Painted Walls in Living/Dining Room

Formal Dining Room before I painted it. The previous people that lived here did Faux painting with 4 different colors on the walls! We hated it and I got rid of it fast!

Living Room Faux paint before picture.

Faux paint before picture.

Formal Dining Room after picture! I painted it a pale yellow/tanish color. Very warm and inviting! I  LOVE how it turned out!

Dining Table

Before picture of my dining table.

I started out by sanding the whole table down....just enough to roughen it up so that the paint will adhere to the table.

I chose to paint it Summer Grey

{it looks white, but has a hint of grey tone underneath}

 Once the paint was dry I then distressed the table to give it the antique look I wanted.

I mixed 3:1 parts of finishing glaze & Minwax walnut stain in a cup. With a paint brush I brushed on the mixture all over the table and legs. I immediately wiped the mixture off with a dry cloth just like you would if you were staining a piece of furniture. This gave my table a worn antique look that I was wanting. 

After

Legs

After

Dining Room Wall

So I found this wood in the junk bin at Home Depot. I got each piece for .50  cents. I grabbed a bunch of it and thought  there's got to be something I can do with this!

As my brain was working on what I can do for this project I remembered an old Ikea shelf that we  had for years. It was too wide for where I wanted to use it...so I had Ty cut it in half.

These wood slats had white paint on them. I decided the look I was going for was a really weathered look. So I sanded them down leaving some of the white still there. I then did a little experiment! I put vinegar, steel wool and a little stain in a jar and let the vinegar dissolve the steel wool. I brushed the mixture all over the boards. This is suppose to achieve the weathered look I was wanting...

This is the shelf we cut in half! I painted it white, distressed it and put these adorable supports under it!

I hung this in my dinning room above the dinning room table. I have tall and big walls to fill.

As you can see I made the wood slats a  part of the wall  and the shelf!

I thought this old wood window  I got at a garage sale for a steal was perfect for this spot! I of course painted the window white!

This is a to be continued project...I will be having a buffet /sideboard piece under this eventually!  I  am so in LOVE with my new wall!!!