One of my little man’s favorite things to watch as a baby was none other than that crazy, psychedelic kid show, Yo Gabba Gabba! It is no stretch of the imagination when I say that the show is far out. For those of you unaware, it is an entire twenty-five minutes of dance party for the little bitties. I definitely grew to love the show and appreciated the fact that there was a song for everything from taking a bath to eating vegetables. It is not rare to still hear Diego sing our most favorite line come dinner time at our house: It’s a part in my tummy! So yummy! So yummy! (After a glass of wine or two it is also not rare for my girlfriends to start singing this one too, but that’s another story…)
That might just be the best dinner tag line ever and I love to think that with certain dining room décor every meal can feel like a party in one’s tummy. As I showed on my first blog, Sister’s kitchen dining area definitely needs some tender, loving care. Growing up we spent many hours telling stories and giggling around our kitchen table and I hope she will have the same experience with her family in the near future. All this said, I’ve sifted through some online catalogs and have come up with the following design ideas.
Another tip I gathered from my interior design interview was about decorating around the wrong items. In reverse of that I have a found a table that is so right it needs attention and is the focal piece for this design idea.
(Kipling Extension Dining Table by Crate & Barrel)
I love this table for plenty of reasons. In this picture it is shown seating six but can seat an additional two persons once the table leaf is inserted. It is a very classic table as shown in Mahogany (just my sister’s style) but I would push for the Grey Wash finish for a bit more country home type feeling (very Dallas). Either color combined with very bright textiles and accent décor would look spectacular in the kitchen dining area of Sister’s home. I do think that chair cushions in a neutral cream or beige would be most practical but would like to see an area rug with a bit more color than what is suggested here.
I’m torn between the Porcelain Blue – Popcorn Loop Rug by Pottery barn above here or the Island Graphite Grid and Island Honey Grid by Crate and Barrel (below). They are all neutral enough to not over power the room and yet will still give just the right pop of color to keep it from looking a touch too drab.
Often times when I’m developing a vision for decorating an area of my home, a major issue for me becomes knowing what I want without ever really finding if any such item exists. This has become a huge road block for me in the past and I have to admit my first apartment had just one picture on the wall in the living room for the entire three years I lived there because I could never find the other pieces I just had to have to finish that wall (I don’t know how I ever came up with such a grandiose idea to begin with!). I say this now as I realized quite quickly that the Crate and Barrel table I have picked out above would be gorgeous in the Grey Wash finish with a bright chevron runner. Chevron has become more and more prevalent in the last few months and for whatever reason I cannot seem to get enough of it. It doesn’t seem the Pinterest world has either as I have seen many decorating ideas with chevron rugs, tablecloths and the like. However finding something to match my vision wasn’t exactly a walk in the park…
After searching through a few websites, I finally stumbled upon the above picture through a Pinterest link to http://cartergirlevents.com/2011/07/chevron-love/#.T5eUisX4LRZ . Sadly though, The Carter Girl blog doesn’t list where this gorgeous table runner came from. Yet fear not as I am certain a trip to the fabric store and a sewing machine will remedy this situation. I love the bright yellow in this runner as well and hope we will be able to find a good fabric in this same color. It would be accented really nicely on the Grey Wash table with this Gia Centerpiece Bowl by Crate & Barrel filled with fresh green apples. Most home décor stores usually sell wax fruit too which would probably be most suitable for Sister to maintain considering little baby is on the way and we all know no one in that house will be thinking about regularly buying fresh fruit for decoration once the little bundle comes along!
If you recall from the picture of the kitchen dining area on my first blog, there is wall space just above the door (next to the table) going out to the backyard. It doesn’t leave much room for many things and I think it would be too high for a large clock. I found the below quote online and think this would be ideal to have painted on the wall or made into a wall decal (there are plenty of Custom Wall Decal vendors online if you run a Google search and the cost of the decals themselves are usually less than $30). This quote has always been a personal favorite of mine and will lend itself nicely to the homely, country feel of the room.
I’m feeling like I’m on a roll with these ideas and am going to shift my focus onto another design project. Next up will be the living room. Let’s see what I can come up with…
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