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I have never had the opportunity to design or makeover a dining room until now! This is my first time tackling a more "formal" space if you will. I really wanted to add my own person touch with a moody accent wall, some DIY and all around an inviting vibe. Let me know your thoughts in the comments!
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Hello guys drew here welcome back to my channel today's video is going to be another makeover
Now as many of you guys know, I just finished the horror movie room makeover
Which is actually this room right here and it's off the dining room
So I kind of felt like the space was not complete like I instantly wanted to start working in the dining room because they are
Kind of connected and this right here is the dining room that i'm sitting in and I honestly jumped right into
Designing and remaking over the dining room right after I finished the horror movie room
Which if you have not seen this video
I'll put it in a card up there for you guys because it is such a great one
And I wish you guys could see what i'm looking at right now
Most of the time I do film the intro for my videos like at the beginning when I haven't even completed a makeover
It's like the start of the video
But for this intro i'm actually filming it at the end so I could see the dining room right now
And it's literally like just right past here is where everything kind of starts
I think this is probably one of my favorite makeovers I have ever done if not my favorite one for sure
It is just such a great transformation
This makeover is honestly a little bit surreal as well because it is sponsored by benjamin moore, which is
Absolutely crazy. I don't even know how to put it into words
This has been a brand I have kind of dreamed about working with and have loved and have used for such a long time
If you have never heard of benjamin moore, they are just a super high quality paint line at an affordable price point
So it's basically the best of both worlds
So let's go ahead and get into today's makeover because I just want to and I want you guys to see the ending result
So when I stepped foot into this apartment when I was first kind of considering renting and of course
I walked in and I thought everything was white. I was looking around. I was like, oh my gosh
It's already painted. This is so nice. This is amazing and after living in it for a couple of days
I slowly began to realize that the color on the walls was actually like a very very soft yellow that kind of played off being
White because I saw a lot of objects in my home that were pure white against the wall and it really showed how
Much of an off-white color it was so I instantly knew that I wanted to paint this room
A bright white color so I opted for the benjamin moore chantilly lace paint, which is one of my favorite colors
And I feel like it's a designer favorite as well
A lot of my favorite interior designers or like instagram decorators
They always use the chantilly lace paint by benjamin moore and I have never used it before
So right when they reached out
I instantly knew that a majority of the space was going to be painted with that white paint color
And that is exactly the same paint color I used in the horror movie room as well
So
I'm gonna tell you guys right now. This paint was extremely easy to use super high coverage and honestly amazing quality
I've used paints in the past where i've had to use multiple multiple coats of this and I did not have to do any form
of priming prior
I just used to paint directly on the walls and I did two full coats of the white just because
I feel like whenever you use any paint color
You should always do two coats because there's always something you could miss in the first
All right, guys, it's been a couple hours since painting and it looks incredible. Here is like the actual color change
This is the new wall here. This was the old color here. It is absolutely crazy
How much more bright this chantilly lace color is it?
