Help Bring Dining Room Together!

5 years ago

last modified: 5 years ago

Hi all!

Thanks in advance for helping me bring this room together. We moved in May and I brought our antique dining table along. We really do love the uniqueness, and it is the only heirloom we have. But that said, we need it to blend with the space. The chairs were recently reupholstered. So all of that is staying. -only change is we may get a leaf made and extend the table so we can add two unique armchairs to the ends of the table.

-The rug is staying.

-The curtains are staying.

-the chandelier came with the house and is staying for now because I feel it is actually pretty and might work if i decorate the right way...

-The china cabinet will be replaced with a long buffet. (any suggestions? in style and color?)

-The artwork was my attempt to make the space a bit more eccentric/colorful/vintage. I am not married to the artwork though.

-Anything else I should add?

Side note: the rest of my house is designed as a worldly/Arhaus mixed with West Elm feel. I have grays/griege/blues/peaches/soft gold and black hardware and lots of white cabinets.

Thank you!!

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loobab

5 years ago

Re: chandeliers-

They are supposed to be hung so that there bottom is 36 inches from the table top.

Or another way to think of it is, since most tables are 36 inches high, and the chandelier bottom is 36" up from that, 36 + 36 =72.

You have a 9 feet ceiling.

9 feet is 108 inches. 108 - 72 = 36.

So the bottom of the chandelier hangs 36 inches from the ceiling.

The width of the chandelier is usually 1 foot less than the width of the table or less if it is bulky looking.

The absolute bare minimum a table should be from a wall is three feet because the diner has to have rom to pull out his/her chair.

That doesn't even count space for someone walking by.

So you really don't have space for the china cabinet there, but then you don't have space for a buffet there either, because a buffet is usually around 20 inches or so deep, just a few inches less than that china cabinet.

What you can do is move the china cabinet to another room and get a buffet, or keep the buffet and move the table out, or keep the buffet and move it between the windows or the wall opposite the window.

If you need the storage space a buffet would afford and you like the idea of serving on it, instead of bringing in another wood piece, or adding another color, why not do a built in to match your wall color or trim and run it along that wall where you have the china cabinet now and make it as long as you like.

The internet abounds with instructions for this, or you can pay someone to do it.

Basically you would be getting kitchen upper cabinets and a nice counter on top, something simple like a piece of glass or a stone remnant.

Am I seeing correctly that you have one curtain panel per window?

That is not good, the width of the curtains need to be double that off the window.

So you need two panels per window.

Can you get another set?

If not, here is an idea.

Get another pair in the same material but a different color, the accent color you want to bring into the room, and cut in half the long way (very carefully.) Sew each half to the long sides of each panel that you have now.

That effectively doubles the width of the panel you have now.

Then to tie the two colors together, purchase a trim that incorporates both colors and sew it along the vertical edge of the new color which is the outside vertical edges of the panels.

Get extra trim to use on a table runner, placemats, etc.

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Comments (13)

Cecilia
5 years ago
Wow! Great room and lovely furniture! I would agree that a long and low buffet would be nice in there in place of the cabinet. I would use a mirror design over it and have it reflect your chandelier.

I think a deep blue paint color and lighter toned buffet would work great.
Natale Moore
Original Author
5 years ago
I love all three of these. Thank you so much. The cabinet is super cool... looking into that now.
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Cecilia
5 years ago
You're welcome! Let us know what you end up doing in there. Would love to see it finished!
Cecilia
5 years ago
Oh and that cabinet and mirror are Pottery Barn.
loobab
5 years ago
It is difficult to give advice without dimensions.

Please give the dimensions of:

the room,

the table,

the distance the table is from all four walls

the distance from the table to the china cabinet

the height of the ceiling,

the width of the chandelier,

the window width

the width of the curtain panels

how distance from the table the chandelier is hung

Also, what color is the paint on the walls

What color is the dining chair upholstery

Thank you!
Natale Moore
Original Author
5 years ago
-the room- 13' x 14.5'

-the table- 3'7" x 5'1" - but may get a leaf to elongate it to add end chairs (6 seats total)

-the distance the table is from all four walls- about 5' 0" from each wall

-the distance from the table to the china cabinet- 2'10"

-the height of the ceiling- 9 feet

-the width of the chandelier- 2 feet

-the window width- 40 inches

-the width of the curtain panels- about 38 inches

-how distance from the table the chandelier is hung- 2'4"

-Also, what color is the paint on the walls - this is likely an eggshell or close to it. The whole house was painted this off white color before we moved in. I am open to painting it but do not want to overcommit on paint if that makes sense (rest of the house is this off-white color and kitchen/family room/upstairs halls are Gossamer Veil).

-What color is the dining chair upholstery- the new upholstery is a beige with slight hints of gray and cream.

Thank you!!
loobab
5 years ago
Is the adjacent room painted blue?
loobab
5 years ago
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I'm sorry, but either my laptop is cray-cray or I am, everything is so off today.

Your dining room looks yellow to me, and the walls seem crooked-wavy, like right after I get my eyes dilated.
Natale Moore
Original Author
5 years ago
lol. They do look yellow-ish on those pics. Not good lighting. They look lighter in person, but definitely a warm eggshell color.

The only color in our house is Gossmer Veil which is a warm light grey.
Cecilia
5 years ago
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Here is another color I though could look really nice in there. And also, I think a pretty bar cart could look nice in one of the corners if there was room.
Cecilia
5 years ago
I'm having fun with this! Here is another buffet table that I found that I think could be nice in your room.
Natale Moore
Original Author
5 years ago
Love this too! If I decide to go with a deep color in furniture and a lighter wall color this is a great option