Sunday, May 15, 2011

Freshening up KKs Place: The Dining Area

Last year, I started to lighten and de-clutter my home. I started painting everything white. I painted little frames, side tables, candle holders, baskets etc. I added white curtain panels, pillows and throws. I donated and gave away car loads of non-white stuff. But my shiny, orangy table, and chairs were standing in the way of progress in the dining area.  The chair cushions were way way past their reasonably expected lifetime. This is a bad picture but you get the idea. See what I mean?


The table and chairs looked horrible and blended right into the floor. (I can't use rugs--ask my dogs why.)


So what do you do when you want to paint your first piece of furniture? You go to blog land of course! There are so many creative bloggers providing inspiration  for painting newbies like me. Cindy at My Romantic Home and Miss Mustard Seed have great painting tutorials.

Look at my table and chairs now.


I haven't distressed the chairs yet. I am liking them as they are for now. I bought the lace tablecloth at a yardsale for $1.00.


I recovered the chair cushions in a linen fabric that I bought at Habitat Re-store for $2.00. I found the pillow (that is sideways) at the thrift store for $5.00. It was new and had Bed Bath and Beyond tags.





I love the way the dining area came out. It is light and fresh. This space is in one large room that includes the living area, the dining area and my office. I have re-done each of the areas and  I'll post about the living and office areas soon. What do you think?

I'm linking my dining area re-do with these fun parties.

http://savvysouthernstyle.blogspot.com/2011/05/mantel-makeover-and-wow-us-wednesdays.html





21 comments:

  1. wow, that looks great! nice job. Came over from between naps on the porch.

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  2. It looks great. That lace tablecloth is lovely, but would be shredded at our house -- we have cats, not dogs, and they don't understand the concept of "Keep off the table!!"

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  3. You got a great deal on the Bed, Bath, and Beyond pillow. It's hard to find them for under $30 at their store. Your table and chairs look so much more modern and airy than before, but I really like those matching pictures you painted white the best!

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  4. Wow great prices, and great job!

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  5. Oh it turned out gorgeous. I love the chairs and the fabric you recovered them in. The table looks fantastic too. I can bet that caning was a little hard to paint, but you did a gorgeous job!

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  6. Great job! Thanks for stopping by - you have a new follower :)

    Karen
    www.heritagehomecreations.com

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  7. I love the idea of lightening up rooms and making them so fresh and airy! Great job on the table and chairs and love all your new finds.

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  8. Michele/Ohio16/5/11 10:11 AM

    AWESOME transformation- oh my goodness what a nice fresh look it has created! WELL DONE!

    I just love it now! Congrats!

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  9. really nice job on painting your furniture. Looks very fresh. I just love my old walnut dining chairs, but feel the same as you, that they're a little uninteresting. I suppose that after living with them for 20 years (I purchased them used at a consignment store, so no telling how old they really are) it's ok to change things up. Still considering my color options though, very undecided... Thanks for the inspiration. Also, I was browsing through your garden photos - so so so nice! ~diane

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  10. what a transformation. I have some similar chairs I painted white too

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  11. How awesome is this! Welcome to blogging. You may want to join my newbie party that I host every Monday.

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  12. what a difference a coat of paint makes! Love it! Saw you over at debbiedos and really like what you did! I'm new to blogging too and am excited to see who easily a can of paint can change everything! I'm your newest follower! Please take a look at my blog...we new bloggers need to stick together!

    Once again nice work!
    Kaitlin
    notsosimplehousewife.blogspot.com

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  13. Lovely transformation, love the new colour!

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  14. Your table and chairs look great :)

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  15. Love the white. Don't you love it. So much better. Thanks so much for stopping by. Would love to have you join my party tonight.

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  16. I like it so much better now- so pretty! I've been going through that -I need to paint everything light- phase for a while now too :)

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  17. Visiting from SSS.....

    Such a lovely job you've done on your dining set! I just love the use of white everywhere! Will check back, as I'd love to see how the chairs look when they're distressed.

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  18. Your table and chairs look so amazing painted white! Perfect cottage dining room! Love the way the details on both the chairs and table just stand out so much more now.

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  19. Don't you just love the Habitat stores? I got my brand new bedroom flooring from them.
    The white is fresh looking.

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