The dining room makeover from our foreclosure home has proven to be one of the most dramatic makeovers to date, and on a tight budget!
When we bought our most recent home 2 years ago, it was, well…AWFUL. I don’t really know of any other word. Every inch of it needed completely renovated! It was a foreclosure and had been sitting empty for a couple of years. It needed major “re-fabbing”! In the next few weeks, I want to showcase a few of the different rooms of our home in their before state…and after! The transformation is amazing. I hope it shows you that ANYTHING can be beautiful with just a little work 🙂
Here was our dining room. Do not ask me what they were thinking with the orange/brown trim! Yuck!! Look how they spilled the hideous paint on the carpet and just left it! There is nothing about this room that even looks presentable in this state!
This is what it looks like now, with some slight changes DAILY (mostly with the built in). I literally change up the shelves all the time. I have issues.
WHAT A DIFFERENCE!!!!! It still amazes me what paint and new flooring can do. That is literally all it took! (And a new pretty light fixture!)
We painted the main walls with a medium/light gray, and the wall behind the built in with a darker slate to give it an even more of a WOW factor. I love it.
I love to decorate shelves. Actually, I love to constantly change shelves, as I mentioned a moment ago. I think what I enjoy most is just finding random things that I love and putting them together in a space to make them “work”. This aqua elephant is just too darn cute, and the pewter apple…well, I just liked it! Both came from TJ Maxx for $7.99 each.
I make these modge podge letters all the time, but I actually didn’t make these. I found these for $2.00 at a consignment sale, and I thought they were super cute, so I snatched them up. (I couldn’t even buy the materials for $2.00!)
Just another cute addition to the built-ins was this over-sized coffee cup and platter. I found this at Cracker Barrel, and I loved the bright color and fun attitude it had!
One thing I love in this space is the simple basket on the table (maybe basket isn’t the right word, but what would you call it?). It looks rustic, which is not really the look of this space, but I think it goes perfectly. One thing I love most about decorating is to me, there is no right or wrong. It is what YOU love…all pulled together!
And what about that fun tree on the wall?? I think I may keep it forever. I just love all of those colors! (From Hobby Lobby!)
I can honestly say that I am very happy with the way this dining room turned out. It is a fun, cheerful space that we can make lots of memories in!
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Last Updated on February 17, 2020
This looks amazing!! Great job! Where did you get the flooring?
Thank you so much, Karla! The flooring actually came from Sam’s Club! It has been great. The brand is select surfaces. It comes in different colors.
Wow Brooke, what a difference! I love how your dining space all came together. I don’t think the things I love will pull together as well as yours! 🙂 That flower tree is so unique and cute!
Thank you!! I really love it in there! I enjoy the punches of color…just makes me smile 🙂 The flower tree was a Hobby Lobby find, and I love it~Thanks again!
I love your dining room!! Thanks for sharing on Ida Box!! Hope you come back next week!
Thank you! Happy to link up 🙂
EVERYTHING about this room is gorgeous! What an amazing transformation.
Thank you so much, Tracey! I appreciate that alot! It is amazing how different it looks 🙂
Where did you find that fab tree wall hanging? Love it! Also, I love the gray paint. Looks very sophisticated.
Thank you so much! I got the tree at Hobby Lobby. It is one of my favorite pieces!
You would never know this is the same room! The new floor is a vast improvement, too.
Thank you! It is hard to believe it is the same room, I agree! I really love the color and feel of the flooring, but man…that dark is hard to keep CLEAN! (especially with a 2 and 3 year old!)
Wowzers! Gorgeous job! I agree, pretty much anything can be beautiful with just a little work. Including my face – HAHA j/k. Pinning this to the highlights board – thanks for sharing on Kammy’s Korner!!
HA! Yes, I understand that totally!!! Thank you very much, and thank you for pinning!
i love those built ins, and the greys are great. enjoy!
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Thank you so much 🙂
HI Brooke, how are you? Just wanted to say how beautiful your Dining Room Makeover is and I’ll be featuring it tomorrow at our Something to Talk About Link Party 22. Hope you can stop on over. Have a great day, Lisa at Concord Cottage
Thank you Lisa! You have made my day! Thank you very much!
Wow Wow Wow! What an amazing difference. I would love it if you joined and contribute your awesome posts at my link party at City of Creative Dreams, starts on Fridays at 9AM eastern time and runs until Wednesday night. 😀 Hope to see you there at City of Creative Dreams Link Party.
Thank you very much! I will definitely remember that and link up!
Holy smokes, just AMAZING transformation!
You did a remarkable job- it looks GREAT!
I cannot actually believe it is even the same room!
Well done, to be sure.
Thank you so much!!! It is certainly hard to believe it is the same space!
Wow what a transformation! I love the dining room built in bookcase and how you styled it! Thanks so much for sharing at Dream. Create. Inspire. Link.
Thanks Tara! So glad you stopped in! Yes, it was a major transformation 🙂
WOW! I just got rid of my own orange room too!
http://www.justtherightsize.blogspot.com/2015/06/kitchen-upgrade-reveal_30.html
Such a beautiful change; great job!
Thank you so much!! WOW! Your kitchen looks AMAZING! Great job!!!!!
Hi, Brooke ~ I’m visiting from the Hit Me with Your Best Shot Link Party. Gorgeous room redo! I love that built-in shelving, and the white paint makes it totally pop! Your shelf styling looks great, too! Fun colors on those shelves. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for visiting Tiffany! I appreciate all of your sweet compliments about my dining room! I also love the pops of color. I like neutral, but I HAVE to have color 😉
HI Brooke,
I just found your site through Kammy’s Korner, and love your dining room redo! I’m in love with your dining room table! Can you tell me where you got it?
Dolores
Thank you so much!! I got the table at a local furniture store and cannot remember the maker. Let me see if I can get that for you 🙂
That would be great! Thank you so much!
Hi Brooke!
Love the dining room. Where did you get your dining room table and chairs?
Hey! Thank you! I got it at a local furniture store a few years ago!