Today we are starting in on the dining room which happens to be surrounded by rooms we've already completed here on the channel. It's time to make this gathering space an area where I can work in the day, host in the evenings and utilize whenever I need to just sit at a table, ya know?! What do you think so far?
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Hi, welcome back to the channel. Drew here from LoneFox and today
We are starting another makeover and we're in the dining room
Which you can't probably tell from this framing but through this large arch here is the coffee bar
And then in front of me are the big kind of like doors that lead out to the balcony area
I'll actually pop up this little diagram here to give you an idea of the room
We are working on in the house. This is directly above the movie room
So if you can imagine the movie room is the dining room from the lower apartment and then above this is the dining room that
We're actually using as a real dining room
I did kind of want to talk about what this room actually has gone through already
Because there actually has been quite a few changes in here from when I first moved in
Primarily with a large arch over here because my original ideas in here was to actually open up all of the walls in this dining room
I wanted to create more of an open concept flow just to make it feel a little bit different than downstairs
It would have had to rip all the tile all the original tile out of downstairs to restructure the upper walls
It was gonna be a huge mess
So I essentially ended up opting to create this large archway in this wall
Which opens it up a little bit but not fully and I actually really love the large open arch
I think it frames out the coffee bar area
It's kind of like a primary focal point of the kitchen now and I really like it right in front of me right here
It was another set of flap doors leading into the breakfast nook
Which I also had made into an archway that way it kind of felt a little bit more of a pass-through
Again, a little bit more of an open concept feel where you can easily walk through in terms of furniture
All I have in this room currently is the table which is right here in this table. I love it
It was my first ever vintage furniture piece I ever purchased or owned. It's such a cool piece. It weighs a thousand pounds
I had to hire special movers to bring it up the stairs, but it is here and it is staying in here
So I definitely want to find some new chairs because at the moment I just have a set of these black chairs
And these are from article. They're really great and with the scale of the table and the scale of this dining room
I think we could do some larger chairs. We also have quite a bit of wall space in here
So we have this entire wall behind me
Which we could do something with and we also have an entire wall in front of me that we can do something with which usually
I feel like I'm struggling to find walls to put stuff on but I don't know what I'm putting on these walls
So we shall see
So here we are in the dining room. This is the full room now
It is actually a pretty large room as you can see like from the table to the wall
We have an arm span and then over here even there's a good amount of space in here
And there's even probably like six feet up to the door in front
All that I currently have in here is the table from the previous apartment and this is the matching bookcase
Which I ended up purchasing from the same seller my friend Brittany from Badlands
I don't think the bookcase is gonna live in here because it's just too small for this wall and it's too small for this wall
It needs like his own
Small wall to shine on and maybe discuss colors
textures
Curtain panels and all the little bits and elements that we're gonna make this room come to life. So let's do that
I grabbed this candle here because it has a marble which is very similar to what's in the coffee bar
So I definitely want to kind of place this just so I can see everything else in alignment
Now our floors here are very similar to this wood sample that I have
This is a cabinet like wood swatch and this is kind of what the floors look like
So we already have this dark brown and marble going on
I also definitely want to incorporate some silver and some brass throughout as well
So I added this this isn't as silvery as I'd like to go
But I thought the metal colors were super pretty there
So in the living room and breakfast nook the panels very similar to this lighter color
But I just don't think that will work here. So I actually wanted to take it a bit darker
These are the two darker options that we have and I'm thinking though with this
It kind of makes a curtain look very yellow and the wall look kind of minty
Whereas this one I feel like it's a little bit more of a neutral
It still has that touch of gold in it
And I think that it's gonna make the wall color look really beautiful as well
So that's kind of the direction
So far step one in this dining room is going to be removing
Baseboards taping off the windows and priming the wall so we can get our lime wash up now Marie
Just headed to the store to pick up the lime wash
So we are going to work on removing baseboards getting it all prepped for painting. Look at this room color before
red
At one point you have this idea of putting this on top of here and making it like some crazy big desk
Fruition
Your name carved over the door
Facing
To the tallest view from your place on the second floor
Sounded out to an empty house
Was it just like you had before?
Going in with a little bit of brown paint before priming because these beams are original and they are really stunning
I don't want to get any of the primer to bleed under the tape
So I'm using some brown paint here very similar to the beam and I'm just sealing the edge of the tape
That way when we go with our primer and we peel it off
The only bleed is going to be from the brown which matches the beam whenever you have like a high contrast paint and you want
Like a really clean line
Just to paint that contrast color on first and then your other color over the top
Now you're taller than you've ever been
There's a mark on the wall you see
I'm sure that someone will draw a new one and cover it before they leave
Mark my words
There's a thousand things that don't wash out with anything
I keep you clean
You surrounded me
And my windows aren't breaking
The walls are all primed the sun has set and I really want to get up one coat of lime wash today
And so that's what I'm going to start doing
I've done lime wash on the channel before but it actually hasn't been quite a while
So if you've never done it before you actually use a large brush like this. I believe this is like a stain brush, right?
