design update: dining room

our dining room is probably my favorite room in the house so far. maybe it's because it's the only one nearest completion.

i think it reflects our style really well. it has amazing natural light spilling in all day long. there is the amazing original character and modern light fixture that work together so well. and perhaps my favorite bargain/design/piece is our barn door conversion farm table. 

but this room has gone through quite the transition and is still in progress...

here are a few before pictures...

stuart deserves an award for his patience on this room. it was originally a dar maroon color and took over 6 coats of paint. 6 coats!

i love love love this cabinet. we took the curtain out and just have a few glassware pieces in there, but ideally it will just display wine + liquor. 

before we did the barn door table, we had our old, solid teak table, which was our awesome focal piece in our apartments but now looks so tiny in our new house

and here in the (almost) final product

close up of the really beautiful barn door table

and these really perfect + modern hairpin legs i found on etsy. 

for now, this room is just about done. i still have visions of doing the dipped chairs and having a bench along one side of the table. i would also LOVE upholstered french provincial chairs for the heads of the table. and i'm always on the hunt for a gorgeous hutch or cabinet to make a bar station along the back wall.