Although I'm working on the whole house at once, perhaps the most dire situation is our dining room. Up until a week ago, it looked like a corner of Miss Havisham's attic: there was the Deco bar doesn't really work with the Spanish-Craftsman architecture, a teak Danish table that looked diminutive in the space, wires hanging out of the ceiling and wall where light fixtures belong, and the monster built-in buffet that's original to house. Everything else I can replace (and have started to--more on that to come), but that built-in...it's just fug. So I've decided to paint it in a high gloss, slightly darker than the wall color (Farrow & Ball's "French Grey"). When I tell people that I'm planning on painting "original word work," they act as if I've just told them I'm moving to Nicaragua to open a surf camp (it happens more often than you think--just watch House Hunters International!): "NOOOO, you can't!" or "I wouldn't do that, if I were you..." or "Are you sure? Because once you do that, you can't take it back..." It's ridiculous! Anyway, I'm in the process of picking the shade, but I thought I'd share some of my inspiration photos with you in the meantime:
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| The image that started it all...My cabinet is very similar to this in style. |
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| This midnight blue is stunning. |
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| I like how these are the same color as the wall--puts the focus on the table and lighting! |
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| I'd been thinking of papering the walls with seagrass and painting the cabinet for textural contrast, and when I saw this image of Erin Gates today, it made me want to do it even more. |
Pictures of final color choices, lighting and chair selections to follow!
xoxo
All images via pinterest, except Erin Gates image (
on Sous Style)
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