NEW FRESH DINING ROOM

My dining used to be painted a dark brick red. I really liked it. 

      As we all do, I have enjoyed personalizing my home with various paint colors and techniques over the years, and the results were warm, colorful and at times practical (I faux painted the hallways when the kids were younger and it was great at hiding a zillion finger prints and marks etc. and the paint I used was easily wiped clean). But now with us trying to sell this monster home it was time rethink each room and space. 

I had already painted the sun room and kitchen a nice creamy neutral color (here's a peek but more on that later) and loved how it "cleaned" up and simplified the rooms. 

See the faux with the stenciling and see the neutral paint starting to cover it up? 

So I went ahead and used the same color down the hallways (hopefully the boys now all teenagers won't be quite as destructive.....!) but I didn't want to paint the red dining room walls that same color as I felt that that would be just too blah and boring...

so I picked out this brownish/taupe color from Sherwin Williams that was a tone darker than the inserts on the living room picture wall.

Before

After

Note that I did not put the tapestry back nor the drapes. This also helped "open" things up. I swapped the two sideboards around too because the wall looked huge and bare! 

The alcove before

The alcove after

I then decorated and painted the dining chairs (more on those in a separate post) and voila!

Clean, simple, up to date....I really like it!

I would love to hear your feedback on this so go ahead and leave me a comment, negative or positive...:)

Hugs,
Mandy

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http://boogieboardcottage.blogspot.com/

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