Once again, Mansi is back to share decorating advice, this time for her dining room. I love her sense of style and personalization. She said this is my Christmas gift, so to the readers of The Whites blog, enjoy!
To help out Chanelle during these final days in December,
I’m going to share some things we’ve done to decorate our dining room.
We bought street art on our Europe trip to decorate a large
wall in our dining room. I find art to be
very expensive so street art is a good compromise because they’re cheap but still
seem like “art” because they are technically from Europe. We bought the frames separately (2 from
Joanns and 1 from Office Max). They are still in the same color family and I
think the slight differences in the frame add more “character.” We like to hang our frames asymmetrically to
avoid them looking too much like a boxed set of frames (even though I did just
that with my photos in the living room). Not sure if the asymmetry helps with
that but we like to think so!
We also framed this drawing made by my husband’s friend. I
love how the frame has an “antique” look to it since my house is old. In my
opinion, art and home décor pieces are so much more meaningful when it’s made
by a friend, souvenir from a trip, etc. I wish I could commission Tim’s dad to
paint my favorite flowers (hint…I love daffodils!).
To add another type of “texture” to the room, we put up
metal sconces that we got for 9 bucks at the random stuff aisle in our local
grocery store. I added some red candles for the holidays and figured I can
change the color to accent different colors.
Also notice the red vase with poinsettia and berry branches. I try to
change the vase each season – so far, I have flowers for spring and winter/Christmas.
Notice the pig shaped cutting board and the pig grill on our
buffet table. My husband loves pig-themed things (as well as pork and bacon) so
while I wasn’t too thrilled about these in the beginning, it does make me smile
when I see them. I tell myself that home décor doesn’t always have to look like
a Pottery Barn catalog! The red plate is our last name in Chinese. My husband
made that at one of those pottery-paint places. I made a large serving bowl
that I keep on our dining table in the summer. Once again, they’re not
professional pieces, but they’re functional and personal!
Lastly, while Chanelle loves bedding, I love placemats! I
have a set for every season. The first is my autumn/Thanksgiving set. If I
don’t have flowers, I usually set a bowl of potpourri in the middle. The bottom
is my holiday set. I always get my placemats right after the season and it’s a
quick way to change up the dining room.
Also note our curtains from World Market. I love these because they are colorful
and tie in the various colors in our dining room (and priced similarly to other
window treatments). Hope something here
sprouted an idea for your home!
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