We converted this dining room into a keeping room with a simple coat of paint and by relocating a chandelier. The dining room was moved into the formal living room; we have no need for a formal living room. The change suits our lifestyle and our sense of decor. I LOVE the end result.
Before: Stripes of painted yellow (This entire house was covered in some shade of yellow.)
After
This is the view from the dining room. It’s now a shade of avocado green.
Before- Formal Dining Room with fancy chandelier. The seller of this home inadvertently wrote the chandeliers into the contract. She was not happy when she realized her mistake.
After: A cozy keeping room adjacent to the kitchen. A solid coat of avocado green paint did the trick.
The fixture was relocated. It was originally brass; I sprayed it black and rehung it here.
I found the brown leather chairs and not perfectly matching ottoman (but close enough) at a Rooms to Go Outlet for $160 total. The chairs were missing back legs – hence the discount. We never replaced the legs/pegs, b/c the chairs are so much more comfortable without them. You just sink into the plush leather coziness; many people have easily fallen asleep here. It’s divine.
Before
After (Check out the hand knit checkered green blanket made my my late grandma. We found this wrapped around her kitchen table that we recently inherited. The table was stored for 17 years, and when we recently pulled it out of storage, we found this blanket wrapped around the table. Lucky us, plus, it matches the room perfectly!)
Before
The former dining room connected to the kitchen but was separated by a wall.
After: Now the keeping room is open to the kitchen.
Before
After: In my opinion, it’s just so cozy.
I bought two of the round pictured mirrors for 25 bucks at a garage sale. They were originally hung over two girls’ twin beds. Not sure what I’ll do with the second, but I’m thinking.
I found the pottery barn piece of furniture (cabinet located between the chairs) on Craigslist for a third of what it cost retail, and it was NIB. It had never even been opened. This piece is meant to be used as a media cabinet; the mini drawers are actually two cabinet doors that swing open with shelving inside. We keep place mats and such inside. This was a serendipitous find.
readers, get to see the corner mess complete with garbage
can, drinks, and usually recycling.
My MIL comically refers to our keeping room
as the wine room. I bought the Bombay wine
rack at a church garage sale years ago for $15.
It has served us well.
before
after
This paint color made me very nervous on the paint swatch. I was extremely uncomfortable with this one – more so than any of the others.
In retrospect, this shade that we dub, avacado green, is my favorite color out of all the rooms we painted. It was more bold and edgy than I wanted, but in the end, I absolutely love the shade. It’s Shervin Wiliams, Edgy Gold, and I’m thrilled that we went out on the edge!
Don’t be afraid to try something new. This room is completely different, primarily due to paint! The power of paint is amazing and oh-so-cheap comparatively speaking.
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55 Comments
i really love the avacado color it is so relaxed looking! Well done!
You have done a great job, I love this cosy space! What great find in the knitted rug a real treasure!
nice avacado color. love all the molding details. You lucky girl to have that kitchen.
Love your style! Now I want to use that Avocado greens somewhere in my house. Great choice.
Great idea to change the rooms into spaces that you can actually use. I like the changes you made and the new paint color. Good job!
What a gorgeous color!
) Trish
Looks great!
This looks fabulous and what a great idea to change the use of the rooms! It works perfectly like this!
Love the wall color and the chandelier!
Lou Cinda
Wow, I have to tell you that our living room and dining room have been painted a similar color for years now, and we still love it! The green actually becomes a neutral in the room. Very fresh look.
Susan
Looks great! You'll love having the keeping room.
I do so love the solid color better – I thought I was in a circus tent before…..
Kammy
Great job. Cozy nook off the kitchen…I just finished mine.
I like that paint color! that "new" room does look cozy! Great deal on those chairs too, I just want to grab a book and curl up in one.
Such a great idea and looks awesome!
What a cozy space. I love the color, it reminds me of my powder room color.
BEAUTIFUL!
LOVE the wall color… what a gem of a find to get your grandma's blanket… fits in perfectly.
I love what you have done! I agree with you to make your home work for you and your family. I think your color choice is great, too.
It's beautiful!
This looks really nice! Funny how much roomier a place can seem when you rearrange.
OMGOODNEESS! I love this room, I actually had that same Sherwin Williams paint color in my dining room. It's such a soothing color, you will love it forever~! Your home is so beautiful!, you lucky Little lizard! Thank you for all your wonderful comments! I really appreciate you…:)
Everything goes so well together. Some great finds and the color is beautiful.
