dining rooms

well this friday is dining rooms on kelly's tour of homes. here are various shots of mine. in the spring/summer i put out this bamboo looking table runner and my "summer flower arrangement!" i love my dining room because it's one room that never gets cluttered!


hope you enjoy the tour. sorry if there's too many pictures.

on that blank wall i want to add some big canvases of pictures of our vacations.

sorry...just realized this is the same picture and i don't know how to erase it!~

this is how the dining room looks in the fall. i usually just have that metal leaf bowl with decorative fruit in and the tall candle vase on the table. (dining set from world market, rug from home depot, wall hanging from kirkland's)

this is looking into the dining room from the kitchen:

i missed the kitchens tour, so i decided to include my kitchen here in dining rooms! this was one of the best selling features of this house--when i saw this kitchen, i didn't want to leave! this is standing in the laundry room looking into the kitchen.

this view is from the dining room:

this is looking from the mud room into the kitchen.

i usually put something on the top of the refrigerator and the counter that is for the particular season we're in. it's spring now, hence the flowers. (my sister would tell me to take it all down--it doesn't look very "pottery barn"! i know she's right--but i still put it out! hee hee :)

this is my little area where i keep my calendar, schedule, keys, etc. it tends to get very cluttery and drives me crazy! i love it when it's all clean and neat like this picture.

i love this window! i put a bird feeder in that tree and have seen some of the prettiest birds there. (and i don't even like birds!) the framed piece is a little project i did with the caps of honest tea bottles. each one has a wonderful quote on it and i couldn't bear to throw them away, so i got a big frame for 50% off at hobby lobby, took the glass out and glued the caps on a sheet of cardstock. i think it turned out cute.

the area behind the cooktop changes too. right now there is this metal piece i got from michael's. sometimes there are 3 metal leaves or various other things there--sometimes it's just plain!

this is the breakfast nook. table and chairs are from pier 1. i also love the bamboo window shades. they were there when we bought the house and went with our decor, so we kept them. i never close them--i love the light filtering through them! the picture on the wall is not what i want to keep there, but for now it's staying.

thanks for looking!