Thursday, May 19, 2011

Dining Room remodel

We have lived in our current home for almost 8 years now, and in that time we have managed to repaint/remodel/redo almost every room in it---it was finally the dining room's turn----spurred on by the fact that our dining room table chairs had broken so many times that they were beyond repair. And hey, if you're going to get a new dining room set, you might as well redo EVERYTHING right?:) Although I offered to do the painting, Scott is just too much of a perfectionist to delegate the work to someone else,and did a fantastic job as usual. It was my original plan to decorate in an Italian/Tuscan theme based around a painting my sister had given me. I was in the process of researching some of Scott's family with geneaolgy and realized that one side of his ancestors came from Trentino Italy, so the dining room soon became somewhat of a tribute to them. I was able to locate a photo of Scott's great great granfather and family, their census record, and the Trentino crest and framed them. Aside from those, my other favorite piece hangs on the wall saying "Mangia E Statti Zitto!" which, loosely translated means "Shut up and Eat"---might sound a little harsh, but if you have ever eaten with our family, you would totally understand.
I am really loving the warmth of the room now!



2 comments:

going gordon said...

Love it so much! It does feel warm and cozy. I need to repaint my dining room wall and I am thinking of doing a gold/yellow too for that very reason.

Anonymous said...

You done good girl!!