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6 years ago

I finally have a dining table and chairs and wm ready to choose some fabrics! I have these 8 vintage black chairs that need new seat covers and I want to add some drapes in the dining room.

I have a semi-open concept in that the Dining room is in the middle between the living room (more formal-ish) and the kitchen/family room combo (more casual space).


I am going for a Tropical/British colonial/palm beach feel throughout my house. Thinking Tropical glam for the dining room.


What do do y’all think of this fabric combo?

Palm leaf fabric for drapes and black & white small leopard print for the chair seats.


Fabrics


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Comments (11K)

  • 20 days ago

    On my second snow day home I am wishing I had planned better with a project to work on! It would have been good days to repaint the green bathroom. Anything to avoid the laundry

  • PRO
    20 days ago

    I suggest you take a trip to Craftex for great faux stems. But wait for early Feb so you get new items. Right now, inventories are low so companies can minimize their tax bill.

  • PRO
    20 days ago

    Here’s link to their website. https://www.craftex.com/

  • 19 days ago

    With a smaller table you could probably do some thing that’s not tailored. Enjoy the snow! We’re just freezing up here no snow.

  • 18 days ago

    I had posted the table in FB before I thought about using here. Now I have some interest in the table. I think I’ll pursue selling it and that may push me to find a smaller one. It’s just getting a little too cramped.
    I could probably push each sofa back some but too much and the coffee table will be too small.

  • PRO
    18 days ago

    Sell it. 😂

  • 15 days ago

    I sold it yesterday! But I was getting used to it and now it look so empty haha


    I'm keeping my eye out for a smaller, maybe 30" round, to use instead.

  • 15 days ago

    Ran across this one with drawers and adjustable shelves for records.

  • 15 days ago

    ooh kjoy I really like that! andt the price! I could still have it painted and be reasonable.

    The impulsive side of me is ready to buy it right now.

    But it is the shape and style of a custom one I was looking at near me. I could change the hardware. Wonder if I could modify the feet somehow to more stylish.


    I shall wait 24 hours and for others to comment their opinions. lol :-)

  • 15 days ago

    Here’s the local custom one which I’m sure costs a bunch more

  • 15 days ago

    The custom guy can paint any color not just black, so I should get a quote just to compare

  • 15 days ago
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    On that one you would have to cut the legs very carefully and probably add some supports to add stylish legs to the bottom. However, have you thought about just painting the ends of the legs with metalic paint. That can dress them up a bit. Here is a couple of examples of someone doing that on Ikea furniture.



    I get so many fun ideas of how to make cheaper furniture look more upscale by looking at all of the things people do to Ikea furniture.

  • 15 days ago

    Thanks cubby! Yes I also like to find ways to upgrade something. Mostly something cheaper to look fancier haha
    I love the ikea hacks

  • 15 days ago

    My 2025 project is to work on my bedroom. I don’t think I’ve ever had a decorated bedroom. It’s always the last room and I never get to it before moving again. we aren’t moving so it’s time.

    I found this wallpaper that I’ve been staring at in my bathroom for about a year.
    It would be $$ so I’m thinking/hoping to style the bath and bedroom around it and then wallpaper when I can.
    Can’t access my idea books for the wallpaper so here are pics of the bathroom first.

  • 15 days ago

    Pics of bathroom. Ignore the tiny shelf please 😆

  • 15 days ago

    Pics of the current bedroom look and closeup of wallpaper.

  • 15 days ago
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    Oh Pool that paper is so much fun, I would do it and paint the bedroom an amazing green color to go with it. Could be fantastic. I was so happy to finally finish my bedroom, it feels so much better to have that space feel done (or mostly done). I'm not sure we are ever done 100% are we? I love your fun style and willingness to think outside of the box.

    Would yo be willing to come over to my thread and give your opinion on my bathroom bench options? https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/6473700/help-with-off-center-window-in-master-bath#29368849


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  • 15 days ago

    Pool you might need less wallpaper than you think, it might be worth figuring out what you need. They also color match to BM so your colors would match. Would you paint your nightstands? I thought this desk was fun.

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  • 15 days ago

    Yes I've been really wanting it. I assume I would paper around the entire bath. Would I paint the toilet room green? Maybe the same green in the bedroom.

    We don't get a ton of light in the bedroom but it's not dark in there either. I want to keep the bedding light/white with some accents. Maybe trim on the sheets and pillows.


    I could be up for painting our nightstands. They don't match anything or each other. Maybe that would be a way for them to be more cohesive.

    I know the dresser is too tall but this is it's last stop before marketplace so I want to try it.

    I'd like to install sconces with arms on the wall for nighttime reading.

  • 15 days ago

    I wouldn’t paper the toilet room since the door is probably closed the majority of the time. I would leave the toilet room white and add green accents, but that is just me. Maybe wallpaper the wall behind the bed and paint the other walls green?

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  • 14 days ago

    Good bc I don't want to paper the toilet room. I could consider painting it but I think leaving it white will work. I do need some shelves over the toilet, which is what the tiny rattan shelf was originally for.


    In the bedroom, do you think the same wallpaper as bath or maybe a grasscloth, green or perhaps a paintable.

  • 14 days ago

    A green grass cloth would be pretty. It comes in vinyl now so cheaper and the look is very comparable.

