Tulips

I am overjoyed to now be able to find tulips everywhere. 

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When we invited my sister and brother over for lunch today after church I knew this was my excuse to get some fresh flowers.

aren't they pretty??

(notice anything new?? like some botanical prints??)

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Don't worry I am headed to the store now to purchase 2 more frames to add to the collection.

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I think I have an obsession with picture gallery walls.

A Place to Dine Part 2

After  2 sets   3 sets of hand me down dining table sets my husband and I decided it was time to start trying to find something "new to us" and that would fit our style and our home. 

First we liked this.

{via world market}

retails for $699

Then we fell in LOVE with this.

{via restoration hardware}

retails for $1200-$1700

And went on our hunt to find the perfect table for our family....

Finally we chanced upon this table on sale at our local antiques mall.

$118.00.

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SCORE!!

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Now to just finish the faux-finishing process.

A Place to Dine

So... my dining room... has had more than it's share of a quarter life crisis.

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She is now on her 3rd set of dining furniture.

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First my memaw's set..

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Then my nanie's set of furniture...

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And hopefully now my own!! {and final set}

Here is a diagram of the layout of the room 

3 walkways, one window and a complete focal point in our home. 

here it was when we first moved in.

Then the dining room looked like this. 

Lovely solid wood furniture just not me.

So with my husband's gracious heart he is allowing me to make the room my own!!

Sooo as I move to sharing our new pieces what do you think we need to do rug wise??

The rug you have seen in the room so far looks way too good in my master bedroom to move it back into the dining so I am looking at bare floors for the time being.

Here are some things I was trying out....

Patterned, bordered, ... traditional.

cream, basic, more casual and transitional in style

striped, added depth to the room and modern in style??

*we are leaning toward the striped {that's what hubby likes..}

What do you think would look good in the room?

Sentimental Sunday eh.. Monday

Cha Cha at Sit, Relax, and Read

is hosting a fun new linky party. 

Well I have had a small project I have been working on to go along with my Sentimental Post. 

Remember what my dining room used to look like?

Kinda boring, tan, and with alot of little furniture. 

It was great,I loved knowing we were keeping it in the family and it was my Memaw's. (dad's mom's) 

I really did love having it, that is until baby decided to start pulling on the corner cabinets.

they were top heavy and i just knew they were going to come crashing down on her. 

so we dropped the leaves of the table, put it in the organized tool shed, turned antique collectors shop 

guest house.

For a couple of days it set empty, then mom called saying I could have my Nanie and Paw Paw's dining room set (mom's parents) 

REALLY??

The set had this beautifully carved china cabinet that I have always loved... 

Swizzle SWEET!! 

did i really just say that?? anyway moving on.

Well this got me thinking, how much i HATED the color of the dining room, it was the color when we bought the house... so I got my wheels turning.

Yall haven't seen the bathroom 

{mainly because remodeling that room was put on hold when i got laid off}

but it is painted Notre Dame by Valspar.

here she is. 

a perfect dusty grey, picks up on the gorgeous veins in the carerra marble countertop!!

Well I thought i wanted something blue but the color in my kitchen was

Robin's Egg Blue by Behr

Well... I could use the remaining paint from the blue and dump in a little grey and see what happens...

what do i have to loose??

a beige wall??

So I tested and FELL IN LOVE

Here is the paint with the new furniture.

Yeah, the fabric on the chairs is oh, screaming 1992 but this is where 

we spent all the holidays of my childhood.

Aunts, uncles, cousins, both sets of grandparents, {Memaw came too} 

I distinctly remember being about 8 and wearing white tights with 

candy canes on them and snagging them on one of these chairs. 

soooooo many memories of happy times from my childhood, and I am sooooo glad

 I can create more memories around this table with my family!!!!

I also wanted to point out you can see the kitchen from this view. 

Can you see the vast difference in color between the dining room and kitchen??

Don't worry though, we won't be leaving the kitchen this color for long...

{we are thinking of using Abbington Putty by Benjamin Moore}

Don't you just love the carving in the legs and spindles in the china cabinet??

Best part.. cabinet is holding all of my sewing/crafting supplies...

Now just to find some new chairs, maybe parson's chairs.

What do yall think??

And artwork... 

botanicals?

mirrors?