Before & After - Diningroom

Next on my guided trip around the Cottage is the dining room. Possibly my favorite room in the house!

It used to be pretty dreadful! Dark maroon and loads of pine. This image is from the listing. The only thing I kept really was the hardwood floors! I love that this room has full height beadboard! And the potential was there, hidden behind the layers of dark paint.

I like to think I brought Vinnord back to life. I like to think is how SHE would have wanted to look. Like a welcoming, warm and airy lady. And it is true that this house posseses a certain soul. Everytime you enter the front door your pulse and breathing goes down. You relax, wether you want to or not. Maybe this is why projects take longer here?

 

The only NEW furniture in my home can be seen here, the glass cabinets were bought at a sale. And I store my ever growing collection of vintage mint-green tablewear in them. The little cabinet was once a horrible dark brown. And is now home to my "large" collection of spirits. Ha ha...

the green shelf was a "I need that" buy at the local interior shop. It adds such a pang of colour. I love it.

this buffet was bought 2nd hand, and I have left it the rather bad paintjob.. for now. I like the depth this ark piece adds to the room. But I have thought about staining it almost black and rub it down.

 

The decor always changes.... I am forever fiddeling about.

in real life I hate frogs. But in figurines and art I love them. Strange huh?

 there is a bird theme going on in the dining room for sure:)

Wooden candlesticks, painted and distressed. All fleamarket finds.

 I collect naturalia speciemens. Most are displayed in my atlièr, but some always make their way downstairs. Like this urchin. Turquoise pidestal was a flea-find of course, and painted.

the chippy door on the wall is a find from my local antiques dealer. The colour is just perfect of course.

Well that was a roundtrip around my dining room. I hope you enjoyed it. Next up is the kitchen, in just a few days time.

all photos by Eva Feldmann, all styling by me of course.

update:
ther way I am just popping in to answer a question I get asked ALOT these days...

"what paint, and shade, did you use on your dining chairs"?

well I used TWO shades of colour. Both in high glossy oil-based paint (Lady Interior from Norway).

The colour codes are in Norwegian too, and I just dont know if they would work if you give them to international sellers.

The first colour is a darker shade, called "lavender". It is an old colour used alot in the 50's in Norway. A sort of toned down turquoise (gray'ish). It's muted and lovely.

The code for that one is: 3010-G10Y

The lighter shade reminds me more of a tiffany blue. Still muted, but just a tiiiiny bit lighter than "lavender". The code for this one is: S2010-B90G