Moooove over, old dining room!

Hey friend, how was your weekend?  Did you get a chance to check out my homework nook makeover?  Thank you so much to everyone who left such sweet comments on it, that always means the world to me!

My weekend was pretty good, minus THE HORRIBLE TIME I HAD AT THE CARNIVAL.  Let me explain. A carnival came to town and I decided to take my oldest son for a little mommy-son time, thinking we’d have fun and make some memories. We made some memories all right.  Memories include frantically screaming at the attendant to let us off the carnival ride from hell, hobbling weakly to the nearest trashcan, weeping, drooling, laying flat on our backs on the sidewalk in the middle of the carnival for a good twenty minutes until I could see straight enough to drive home where I laid on the floor for two hours. I’m not even exaggerating. It was literally the worst my body has ever felt, and I’ve given birth four times.

Add that to my list of things I will never do again.

But there is something I will ALWAYS enjoy, and that’s a good makeover! Better After reader Leatha recently reworked her dining room, and it looks fantastic!

 

Even with a neutral palette, she’s incorporated so much texture here, and she’s a wiz at mixing patterns too.  She reports: “The walls are Revere Pewter which is like BUTTAH as we say here in the south. The bench I purchased last year at World Market on clearance because they were discontinued. All the other chairs are from Homegoods. Most of the gallery wall was either Kirkland’s or Hobby Lobby.”  Plus the table was built by her husband using free wood and plans they found online. Don’t you just love when jaw-dropping style doesn’t come with a jaw-dropping pricetag? Let’s take a closer look at that gallery wall …

A great mix of shapes and sizes, and who wouldn’t want to share their meals with an inquisitive cow in a cowboy hat? No one you should be hanging out with, that’s who.