Breakfast Room Updates

We finally hung some art in our Breakfast Room!

This space has been a slow-moving work in progress since we moved in. Last we talked about this room, we had just had planks added to the walls. And like that it sat, unchanged for about 8 months, until.....we happened upon some beautiful rough-edged black and white prints in Highlands, NC over 4th of July weekend. Brent and I both loved the collection immediately and actually had a hard time narrowing our selections down to just 3.

Anyone else like to spread out and take over a store when trying to visualize and make a decision? We finally made our selection and then headed to Michael's once we got home to get the pieces framed. I like using Michael's for framing because they almost always have a sale going on which is awesome because framing can get pricey, especially if you are framing more than one thing at a time. We wanted to go  with simple black frames to accentuate the black in the prints. We also wanted to do a "floating" look so you could see the frayed edges. To give the frayed edges something to pop against we selected a neutral colored linen for the prints to float on.

The framing process took about two weeks. Once home Brent got the prints hung. They were looking good, but my eyes were craving another layer, so I dug around and found some small, gold sunbursts I've had forever and Brent installed one, centered above each frame.

It's like the room came alive! 

I love the scale, color and interest the art brings to the space. Our breakfast room is one of many spaces in our house with big, long walls. They can be hard/frustrating/intimidating to fill, but we knew if we waited long enough the right pieces would pop up and I'm happy to say these prints + those sunbursts on that planked wall were worth the wait.

All photos are my own. 

Breakfast Room - PLANKED

My first house related post of 2018 is a little project we had done at the verrrry end of last year...

We added planks to our breakfast room walls!

Our breakfast room is a space we use a lot, but you have seen very little of here on the blog. The area sits right off the kitchen and is a highly utilized area of our home. We eat there, we work there, I fold laundry there, it's really a central hub for us. The space is big and currently holds our china cabinet and a large 6' round table we purchased right after we moved in.

The Before:

Not bad, just a little plain. 

This house is full of giant walls and this space is no exception. I've done pretty much nothing in this area since we moved in because I am stumped on how to decorate the big blank wall. One element that really helped add life and interest to another big, blank space in our house was the shiplap or planking we added in our mudroom area, so we started talking through the idea of adding it in this space as well. Not only were we sure the planks would up the cozy factor, but we thought it would add some nice balance to the back of our house. We have an open floor plan and the breakfast room is in the same visual area as the mudroom; So, the addition of planks here would add cohesiveness. 

This conversation got kick started as we made plans to have our first floor painted. We didn't want to pay to have the wall painted only to cover them with wood. So, Brent asked the painters if they did trim work. Turns out they did and were able to provide us with a very reasonable quote to add 1 x 8 planks to our breakfast room.  It caused us a little heart ache to pay for something we knew we could do ourselves, but at the end of the day it just made sense to go this route this time. Time being the main reason. 

Much like the mudroom, the results were instant and we are SO happy with the vibe now

Still no art, but the room feels 10x's warmer and more interesting. The crisp white color and additional 4 chairs we got for Christmas help too! Oh, and I'm testing the universe and TRYING to pull some of my plants out of the hospital to see if they can thrive in other areas. Fingers crossed!

All photos are my own.