Dining Room Dilemmas and Help from Real Simple Magazine

Is there a room in your house that you'd like to "do-over?"  If you're anything like me, your answer is a resounding yes!  Most recently I've been fixated on our dining room.  And lo and behold I found some fabulous inspiration from my Real Simple Weekly Tips Newsletter.

Obviously you need a good table, but it's the accessories and other furniture in the room that I get overwhelmed by.  What kind of lighting?  What color paint?  Curtains?  I give up.

Maybe you love a good toile.

Emerald Beauty

Or a nice crisp white country table.

 
Bright on White

I would love to go bold and mix white with a bright color, like this cool blue. 

Don't you just love the chandelier?

The New Blue

Or how about a mix of modern with shabby chic whites and romantic wallpaper?   

Love that tin breadbox on the sideboard!

Subtle Pattern

Right now our dining room table, china cabinet and two sideboards are hand-me-downs from my husband's family that we've used for 18 years.  They've seen a ton of use over the years and I'm really grateful for them.  And truth be told, they're really classic, well-made pieces that I KNOW I just should not paint!  (Even though I want to!  Shhhhh!)  So what's a girl to do?    

For now I'm leaning toward slipcovers for the dining room chairs.

  

.  Now if I could just figure out where to get cheap  inexpensive slipcovers I'd be set. 

Any ideas?

What's your dining room dilemma?

Have a great week!

xoxo

{I was not paid by Real Simple Magazine in any way for this post.}