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Our dining room, at the moment

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When I was writing the post last week about the basement hallway, I noticed something: there was a stack of drywall behind the basement door.  The same stack of drywall that was in a picture from a year ago.  (The drywall was the main reason I never shared current photos of our dining room.)

That led me to look around at the rest of the room, and it wasn’t pretty.  The buffet is our staging area for things we want to get rid of in our simplifying efforts.  You know how it is when you have one pile of stuff in a room though…more stuff gets piled in.  Like Martha says “Tidiness begets tidiness,” messiness begets messiness too.  Everything had just been there so long that we didn’t notice it anymore.  So, it got cleaned up on Friday and here is what our dining room currently looks like:

Dining Room

Dining Room | Little Victorian

Meh.  All that furniture looked great in our last house, which was a big, contemporary, open-floor-plan house.  Not so much here in the Victorian.  So now that all the extra stuff is cleared out, I want to take everything out and start from scratch.  Starting with warm gray walls and big crown moulding to match the living room.  Something like this maybe:

Dining room mood board | Little Victorian

Greyson Fixed Dining Table | Custom built-ins | Settee
Nouveau Paisley Napkins, Set of 4
 
Natural Jaya Canvas Curtain
| Van Gogh Print
Peacock Paige Round Back Dining Chairs, Set of 2

(Oh, and while I was taking photos of the dining room, I finally took some better photos of our DIY chandelier and updated the dreadful pictures from one of my very first posts.)

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  1. beth lemon

    November 4, 2013 at 10:14 am

    I like the hutch and the buffet. Just move the tall hutch to the wall next to it so that they make an L shape. I love your table and chairs. Go with it!

    I like your mirror.

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    • Christina

      November 4, 2013 at 2:10 pm

      We like the pieces themselves too, they’re just not really us, you know? We just got them 5 years ago because they were a good price and functioned like we needed them too.

      The mirror has been sitting on the floor behind the chair for 6 months, it just got hung up before I took the picture. 😉

  2. Leena

    November 4, 2013 at 11:34 am

    I like the furniture there, I’m not sure they need to be changed, but ofcourse if you want then go for it.
    but you are right it does need something, it does not look lived-in. Do you need a dining room at all? Just thinking of our dining table which we hardly ever use and usually it is just there to hold stuff. Could the room have a totally different main use?

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    • The Hubs

      November 4, 2013 at 12:37 pm

      Leena, you’ve hit on something that I think will help us. You’re right, it doesn’t look lived in. It will serve us well to address that before we get too radical in our makeover. (Which we enjoy, but in this case, it just seems you pointed out just the thing we need to consider)

      Thank you Leena

    • Christina

      November 4, 2013 at 2:26 pm

      Good points! It would be nice to turn it into a dining room/office…we have a lot to talk about now. I guess there will be a follow-up to this post soon. Thanks! 🙂

  3. [email protected]

    November 4, 2013 at 12:47 pm

    I love your inspiration! Can’t wait to see what you’ll do!

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    • Christina

      November 4, 2013 at 2:26 pm

      Thanks, Magali. I can’t wait either. 🙂

  4. [email protected]

    November 4, 2013 at 9:49 pm

    There are some changes you can do that will make significant differences and will cost very little or nothing. For starters, swap your chairs with the bench. That will add more visual height to the left side of the room. Currently the height is allocated to the right, making it feel off balance a bit. The hutch should be moved to the wall next to it, and then consider hanging the painting. The table could use a centerpiece to add some warmth and maybe a table runner.

    Your inspiration is lovely, and I’m sure whatever you do will be beautiful and suit you and your family perfectly.

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  5. Evie tracy

    November 5, 2013 at 6:25 am

    I really like the furniture you had. I think we can fall in love with our homes all over again when we can look at it with fresh eyes! I am about to change the material on my dining room chairs. I am on the lookout for some secondhand pieces that could add storage to the room too.

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  6. Aras Androck

    November 17, 2013 at 4:53 am

    Your dining room looks good. Are you going for a minimalist look?

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    • Christina

      November 19, 2013 at 3:50 pm

      Thank you. Not exactly, there’s still a lot of work to be done here.

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    […] At the same time (about a year ago), a paint chip of the same color had been taped to the dining room wall for 6 months.  I had really liked it at first, then I didn’t at all, especially after painting the window frame in that color…it just didn’t do it for me.  So I tossed the paint chip, and recently decided on a medium gray for the dining room walls. […]

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#100roomchallenge
Update: the MCM is officially sold! We did eventua Update: the MCM is officially sold! We did eventually finish most of our restoration/renovation projects. I'll share the updates in the coming months as we get settled in to our new place. 😁
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We had three offers the first day, one of whom hadn't even seen the house in person yet.
Surprise! The house is going on the market today. Surprise! The house is going on the market today. (Long story that I'll fill you in on when I have more than 2 seconds.)
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But we're once again with a realtor that calls our house "unique" instead of calling it a Mid Century Modern. 🤦‍♀️
.
We can't count how many locals came into this house and mentioned that those windows should be removed and walled up and the beams cut off. And then it would be a "normal" house. 🤯
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