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Feathers and Stripes

Boston mom blogger | motherhood, baby + kids, family travel, + home

home, lifestyle, and organization · March 28, 2016

Redoing the Dining Room

After redoing our guest room and our master bedroom, there was one room left that I reeeeally wanted to change: the dining room. The people who lived here originally used this as a living room, so there was a massive coat closet. They painted it brown, because why wouldn’t you paint a small room a dark color? (eye roll) And the cable was run through the wall, so there is a lot of hardware on one wall (which we chose to cover with a large mirror).

Here’s what the room looked like “before” – dark walls, dark furniture, random closet.

(Excuse the poor iPhone photos!)

 

This room actually gets great light mid-day and is where I normally choose to work if I’m working from home. We won’t be changing the furniture in here, and we also will not be changing the light fixture – it has this little pineapple motif to it, which I love.

I’ll share more next week, so make sure you come back and see what the dining room looks like now!

Posted In: home, lifestyle, and organization · Tagged: interiors

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Comments

  1. Alyssa says

    October 8, 2015 at 7:10 pm

    I hope you'll follow along and send some tips my way!

    Reply
  2. Christine Dovey says

    October 8, 2015 at 4:23 pm

    Good luck- I love doing dining rooms!!

    Reply
  3. Carmen Varner says

    October 8, 2015 at 11:45 pm

    I like your dining room as it is so it'll be interesting to see how it looks once it's done. :]

    // ▲ itsCarmen.com ▲

    Reply
  4. Shannon says

    October 11, 2015 at 9:01 pm

    I will am excited to see what the after looks like! Thank you for sharing.

    Reply
  5. Hollie Cooper says

    October 13, 2015 at 1:27 am

    Looking forward to see what's going to happening in the is space!

    Reply
  6. Alyssa Guttendorf says

    March 30, 2016 at 9:19 pm

    Gotta love a good pineapple motif 🙂 Can’t wait to see what you did with the room!

    Reply

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Hi, I’m Alyssa. Mom of three, wife, dog mom, blogger. I write tips and tricks on motherhood, focusing on baby gear reviews, the best toys for kids, family travel, and home organization.

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