My latest project is re-doing the dining nook. I had so many ideas in mind about how to decorate it
but some things were set in stone from the beginning: I inherited some cute
furniture from my grandma and I wanted to include it for sure. It’s a small antique
bench. I just always loved the idea of having some kind of comfy piece of
furniture at the dining table – some friends of mine actually use a mix of
chairs and a couch :) Another thing I was sure of was that I wanted to paint
the walls of the dining area dark blue – I’ve dreamt about this for
quite a while. So I painted the walls, set up my grandma’s bench and got a nice
wooden table and wooden chairs. But somehow it didn’t feel right…
I knew the
wood would darken over time and I do love the light color of pine but it just
didn’t feel right. I thought about getting a nice rug maybe but re-doing the
dining nook was a low-budget-project and most larger rugs are quite expensive. Then it
just hit me: why not just paint the table and chairs with a dark glaze?
It
bought an eco-friendly wood stain and tried it out on the bottom of one of the
chairs. And I loved it. I painted both chairs and the table in less than two
hours!
The darker table and chairs match so much better with my grandma’s bench and
look really nice in front of the dark blue wall. I couldn’t be happier and the
whole project was totally budget friendly! I’ll just give you a sneak peek of
the dining nook at the moment as I’m not totally done yet, so there is more to
come – can’t wait to share it :)