Dining Room makeover

We closed on our house on Thursday last week, and by Friday at midnight I had painted our living room and dining rooms. I painted over a burnt orange in the living room, that I honestly thought was going to take 5 coats, and a yellowy/orange in the dining room.

 Here are images of the before and after for our dining room. I'm really happy with how it turned out. It cost under $100 as the only things I needed were paint supplies and new curtains, which I picked up from target. I'll be posting the before and after of the living room and kitchen in the next two weeks on my website www.JuliePiddingtonDesigns.com .

Just need one more pair of curtains for this window.
I wanted to be sure I loved the ones I bought before committing
to two pairs.

The dining room before painting and changing out the light fixture.

I used Benjamin Moore's "Patriot White" and installed our vintage Louis Poulsen PH pendant.

Small deck ideas

I thought moving out of the city would mean we would have this huge backyard and deck area to entertain, but of course the house we landed on has a back deck that is no bigger than our old balcony. The one big difference is that this time around we can have a grill, and I can't wait to grill up some veggies this summer.

Warmer weather has been on my mind as I am both writing summer knit patterns , and knitting the first few pieces. It's cold, and wet here in Syracuse today; and I can't wait to sit out on my deck and knit in the warm sunshine. Stay dry CNY!

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Line the deck with lettuce/kale
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I'll be stacking my herbs and plants like this
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Home office and playroom

I have a small space that will need to function as Christians playroom, my office, and my crafting room ;and I have some ideas for how that will work. The room that is going to serve this purpose is  a sunroom, which means lots of natural light. It is about 11' x 8', which is not huge, but I think big enough for my needs.

On one end of the room I am going to hang his swing from the ceiling, and place his toy baskets on the ground with his sheepskin. On the other end of the room will be my desk,  and my new hanging planter from the ceiling. I will install some floating shelves to place photos, my design magazines and books and maybe another plant. Next to the shelves beside the doorway out, will be my pie cabinet, which is currently housing Christians clothes, and cloth diapers while we use his dresser. There is also a door leading outside above the garage, flanking the doorway I'll place my two large plants that need plenty of light, and between his play area ,and my workspace will be the vintage rug I brought home from Morocco.

So Excited to start taking some before and after photos this spring.

My Portica desk from Room and Board