Dining Room Reveal

It's done! The dining room is complete. Wall decor hung. Light fixture installed (and working!). Christmas decor in place.

Thank you for waiting so patiently for my reveal. It's been done for a bit, but the days have been a touch gloomy and I've had a hard time photographing it in what little natural light we've had. But the pictures will have to do the job, good lighting or not....you've waited long enough.

Here are the before pictures (or to read the post, click here.)

And now, I introduce to you, the dining room!! (Drum roll please.......)

Slipcovered parson chairs, from World Market. It is a light, neutral color, but the face that they are slipcovered allows me to take them off for a quick cleaning.

Red lanterns from Lowes cost only $6 each. And by adding fresh greens, pine cones and berries, I had a full centerpiece that was low enough to not block visual space when we sat down to eat. (Decorating tid bit: before you throw out your fresh, green wreath after Christmas, take off the pine cones and fake berries. Toss them in your Christmas decor bin and re-use next year when decorating!)

I hung a fresh wreath with some satin ribbon. It added nice color to the room. There isn't a ton of wall space in this room so the window provided the perfect background for the wreath.

New light fixture from Ballards - hung by yours truly! I love that you can see the texture in the drum shade.

The dining room table is also from World Market. The color of the finish is just what I was looking for. It's rustic looking, which is perfect for our family of four. My hope is that any new scratches or dents will just blend right in! It came with two breadboard leaves too, which we have already put to use.

I have some of my grandmothers old silver trays. They don't get much use so hanging them up seemed like a great use of my dining room walls (which I'm still itching to paint a different color. Dan still likes the red. So we'll keep that through the holidays and leave that project for another day).