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Dining Room Remodel-French Country

Well, it's been a while since I have posted but I HAVE been busy!  Ready to share the results now! With my family expanding (all the chillins' are married now and reproducing!) I decided that my beautiful Baby Grand piano had to go to allow me to create a dining room.  I wanted to create a WHITE ROOM.  (My husband thought that was ridiculous! ) I love to find old or outdated furniture and refinish it.  I chose a French Country decor. (At least, that's what my friend Debbie called it AFTER I had finished!) I will show you before and after pictures. This process took about 6 months.  This is the MUSIC ROOM before I began remodeling.

This is the room AFTER I sold the piano and cleared out the room,

I then began my search for old furniture. I found this china cabinet at a Restore. 

BEFORE:

An old 1970's cabinet

 DURING: 

I removed the back and shelves.  I painted the cabinet and shelves a BISQUE WHITE and distressed with sandpaper. I glued a lovely Victorian Rose fabric to the back.  I also lined the inside of the drawers with the fabric.

AFTER:

BEFORE

I LOVE carved Roseback chairs! I needed 10 chairs for my table (another great find at a ReStore) but could not find matching chairs. So I painted and distressed all the chairs to look alike.

I also love Balloon back chairs and needlepoint seats.  But I couldn't find the right color needlepoint for my "white room" so I covered these 2 chairs without damaging the needlepoint.

DURING:

                     I couldn't resist adding very light pastel color to the carvings on all the chairs. After painting and distressing all my furniture, I aged them with Annie Sloan paste wax and wax brush.  Beautiful finishing touch!  First time I have used Annie Sloan products. LOVE!!

A little comic relief from my sweet Adeline!  (That's what I felt like doing sometimes!)

AFTER:

I found the coolest 100 yr. old solid wood Victorian posts that I wanted to place in 2 corners of the room.  Bought them on Ebay!  They were 9 ft. tall so they had to be cut to fit.  That's where my Honey came to my rescue!  He went with me to Kinston NC to help me bring them back. He also cut them to fit and placed and secured them in the room.  Thanks Sweetie!

(He actually HATES it when I get creative urges!  He RUNS for cover!)

There were several objects and items that I refinished that I already had. Candlesticks, an old fireplace surround,  a mirror, plantholders/shelves, etc. that I will show the before pics for you. 

The fake fireplace, tile and painted walls were done about 10 years ago.  Thank goodness the color of the walls fit in perfectly with my "WHITE ROOM!" Otherwise, it would have taken me much longer to finish.

There are 5 softly muted pastel colors that I blended onto the walls with a lambswool applicator.  Fun!

This is the FINISHED WHITE DINING ROOM!

                                                                                 

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