Dining Room - Before & After

The inspiration for our dining room décor is from this art.  There is a story behind this artwork.  My friend from India, with a beautiful home and a collector of antiques had gone for the Jaipur Art Festival.  Jaipur is the capital of timeless splendid art and the most culturally enriched city in India.  When my friend saw the painting she called to say that she found this art that I would like.  I didn't even see the art, knowing my friend's taste, I asked her to buy it and mail.  LOVED every bit of the art and especially the colors.  So our dining room was decorated around this art from Jaipur!

When we renovated our house, we didn't decorate the dining room,  just put what we had together.  This was the before which I then thought looked fine.  Until I actually put these pictures together, didn't realize it was perfectly imperfect!

We painted the wall with Benjamin Moore White Dove the same as all the trim in our house.  BJ White Dove is a warm white and the ceiling dark pink, thus it gives a pink hue in the room.

 

 

 

We bought the chandelier from the New York Light district.

 

 

 

Brought these lanterns from Morocco.

 

 

The plate from Istanbul.

 

I love to have flowers on my table...

 

 



Kitchen the heart of a home

For those who read my blog regularly, you know from the "kitchen progress" post  that I was helping to update a kitchen in a beautiful old colonial.  Lots of decisions to be made when you update an older colonial, with beautiful original woodwork.  It was a toss between, do we make it brighter with painting the wood or work with the original wood. 

We then decided to determine the color of the cabinets and then back track. Clearly not a "white" or "wood" kitchen client!  This is a sage green color cabinets which looks amazing. 

This kitchen is truly the heart of this home.  The owners receive their guests with open arms and guests never leave without eating right in this kitchen.  So who better deserves a beautiful kitchen to cook, enjoy and share the beauty. 

Their grand daughter Mia's painting was the main focus of this kitchen and jumping off point for the accent colors.

 

 

Reflection through the mirror.

 

 

 

 

 

We wanted crystal and brass handles to add to the interest. The crystal sparkles for sunlight and in the nights for the lights.

 



 

 

 

 

Here are some before and after photos.

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

A small powder room got a facelift as well.

 

 

 

 Kitchen progress post