After much debate, we finally decided on a color for the dining room a few weeks ago.  PURPLE!! This is so far from my neutral-loving comfort zone, but I couldn’t be happier with the results!

Charles cut in the top of the room and I rolled everything else.  We went with Classic Violet by Valspar above the chair rail and Kitten White by Glidden (the same as the foyer) below the chair rail.  Just like the rest of the house, we did all of the trim in a stark glossy white.  We felt like the Classic Violet had enough color to make a statement, but enough gray in it to not be overkill.

This dining room has come a long way from when we found it.

So what’s left, you ask?  First of all, this room is in serious need of some decorating. We need an extra large buffet to take the place of the smaller sideboard we have now, plus a big mirror or art piece to hang above it.  We need at least 2 more dining chairs, and I’d like to bring in something completely different at the heads of the table.  Kind of like this, but in colors that work for our room.

The floors need to eventually be refinished, and I plan to get a new rug for this space.  But $100 for a 9×12 neutral rug was hard to pass up!  It definitely does the job in the interim.

Oh yeah, and those big huge windows need some treatments in a bad way.  But they’ll just have to wait for now. Home girl is out of money. But you can see a bunch of my favorite inspirations here!