Tuesday 8 October 2013

Dining Room / Kitchen Inspiration

Okay, so in the new house the kitchen and dining room are separate rooms but we want to run the same colour scheme and decorating themes through both rooms to make them feel more like one space.

You will know from our preliminary colour palette the colours we were planning on, so here is what we came up with for the dining room:


Pale olive greens, pale tans and greys with whites and lemon yellows. It looks dashing don't you think?

It's great fun seeing our thoughts come to life, and it makes me even more excited to actually move in - which never seems to get any closer to actually happening by the way.... :(

So anyway, here's a breakdown:

  • Polka Dot fabric - Is by Clarke and Clarke and it's 'Dotty' in Sage Green. We bought some for our pinboard for £11.99 per metre at Abakhans, but we have since spotted it at Dunelm Mill for only £8.99 per metre. 
  • Curtains - Marks and Spencer Linen Mix Herringbone Curtains between £79 - £119 - I can't wait to buy these, I think they are just beautiful and will help to keep the space light yet cosy.
  • Grey Oak Dining Chair (larger) - this one is from Loverslounge.co.uk and is pricey at £120 - yes for a dining chair, but it is very pretty and it is Oak...
  • Eames Grey DSW Chair - this beauty is from cultfurniture.com and is £79, so cheaper than the oak ones but still pricey in my opinion - but they are lovely! 
  • The little Polka Dot Yellow Plant Pot is from Newbank Garden Centre and I already bought this for £1.49 - SALE
  • Dining Table - Now I apologise to whoever I nabbed this photo from but I cant find it again for the life of me! Basically we are looking for a light natural wood that's got a grey look to it, but not too grey (I'm doing great here) but it must be solid wood. If you Google 'natural light mango wood dining tables' you might find similar. We're going for this wood as we have already bought a Wall Organiser but no where can I find the wood it is made out of! We're guessing Mango from pictures and as it was made in India but it's only a rookie guess - the organiser will be accompanying us on dining table shopping trips!
  • Country Style Kitchen - I found this kitchen image here, and this is what we will be desperately recreating, but J insists we buy the kitchen from Howdens, here. He's worked on many a kitchen and he's terribly fussy!
  • The olives and sunflower are just for prettiness and further colour inspiration.
So I'm still looking for dining chairs that look like the above but are much more purse friendly and we still need to confirm the wood we're going, we don't want matchy matchy but as we are having white wood objects like our beloved pinboard, we're trying to keep the natural woods the same so it all ties in nicely.

(We also have bought a few other accessories for the kitchen/dining room which no doubt you will see soon - no fear, they closely stick to our colour scheme!)

So there we have it, what do you think of our plans for the Kitchen / Dining Room?

Muchos x


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