How about a little color?!?!

There is no BIG renovation that needs to take place in our living room - dining room. Perhaps the biggest thing in there is how to decorate it and make the space feel like to separate yet cohesive rooms. It is one very BIG, rectangle room. The dining room has a Bay window on one end and the living room has french doors on the other end. The dining room is also semi open to the kitchen, so there needs to be some cohesion there as well. See my post below about the kitchen which is a mild mint color with red, khaki and black and white accents.

I have been tossing around a lot of ideas... paint the dining "room" red and the "living" room tan. It could work there are places on both sides that would equally divide the space. BUT the couch that I want is Gray (shitake). And while it comes in Cocoa, that would be entirely too much tan.

So here is what we are currently working with...


Above: Pottery Barn 8x10 rug... LOVE it. This is also a hand me down. This will go in the dining room under the table (which is another hand me down). We will eventually redo the hardwood, have this rug in the dining room and one in the sitting space in the living room. The colors in this rug are the inspiration and work well with the kitchen.

Below: a beautiful 1920's sideboard that I scored on Craigslist for $100! It is in fabulous condition and fits perfectly in the space.

Below here are two of the "red" color options we were looking at. Love them... not so sure though.

Below: One of the dining room chairs. The dining room table and chairs were a hand me down/gift from my parents. It was their dining set from when they first got married. It is beautiful! In fabulous condition and fits well with the other pieces we have for the room.

Below: We have a set of the end tables below (garage sale - 2 end tables and another matching table with oval top for $80.00). The design of these tables fits in perfect with dining room table.

So that's the scoop and the sneak peak. I have some other pictures but I'll post those another day. In the meantime... my couch is on sale!