Dining Room Reveal...Deployment Projects #32-36

Another room is complete! Woo-hoo!

My DINING ROOM!!!!

I did 5 different projects in this room, so I am calling this Deployment Projects #32-36

Before I show you all I did in here, let me show you what it looked like BEFORE I got started...

Project #32....WAINSCOTTING!

This was put up by a friend of mine who also did my stairs and my board and batten....

All the painting (all 4 coats...whew) was done by me!

After all the painting, here is the finished project.....

I LOVE how this totally changes the look of the room.

I got my fabric for my curtains (project #33) from Tonic Living.....LOVE this source for fabric. VERY affordable and extremely fast shipping....AND I got 10% off my fabric!!!! I bought 6 yards of this fabric for cheaper than I would have spent at Target, had I bought curtains from there!

This particular fabric is called Bodega Mocha and you can find it HERE

I didn't even sew my curtains. I used Stitch Witchery to fold and iron the fabric together...took me about 20-30 minutes to make these!!! Not a single stitch was sewn!

I used the curtain rings with clips (bought from Lowe's for $10) to hang the fabric....

This rug was over 10 years old...back when magnolias were "in".....I was so happy to get rid of this rug....I skipped all the way to Goodwill with that sucker!!! ha!

I purchased this new rug ( project #34) on clearance at Pier One Imports...and I'm loving it!

You can find it HERE

And now for my favorite part......

MY CHINA HUTCH!!

(project #35)

This hutch belonged to my late grandmother.  I was reaaalllllyyy scared to paint it because I didn't want to mess it up....but I did my research on how to do it.  Thanks to my fellow bloggers, they taught me everything I know! ;-)

Here are the before pictures of the hutch....

From what my blog friends taught me, if you want to paint a piece of furniture, but don't want to have to sand it, you need to get this cover stain!

You don't have to sand the furniture when you use this stuff!!!!! It's just wonderful!

I wanted to paint my hutch something other than white or black....and this is what I decided on....


BLUE!!!!!!!

 It's a very pretty, almost robin's egg, blue. I picked up a paint swatch from Ace Hardware and the color was called "Fairfax".  I took it to Lowe's and they color matched it!!

I have to admit, this is one of my favorite deployment projects. I stepped out of my color comfort zone....and I am so glad I did! This hutch now adds so much character to my once boring and dark dining room!

Then I antiqued it with this antiquing glaze....it was so easy. Just paint it on, and wipe it off with a damp towel! The glaze will stay in the cracks and gives the piece of furniture more definition!

I kept the hardware...It was too pretty not to. I just used my ORB spray paint and painted them a little darker than they were!

Then, I added a few finishing touches (project #36)

The twigs came from Target, the vase from TJ Maxx...

I hung some plates on the wall I purchased from various stores (TJMaxx, Wal Mart, Home Goods) All were around $3-$5 a piece.

I also made 2 pillows to sit in the extra chairs that line the wall....

The basket and clear vase were things I already had. The white vase was bought at Goodwill for $2. It was black, but I spray painted it white and put it on top of my re-done china hutch.....

And here is my newly, freshly, made over 

...from drab...

to shab....

DINING ROOM....

TAAA-DAAAAA!!!!!

Another look at the BEFORE...(clutter and all) ha!

And the AFTER...

What do you think???

Happy Thursday!!!!

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