I love it. It’s exactly what I’ve wanted since we first decided to buy this house, and I even chose one of the wallpapers I was originally considering.
Here’s a completely empty ‘before’ shot:
And a nice ‘after’ to compare it to:
Wallpapering a house that’s almost 100 years old (while being five months pregnant) wasn’t exactly the easiest project we’ve done. I wouldn’t say that it was hard, just very time-consuming. It probably took us about 15 hours, but we’re so proud of the job we’ve done.
I had ordered 4 yards of pink upholstery fabric on eBay for $10, so I used that on the chairs and along the back of the built-in hutch.
I love the way the living and dining rooms work together.
So happy!
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'W' for Wallpaper, Dining Room • 84 Comments • December 7, 2008
Oh, Nicole. It’s beautiful!
Thanks, mom!
Wow, that’s lovely- congratulations on a fantastic job finished in time to enjoy over the holidays! How I wish I weren’t renting….sigh.
It looks beautiful. You have wonderful taste.
Nicole it looks gorgeous! You’re whole house is such an inspiration and I can’t wait to start decorating mine!
It’s just lovely. You have such an eye for these things; the wallpaper is gorgeous and the pink is the perfect color with it. Congrats on finishing your dining room!
drooling all down my chin, dear! and feeling inspired… thank you so much!
xo
dana in bc
Wow! I agree with you. The flow from your living room to dining room is just beautiful!
I am crazy over your whole house. You have amazing taste and a great talent for pulling things together!
Thanks for sharing with us!
WOW! You have created every (creative) woman’s dream dining room!
I am personally a fan of white woodwork, but I’m really impressed that you have resisted painting the woodwork and are keeping everything original. You have such an amazing eye, but manage to preserve the integrity of your house. Are you available hire?! LOL.
just adore these rooms! the pink is just… perfect. soft, dusky pinks are probably my favourite at the moment.
*sigh* oh to have a house to decorate :)
Just fabulous.
You should be proud. The finished effect is fabulous!
I LOVE your house! The wallpaper is great, and the living room does go together with the dining room really nicely. At first, I wondered how you got the paint on the back of the hutch to exactly match the chair upholstery, then when I read further I learned your backed the hutch with the same fabric. What a good idea.
It’s beautiful Nicole! The wallpaper is the perfect choice!
Wow! That is so beautiful. I love the dark divider you have along the walls up towards the ceilings, it makes the rooms look even taller.
gosh! golly! you’re house is just too beautiful! i love all the little touches you put to it. the dining room turned out just lovely. congrats!
It looks great! I love how you use pink in your rooms…it works so well without being too overwhelmingly girly or juvenile.
Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous!! I adore it and you’ve made me fall in love with wallpaper – something I’ve always run from.
very, very cool. love it. wish i had the patience to wallpaper. i don’t know if i have it in me.
I love it! Question for you – how do you get your husband to go for so much pink in the house? I think mine would have issues…
super cute! and it doesn’t even look TOO girly…its just a really nice display of colors and accessories! really good…
congrats!
Oh my, I absolutely love your space! Those colors really do blend together flawlessly-and I love that armchair! I need you to come over and makeover my apartment!
It looks awesome!! I can’t believe you did all that work and while 5 months pregnant! Congrats on the wonderful success of your efforts :) Do you still have the black and white rug that was in the dining room? I think it would look stellar with the new wallpaper. Or this one is awfully fun ;)
http://www.rugstudio.com/index.asp?pageaction=viewprod&ProdID=28266&dc=frg
It looks beautiful! I love the balance of pattern and solids. I have a couple of questions. did you strip the paint off of the picture rail, if so, how hard was it to do? Also, I love the way you have hung your art with just a single vertical wire instead of having a “triangle” where the wire goes from a corner of the frame over the hook to the other corner. How did you attach it to look this way?
Thanks, everyone!
Elissa, I just painted the picture rail to match the woodwork. It’s so thin and up so high, you just see it as matching the rest of the woodwork and assume it’s stained rather than painted – much easier. And I attached the cord for each of the pictures to the wire along the back of the pictures that stretches from end to end (kind of like an upside-down ‘T’ shape if you flip them over and look at the backs).
Congrats on finishing the wallpaper. I really love this paper. The whole finished project, looks great!!
*swoooon*
This turned out SO AMAZING! I really like the paper on the wall and it works so well with the colors in your dining room. The recovered chairs look really nice as well.
Thanks! I’ll have to try it for my own picture rails. We’ve been in our house for over two months and still don’t have a single picture on the walls. Did you just tie the cord to the hook at the top?
Still loving that wallpaper…
The cord that I use has wire in it, so it’s easy to loop it over the hook and then wrap it around itself a few times so it stays.
Well done!
This room looks gorgeous! Congrats. It does coordinate with the living room great. Could I ask you a question…. I am in the process of recovering my dining room chairs. First time I have ever done it. I noticed that you did yours, and mine really look very similar. I have done two already, there are six. They just aren’t turning out smooth… like yours look. I tend to have “bunched up” fabric that I can’t get to look straight and smooth. Is there any tips or pointers you could throw my way to help?? Maybe the length of fabric I am leaving to staple, the way I am doing corners may be wrong. Not sure. Thank you.
This is pretty much how I did my chairs (though I skipped the extra batting): The Lazy Upholsterer’s Guide.
Thank you… I looked at the instructions; however, my chairs have a curve, more than a straight corner. I think that is a little harder. I will try and find something by googling it. Thanks for your help however.
i just got back from a road trip with limited internet and your site is the first i wanted to catch up on now that i am back in the real world. congrats on having a girl and finishing the wallpaper. woohoo!!!
Wow, it looks sooo beautiful! I particularly enjoy the coherence of styles from the living room to the dining room.
Hope your little amazon, inherits your talents :)
b.t.w. Your hair is VERY nice like that!
This is my first visit to your blog and it is truly lovely. Your home is beautiful and that wallpaper is stunning!
Love it! I am so jealous of that built in hutch, too.
Oh gosh, now I desperately want that wallpaper even more than I did before! You guys have both done an amazing job, I love it all. And the flow from room to room works so well. :)
it’s adorable but your husband doesn’t mind all the pink?
Brandon’s fine with pink. :)
I LOVE this wallpaper! Great job!
Nicole, your house is beautiful and amazing, just like you! Can I come live there? Or can you come here and give me some design tips? My gosh, my house is like a blank slate…you have done wonders with your home.
Love ya.
Kathryn, thanks! Love ya too.
(Kathryn’s my cousin!)
It looks beautiful! The living room/dining room looks so cozy and inviting.
Wow I knew all your hard work would pay off. the place looks fantastic!
Great Job
Take care,
Lisa
Oh, your wallpaper is gorgeous. It DOES flow perfectly into your other rooms. Great work!
It looks so nice! I love the wallpaper you picked out.
This is a dream! Love, love, love the wall paper and the pink! I have recently realized my true love for pink and now you have inspired me.
i cant resist… i have to comment and say its really really amazing.. so nice! so great! i envy :) love it love it love it… :)