new dining room

a while back i was complaining to my sister kyla about my 5 year old small ikea dining set. i was searching kijiji for an old table and chairs to paint and then kyla so kindly remembered and offered up a old table and chairs that she had in her basement. i was thrilled. although, because the table that she had, had been refinished by my aunt and my mom built a replacement leaf for it i was hesitant to paint it after all their hard work. so i thought i would work around that.

here is a before of the 6 chairs that kyla gave me: ugly, old, DIRTY, stinky chairs...
transformed in to clean, cute and easy wipe-able chairs. i chose a soft gold vinyl for the seats and i was a little nervous about it at first until in got on the chairs, i then knew i made a great decision.
here is a close up of the pedestal on the table. isn't is gorgeous? i am so lucky.

and here it is together in my house. since i have taken this picture i have put a couple things on the wall behind but i am hoping to change that once we have our next camping trip and i will attempt to find some drift wood to put up. i am also making a white table runner right now.

a couple weeks ago i woke up and decided i wanted my home to be whiter and fresher. so i did just that. i pretty much took any accessory that wasn't white and removed it from the room or painted it white. i then took a trip to ikea and bought some new exciting things and voila, i love my home once again! i am still finishing some things up so i will post a couple pics once everything is done. wish me luck!