I hope you all like going back in time as much as I do. Yesterday, I shared with you my front living room transformations over the years. Today, I'll be sharing my dining room. Truthfully, I totally forgot about half the things I did in this room until going through these pictures. I had some weird ideas for a minute with this space...probably laughable ;) At least for me! Enjoy!
Here's how it is today:
And this is how it started. Like brand new, just moved in, and no curtains. We got this table as a gift from my mother in law. It is huge! It came with 8 chairs big enough to sit two butts on.
You may think this is decorated for fall with all the colors. Nope, no. This was my style. I was all about the Tuscan feel. I went back and forth for months if I should do Venetian plaster in here. Luckily, I ended on "back" and didn't do it! I couldn't imagine. I hear it's a pain to try to get rid of.
This was my first step to get out of the Tuscan look. I made these knock-off ballard mirrors. They were so easy to do and definitely changed the dynamic of the space.
At this point, I wanted white e.v.e.r.y. thing. Like. For real. I wanted to paint this table and chairs oh so bad but my husband would not stand for it. So, I tried all that I could to brighten it up without painting it. I made this weird table top out of planks to give me my white table look without the actual white table.
I quickly realized what a pain it was to clean up spills and everything underneath the planks. I then had this crazy idea to put those planks to good use on my wall. I seriously just took the table apart and started nailing them up on the wall. I ended up loving the look. This is far before "shiplap" was a mainstream thing. This was called "planking" back in the day.
2013
Loving the white against the brown with the bench, I decided it was time to toss the big brown chairs in favor of some white slipcovered ones from Ikea.
2014
I'm pretty sure at some point in 2014 my farmhouse bench broke :( I made a smaller one to fit the table with or without the leaves in.
2015
After having two kids, I realized the need for double duty furniture. I found this storage bench for like $30 and snagged it. I placed it under the table. It was awesome because it offered a soft cushion for butts, storage for linens, and good place for my kids to walk around on when doing crafts.
My big addition in 2016 came in the form of more double duty furniture, my large buffet in the back.
From there on, everything stayed pretty much the same, besides seasonal changes.
2017
To go with the farmhouse theme I was slowly creating in here, I switched out the bench with these metal and wood chairs.
I then slowly updated my other chairs with full length slipcover ones. First, I just did the head chairs, then a few years later I would do all the others.
Then came the big change (at least to me). The wood sunburst mirror was in here for years!...since 2012! I decided to change it up and put this lavender gallery wall in it's place.
A smaller change happened at the beginning of this year with my chandelier. I actually bought a brand new one to put in here about a year ago...and well, still haven't changed it out :) I tried to "farmhouse" this one up a bit by adding beads and taking off the shades. I also added full length slipcovers to the back 3 chairs.
And here it is again today! The buffet decor now stays the same for the most part. The tablescape and pillows get changed per season. And did you notice?....I still have the same table! I never did get around to painting it white, and now I'm so glad I didn't. The wood completely balances the space.
I think my favorite addition to this space over the years is the planked wall. What do you think? Do you have a favorite?
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