There's a special name but I don't remember
I'm pretty sure these are like more stain brush
But this is like how big it is and you just hand apply it on in a crosshatch pattern and hope for the best when it dries
I haven't had the best luck with lime wash so I don't know why I selected it for this room
So I mentioned that I haven't had the best of luck with lime wash in the past
And that's just because when you go for light colors
Sometimes it is more challenging to get that movement to show up
And when you spend so much time painting your wall by hand
Crosshatching it just like this
Adding all the color on
You see it dark and you're like oh my gosh this is going to turn out so great
And then it dries down the following day and it's just completely like matte and solid
It really is like the most unsettling feeling I swear
So with this one I ended up going a bit darker than I actually expected
That bistro color was the one that I opted for
Did the crosshatch pattern all the way around
The first coat definitely goes on way quicker than the second one
Just so you know the first one's pretty speedy
Good morning everybody
And look at that wall color
It is looking really really good
I'm not going to lie last night I was a little scared putting it on
It goes on so much darker especially with night time lighting
And I came out at midnight and checked
And it still kind of seemed a little dark
But today waking up and seeing it in natural light
It feels so pretty in here
Put myself behind the camera just so you can see
Now this middle section is the only area that we didn't paint
Because I actually ended up having some electricians come this morning
And move the box or the placement of the light
Because as you can see it used to be kind of centered between the beams
But since the wall's angled here it's really not like a full on squared room
So the table actually has to be pushed a bit more in this direction
Hence we moved the box over
Now something else I also decided to add
Was sconces right here and right here
Because there actually used to be a junction box right here
That kind of had all, you can actually see them all back here
All the different cords that kind of connect up the lights
Throughout the kitchen and the dining room
So there was already one here
They ended up just adding a cover over the top
Where we can do a sconce and add electrical as well
And then they added one to the opposite side
And connected it up to the electrical that was right here
And we're only here for two hours
Adding the sconces which is really exciting
I've never got to add kind of custom sconces or custom lighting to my home before
We have the painting attire on
And we are going to do the second coat on all the walls
And then the first coat and second one on the center
So when the Lime Wash actually dries down
It kind of turns into a chalky finish on the surface
And when you apply your second coat
The first coat really sucks it up
So you definitely are using quite a bit more product on your second coat
And it also requires a little bit more hand strength
Just wanted to let you all know
The second coat just a little bit more labor intensive than the first one
Cause the first one kind of glides onto the primer
And then the second one you really are working that product into the first coat
To get that kind of burnished finish
Okay I think that this color is just perfection
Like it's starting to dry the second coat here
And it just looks so great
It really kind of feels like some of the more warmer veining
Throughout the marble here
As you can see like this warm color
And then I'll zoom in like this right here
So pretty together
And I love it
So we're finishing up this wall here
Then gonna do a lunch break
There's Justin
I just woke up and as you can see
The paint color is far more yellow than the wall
It's really hard to share because the sun's coming through here at the moment
Can you see that? It's just super yellow
So I ended up actually going and grabbing a paint match this morning
And I painted one coat just on this edge here
And like around this kind of corner here
And it looks pretty good as you can see
So I'm gonna go through and paint the windows with that
They're just very like buttery yellow
And the walls definitely have like a golden color
I also started one coat up on the ceiling
But as you can see the walls definitely have kind of a golden color to them
But the windows are just so yellow
I don't know why
The painting's all finished in the dining room
And it looks incredible
The gardeners are here
But I'm about to pull off the tape from these beams
To see how it looks
I just- I love the wall color
It is so good and I'm gonna share it with you in just a minute
We need to clean everything up in here
Because it's pretty dirty at the moment
As I'm taking the tape down
I am freaking out over how good this wall looks
Look at the ceiling
Oh
Look how incredible
It's the most perfect color
It couldn't be better
It's perfect
Even leading into the breakfast nook
It is so pretty
I'm so happy with how it's turning out
It is now golden hour on Saturday
So sadly I don't have Justin here to help me move this bookcase
Or I put it on this wall
Which I don't actually know if it's going to be going in this room
Because I kind of think I want to do some other lower shelving over here
I've been looking at a specific piece online for a bit
But I love the color so much
It is just perfect in here
This is like the absolute warmest it gets
Um, during the daytime it kind of feels really like oatmeal-y
And really soft and just neutral
I do have to also do a couple of touch-ups on the beams
And then I'm going to be painting these two lights right here
The little art lights that were already installed
Um, I'm going to paint them with the paint match that I got for the windows
But guess what? We have a delivery
The other day I went to Olive Atelier
I haven't been there in a while
And I'm pretty sure if you've been on the channel for a bit
I actually did a drop with them a while back
And the way that I was kind of paid per se to promote the drop
And, you know, for my time being there and such
Was through a credit
So I've had a credit there
And I've just been waiting for like the perfect piece of furniture
Or like that perfect item to pop up
And I found a set of chairs there
That I'm so excited
So I used my credit on it
Essentially, girl math
So it was free
You know it was free
I already, I worked for it already
So like, essentially
They were free chairs
Okay, not actually
But anyways, I have the chairs there in the hallway
Let me bring one out and share it to you
So here is the dining chair
Why don't I just set it right here
So you guys can see it in all of its glory
This is a Danish dining chair
A set of six Danish dining chairs
And it is such a cool chair
First of all, it's really chunky and substantial
I believe it's an oak wood
But the thing I love is it really feels like
It could have paired with the table nicely
Also, they are beyond comfortable
Like I can sit here forever
Like this is just such a great little spot now
A perfect like dining area
And there's six of these
I do definitely have to get a rug in here
To break up all of the dark wood
However, I love how grounding it is in the space
And I like how we have the beams up here
To kind of also channel that dark wood
And I'm going to be adding a bunch of other elements in here
That are going to make it feel a lot more lively
The third
Free chairs just fit so perfectly on either side
There's still like a great amount of room to move in and out
They're just like the perfect chair for this table
I really thought they were a great way to spend my credit
I brought up candelabra just to get those dining vibes
Going in here
But in the next video
We are going to be tying this entire space together
I think this is only going to be a two-parter
I already have the curtains on order
Some of the other elements
I've already shared those fabric swatches with you guys
Sometimes there's more of that olive tone popping through
Or that kind of golden tone popping through
At different times of day
So it's a really fun color to see
And I can't wait to get the light in here
Everything, I'm so excited
And I hope you all enjoyed this one
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Where we tie up the dining room
Bye guys