The State of the Dining Room

Here's a secret-
I have a weakness for serving platters... I can't get enough of them! 
So having them at my fingertips and ready to use, gives me a crazy sense of happiness.

This being the case, the Dining Room was the first room we unpacked upon moving in!  (Well, that plus the fact that there were more boxes labelled "Dining Room" than any other room in the house... so it was a good place to start.)
The walls are a light yellow/cream color, which I thought we'd paint right away.  But upon further inspection, was in good shape, so we decided to live with it for now. 

Our dining room set fit perfectly, and even allowed for the addition of the piece of furniture that was given to us as a wedding gift by Mike's parents.            --->

<--- The antique love seat sort of got stuck in here, mostly out of a lack of energy to get it up to the attic... what's the point, when we'll (hopefully soon) be ready to move it back down once the kitchen renovation is complete and this room becomes the living room! 

  



 I had actually been considering waiting  to show the dining room/living room  areas until after the room shuffle we'll do with the kitchen renovation, but since that will likely be next spring, we'll consider these the "before" pictures.

So, here's to hoping that the next post about this room can be titled "The State of the Formal Living Room"

Mom gave me this one.

Here's a few of my favorites...

This one was a wedding shower gift.

Newest in the collection-
for our Asian-themed dinners!

Found at a yardsale!

This one is very small, but so sweet!