Dining Room Redo

Before I start putting up the holiday decorations I want to finally show you my dining room make-over.  It may have taken me since last spring, but at least I got it done in time for Thanksgiving!

Here's how it looked before.

I liked the color on the walls, but with the darker furniture and the fact that we don't get a lot of light, the room just always seemed dark to me. I wanted to lighten and brighten it up. 

So I hit Craigslist and painted my little heart out.  You've seen most of the pieces as I've done them, but here they are all together.

I've whined posted about all the issues with the table a couple of times.  I ended up painting the top, and I'm still not sure I'm done with it.  I may change the color a bit. But it's staying like this at least through the end of the year.

I got the table (with four leaves!) and four chairs for $40. The chairs were painted in ASCP in old white, and I recovered the seats with drop cloths.  The head chairs I bought on Craigslist for $15 a piece!

The china cabinet is the same one I had, I just painted it.

I moved this table from the foyer into the dining room.

The console and mirror were CL finds.  The mirror was gold, and I painted it white. You can see the console before here.

I didn't paint everything ...  I didn't want everything "matchy-matchy." I kept the wood frame on the large mirror, and the little shelves where I display some bud vases and bottles. 

So that's it!  It's a big change, and I'm pretty happy with it. But you know what the best thing about it is?  I actually made money on this makeover!!  I sold our old dining room table and chairs (on Craigslist), for more than I paid for all the furniture and supplies I bought for the redo.


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