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  • 14 days ago

    Oh Pool! Every time i see a new part of your house, i am so envious. Your BR and bath are awesome. Space and storage. Just perfect. i really like idea of grasscloth in bedroom. If its paintable, even better to get you through changing tastes in the future. ❤️

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  • 14 days ago

    Just lurking… although I have to say I enjoyed the whole concept of upscaling IKEA furniture…

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  • 14 days ago

    I like Molly’s idea of wall paper the wall behind the bed and painting the rest of the room green. Either color matched, or a shade lighter or darker. Depends on how dark you want your bedroom. I also like the idea of grass cloth! However, wallpaper in the bath will require a lot of cuts, especially when you must match patterns. Here in the condo and in our first home, removing wallpaper that was installed without sizing it first,nwaas a nightmare. Some of it was left up and with painted over or wallpapered over.😤

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  • 13 days ago

    Thats a fun wallpaper! Is it vinyl? Its an investment so make sure it can handle the damp environment of a bathroom!

    That is a strong green. If you are planning on painting the bedroom green the color in that paper might be a very in your face color.

    I would consider a natural grasscloth for the bedroom and using the green as accents. If you want to paint the bedside tables the green that could be really fun!

  • 13 days ago

    If you were to paint the walls green i would choose a muddier tone of green similar to these

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  • 13 days ago

    I hate how they only let you attach 4 photos now. I’m too long winded for that 😂

    Green on bedside chests

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  • 13 days ago

    And just because

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  • 13 days ago

    Grasscloth

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  • 13 days ago

    Great bedroom inspiration pictures pink_pony!🥰

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  • 13 days ago

    Hi Pink! Thanks for stopping by. I always love your ideas :)


    I am worried if I paint the bedroom green it will be too dark in there. It doesn't get a lot of sunlight (which I hate). For sure the bedding will have to stay white if I do that.

    I like the one photo of the dark bed and green bench & pillows. I was thinking along those lines. I could recover my stools or maybe get something different at the end of the bed.


    I also like one of the last photos with the grasscloth ceiling. hmmmm ideas ideas

    I am intrigued about painting the side dressers. These are not fancy pieces really so I am up for painting them if it works out.


    The wallpaper is not vinyl and now I'm sad thinking it may not work in there. We do have two very good vents in the bathroom and DH always turns them on. (I hate the sound so I don't use them haha) hmm, interesting. Maybe I will reach out to the company and ask about using it in the bath.


    GLS, I will use sizing as it does help to remove the paper later I hear. Hopefully that wont be for 15-20 years haha

    I've already lived with it plain jane for 7 years so surely I will enjoy it long enough to make removal worth it. :)


  • 13 days ago

    Ask the wallpaper vendor if they will coat the paper. Many do and you can have just about any paper coated. I did a bathroom down in FL with regular paper only because the client just had to have it and against my advice LOL opted to use it and surprisingly 5 years in had been fine. Its also a small bathroom which would make the risk higher. Yours at least is airy and large.

    I personally think touches of green in the bedroom will be enough. Bedside chests, you need to get even heights there. The one on the left is too tall and the one on the right too small. But pulling in green on the chests then bouncing green upholstery in a great print onto your ottomans a win.

    If you really wanted more green you could paint the closet and bedroom and bathroom doors green.

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  • 13 days ago

    Pool, I think painting the two side pieces is a great idea! I did that with two mismatched nightstands I have in my very small bedroom, and also did some light stamping and stencilling on the drawers. It’s fun and gives you lots of options to add color.

    My living room is north facing and low light; I ended up using Benjamin Moore Silken Pine (cut 25%) as a colour for the wall (above the chair rail) and something slightly darker below. Green, (according to the designer who advised me) can read as a neutral; it’s more interesting than white but doesn’t darken in the room unduly. In my case it worked very well.

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  • 12 days ago

    Liasch, i love your colors, es especially with that painting. I am in a green and light pink mood.

  • 12 days ago

    L y a I love that couch and that painting and your candle it's so inviting cozy and that spot I'm sure you enjoy that spot

  • 11 days ago

    Thanks peeps… The painting was done by my father, and it’s one of my favourite possessions. Fortunately, I have several of his pieces.

  • 10 days ago

    L i a that's even more special!

  • PRO
    7 days ago

    That is wonderful. Guess we know where your artist genes came from. Isn’t it amazing how we are made so miraculously and wonderful!!

  • yesterday

    Okay so I've been browsing for a sideboard or such for under the tv in the family room.

    I've come across these few that I think could work. All except one are cheap enough I can paint or modify somehow if I want.

    I also like the wood rattan one Kojy posted up above. Out of these 5 which is best as-is and has potential for more?







  • yesterday

    The last one it won't my phone won't say the word and I don't know if that will hold up as well I also like number three cuz it's similar to mine

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  • yesterday

    I like the first and last ones best.

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    yesterday

    The first one

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  • yesterday

    First and last. I do like the last a lot but I probably wouldn’t do anything to change it.

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  • yesterday

    Dang I wrote out a big comment and it disappeared.
    I also like the first and last but am leaning towards the white one. I wanted something painted, even though I thought maybe a color.
    But also I have several woods and caning in the room and maybe the rattan is one too many of the same look.

    I’ll check with dh but he prob doesn’t care. I think they are both around 60”ish wide

  • 16 hours ago

    I went ahead and ordered number 1 this morning. DH is gone this weekend so that will be a good time for me to get it put together and setup haha



    I need to measure my bathroom and figure out how much wallpaper I'll need. I did contact the manufacturer who said they use it in bathrooms, so that's good news.



    If I get two new nightstands for my bedroom, I'll need help with that. I'll measure the bed height, which is tall, to see what size I will need. I'd also like to hang some moveable sconces by the headboard.

    Also can get rid of the giant art. It's never found a good home

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  • 15 hours ago

    #1 is pretty! It is going to look great 🤗

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  • 15 hours ago

    I really like #1 too!😊

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  • 11 hours ago

    Pool it’s great you are prepping and going with the wallpaper, very excited to see it. I was thinking maybe you could use one of the palm leaves as art in the toilet room with a large green mat for color.

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    10 hours ago
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    Saw this and thought of you


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