Thursday, May 16, 2013

Styling a Dining Room

Remember when I told you guys about how I had to fix Connie's Florida dining table, so folks could actually sit at the end?????
This was the table I'm talkin' about......
There were stretchers at the ends (strips of wood) between the legs, so no one could pull a chair up.....no place to put your tootsies.....ya get me???
So,
I had them cut out, so it would actually function like a real dining table.

Sooooooo.....
The reason I could have stretchers between the legs of Connie's Vermont table is.....
The top overhangs enough to let a chair pull up so's you can eat.
See how it overhangs?????

If you look at the two dining areas, you can see that I have certain details that I like to use...
 (over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over.....etc.)
I like the host and hostess chair to be different from the side chairs.
Sometimes I do them in the same fabric....
Sometime's I do them in different fabric.

In my niece Miriam's dining room, I plan on making slipcovers for the chairs at the table's ends out of the same fabric as the rest of the room......
I plan on doing this just as soon as I finish sewing her living room draperies.
Her living room is really coming along, and I will be sharing that with you guys in the near future!!!!!
(actually.....maybe the seat of the slipcovers will be the toile, and the skirts will be the blue of the back pillows......hmmmmmm.....)

In Kris's house, I used the paisley that I had the walls covered in for the host and hostess chairs,
and then covered the seats of the side chairs in a plain fabric.

In my own dining room, I have three pairs of chairs covered in two different fabrics.
The slipcovers on the square back French chairs used to be on the chairs that are in Miriam's dining room.
They sort of fit my new(ish) French chairs.....
I gave Miriam her host and hostess chairs, as I no longer had room for them.
They originally belonged to my grandparents and were used in their New York apartment.
When I inherited them, they had beautiful needlepoint seats.
However.....
I used these chairs for over 20 years and the needlepoint bit the dust.
It's in shreds.
It was really fine and pretty.
Don't give me nothin' 'cuz I am the destroyer!!!!!

Once again I've gone off on a tangent.....
On that note...
Latah, Gatah
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9 comments:

Anonymous said...

You are so funny!

sweet violets said...

The Vermont dining room is my favorite, the colors are so soft and warm, and very inviting. A happy place to share a meal with family and friends!!!

Sweet Designs said...

I especially love the walls done in the coordinating materials.
From reading your blog it looks like you prefer to just put up the material alone and not using the battening behind it?
I think in my case (high humidity here in VA, leaving the batting off is a better idea for me too).

Pondside said...

Beautiful. I don't comment often, but I never miss a post. You've got me thinking about the dining room at home - dangerous!

Ellicia said...

I love the wainscoting. I just don't like tall wainscoting. I am 5 ft. 1 in. tall and when the wainscoting is higher than my head, I find it intimidating. I have issues.

I love your blog. It's like "The Big Bang Theory" for decorating. No filter, just lots of honesty and humor.

Dixie Redmond said...

I just found your blog although I've been drooling over your dfesigned spaces for a long, long time. I think this statement of yours should be embroided on a pillow...."I would never live less beautifully because I might do something 5 years down the road." This was in response to making design decisions thinking about resale. I've been poking around and loving the images AND your writing. You made me smile in Maine on a beautiful May Day.

Dixie Redmond said...

Errrr "Dfesigned"??? Shiuld be designed, Ipad typing fail.

Mary said...

Each dining room is BEAUTIFUL. I love the covers on your chairs in your dining room the best.

You are a favorite blog! As my son's students say "You keepS it real."

Mary
From Virginia

Mary - Split-Site PhD said...

The styles of these dining areas are really cute. I just love the simplicity and color combination of the second photo. Pink is one of my favorite hues, especially for house furnishings. With a dining area in this cozy look, I would probably gain weight as I may love to just sit down and enjoy the food.

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