The Big Dining Room Reveal: The Impossible Metamorphasis!

It is finally here! My big dining room reveal.

Joining with Thistlewood Farm to share my reveal.

Doing the impossible is the theme!

What seemed like impossible became well, a real vision.

Big thanks go out to my Sweet Hubs.

He did a lot of work on trim, crown molding and three different paint colors.

We used Behr from Home Depot.

Without further ado we have the before:

Quite cluttered  and not very well thought out.(This is how it looked right after Christmas)

We had moved in almost six years ago and when the furniture was delivered we weren't ready for it nor had we painted yet.

Then time flew by and the next thing you know, I'm pregnant and the dining room took a back seat.

Well, more than a back seat...it ended up in a remote location in Siberia because that is how impossible it seemed that we were ever going to tackle it.

Then out of the blue, hubby was inspired and decided RIGHT AFTER CHRISTMAS, he was going to get it done.

So, not wanting to wait any longer, I said "OKAY, Yes!!!!"

And now drum roll please......

Are you ready? Are you ready?

Here it is:

 We went with a brown color from Behr called "Soft Chamois" and added a chair rail.

We moved the china cabinet to the other side of the room which was questionable since the wall was so much smaller. I just had to try it out because it felt like the cabinet overwhelmed the room  before.
I was so pleased when it seemed to fit "just right" here!

 I'm still working on adding in some deep reds. Like for the curtains and maybe here in the table runner. More to follow in the near future!

 Love the detail on the chair rail.

 Sissy cat wanted to share in on the big reveal today too!

 The ceiling is painted a lighter taupe to offset the crown molding.

We haven't decided on a new chandelier just yet.

I'm still mulling it over.

After shopping in several stores for a new mirror, I ended up using my own mirror from the living room.

 Just look at the faux wainscoting hubby created! It was a lot of cutting, painting, and arranging.
These are not full panels that you just nail on....he had to create the look piece by piece.

 This is the view from the windows.

My china cabinet was full of figurines, mismatched plates, etc.

I decided to start editing out pieces to create a more "cohesive look."

China plates, goblets, and crystal were staying.

I have my eye on a corner curio for my figurines and special pieces.

I'm really happy with the new cohesive look now!

It felt really good to clean out and streamline.

(There is a cheetah figurine still sitting there, I decided he could stay since he fit the color scheme.)

From Kohl's, mahogany wood frames filled with black and white photos of a teapot...

and a teacup from my shop.

So, there you have it.

I really enjoy being in here now!

I hope you enjoyed my reveal.

It really was a big deal for us to accomplish this.

I'm usually too busy taking care of Bebe or running my website to stop and work on my house. It felt good to get it done!

Check out the other projects and impossibilities over at this really amazing blog Thistlewood Farm and her partner blogs!

I'm off to hang out in my new dining room.

Also linking with Metamorphasis Monday.

I'm so excited I actually have a project like this so I can join the party!

(Update: I can't seem to find today's post on Between Naps on a Porch for MM?

Not sure what happened to her linky party today.

I'll try again later...)