Happy Thanksgiving & Dining Room Makeover!

Wishing you all a wonderful Thanksgiving today and a fabulous weekend filled with shopping, eating, resting and laughing with friends & family!

I have finished "most" of my dining room makeover.  If you recall it was very red...I love red..but after 7 years I needed lighter & brighter.  Still a bit Rustic-French Country but just a lighter version.  We still have to hang the new chandelier but that didn't get done in time for Thanksgiving..oh well.  But I'm thrilled with the Benjamin Moore color (Powell Buff) on the walls...a creamy gold that really brightens up the room.

BEFORE

This is what I had going on before....we lost the rug last year because the cats liked to use it

as a scratching post ugh..so out that went...I still mourn its loss.  And I love red but I'm over it and I needed new art for my walls...in this picture I had removed most of the art I had up.  And a new chandelier will be the final touch, something larger and more French Country feeling.

AFTER

And here she is after the re-do!

The dining room is dressed for Thanksgiving...I'm hosting it this year.

Its not my favorite holiday I will say but I enjoy the time off with my family.

My dining room furniture was an anniversary gift over 14 years ago from my husband...its from Ethan Allen and something I will never get rid of....I love the honey color and distressed feel to each piece.

I have lanterns from Kirklands, candles, pumpkins and a wheelbarrow I got in Lucketts at the Design House.  This middle arrangement will come off for dinner of course.  And soon it will be decked out with Christmas decorations.

My curtains used to hang to the floor and they were lovely.  However they collected more cat hair than my vacuum cleaner and were a pain in the bum.  And I just wanted a fresher, lighter look for the windows.  The mirrors on either side of the windows are from Hobby Lobby.  I am in the process of repainting all the white trim in my house...so far I have 3 rooms done..phew..after 7 years it definitely needed the touch up.

I finally got to rehang my Warren Kimble picture...I love his art and we were lucky enough to meet him in his studio years ago up in Vermont.  He signed a few pieces for me and this is one of them...something I will always treasure.  And it goes with the French Country theme nicely I think.

I went for simplicity this Thanksgiving for table settings.  Linen placemats, our silver, mini grapevine wreaths as napkin holders and rustic pumpkins at each place setting.  Those are Waterford water glasses at each setting that James' grandmother got us years ago for Christmas.  They come out every holiday season and we remember her...she got us many of our nice serving pieces each holiday.

The wall with the buffet will soon be stenciled with a 24x24 size stencil in two-shades darker than the paint color now.  It will be subtle and pretty...like a damask print on that one wall to draw interest behind the buffet.  And the pictures I have (4 in total--2 for each side) will go on each side of the buffet. I can't wait to hang those.  I'd love to have a tall hutch at some point but I have too many other "needs & wants" for the house first LOL.

Here they are before and after...big difference no?  I love it!

I will share final pics once the stenciling is done, new pictures hung and new chandelier hung.

Big improvement at least to me :)

This is a Thanksgiving Fall Subway Art I made for my kitchen that I framed.

I haven't grabbed a photo yet yikes...but if anyone would like to use it feel free.

Its sized for 8x10 paper and prints nicely on cream cardstock.
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Entering this Makeover into the following fun Linky Parties:

36th Avenue
The Fun in Functional
Common Ground
Make It Pretty Monday
Alderberry Hill/Make the Scene Monday
DIY Dreamer