It's coming together...in my head at least! The colors: yellow, white, tan & black. I guess I should mention our dining set is a 1950's-ish walnut set. And also that I've never really done much decorating in my life. At least not planned out real decorating. But I'm gonna give it a try! And I'm full of ideas.
Want to see some of the inspiration behind it all? Here are some of my pins:
Love the forsythia sprigs. And I have the jars, but the flowers may end up in my garage sale carafe.
Yellow! Such happiness. This collage almost makes me drool.
Beautiful! Hubby vetoed the chevron, but I couldn't find it anyway:
Candlesticks (either white, or black? or painted yellow?)
Oh yes. There will be a yellow frame. I just don't know which wordart is going in it yet:
And, my gallery wall! All black frames with black and white photos.
We like the horizontal line down the middle of this one too:
We like the horizontal line down the middle of this one too:
Burlap table runner. Love the ruffle, but it would be blocked by the end chairs.
• table runner
• accent pillows for the 2 extra dining room chairs
• painted vases
• painted frame with wordart
• short candlesticks with candles (some combination of black, white, yellow...not sure what yet)
• curtains
Hubby said I could do yellow, but then hasn't been on board with anything I've picked since (surprise, surprise). If you haven't read any previous posts, he is SUPER PICKY! Unlike any other guy I know in that regard. He wants furniture, and nothing else in a room. Me? I couldn't disagree more. I want color and texture and pattern. I don't want him to hate it though. So I changed from my initial plan of a yellow table runner to a linen/burlap tan one with white edges, and black trim dividing the white and tan. Then, I figured I'd make the back side yellow, so we can change it up.
My biggest challenge was the yellow fabric! Even with the large selection at our JoAnn's, all the yellow was either yellow on yellow small prints, or full of other bright colors. Nothing simple. Nothing modern-ish. So I go with my plan for the 2-sided runner, with tan on one side and solid yellow on the other...and then I find this (by Richloom):
What's that? All my colors in one place? Okay, well the background is technically cream. I'd have preferred white. I'd also have preferred a larger print. This swatch is pretty true to size in terms of the pattern. But I love it just the same.
So I figured I'd do little pillow on the extra chairs. I get home, and Mr. Picky Pants likes the print!Well, as much as he likes any print at least. There was no gushing, but when I told him the cutting counter girl thought I should use that for the runner (and I quickly told her he'd veto that), the said it would work. What? It was $10/yd, so I only got 1.5 yds. I would need 3 for the runner in a continuous piece if I don't want a visible seam. So I had a plan, and now I'm stuck! But, I'm getting there :)
Now I'm working on the gallery wall. It's so hard to pick 24 very favorite pictures, and ones that fit in the right frame rotations. And covering all the family members because I'm weird that way. I'm also including some heritage photos.
Hopefully it all works out! Keep your fingers crossed for me! I'll be sure to post pictures.
P.S. Have you heard about the new JoAnn's app? I know it's available for Android. I'm sure it's available for the iPhone, because isn't everything? Anyway, it has lots of functions, but also coupons! I do love my coupons, and this app has exclusives. If you don't have it, and you love JoAnn's, go now and get it. Right now. Before you forget. You'll thank me the next time you check out and forgot your mailer at home. Or am I the only one who does that?
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