You also want to make sure the chandelier is 12″ less than the width of the table so it’s not too big. You want your chandelier to be 1/2 to 2/3 the width of your table (not length). Tip: I touched on this in my affordable chandeliers from Amazon post but here it is again. The navy curtains and black chandelier play nice with each other. The price and size were perfect for the space. I finally settled on this orb chandelier. I didn’t want to spend a ton of money and I needed a larger chandelier for our space. I was putting it off for a while since I am so indecisive and cheap. I knew it was time to change out the chandelier. The room was beginning to feel a little bit cozier to me. The lighter walls and darker curtains is a combo I can get on board with. The new curtains helped a ton, more than I thought they would. Never in a million years did I think I would have green velvet drapes hung in my dining room but here I am….and I am not mad about it. I hung the Sanela curtains from IKEA in emerald green. **Update** I switched out my curtains….again. I can’t tell you the last time I purchased 84″ curtains. I never understood why 84″ is the standard curtain length. Unless you have extra short ceilings, 84″ curtains are never long enough. This will draw your eyes up and make your windows and room look bigger. I like to hang my curtain rods to be evenly spaced between the ceiling and the window, sometimes I go higher if I feel the need. So I made easy DIY no sew curtains with fabric that I found at Hobby Lobby To me, dining rooms are rooms that you can play around with color a bit. Since our dining room is so big, I thought that darker and bolder curtains would be a fun change. They softened up the windows and I usually am pretty content with white curtains in any room. Window treatments always magically bring a room together. While painting helped, I was far from where I wanted to be. So, I immediately painted the dining room and the whole first floor Silver Drop by Behr which, in my opinion, is the perfect neutral color to paint any room. But I knew I wanted to go neutral in here and I knew exactly what paint color I wanted to use. I know, I know, in my how to begin decorating post, I told you to not start a room design with painting first. You can see my disclosure here) Step 1: Paint Mix it up, it will add so much more interest to your space.Īlright, ready to be one of the squirrels running around in my head… However, if you are looking at dining room furniture, please just know that you do NOT have to buy the set. New chairs are not in the budget for us right now. But that’s water under the bridge at this point. If I could do things over, I would have purchased different chairs. We purchased our dining room furniture years ago, well before I knew better than to buy all matching furniture. The walls were yellow, the chandelier wasn’t my style and this room was so much bigger than our previous dining room. This is what our dining room looked liked shortly after we moved into this house, crooked candlesticks and all. If you need a budget to help you along too I have one for you. My stuff hoarding days are slowly coming to an end.Īnd again, I am not a professional interior designer…just someone who loves decorating so take what I am about to tell you with a grain of salt. I find myself becoming more of a minimalist with my decorating too. It’s been challenging but I love how it’s coming together. Coming from our previous home that had more of a farmhouse feel, I had to train my mind to decorate differently than what I have been used to. It’s more of a traditional home and I wanted to keep that design style throughout this house…and with an added touch of modern. My deal seeking ninja skills were on overdrive with this room.ĭecorating this house has been fun and challenging at the same time. I’ll also throw in some tips for extra fun.Īnd if you know me well, you should know this room was decorated on the “cheap”. So instead of me just showing you pics of my dining room, we’ll break it down and I will go through my design process step by step. I might actually keep this room looking like this for longer than 2 weeks.Īnd if someone who LOVES decorating and who analyzes every single room decorated by a real interior designer and who has read mountains of interior design books is having a problem getting a room to look put together, I can only imagine what it would be like for someone who can care less about decorating to try to put a room together. But after almost two years I have it to a point where (dare I say it) I might just love it. It always felt like it was missing something. I’ve been struggling for two years with my dining room. It’s time to get your dining room ready for these entertaining months ahead of you….says the girl that never hosts Thanksgiving or Christmas. ![]() The holidays are approaching…well depending on when are you reading this.
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