Oh, it could be kind of a cool look if I have like this creamy kind of off-white-ish color on the ceiling and maybe
Like a really bright white wall and then I saw it and was like absolutely not we are painting the ceiling as well
So I went ahead and gave the ceiling. I only did one coat on the ceiling and it covered off perfectly
And then it came to choosing a bold accent color
I knew I wanted to do something really dark and kind of moody in this space
But I didn't know what exact color I wanted to do
So I actually used the benjamin moore color portfolio app, which is an incredible app
If you guys have not used this you must download it because it's honestly just like a fun thing to play around with in your
House when you click into the app
You can actually start by viewing virtual fan decks
Which are really nice because you're able to see such a wide variety of different colors different shades
Basically from light to dark of that color tone and see maybe what works best for your space
And I also love how you can easily click a color that you might enjoy like this one for example
And click the little heart at the bottom and it saves it to your favorite
So you can have like a collection of favorite paint colors, but my favorite part about this app is the video and photo visualizer
So basically with the video visualizer
You are able to hold your phone up and kind of put the wall of the space in front of it or within the video
Screen tap on the screen to give it color and you could change the color of the wall
Virtually without having to actually add paint to the wall and the photo visualizer is the same exact thing
Basically, you could import a photo into the app and you can just add paint colors directly to the walls
Of the photos that you add but the video one's kind of cool because it's actually real life
So you can kind of pivot it and move it around the room to see what works best for the space
So I ended up opting for a color by benjamin moore called hail navy
Which I know is a pretty popular shade of navy and I can 100% see why i'm looking at it right now
And it is such a pretty color
This paint was such an amazing application process
I wish I can kind of do it again
Honestly because it went on so opaque so dark and so smooth with just one coat
so I started off with a brush and kind of went around all of the trim and I was just so surprised at how
much you could stretch this color like
You can honestly keep on painting and keep on painting without dipping back in and you can get this color to go so far
However, I did have like a good amount of paint. So I wanted to make sure that it was really saturated
So I kind of just focused on a little bit of a section of the trim then moved on did a little bit more
And I also painted the cube cut out that was kind of meant for the china cabinet, I believe
But of course i'm not putting a china cabinet there
I'm actually going to be diying some shelves in just a little bit that you guys are going to see me create
But if you guys would like more inspiration or color ideas definitely head over to benjamin moore's website
I will link it in the description box below because they have a ton of diy projects and color ideas for your home that you
Can follow super simply and easily their ideas are also really amazing and do not forget to download the color portfolio app because honestly
I don't know how i'm going to live without this app
I am going to be using it a thousand percent in every single room I do from now on in my home
So now that all the painting is done
We are going to rewind a couple of days to where I started the rest of this process after the paint was dried
So let's get into that
Guys, you know what time it is. The paint is now dry and i'm going to go ahead and remove
I literally have painted fingers. I'm gonna go ahead and remove it which i'm so excited about. I'm hoping that the line looks
Oh
That is crisp
Good morning guys. It is day three of the dining room makeover
I spent the first full day painting it white the second day doing the blue accent while here as you can see behind me
By the way, i'm gonna be wearing a hat a lot because I have not been able to get my hair cut while being at home
So my hair is just absolutely crazy
So I hope you guys don't mind me honestly wearing a hat quite often and it just went on
Seamlessly and we actually painted the whole entire baseboard
We even painted the outlet cover there and also the door frame and we removed the door that way
It was just a little bit more easy access to the hallway area
Now something I was planning on doing today was actually creating the built-in shelves which are going to go inside of this here
Which I believe this is originally a cutout for like a china cabinet sadly the local lumber store
Which is the only store that's actually doing wood cuts right now is not cutting today
Because it is raining outside and there's saws outside. So basically we have to get those cut tomorrow
I really wanted the shelves done first so we can do all the decorating at once, you know, but I think it's fine
I'll just do the shelves tomorrow and spend today kind of like decorating a little bit and putting the room together
Okay, guys, this is the rug for the space
Well funny thing is that we actually ordered a rug from rugs usa, but it didn't ship in time
So I went ahead and I picked this up at target. It's from the hearth and hand
magnolia collection
And flatten out this rug, okay, this is
All right guys
So we just added in the rug the tables and tables the table and the chairs
And the table and chairs were so kindly gifted from article. These are amazing. I absolutely love this table here
I'm going to link both of them below for you guys to check out if you are curious
But we got six of the black dining chairs and then one of the table and it actually is an extended table
So you can add like the leaves here and make it longer if you want to now