What a cozy space!! I love the wall color and the mirror! Everything looks great
I paid retail for that same PB cabinet, so I'm totally jealous! I love the green you chose for the walls. Great job on the whole room!
First off, the woodwork in your home is just divine. Everything turned out beautifully. I'm glad you let us in on the leather chairs, cabinet in between and mirror, what fantastic finds.
Love the pretty green shade…it makes the room look much bigger too. Come say hi sometime.
It looks great! I love how you opened up the kitchen. It makes it even better.
Oh I love it what a transformation. I don't think I could have lived with those stripes. Very nice job.
Thanks for sharing.
Have a Blessed Wednesday,
Sherry
Love the changes! Good job!
I love the paint color and that round mirror is just gorgeous.
I love the paint color! And I love the mirror and i love the chairs… I love the whole room! Great job!
Looks great. I am in love with the chandy! Thanks for sharing today. Thank you also for linking up to Thrifty Thursday!
~Hugs~
Leigh
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I think I like it better…. You lucked out on that lovely chandy…
thanks for joining my party "Get Your Craft on Thurs." Hope to see you next week.
Lori
Oh, so beautiful! Your house is so gorgeous! I love the green!!
Great job. Thanks for sharing with Made it Monday! Jules
Gorgeous avacodo color!!!!! Wish I had a client that daring! Your home is beautiful!
Great space. I especially love the kitchen.
Just awesome my friend…I did that at my last home and made my small DR into a victorian sitting room…Thanks for sharing this wonderful job you did…Love the color…Hope you have a GREAT Sunday girl…hugs and smiles Gl♥ria
I do love yellow but stripes are so dating in a room. Your green is a good choice too. With wood floors you have to go with something in the color range they have. Learned that the hard way at my house.
I do love yellow but stripes are so dating in a room. Your green is a good choice too. With wood floors you have to go with something in the color range they have. Learned that the hard way at my house.
I do love yellow but stripes are so dating in a room. Your green is a good choice too. With wood floors you have to go with something in the color range they have. Learned that the hard way at my house.
I do love yellow but stripes are so dating in a room. Your green is a good choice too. With wood floors you have to go with something in the color range they have. Learned that the hard way at my house.
I do love yellow but stripes are so dating in a room. Your green is a good choice too. With wood floors you have to go with something in the color range they have. Learned that the hard way at my house.
I do love yellow but stripes are so dating in a room. Your green is a good choice too. With wood floors you have to go with something in the color range they have. Learned that the hard way at my house.
I do love yellow but stripes are so dating in a room. Your green is a good choice too. With wood floors you have to go with something in the color range they have. Learned that the hard way at my house.
I do love yellow but stripes are so dating in a room. Your green is a good choice too. With wood floors you have to go with something in the color range they have. Learned that the hard way at my house.
Ahhh, love this room redo! This color green is like my favorite color! Can you tell me exactly what the brand and color are? Thanks for the inpsiration, I will use this color somewhere in my house and you'll be the first to know when I do! Thanks for linkin' up to FF!
Hello my friend…
Ohhh Wow!!! What an amazing transformation! I love, love, LOVE your keeping room!!! I totally agree with you about using this room as a keeping room instead of having a formal living room…and it is soooo warm and cozy!!! I love your green wall color, of course as you have seen my place…green is one of my favorite colors! It's what I call a "moody" color…it really changes with the different lightings in the room and I love that feel! Love those gorgeous paneled walls too…so pretty! I have two overstuffed brown leather chairs in my living room and just love them!!! They really are cozy and the perfect addition to your keeping room…also love that pretty PB cabinet!!! What a fabulous idea and transformation, my friend! And…I loved seeing all the before and after photos!!! Thank you so much for sharing this post with us for Sunday Favorites this week! I just love all the before and after room redo posts!!!
I do apologize at being so late to get by for a visit but I have really been enjoying my sweet daughter and five precious grandbabies surprise visit! Thank you again for joining in with the fun of Sunday Favorites…I really enjoyed this post!!!
Have a fabulous week, my friend!
Chari @Happy To Design
I love the avocado green color you used. Those are some great before and afters and I love that you moved the dining room to the formal living room.
The opening to the kitchen looks so awesome! I must admit that I liked the yellow stripes, but it was a little fussy and formal with the furnishings and drapes. You really opened up the space and showed off the great features of the room.
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