Hi Everyone!
Happy Monday friends. Hope you all had a wonderful weekend. Today Im happy to announce a fabulous collaboration Im excited to be part of…
The basic gist is we all choose a room in our homes that needs a little attention, and over the next 6 weeks we will paint, primp, and DIY it into a space we love. For this challenge I’ve chosen to makeover our dining room.
Other than going from three bathrooms down to one, the dining room has been the area affected most by the downsize. Our last house had 2 large dining areas (one we never used), while the bungalow has only one teeny tiny dining space. Thankfully we already had a smaller table on hand because our last one was much too large for this space. Its found a new home with one of our sweet neighbors who happened to be in the market for a large white table that could seat 10-12.
Needless to say this area is a definite challenge since it has to function in the exact same way (perhaps even more) as our previous dining room in half the space. Though I don’t quite have a specific design plan in place just yet, here’s what I’m planning:
- Replace the table. I’m sticking with the round shape because it just makes more sense in the space. It’s all about maximizing every inch in this room. It also will allow for a little better flow from the adjoining bedroom and kitchen.
- Create separation from the master bedroom. Our bedroom is right off the dining room, which isn’t a problem at all. Not having a door between the rooms is. I’ve envisioned a sliding door since the first time I saw the house.
- Get a rug
- Spruce up the built ins
- Nix the ceiling fan
- Create a small bar area
- Possibly replace the chairs. Naomi has never been a fan
- Art
Sounds easy enough, right?! I’m excited to get started. Make sure you pop in and see all the other spaces that’ll be getting some love. I cant wait to see what everyone else has up their sleeves.
Until next time…
Xo-Shavonda
Oh and don’t forget to enter the Rugs USA giveaway if you haven’t done so already! Giveaway ends on Thursday.
cassie says
i cannot wait to see!!! you know i love those chairs. 🙂
shavonda says
Thank you love!! Im excited to get going
Jennifer @ Brave New Home says
Ack, I hope that tulip table finds a good home…or maybe a home is some other place in your house! Looking forward to following along.
shavonda says
It most certainly will find a wonderful new home right here!! Theres no way im ditching the tulip table:)
Jennifer@The Chronicles of Home says
No more tulip table?! I am a little sad about this. Not so sad about the bentwoods, because I know someone who will happily take them off your hands. She lives near Boston and thinks you’re awesome.
shavonda says
Now see you and Michelle may have to come up with some sort of custody agreement or be ok with splitting the sextuplets because id totally send half to you and half to her. And I think your awesome too babes.
Kristin @ Bliss at Home says
OOOOOH! This is gonna be so good! I can’t wait to see how you do your thang!!! xoxo
shavonda says
Thanks love:)
shavonda says
Thank love!
Amber @ Wills Casa says
Such a cute space!! Please don’t get rid of the chairs though. Bentwoods are my favorite. I color blocked 8 for our dining room. I’m just a little obsessed. I know whatever you do it will be amazing, so you probably shouldn’t listen to me! 🙂
shavonda says
Bentwoods are my fav too! Don’t worry, even if they don’t stay in this space, Im keeping my babies. They’ll be perfect for extra seating or even for outdoor entertaining under our future pergola, but that’s another project for another day.
Anu says
I’m a huge fan of living in a small space. We down-sized after having our first baby (which is probably the opposite of what most people do), but don’t regret it at all. I love how cute your dining room is and can’t wait to follow along as you transform it.
shavonda says
Thank you so much Anu! I just love your house and Im so happy to follow along with your space transformation as well:)
Kim says
I am re-hee-heeally excited to see this come together. But, I am wondering why you need a door? I mean, who really needs a door to their own bedroom? It’s just so handy to be able to see the dining room table from your bed, no?
shavonda says
Ha! Kim, you are a riot! Im so glad your in the collab too sweets. Between you and Michelle Im sure to be in stitches!!
laurie at laurie jones home says
Always a big fan of everything you do! I think we’re downsizing next summer so I’m extra interested in how you transform your cottage!!
shavonda says
Thank you so much Laurie. How awesome for you and your family. Good luck on your journey my sweet friend:)
Katrina says
Love all your plans, just don’t remove those chairs!! so much character, got me over here crying lol
Brynne@TheGatheredHome says
What fun plans! I can’t wait to see what you do with the room! (And I can’t believe there’s no doorway between the dining room and the master bedroom – what?!)
shavonda says
Thanks Brynne! Our bedroom is really supposed to be a bedroom. Its an addition/bonus room that we’ve made into our bedroom in order to make our small home work for us. Its technically only a 2 bedroom 1 bath, so having the bonus room gave us the ability to use it as a bedroom. We love it, but we definitely have to deal with the lack of privacy:)
michelle@decorandthedog says
I’ll take those chairs. I’m always super helpful. 😉
The room has such good bones. I can’t wait to see you work your magic on it!
shavonda says
Ha! Ill send em right your way!! Thanks love.
Bethany @ Dwellings by DeVore says
Those built ins are great, so charming! Can’t wait to see what you do!
shavonda says
Thanks Bethany! The built ins are definitely one of my favorite elements of our entire house. Cant wait to see what you do too, my friend.
Gretchen@BoxyColonial says
That built in gives you a great place to start…can’t wait to see what you do! (for some reason, your posts haven’t been showing up on my bloglovin’ feed….I think I fixed it, but now I have a lot of catching up to do :))
shavonda says
Awww thanks Gretchen. Yes, when I switched platforms my Bloglovin was affected and all my followers stopped receiving updates. Hopefully I can get them all back on track soon.
Katja | Shift Ctrl Art says
First of all I am so excited to finally be doing a collaboration with you. Yay!! Second, I LOVE this space with the builtins and the wood floors and your first plans sound fantastic. I can’t wait to follow along. A round table sounds like a very good plan.
shavonda says
Aw, Thank you! Im so excited to be collaborating with you too Katja! You know I just adore you and your amazing style. Its going to be fun transforming our spaces:)