I want to be completely honest with you guys about the rug situation
So I actually had ordered this rug which i'll pop up on the screen right here for this space
Which I still am really wanting to use that rug for this space
However, I ordered it about two and a half weeks ago from rugs usa and it has not shipped yet
So once that rug comes in i'm actually going to swap it for this one
But I purchased this one because I figured I can use this in the loan fox room
Once it was done here, but for the makeover portion of this video figured why not put it here
So for now, we're going to use this rug and then move this into the other space
And then when the other rug comes in from rugs usa
Probably going to swap it out and i'll make sure to share with you guys photos on instagram
But this doesn't look bad at all for now. I think it looks super cute as well
But I do think the other one I ordered might look just a little bit better with the vibe of the space
All right guys catching in with you just a couple hours later
We actually were able to find a lumber store that was open and willing to cut some wood for us
so we went there and literally just told them our dimensions and they cut three shelves for us because basically
What I wanted to do with that open cutout like I mentioned was create some shelves inside of there
So I want to show you I kind of already started working on the project
But i'm going to share with you how to do one shelf and then it's pretty repetitive for the other one
So let me show you what I already did
Okay
So what I did was I already went ahead and I added one shelf and how I did this was I got these little brackets
Here and then I just went all the way around and used a laser level to level this off
I'll show you guys exactly how to do it
And then I got the melamine cut at the hardware store and they cut it down to the perfect size for me
It actually kind of had to be hammered in just a little bit
So there's a little bit of like paint that's chipped off which we're gonna have to repaint of course
And then this is going to be fully painted the blue color as well
So I placed some things on top just to make sure that it was nice and level and looked perfect
Which from back here amazing and of course you can see the brackets now
But once everything's painted blue, I feel like it will blend in just a little bit more
As you can see with my new apartment i've been getting very handy with power tools
So basically what I did for this wall is I wanted to add some floating shelves
So I used a laser level to put where I wanted each shelf to be on the wall with a laser
And then I ended up marking the spots for the brackets
Next i'm going to be using anchors to secure the brackets into the wall
So I needed to use a drill to drill through the wall first
And then of course we're going to add the plastic portion of the actual anchor
And the anchors I used are these 46 pound anchors and we're going to be using five
Brackets, which means 10 total anchors per shelf, which is going to give a pretty strong bond
So you're just going to follow the directions on your anchors. Mine was to just drill the hole prior
Hammer them into the wall and then you can use your brackets and screws
And keep in mind that each bracket has two little holes on each side
So I went ahead and I used my screw to screw through the bracket and then into the anchor in the back of the wall
And every time that you do this is actually going to open up that anchor on the back side of the dry wall
And make sure that this bracket is held securely in place
So then when you go to add your shelf after it has a very very strong bond
So this is the melamine that we actually had cut at a local lumber store
It was quite a bit more expensive than a traditional like hardware store
However, we did need it and all the hardware stores were not cutting wood
So it ended up working out perfectly fine, and we only needed two pieces
So it wasn't anything crazy. I went in on the other side and I screwed it in and that finished off the shelf
So I added in the second shelf here and originally we were going to do actually a third one down here
but I think what we're going to do is actually just keep the two and leave this larger space here for like the future option
Of adding like a buffet
We really don't have that much decor to place across here. And as you can see like these are very large shelves
There's a large surface space to add things to also the table does kind of block your view from that third shelf
Anyways, so I feel like we should just leave it open that way. It's a little bit airier
We have the option to put larger items under here for storage
I'm painting the shelf right now and it's looking so good. Um, sadly, I don't have a roller
I only have a paintbrush but this paint is just such incredible quality
It honestly like self levels itself and removes all brushstrokes. It is crazy
Um, so i'm just using a brush for now and hopefully that's all gonna go good after two full coats of the paint
But as you can see the top shelf is basically painted
I still have to do the underside and the brackets are still kind of revealed there and it's drying at the same time
But it's gonna look so good. So i'm gonna continue on the painting
Good morning guys, it is the next day and the dining room is still a work in progress today though
It's going to be I feel like the best day because it is the day again where i'm wrapping everything up adding all the
Decorations and just making it look super pretty. So as you saw yesterday
I finished the shelves and I added two full coats of paint to all of them
They literally look like they're floating even though you can still kind of see the bracket here
I just want to point it out to you guys that it's still there
But after painting it it is pretty hidden, which is great. So these are going to be two shelves full of just decorative pretty items
