Dining Room Makeover Plans

Most of the first floor has come together in the last year, which has only made my agony about what to do with my formal dining room worse. The dining room is sandwiched between our living room and the TV room in an open concept-like manner, so it's been really hard to decide on colors and themes that won't be a carbon copy of the other rooms but still work seamlessly in transitioning from room to room.

The overall feel of the room hasn't changed much since we moved in last summer. We used the same paint shade from our living room, "Marshmallow" by Sherwin Williams (our favorite shade of warmish white!),  and replaced the chandelier with a more modern, playful brass fixture from Kichler.

The furniture aspect has caused a lot less stress than the color palettes and design plans thus far, but still a fair amount of stress, all things considered. My current dining set (not the same as the picture above) and I have been together since my junior year of college- while being pretty utilitarian with its self-storing table leaf and surviving living with a handful of artists, I've decided it's time we part ways. It's just too traditional for my taste- why keep something around that you don't fully love?

I took a trip to Main Street Modern (a 40,000 square foot warehouse full of mid-century modern goodies in Canton, OH) at the beginning of last month with my mom primarily to shop around for dining sets. We came out physically empty-handed BUT apparently all I needed was a trip through this warehouse to find the inspiration for EXACTLY what I wanted my dining room to be-- because, figuratively, i was scrambling to handle all of the ideas I had.

While wandering the space, we came across this MASSIVE fiber art triptych. The panels were probably 12 feet high, maybe 3 feet wide, and I was mesmerized. I still can't get over the colors, which inspired me the most.

Mustard yellow is super en vogue right now, but even if it weren't-- it's been my power color for a few years now. Combined with a very light millennial pink, I knew I had landed the perfect palette to tie in the pink from the kitchen and the mustard that I've used in both the living room and TV room. It was definitely a "light bulb" moment.

I've already found a new-to-me dining set, fabric to recover the chair seats, and if you follow me on Instagram and watch my stories, I finally pulled the trigger on the rug that I've been lusting over. RIP, bank account. I still have a few things I need want to source-- like a matching Broyhill Brasilia credenza and some appropriate art-- but I finally feel like my agony is over and things are falling into place.

Check out my mood board below and let me know what you think!