Boy, something different on the wall and a pretty centerpiece changed the whole look and feel of our dining room! I found this beautiful quilt from my mother-in-law when I was reorganizing and thought it would surely brighten up a wall somewhere. I can't believe I had never even thought of hanging it on a wall. Mind you, I had no idea how I could. I certainly didn't want to ruin it in any way. Thank goodness for google. Turns out you can use velcro (the adhesive kind not the stitch kind) to hang a quilt on a wall. Of course, it took a few tries to get it lined up correctly. Then, I picked up some dried flowers in matching colors for the table and arranged them in this blue vase that was a wedding gift. I also made the table smaller because I was always being scrunched no matter where I stood or sat to feed the boys in their boosters.
We also have four white shelves in the dining room that previously held lots of pictures of the children. Here's the new look.
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| Three of the four shelves have teddy bears on them, which always makes me think of my mom's mom, who loved teddy bears. The basket in this picture was a gift from David's parents and can fold down to function as a trivet. It's really neat. |
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| We love the Little House books and can never tire of reading them. My mom found these Mary and Laura dolls and sent them to us. |
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| More bears and a beautiful frame made by my artistic friend, Molly. The M is made of dried flowers, which I believe she picked from our yard for this purpose! |
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| And more bears. The one on the left was actually my grandmother's! She even sewed its dress and another one for Christmas. David made the wood plaque for me as a Christmas surprise one year. Previously, we had it above a door, but it was nearly impossible to read because it was too high. I like its new location a lot more:) |
And that concludes the tour of our newly reorganized/redecorated/transformed dining room!
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