A Dining Room Alongside Board & Batten And Dark Blue Walls

The boldest color we have ever used on any wall is Martha Stewart’s Plumage (which we slathered all over our guest room walls). Long story short: we have enjoyed it ever since. So when Jackie sent us her dining room makeover boasting plenty of Plumage, of course we were all over it. Here is her letter:

“When we moved into this house, the dining room began with simply a table and the bamboo armoire. We did not even have dining chairs.

Over the last six months I prioritized finishing this room in time for the holidays. It is filled with Hands-on projects including art silhouettes, board and batten walls, mercury glass vases, jute wrapped monogram, and my go-to: the Hands-on linear crystal chandelier.

After making the head chair slipcovers from tablecloths, I followed your walkthrough to dye the side chairs a coordinating color.

It took me two tries to get the right color too, but your story gave me confidence for the second round of dying.

I have blogged about all the Hands-on dining room projects on my journal, aptly named Teal & Lime (I promise I do like other colors too). Thank you for your continued inspiration and over-sharing. I have truly enjoyed watching you transform your new home.” – Jackie

Since it is no mystery why we fell for the teal and lime color scheme, we simply have one question: what time is dinner? Thanks for sharing Jackie! Are not those silhouettes mixed with the curvy wood mirror lively? Can you believe they DIYed the board and batten walls and even made those slipcovers from tablecloths? Such an inspiring room! Let us play the what is-your-go-to-part game. Mine is the dapper dog silhouette and Sherry’s is the curvy wood mirror (closely followed by that homemade linear crystal chandelier).