Spring Dining Room and a Mirror Makeover - Show and Tell Friday

 

Welcome to Show and Tell Friday!  It's felt like Spring here in Northern California until today when a big rainstorm came through and erased our sunny 70-something degree weather that we've been enjoying!  We really need the rain though so I'm not complaining!

 

Last weekend I was trying to figure out what to put on the wall in my dining room.  My dining room, if you can even call it that, it's more like an area right off the kitchen and pretty much the entry way into my apartment is really small. Before I moved in here I really didn't think my dining room table and chairs would fit but they do...barely!  I had many ideas for this area, first I was going to hang plates, then I actually put up a shelf but didn't like the way it looked so I took it down.  I finally decided that since there are no windows on this side of the apartment that a mirror would be best.  Then I remembered that I had this huge mirror that I bought years ago at a thrift store for $29.99!  It was gold and ugly but I knew it had potential.  I think I've had this mirror for at least five years and I almost got rid of it before I moved but I'm thankful now I didn't.

(in the photo above the door to the right is the pantry for our kitchen and the door to the left is to my bedroom.  The front entry it directly to my right as I was taking this photo and my kitchen is behind me. The living room is to my left...just so you get an idea of the layout of my new apartment)



"Before"

I've decided that I'm going to go for more aqua and robin's egg blue in my new apartment so I decided to paint it last weekend.  I painted it and then white washed it and I'm really happy with how it turned out.  It sort of opens up the space! I love that about mirrors!

 

I took these photos in the evening so it's hard to get a good idea of the color.  Actually my apartment faces North so it's kind of dark in here most of the time.  That's probably one of the things I like least about this place.  I'm sure I'll appreciate it on those hot summer days though.

"After"

 

My dining room would look so much better if I could hang a crystal chandelier that would reflect through this mirror but they don't allow it here! I have to live with a ceiling fan/light above my dining room table now. I'm thankful that at least it's white...I see a lot of brown ones in the other units around here. I guess I should be thankful!

 

Slowly I will be adding more aqua and robin's egg blue in my apartment!  I'm really excited for that little change! A new place and a new color scheme. It will be a slow process though because I can't afford to go out and buy all new things now that my rent is so much higher here.  Little by little...and I think sometimes that makes us appreciate things so much more when we do get them.

 

 

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Thanks to all of you that join in on Show and Tell Friday every week and thanks to all of you who leave such nice comments! 

 

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