Dining Room Paint Makeover

See how a slight color change can transform the look of a room!

dining room with white walls and large painting

Ah, the dining room.

This was probably the room that has taken the longest to come together in the three years we have lived in this home. No matter what I just didn’t love it.

empty dining room with burgundy walls and white trim

This was the dining room when we purchased the home. It needed a *wee* bit of updating!

We had the entire house painted before we moved in, you can see all those crazy old paint colors here. Because we were paying for such a large amount of painting in a quick turnaround time we ended up using three different shades of gray: Agreeable Gray, Dorian Gray, and Chelsea Gray, all from Sherwin Williams.

empty dining room with gray walls and dark patterned curtains

It definitely made a difference right away, and after getting rid of those window treatments and changing out the light fixture, the room pretty much stood as is for the past 2.5 years.

dining room with odern chandelier and gallery wall of colorful paintings

I loved our dining set from World Market (similar set here) and the antique server but the colorful gallery wall and everything else was pretty blah. I knew I wasn’t in love with it but wasn’t sure what to actually do about it.

dining room with agreeable gray paint

I switched rugs, played with accessories, and nothing helped. It was time to turn to the paint.

Because the entire house was gray I wanted to brighten up the dining room and set it apart from the rest of the house. I chose Sherwin Williams Snowbound, which is a creamy neutral white.

dining room table with chandelier and large painting on easel

The paint change was exactly what I was looking for! It really brightened up the room and gave me the inspiration to finish it off.

dining room with white walls and large painting

We removed the gallery wall which had always struck me as a hodge-podge and we replaced it with a new painting by local Savannah artist Bert John (who also had pieces in the HGTV Dream Home tour I shared in January.)

close up of painting edge with gold leaf on sides

I love the gold leaf border on the painting, isn’t it gorgeous?

large painting with circular tray of liquor bottles

I cleared the vast majority of “stuff” off of the server and left a small gold tray that picks up the painting’s gold accents along with a few of our favorite cocktail ingredients and a small orchid that conveniently shared similar colors with the painting.

small orchid in white pot

On the back wall of the dining room is an antique wood and glass bookcase that belonged to my husband’s grandfather.

wood bookcase with glass doors filled with books

It’s difficult to get a good picture of this because it sits opposite all of the windows and the reflection is significant!

I tried to color block the books inside a bit. Scattered in with the books are sentimental mementos and photos of family.

close up of wedding photo in gold picture frame

This photo in the bookcase is of our wedding day at White Point Gardens in Charleston, SC…it was just the two of us on a Tuesday morning during his two weeks of leave from Afghanistan….memories…❤️

top of wood bookcase with framed architectural print above it

Above the bookcase is a print I found on Etsy of the Basilica Palladiana in Vicenza, Italy. Randy was stationed there when we met and we lived there when we were first married. I love decorating our home with sentimental art.

glass vase with cotton branches
close up of oyster shells on white rectangle platter

The cotton and oyster shells remind me of our local area. We actually found all these oyster shells in the woods in our backyard, the previous owners must have had oyster roasts and thrown the shells into the woodline!

large fiddle leaf fig houseplant behind dining table

And finally, no room is complete without a fiddle leaf fig (at least that’s what I tell my husband!)

What do you think of the progression of the dining room? Let me know in the comments!

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