply sticking glow-in-the-dark star stickers to the inside of the jar. And up on the wall inside of his own frame, that's Hayward the deer 😄
To the right of the seasonal shelving is a hallway leading to bedrooms, the kid's bathroom, family room and my craft studio.
This view is as though you came in from the front room and looks back towards the kitchen. The large window overlooks what was originally intended to be an attached porch but at some point during construction was altered into additional square footage. By 'some point' I mean after the exterior window was installed but before the HVAC was completed. The house had one previous owner who had it built themselves and the building plans show the room to be a three season porch. The finished space however is fully enclosed, insulated and has the same ductwork as the rest of the house so who knows exactly how it all went down. I'm glad they made the change though as the extra space is wonderful and we use it as our breakfast room.
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And that wraps up the dining room tour.
I hope you enjoyed this home makeover post, thanks for stopping by!
-Jennifer
© Studio 27 by Jennifer Adams 2022
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what a wonderful update in your dinning room. I love the thrifted cabinet you found. Have a good week.
ReplyDeleteThank you Meagan, you do the same!
DeleteLooks very lovely, all fresh n new
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DeleteYou did an excellent job updating your dining room. I love all of rhe faux cakes, cookies and other deserts. Thanks for sharing at #omhgww. See you next week. Pinned and Tweeted if buttons are available.
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DeleteGreat job! I love the domineering white in your dining room. I'll be featuring you! Thanks for sharing it @HomeMattersParty. Can't wait to see your next projects!
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Thank you!!!
DeleteJennifer, you're doing such a wonderful job with this house! I like the way you're using what you have and what you can obtain inexpensively (along with your imagination and some good old-fashioned elbow grease) to make this house a home.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for joining the Grace at Home party at Imparting Grace. I'm featuring you this week!
Thanks so much Richella!
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