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    Home » Home Decorating » Room Makeovers

    Published: May 10, 2017 · Modified: Dec 11, 2020 by Rachel

    Dining Room Makeover Reveal

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    My Classic Chic Dining Room is done! I’m so excited I was able to complete the One Room Challenge on time. All the little details worked out and it looks similar and completely different at the same time. I have to say I love how the room turned out and I hope you like it too!

    So here is where we started:

    Dining room before makeover. Dark wood floors with dark 8 person dining table and soft blue wall color
    Damaged white window sill

    The base was there but the inspiration for me was my grandmother’s book of birds. I wanted to bring the nature and glam but not stuffy or overly formal. I feel like I did it and still managed to make all of the elements already in the room work with my vision. I am a budget gal, so I couldn’t go out and just buy a new dining room table.

    And here it is today! Welcome to the reveal (and picture overload):

    Classic chic dining room with area rug, natural accents, gray curtains, black lanterns, and soft blue walls.
    Side view of classic chic dining room. Soft blue walls with white wainscoting, potted plants, neutral rug, and gray curtains.
    Soft blue stenciled dining room wall with white wainscoting. Set of white framed birdlife artwork, complimented with potted greenery.
    Studded white accent chair in dining room with pillow in front of potted plant and light blue wall with birdlife art.
    Dining room place settings. White table runner with place settings with and wicker placemats, white dinnerware with blue accents.
    Dark wood wine cabinet in corner of light blue dining room with potted plant, framed photo, and white decorative rabbits.
    Ceramic white rabbit decorative piece

    And here it is decorated for christmas:

    Black lantern centerpiece with magnolia flower garland on blue table runner.
    Christmas table setting with blue candles inside black lanterns.  Magnolia flower garland. Silver ornament, deer, and berry accents.

    A very big thank you to RugPadUSA for helping me with this room. Comfortable elegance was what I wanted to achieve with this room, and I definitely feel like it happened.

    Get the look

    Now In case you want to know where I found everything to make this Classic and Sophisticated Dining Room here’s all the source’s:

    (click on any picture to go to the item)

    Wingback dining chair with tufted back.
    Two water hyacinth baskets.
    A faux fiddle leaf fig in a basket.
    Painting of two kestrals on a branch.
    Ikea woven basket.
    Ikea woven placemat.
    A cereal bowl with watercolor design inside.
    Ikea lumbar pillow with distressed teal print.
    Candle lantern in moroccan style.
    Wooden flat salad bowl.
    Pillow with blue swatches.
    Picture frame with flower in it.
    White Rug on floor.
    Grey Curtains on window.
    Package of blue candles.

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    Enjoy!

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    We did a complete dining room makeover in less than 6 weeks! The makeover budget was tiny. The dining room now has stenciled walls and a traditional style. Check out all the before and after photos!
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    1. Katie says

      December 04, 2018 at 11:20 am

      5 stars
      I love how you chose blue as your festive colour ! it really works and your table looks great.

      Reply
      • Rachel says

        December 07, 2018 at 12:55 pm

        Thank you! I am about to revisit this makeover and refinish the table. Everything is always changing, but not the blue!

        Reply
    2. allthingsbigandsmallblog says

      May 23, 2017 at 4:29 pm

      5 stars
      I love how it turned out especially for six short weeks! Oh man, those window sills reminded me of when my great dane was a puppy! Yep, we had to repair quite a few of them! I love the wingback chairs and the blue color!

      Reply
    3. Meredith says

      May 19, 2017 at 10:24 am

      5 stars
      No such thing as picture overload! Your room looks fab, and I think “Classic Chic” totally sums it up. I love how you worked all the blues together – so soothing and inspiring, all at the same time!

      Reply
    4. farmhouse4 says

      May 16, 2017 at 9:02 pm

      5 stars
      Beautiful room. I love the calming wall color and the bird prints are perfect and wonderful that it was inspired from your grandmothers book. That rug is amazing in the room

      Reply
    5. katyashadeofteal says

      May 15, 2017 at 10:25 pm

      5 stars
      It looks amazing! I love the walls, they match perfectly with that rug!

      Reply
    6. sweetparrishplace1970 says

      May 14, 2017 at 9:55 am

      5 stars
      Your dining room l Great job!ooks so pretty and refreshing!

      Reply
    7. Casey says

      May 13, 2017 at 6:21 pm

      5 stars
      Beautiful! Looks like such a comfortable space 🙂

      Reply
      • Rachel says

        May 14, 2017 at 3:05 pm

        Thank you! We love it and it is very comfortable.

        Reply
    8. arielgarneau says

      May 12, 2017 at 11:55 am

      5 stars
      A++ girl! Love the wall art and all the little touches. Well done friend.

      Reply
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