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Renovating our Dining Room on a Budget

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With so much time and so little to do. This week we have focused on renovating our dining room on a budget. We have used things we either had already, or made ourselves, or bought on Amazon. We are so excited to share the finished look with you.

renovating our dining room

The biggest item in the living room is our dining room set. It’s a rather large table ( the ones where you can extend with a middle piece insert). So we decided to go with a bold move of painting it! Yes, you heard right. We have changed it from a rather dark brown (it’s served us well over the years) to an antique white.

We used Rustoleum chalk paint to get the desired look.

Let’s start from the beginning. This is what the table and chairs looked like.

 

renovating our dining room

 

So, of course, we started off by giving each piece a proper clean with a little warm water and some washing-up liquid to get rid of any dust and dirt.

We made sure to cover the floor with an old shower curtain as a drop cloth to prevent the floor from being messed up.

renovating our dining room

The girls did the legs of the table to save our backs.

We also made use of the sunny weather and getting our fix of vitamin D by taking the chairs outside and applying a light coat of the Rustoleum chalk paint. That way, drying time was really quick, about 30 minutes.

renovating our dining room

It took about 3 coats of the paint and each coat gave more fuller coverage than the one before. For the narrower areas that are harder to get into, we used a small angular sponge.

What I like especially about using chalk paint is that we didn’t have to do any sanding. For one, we don’t yet have a sander, and also we thought it would be too much work using sandpaper on a large table and six chairs.

After the painting was done, we used Rustoleum clear wax to seal and protect the pieces. We just used an old T-shirt for this job, and also for buffing the pieces to a lovely shine.

The finished quality of the tables and chairs is good, considering we did it ourselves and saved some money in the process.

Styling the dining room

We gave the sideboard a bit of a fresh look with some cheesecloth leaves we bought online. They cost just over £1 on Amazon. A glass pitcher we spray painted and filled with some faux roses, also complete the look.

Have a look on Instagram and tell us what you think.

I think our next project is DIY wall art for the area. I have some faux velvet fabric which I might use to make a table runner and some placemats.

 

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More time, more DIY! Swipe to see the before and after of our dining table and chairs. It waa a big family project that we have wanted to do for ages. Finally done in antique white. Looks much brighter now and we love it! Now to get to dressing the space! What job have you done since lock down that you have been putting off? #diy #decorating #family #diningroom #roomdecor #roommakeover #joleisacreed #joleisatwins #lockdown

A post shared by joleisa (@joleisacreed) on May 18, 2020 at 7:47am PDT

 

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Comments

  1. Jack Willson says

    May 20, 2020 at 10:40 am

    Great article!!! Its not compulsory to follow these ideas to renovate your dining room, you can implement these idea to kitchen, bedroom etc too.

    Reply
  2. DeShena@Extravagantlybroke says

    May 26, 2020 at 4:09 pm

    Great use of your time! We have been doing some remodeling as well on a budget. We had our entire downstairs re-tiled. A major project and not something we could do ourselves, or even wanted to for that fact. But we were fortunate enough to find an affordable tile guy that did a quality job. And it was already built into our budget. Good job on your DIY!
    DeShena@Extravagantlybroke recently posted…How To Navigate Money, Retirement, And Entrepreneurship The Smart WayMy Profile

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  3. Rose Ann says

    June 10, 2020 at 1:54 pm

    Great job! you really made this down time productive, this post of your made me also want to renovate my house.

    Reply
  4. Saurabh says

    July 2, 2020 at 12:12 pm

    Hi,
    Very nice post! after checking this post I shared this on my social platforms,

    Reply
  5. ness says

    July 20, 2020 at 10:26 am

    Thanks for sharing. Great idea .It looks gorgeous after.

    Reply
  6. Paint says

    July 25, 2020 at 9:18 am

    good post. Great idea. It looks awesome.

    Reply
  7. jessica morgan says

    July 27, 2020 at 12:53 pm

    I really love your interior designing ideas and those pictures. I would love to incorporate those into our house. I’ll be looking forward to more such stuff from you.

    Reply
    • Joleisa says

      July 27, 2020 at 1:09 pm

      Thanks.

      Reply
  8. Lara says

    September 9, 2020 at 3:14 pm

    Great Tips for budget-friendly remodeling of a house. I would like to add that Construction materials should be bought by quality suppliers or merchants. Thanks for sharing this amazing blog!

    Reply
  9. Cannon says

    December 1, 2020 at 9:35 am

    For the little stuff you can save money by doing it on your own but for the important stuff you can hire professional contractors for it.

    Reply
  10. Lake says

    December 2, 2020 at 10:17 am

    Did you hire a contractor for the job? It is important to be doing so to make sure it can be safe. Budget is important but don’t go cheap for safety.

    Reply
  11. Alice Sandra says

    December 5, 2020 at 3:19 pm

    Love this great idea of saving and home improvement. Really great article and reading. Thank you for sharing it

    Reply
  12. Simon Samuel says

    April 10, 2021 at 12:31 pm

    I really appreciate your post, and you explain each and every point very well. Thanks for sharing such information.

    Reply
  13. Tommy says

    June 23, 2021 at 10:26 am

    When doing renovation on the concrete parts of the house you can use good quality concrete materials that can last a long time.

    Reply
  14. Kerry says

    July 5, 2021 at 9:05 am

    I love it, looks sa bit luxurious and cosy , it turned out just beautiful😊😊😊.

    Reply
  15. Smarty says

    July 6, 2021 at 1:37 am

    Amazing work Jo and Leisa. This table and chair project of yours is absolutely stunning! Congrats on your DIY!

    Reply
  16. Tracey says

    August 8, 2021 at 12:22 am

    Home addiditon is usually done by professional contractors, handymen, and even the house owner himself. Home improvement is important because real estate’s value appreciates more if a property is well-maintained.

    Reply
  17. Charlotte Watson says

    January 19, 2022 at 8:04 am

    This post shows the dedication and effort you put in the renovation process. Also, how you can utilize your free time in doing such productive and loving things.

    Reply

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