So yeah, this is kind of like the wrap up day and i'm really excited to share with you guys the final reveal of the
Dining room transformation. So i'm gonna go ahead and start decorating and hanging some stuff on the wall
So this is actually a mirror that I got from my dad and it was his dad
So this is like a mirror that's kind of been in our family for a long time
I guess you could say and I used to literally hate it when I first got it. It's such an ugly mirror
But honestly, it is so good
It's like a wooden mid-century frame kind of has like a bamboo escapade to it
And then it has these golden corners one of them is currently missing. The other one has been lost forever
This was oriented to be hung like horizontally with these two hooks here
But there are holes here and here where it could be hung vertically
So i'm gonna unscrew them from here and re-screw them here so I can hang it vertically
The mirror is hung and it looks absolutely incredible and also up here. I glued back on the extra corner
There's just one missing here, but honestly, it's fine. It adds a little bit of character
Anyways, and then also while i'm in the hanging mode
I'm actually going to hang this art print and this is one that I actually did myself and it's available on my site
If you are curious i'll link it below it's called unfluid lines
It's just like a very abstract kind of line art piece
But I thought it would look so cool on this wall here because it's pretty bare at the moment
So I figured we'd hang this up as well
So I actually looked back at this area and just thought that the art print that I had designed was just a little bit
Too distracting for the space
Sounds weird that i'm literally like not using my own print, but i'm just being completely real with you guys
I liked this one from society 6 just a little bit more i've had this forever
I feel like it was just a little bit more easy like on the eye because the other one was just very bold
Which is great for some spaces when you need that focal point, but over here
There's already kind of a lot ish going on
So I feel like it was just too much and I like this one a little bit more so i'm using this one instead
Just went ahead and finished the shelves here and I am so happy that I did not add a third one here because it would
Have just been too much like I feel like having that blank space. That is just the accent color
It's kind of nice because it kind of breaks up the table from having too much decorations behind it
I used a mixture of items that we've had in the past before and then also a couple of pieces from my online shop
These are from lone fox here. They're super cute ceramic frames
We have literally my favorite ever lavender candle here from lavand which is also in the shop and then this
Really nice raffia vase and look how cool it is
It's like you can kind of put it in whatever way you want it kind of has a geometric pattern to it
Which I love these are some diy's I created a while back
I'm going to touch these up with some black paint just a little basket there
This was a pot I spray painted with some terracotta spray paint
So
All right
So I lied I actually ended up pulling this off of the shelf up here and placing it on the table because it just seemed
Perfect here and I like the contrast between the two wood tones
And then I ended up adding this new pedestal ball from lone fox as well, which is one of my favorite items
I wanted to incorporate it in this so badly and I finally found out how I added my architectural digest book underneath
And I love the way that this looks as well
I think it looks really nice and I like it with the addition of the item on top of the table, too
I do want to talk about the chandelier. Of course. I am keeping this it is such a cool like eclectic vintage vibe to this apartment
And it's definitely probably original so I do not want to get rid of this at all
There is just one tiny little piece here, which I ordered some crystals for to connect it that way
It's just perfectly connected. It has come time for the reveal of the dining room
Now, this is always my favorite part of the video
I love editing the reveal parts because it's just like such a build up
So i'm gonna let it build up for a second
Um, this project was such a fun one and I really want to thank benjamin moore so much for providing the paint for this space
And just honestly sponsoring today's video and i'm honestly in love with what this room turned out
And it really was because of the paint the paint really did so much in here
And I just think it turned into such an incredible space as you can see the living room is still a humongous work in progress
But i'm gonna share with you guys the dining room. So let's go ahead and reveal this room in three two
One
So
I love the way this room turned out such a fun space like it's a little bit different than anyone that i've ever designed
I really wanted to add some complimentary kind of contrast in here with like the terracotta
And the navy and then I stuck to a lot of neutral tones as well with just like the wood
And then just a nice little raffia accents with pieces from my site, which I love those items so much
They're so cute. And then of course we added some plants some wall art. There's even a little wall art over here as well
Thank you guys so much for watching today's video
And if you would like to check out more about benjamin moore use the link in the description box below to definitely download their color
Portfolio app it is such an incredible app. You're able to view all of their colors. You can view different palettes
You can try them in your space
You could bookmark them save them and if you are not already make sure to subscribe to my channel
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Interact with you over there all the time. Have an amazing rest of your day. Stay safe everybody and i'll see you next time
Bye guys