Design Help!
I am bad about posting photos of my home so this was a pic from two years ago (hence our now defunct url in the corner) of a bit of the dining room. Nothing has really changed except we now have large shutters on all windows rather than the ghetto paper shades.
The photo is a bit dark as it was taken at night but the paint is a voluptuous red. The room is a cathedral ceiling and there are four columns going into the room which aren't pictured here and an enormous gothic chandelier (about 5 feet I'm guessing?) that was a great DIY project of ours. We also put up large crown molding but that doesn't really matter, it's a tall room. The table seats 10 and is very wide and there is an old baby grand tucked away in the corner. The only remaining thing is a curio of mementos from our wedding tucked in one corner.
P and I are always slowly working on our home. If you've known me for any amount of time, you will be familiar with some of the major projects we have undertaken over the last few years. I like not only things to be slightly eccentric but we're also big into doing things ourselves. Lately I have gotten the bug to find a dining hutch to help complete the room - it's vacuous even with the few items mentioned above. The walls are bare with exception to a large mirror by the piano and it is high time that we add something to the room.
Although the table was expensive I decided to pair it up with chairs from Cost Plus. What can I say, I like mixing things up and dislike sets. Plus, I cannot swallow buying high end chairs that only get used a handful of times throughout the year or by friends who have had too much wine. On to the debate I am having. I want to add a hutch in there, but I want to revive someone's old pieces instead of buying new. I admit it, I want one last DIY project before I get too pregnant and can't participate.
I'm looking at two pieces I have recently located locally. I would most likely be redoing them to match the dining table which is a deep black. I'd love to do another color, but I think it would be really hard to pull off with the red walls and style of the room.
Which style do you suggest taking on for my dining room? Why? Any other suggestions? Although it is a formal room, it is cool, not stuffy. I kind of prefer the open shelving one because it would showcase things better, but is it too country even with a P&J makeover?
The photo is a bit dark as it was taken at night but the paint is a voluptuous red. The room is a cathedral ceiling and there are four columns going into the room which aren't pictured here and an enormous gothic chandelier (about 5 feet I'm guessing?) that was a great DIY project of ours. We also put up large crown molding but that doesn't really matter, it's a tall room. The table seats 10 and is very wide and there is an old baby grand tucked away in the corner. The only remaining thing is a curio of mementos from our wedding tucked in one corner.
P and I are always slowly working on our home. If you've known me for any amount of time, you will be familiar with some of the major projects we have undertaken over the last few years. I like not only things to be slightly eccentric but we're also big into doing things ourselves. Lately I have gotten the bug to find a dining hutch to help complete the room - it's vacuous even with the few items mentioned above. The walls are bare with exception to a large mirror by the piano and it is high time that we add something to the room.
Although the table was expensive I decided to pair it up with chairs from Cost Plus. What can I say, I like mixing things up and dislike sets. Plus, I cannot swallow buying high end chairs that only get used a handful of times throughout the year or by friends who have had too much wine. On to the debate I am having. I want to add a hutch in there, but I want to revive someone's old pieces instead of buying new. I admit it, I want one last DIY project before I get too pregnant and can't participate.
I'm looking at two pieces I have recently located locally. I would most likely be redoing them to match the dining table which is a deep black. I'd love to do another color, but I think it would be really hard to pull off with the red walls and style of the room.
Which style do you suggest taking on for my dining room? Why? Any other suggestions? Although it is a formal room, it is cool, not stuffy. I kind of prefer the open shelving one because it would showcase things better, but is it too country even with a P&J makeover?