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Dining Room
By Audrey Kuether
cost only $100. I love repurposing! Off ice F What I bought: • Pendant light from IKEA ($50)
inant. I knew if I followed the exact (no sanding) method that we used for painting our kitchen cabinets, I could paint the top white, no problem. The metal legs were chrome to start, but I removed them and spray painted them a metallic gold. I love the combo of white and gold ... it gets me every time. I liked the retro feel of the chair, but wanted to spray paint the legs and sides the same gold as the desk. The frames were filled with ugly swan art from 1985. I pulled the old art, mat and glass from the frame and gave it a quick coat of brushed gold spray paint. I flipped the mat to the white side and filled them with some free printables from my blog. What I repurposed • IKEA couch (10 years old, from master)
or this makeover, I only bought a few items, and I mostly used furniture and dècor from other rooms in my house, which is why the room update
• Desk from a local thrift store ($40) • Chair from a local thrift store ($7) • Two octagonal photo frames from a local thrift store ($4) Total = $101 Details I knew the pendant light would be just perfect in the room. It was super cheap and I love the funky shadows it casts in the space at night. In my opinion it makes the room. I saw the desk and fell in love immediately. The top was made of a very heavy wood lam-
• Red shelf from the master closet (my husband’s childhood shelf) • White rug • Pillows and blanket • Wood buffet behind desk (heirloom) • Shelves above buffet • All art prints and décor (all of the female art is all by my fave artist Bekah Ash.
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VintageKC / Winter 2014 40
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