our updated dining room

About a year and a half ago Hubby gave our dining room a much needed face lift.  We both love older homes that have charm and character.  While our home is older the dining room wasn't anything very special.  Hubs added wainscoting {also known as judges panels} to the lower half of the walls and it totally changed the look of the room.

Here is a little sneak peak at the finished product.

Now let me give you a glimpse of what the dining room looked like when we bought our house a little over two years ago.  Let me introduce you to the dusty rose room.......

Scary, I know.  It doesn't help that it is a bad picture taken by our half dead camera at the time.  You get the point right?  

When we first bought our house I was excited to have a red dining room.  But then shortly after we moved in I decided that the paint color wasn't really red so much as more of a pink tone.  I didn't have to twist Hubby's arm too much to get him on board with a dining room makeover.  We decided on wainscoting, a new paint color, and a rolled on texture to replace the outdated popcorn ceiling.

I love the white wainscoting with our mocha colored walls.  And all of the white on the bottom half of the walls definitely makes our dining room table pop.  We found our antique table at one of my favorite stores in my favorite Southern town.

Now only if I can get motivated to hang a few more things on the walls.  I would love to hang a display of plates/platters on one wall but Hubs has an aversion to hanging plates on the walls.  I am trying to warm him up to the idea!!