I just love it when you finish a project and you’re in love with the result.
This dining room makeover was something I was really looking forward to because:
A.) We’ve never had a dining room before so how cool is that?
B.) I dreamed endlessly of a farmhouse table, a chandelier, and flowers in the middle.
C.) It was my view every time I would sit on my couch and it got a bit tiresome.
Thanks to Pinterest, I had a clear vision of where I was headed.
Farmhouse table. Chandelier. French Country. Shabby Chic.
Here are some before pictures taken right after we bought the house:
before
before
before
Even if you can look past the awful quality of the pictures (sorry, professional photographer here, though in my defense they were taken by my husband) there’s not much else to see.
We bought the table, chairs, and hutch set from the owner so those were left behind.
In the next picture we’re getting a little closer. It looks a bit homier but nothing like I really wanted. We tore out the carpet, stained the plywood, and added some rugs. We took off those apartment style curtains/shades and added in some gorgeous TJMaxx curtains with a DIY pipe curtain rod. Getting there.
getting there
Then all of a week ago we finished it!
Isn’t she a beaut?
The table was built by my husband and I’m in love! We found free plans online, so we have no tutorial for that. I gave him a couple ones I liked and he kinda melded it into one.
The chairs got a makeover. The hutch got a makeover. Basically the whole room got a makeover.
In the words of my sister,”this makes a good Instagram table.” Always thinking, girl, always thinking.
And I’ll end on this picture of pretty sparkles. How could I be Spoonful of Sparkles without it?? 😉
xoxo
Spoonful of Sparkles 