finally...dining in the dining room...

...back in the dark ages before blogging I would get all my decorating ideas by either looking through magazines, looking through model homes, driving through the neighborhood and peeping into other houses or visiting the library.     There were very few decorating shows on the tele and very limited funds.  Thrift stores were atrocious and hand-me-downs hard to come by.  When we wanted a new look we would move the furniture around, change up the pillows and maybe re-arrange the pictures on the wall.  Now days that is called "shopping the house," and it's a great way to make a big/small change and keep the change in your pocket.

My dining room re-do has been a very long drawn out project but has finally come together in a manageable way.  It's a very small room, just enough space for four to dine in a comfortable setting.  My dream would be to turn this room into a library with a couple of cushy chairs and all our books but it is our only eating space in this house so we will make this work.  At last the dining room Du jour;

this was a $0 update,  the panels were new but were never used (which I now see that I didn't take a photo of) the paint was left over from a hallway redo and all the accessories were around the house.   I'm pretty happy with it but I'm also concerned that it is too much.  What do you think?  Several family members, when asked their opinion, stated that it looks like we live in a flea market.   yeah.

thanks for stopping by, be well, take courage dear hearts.