Our Tennessee Life: Dining Room Makeover

When we were thinking about our dining room and how we wanted it to look the first factor I took into consideration was I needed it to be kid friendly. Kids are messy. Really messy. I will be the first to admit, I like the finer things in life, but when it comes to my house and decorating it needs to be practical or its just a waste of money. There was a time when I would have thought going to a furniture store and picking a set of dining room furniture would be the way to go. I was confused about my style, but once we bought our first home and re did everything I started to develop my own style which is what I like to call eclectic-modern-vintage. Oxymoron I know.

For our dining room here I have mixed random thrifted finds with new modern pieces. It's just my style. Certainly not for everyone, but it works for me. Once you define your style, whatever it may be, it makes decorating even more fun.

Our little cabin in the woods is definitely made of wood like I have said many times before. Wood everything. Floors, walls, windows so our furniture choices need to be a little bolder in my opinion.
I found the dining table at an estate sale for $20.00. I had originally painted it gray and it worked with the chairs when I first covered them. Here is what the chairs looked like before the second repaint/recover.

I painted them an off white color with Annie Sloan's chalk paint and recovered them in 2 different fabrics. They worked for a while until EM moved from the high chair to the dining chairs. They were a mess. Food everywhere! The fabric definitely wasn't kid friendly. That's when I found the current fabric on fabric.com and get this...it's laminated!! Yes, laminated! They wipe clean and no child can ruin them. Love!

I purchased the rug through a Young House Love sale on Joss & Main for $50.00. I even had a $25.00 credit so technically I only paid $25.00 for the awesome black and white chevron rug. The Aqua Hutch is my most viewed post on my blog and cost me $19.00 at the thrift store (before paint and supplies of course. It was a mess)

My awesome sister made us this address art when I sent her a swatch of the fabric. I just love them and yes, I am aware that we have moved quite a few times!