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English Coastal Dining Room Reveal

Drum roll, please!!!!

Here it is, after months of planning, searching, and building! Here is our English Coastal Dining Room Reveal!

English Coastal Dining Room Reveal I Finding Silver Pennies

I am bursting with excitement as I share this newly decorated space with you. You may remember the dining room was the first room we decorated in our home almost 4 years ago. I LOVED my french set that we found on Freecycle even before we moved here and I lovingly painted it with Chalk Paint® but since then my ideas and desires and how we live have changed.

“Home is the ongoing story of a person” – