Mini Dining Room Makeover

Here's another project that I've been wanting to show you!

Remember when my dining room looked like this in the fall??

Well, in preparation for putting our house on the market, we did a simple mini-makeover a' la Designed To Sell!

First things first, since our home has a very open floor plan with mainly the same color used throughout, we decided to "upgrade" the formal dining room and give it some deliniation and extra zing with a new paint color!

We used SWLatte, and do we ever love it a "latte"! :)

I'd definitely use this paint color again!!

It blends well with our wood floor tones, and is a great, rich neutral color that anyone would enjoy!

Here's my Hubby doin' some painting!!

We just did above the chair rail and the strip inside the tray ceiling.

We left below the chair rail the main paint color, Duron's Bone White (the most lovely creamy color). Had we been staying here, I would have added molding.

Nest, oops, I mean NEXT! We added back in the furniture and accessories we wanted to keep in there.

The main furniture stayed,

but the free rug from my sister and several accessories didn't make the cut!

We opted for no rug because:

it wasn't the best colors,

and

having a rug hiding the beautiful wood floors isn't what you always want when trying to show off those pretty floors to prospective buyers!

If you're re-doing a room, try to "shop" your own house first!!

FREE is always a good thing!

I removed the cluttered antiquey look from the room, and

kept the look fresh and neutral.

Traditional but updated is what I was going for, and

is what buyers in this market look for!

I hung a tray with a black background above the china cabinet.

That tray used to be on my ottoman in the family room!

I also kept everything in the china cabinet creamy white.

A few more accessories were added back in too!

But they were carefully edited and kept simple.

Doesn't this antique oil lamp holder look great with a creamy white candle against the new paint?

I also re-covered my Hubby's great-grandparents dining room chair seats.

Don't they look so creamy-white perfect with this new room?

Wanna know what I used?

Napkins.

Yup, you heard me!

4 for $9.99 at Target

So easy!!

My vintage dresser "buffet" kept it's pretty lamps for some sparkly light,

and also the black urn.

But I kept the "arrangement" simple with some faux ivy in a pot that I already had. Tuck in some moss around the top, and it looks simple and elegant!

The dining table was dressed with a creamy white table runner I got at HomeGoods, and also some pretty but fake hydrangeas and greenery I placed in a real crystal bowl and flanked with crystal candlesticks.

Already had those things, and it gives a traditional look that buyers here look for.

(I usually don't use much in the way of "fakes", but it's balanced out by the other real plants and flowers in the surrounding rooms. So this works!)

I hope that you enjoyed seeing my "new" dining room!!

I also hope it inspires you in that it doesn't take much $$ to get a whole new look! :)

Have a blessed day!!!