Dining room solutions

I<span style="font-family: inherit;">n January during a blackout our pipes broke resulting in water damage to a number of rooms in our home. What was a bit of a disaster turned into a positive for me because it finally got me moving to do something about  one of my biggest decorating problems.  That would be my dining room.... See my complaints in this  <a href="http://designinghome.blogspot.ca/2012/10/do-you-have-problem-room.html">post</a><u> </u>.  It's quite a list. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><br /><h4><span style="font-family: inherit;">Too much of a good thing</span></h4><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">This is how it all looked  in early 2000 .....</span><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="problems furniture arrangement dining room" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvf1VgG3vymApVYIvj6rYX4Zd1DVBWWLHFUVM42eB0GFFb9Rm7SHjhEzOhgx7aFV7teaE2QZaxOLxBAeQEhpI2ynlCo_4MwV6HG7vY6mm2Znf5IPjwOwOQYpRiSvaU5FSSMZmsi8u_mdMt/s400/DSCN56586666.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Dining room solutions" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Wood, wood and more wood</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">Problem lines  </span></h4><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Wood everywhere isn't the only problem.  Note the all the horizontal lines from the buffets to the railing,  a light hung too high and a window that has a view of the window next door.   Below is my first attempt to solve some of the highlighted problems.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><img alt="arranging dining room furniture " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnqzK-vI-pFXgNRZDEjlO4alFl6cP6Mq_JvhPOtZ_EW53LP0oK8Gs4bRVMBsPnbRlR52obxhceRtR1_dPlA8PUjbeP0cWKTxR1ZyUFhxwcN4MzQURdiBTa3MVC8C4jJUredTjInvF4zK34/s400/DSCN8196_01.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Dining room solutions " /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> A different orientation solves some problems</span></td></tr></tbody></table><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Rearrange and add</span></h4><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">I liked the changes and that satisfied me for a short time.  The new light was a good height and the roundness worked well against all the rectangles.  I also added longer (very temporary and too short) drapes to break some of the horizontal lines.    I moved the art work from  the living room to dining room,  and created some height and brightness on the dining table.  Still seriously problematic in my book because I did nothing to alleviate the wood issue, but it was improved but sorely lacking  pizazz.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Enter 2014... </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">The power of paint and fabric</span></h4><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">One of the cheapest updates you can make to any space is to paint something.  I don't care if it is furniture, accessories or walls, it works every time. Since we had to repaint all the walls (BM Glacier white) I continued on to paint quite a few things which I will reveal over the next several posts.  </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvEsqSHEncAXJ8KaWvTI5mAzQN6ds8rwGKZV8xlip5DseNloiu_eyRJNIEFgpGG088lENPspSPvr3pVGqmwhVIyXWaGr0_gOfIsi6mm3ZvdripzLVm8XD2XYLH5JKVxSXjm_QcfnqOVJkS/s1600/DSCN0087_01.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="painting upholstery dining chairs gray circles" border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvEsqSHEncAXJ8KaWvTI5mAzQN6ds8rwGKZV8xlip5DseNloiu_eyRJNIEFgpGG088lENPspSPvr3pVGqmwhVIyXWaGr0_gOfIsi6mm3ZvdripzLVm8XD2XYLH5JKVxSXjm_QcfnqOVJkS/s1600/DSCN0087_01.JPG" title="Dining room solutions " width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> Bringing  it into 2014</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">To break up the wood and the set,  I was determined to sell all the dining chairs and buy new ones. I still don't know how I got hubby to agree to selling 8 hand made solid ash chairs because they were too matched. He was probably fed up listening to complaints!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><br /></span>After an extensive search,  I realized the chairs that looked best with the table  were the ones my husband made for it. I don't like sets, but in this case I had to concede.  So ... after much discussion with sister and daughter and varying opinions, I found a fabric I loved and then choose spray paint to work with it. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">I would like to say that cleaning and spray painting 8 chairs was exciting.  Not so.... But I got to use my favourite motif (circles) and my favourite colour gray. What could be better!   Part 2 coming soon... new problems and solutions. Hint:  Look at the vignettes on the buffet and table.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">What do you think?  </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br />

Dining room solutions

I n January during a blackout our pipes broke resulting in water damage to a number of rooms in our home. What was a bit of a disaster turne...

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