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Redoing Our Dining Room

April 20, 2016

A couple of weeks ago I introduced you to the brown room in our house that definitely needed some help. In that first week we got a few things done, which I’m so excited about. I was so much looking forward to my gray dining room, and I think it’s coming along nicely!

gray dining room

My initial goals for the dining room were:

  • Change the coat closet into a built-in cabinet (because who puts a coat closet in the dining room)
  • Lighten the wall color to brighten the room

With a gray dining room, we could keep the gold frames. This was important to me because honestly, I didn’t want to have to reframe all of the art for the dining room.

gray dining room

What we did:

  • Changed the coat closet into a built-in cabinet (YAY)
  • Lightened the wall color to gray

What needs to be done:

  • Finish the built-in
  • Change out the curtains (we hung these up again to see what we thought, and I still don’t like them)
  • Hang up art
  • See if I can use the same chandelier but change out the yellowish shades you see in the picture above
  • Figure out what to do in the corner (pictured below)

With the two biggest things out of the way, I feel like this room might actually look awesome in the next few weeks!

gray dining room

P.S. I linked up with One Room Challenge – I love seeing the transformation of other people’s rooms!

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  1. Denisa says

    October 16, 2015 at 5:33 am

    My favorite is Abalone. It looks really nice. ^^

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  2. Miss Paula says

    October 16, 2015 at 6:01 pm

    Just an FYI – if you tire of the gold frames, spray paint works wonders! I had all my things framed in black and then decided to go with white – spray paint to the rescue. Worked great 🙂
    Paula
    http://www.redwineandpeonies.com

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  3. Pauline Gorczycki says

    October 19, 2015 at 6:10 pm

    YES THEM COLORS YOU HAVE AT THE TOP LOOK VERY BEAUTIFUL. IF YOU WANTED TO YOU CAN SPRAY PAINT THE PICTURE FRAMES. I HAVE DONE THE SAME THING WITH MY PICTURE FRAMES THEY CAME OUT BEAUTIFUL

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  4. trishden says

    October 23, 2015 at 9:12 pm

    I love that color scheme. I'm looking for ideas for my master bedroom. I'm so in need of an update. Thanks for the beautiful ideas.

    Reply
  5. Jonel says

    April 20, 2016 at 12:42 pm

    Big Improvement. My suggestions – change out the shades to white or something with a prominent white background to tie that area into the white woodwork. With the corner, until you find the perfect piece, move the current piece so it is centered between the wall and window if possible. Add art work on the other wall to balance it off. (Maybe three pictures going down the wall?) I agree on the curtains – I think you need something lighter to tie the dark furniture and light walls/trim together.

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