So, I don't really have a lot of plans for the dining room other than I want a place to display my antique red transferware dishes and have lots of storage for seasonal decorations, candles, cloth napkins, tableclothes, etc. I have a antique buffet that I used in the dining room of our other house (which is currently serving as a tv stand in our livingroom), but given the size of this dining room...larger storage is possible. This is what I have in mind:
Why not add built in cabinetry? These cabinets follow the same design/layout as the desk cabinets that I mentioned in my last post, with the long upper cabinets flanking each end. I want to add a look to this house that will actually have people wondering if it were original to the house. The above cabinets could serve as a buffet or beverage center for holdiay gatherings. And look at all those lower cabinets for seasonal decorations!! I truly am in love with this picture and can very much see it as a part of my house someday!
And as a reminder, here is our dining room today:
Can you picture those cabinets running along the wall to the right?
Now I need to decide paint colors. That really is the biggest hurdle for me at the moment...picking out a whole house worth of paint colors at once. Maybe I should go with a neutral in the whole house, and then repaint the rooms after we have lived with it for a while? But..ugh...who wants to repaint the whole house again?! I would love to pick out an interior "theme" of colors and choose from those in each room the FIRST time around. Granted, there will be changes over time...but that sounds so much better than repainting every room.
What about you? Did you pick out an interior color scheme first, or did it just evolve over time?
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