Ahh… Home Sweet Home…
{See this room with some updated Simple White Curtains!}
They say that breakfast is the most important meal of the day…
So, if it’s so incredibly important… I mean, if you really, honest-to-goodness need those carbs from that Cinnamon Toast Crunch…
Then shouldn’t you eat it on a vintage, hand painted table?
One with lots of gorgeous curves… like you?
And shouldn’t the chairs be so unique that you would drive around searching in every thrift, antique and vintage store for miles around?
Just to find ones that {hopefully} nobody else has?
Knowing that with a little care and some new fabric, they’d become a bright spot, awakening your each morning with a happy start?
And with a name like “Disco”, this fabric certainly make you want to ease on down the road and shake that groove thang, huh?
The best fabric in the world {apparently} for cat-napping… This one’s a keeper, I tell ya…
And this photo-bombing blue-eyed sunshine is, too…
I think I’ll hang on to this XBox X-pert a little while longer, as well…
This mongrel? Hmmm… I’ll have to think about that for a second…
Some things are functional… but not forever…
Some things are fun… but not very functional…
That’s ok. These little mirrors may not do anyone any service, but they are a happy trio…
And they are right at home perched atop our White-Board Crayon Stenciled Wall… A fluke, but it too, a keeper!
Inside the pantry, minus two shelves, add one small freezer…
Should I confess that this Breakfast room might actually be my favorite spot here in my Home Sweet Home?
Or should I confess that rather than eating breakfast here…
It’s really, hands down, by far the best dumping spot we have?
Do you have a spot that is your favorite dumping ground?
UPDATE: See how this space looks with the new, white IKEA Curtains!
What a great breakfast area Gwen. I love the stenciled walls and the table fits in perfectly!
Thank you, Eileen! It’s a small space, but it makes me smile!
So pretty! That table is so stunning…you did a fantastic job!
Thanks, Janellie! Now, I just need to work on the chairs so they don’t send us smashing to the ground someday!
beautiful! those soft stenciled walls are my favorite!
Thanks, Cassie! I am glad i kept them…i almost washed it off to start over with paint. But Now, I’m really happy with it!
lovies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My dining/breakfast nook table is the same blue, all over…and my chairs are covered in a verra similar fabric. Funny, no?
hahaha! You crack meup,girlie!!!
I want to see a picture. Email it to me!
Your room looks so peaceful and quiet. Are you laughing?
Love that wall so much!
I’ll take a bowl of Frosted Flakes, please. 🙂
um…yes. Nothing is quiet and peaceful in this house!!!
I’m tots craving a bowl of FF!!! argh.
The curves on that table look better than mine but I do have a chunky center stump like that. And dumping grounds? Any flat surface is fair territory here, but Brawn doesn’t play fair – he also makes high areas a dumping ground, ones over my head because he’s tall. I guess he thinks I won’t see the mess that way.
Bliss
Oh,Merciness!!! I do, too!!! I hadn’t thought to look up high, but I’m pretty tall, so I don’t think Morgan has that option!
Oh, girl…….this would be my favorite space, too! Freezer in the pantry? BRILLIANT! I remember when you did the walls….still looking for the perfect wall in my house to do….but I don’t remember the table. Did you do that???? How? Where’s the post? INCREDIBLE!
And by the way….what ever happened to the space behind your closet….where you put the hole in your wall and found? I’m still looking for a wall in my house to do that to, too!!!!!
Thank you so much, Dona!
The table was pretty early on, I think… here’s the link to that crazy post!
https://www.theboldabode.com/2011/10/return-of-stranger-and-her-table.html
The secret storage area is behind the coat closed in my entry way! It’s awesome… Hopefully, one day, I’ll be able to rip it all out and make a real closet out of it!!!
Beautiful room Gwen – love the handpainted table – so pretty!! <3
Thanks so much, Heather! 🙂
Gwen, why is your whole home so darn dreamy? I can’t get over every single room! I especially love the secret freezer tucked away in the closet. Sneaky storage is the name of the game around here too!
You are too sweet, Courtenay!!!
That freezer has been a dream come true! I’m not searching for dinner at the last minute anymore! Secret storage is awesome, yo.
What a pretty room, that wall treatment is awesome!
Thank you, Jacque! It wasn’t quick, but WAY easier than using paint!
Our entire apartment is a dumping ground, it’s horrible! I’m loving your walls!
Thanks, Jessi! Good grief! It never ends, does it?
Pretty stenciled wall and LOVE your table!
Thank you, Keri! 🙂
What a peaceful area for a nice cup of tea in the morning!
I think I might actually do that someday! If I can get up before the chaos starts!!!
Love your table and chairs and the drapes. Cookie looks happy with everything. How about hotshot? You are amazing! Mom and Dad
Hehehe! Oh, Hot Shot is always happy! I’ve finally figured out how to keep him off the bed! I put the vacuum in front of the door and he won’t go near it!!! 🙂
Beautiful Gwen! I can see why you love it 🙂 Well done!
Thank you, Ali! I hope to jazz it up a little more, soon!
Have you seen the blog, A Beautiful Mess? OMG…
Your walls look great. The table top is a cool design, too.
Thanks, Holly! I just love that little nook!
love that table, Gwen….and the photobomb! lol!
Hehehe… isn’t he a cutie?
Thanks, Jocie!
Very pretty. Yes, we too have a dumping ground. When I add the leaf to our kitchen table to enlarge it for guests, it immediately takes on an additional role of dumping ground. Not enough horizontal space in our home!!! OY.
Gren, I just found your site. I love your wall, and table. Will definitely try this one day. One of the comments mentioned something about a secret wall in a coat closet…I would like to see that. How do I find it and anything else you have down?
Thank you, Ruth
I do have secret in my coat closet! I don’t think I’ve ever posted about it. Maybe I should!
I just cut out the drywall in the closet under my stairs and have been able to store a lot of stuff there. One day, I hope to really open it up and finish it out. there would be so much more storage space if I could!
Love the stencil! What color are your walls in that room?
I think it is Moody Blue by Sherwin Williams, Becky.
xoxo
Gwen