I’m doing a dining room makeover while Jared is away on his trip. I’ve always hated this room because it’s so dark. Dark ceilings, paint, floor, table, bookshelves, etc. Blah. Not to mention ugly chairs. I need a big change and I want to brighten it up a lot.

Here is what my dining room looks like now:

The makeover will include:

1. Bright paint job (doing that tomorrow). It’s a light blue/green.

2. Recovering these danish chairs below I found at Green Ant, a used mid century modern store here in Salt Lake . I’m getting them recovered this week in white leather, and the cushion will be much smaller. I’m so excited about this. Don’t they look like these west elm ones I wanted so badly? All four of these chairs were still less than one west elm chair. I’ve already sold my grandma’s chairs for $150, which is still more than I paid for these four 🙂

3. A new white bookshelf, maybe this one from ikea. My bookshelves look like this now.
4. A new lighting fixture, maybe this pendant lamp from ikea or this one from cb2
5. Possibly a new rug (if I can sell mine)

Any other ideas to brighten up this room??
I’ll post pics when it’s done (which may be a couple weeks depending on how things go)