House of Hydrangeas

This week I've been working on updating one of the upstairs bathrooms in my mom's house.  And while I was painting away, I realized that I had never shared the final outcome of the last update, the kitchen eating area, in her home.   This is what it looked like the last time I showed you guys.  Much better than the wallpaper room shown here  but still a work in progress. And this is what it looks like today... I turned the table sideways to make room for this beautiful piece my mom inherited from my grandfather. I'm kind of obsessed with all of its beautiful details. On top of the piece is a collection of family heirlooms that have been in storage up until now. A collection of antique racing trophies find a home near an old photo taken of me and my sister during a horse riding adventure when we were younger. The horse theme is carried over into the grouping of art on the left wall. The top three pieces in the grouping are custom artwork o...

Now that I've raved about our new coffee table, let's get back to the house tour. If you walk past the dining room on the left, you come up on our kitchen and eating area.  Here's the view into our kitchen... By the way, I got those iron bar stools at HomeGoods (love that place!) before I moved to Dallas in 2007.  They were $20 each and had a gold flower in the middle of the back.  I painted the gold flower black and added some $10 cushions I found at World Market.  Five years later, I'm still a big fan (especially knowing what I paid for them!).  But I digress... If you keep walking past the kitchen you'll see our server and empty eat-in area. Pretty barren, huh?  This is one of the problem areas in our home.  Our old home only had room for a formal dining area, but now that we have extra space, we have nothing to fill it.  Extra space is generally not a problem, but it is for me because we're renting.  Since I know this won't b...