So, when we got to the house, although the deck was nice and big, it just wasn’t working for us.
Even if your style leans towards more modern decor, putting in one or two really traditional “dining room”-y elements in your space will make it feel more like a. real.dining room and less like just a random purpose-less room.
This can be a tradionalish buffet or china cabinet, maybe some nice paneling on the walls like you see in a lot of dining rooms, or you can do something like we did with our plate rack.One of the things I’d really like to have in this room one day is some nice built in cabinetry to hold dishes, but since we can’t do that right now, a plate rack gives that “built-in storage” feel.It was cheap and quick too!.
Define the space with an area rug.If your dining room is really just a corner of a living room or a kitchen, adding in an area rug that you love can really help to define the space and give it its own identity.
I like the rug to have something in common with other rugs that are nearby, like our grey living room rug, but not to match exactly.
this grey Orla Rug from Birch Lane.All of these things can be reused when it comes time to do the big reno as well, so no money was wasted!.
Wow, is that ever a nice lantern!I’m forgetting the golden oak cabinets are even there!
When our old fridge died a few months ago, I went ahead and bought the fridge I really wanted.Even though it didn’t match any of our other appliances, even though it was too big for the space we had for it and we had to knock out some parts of the cabinetry..
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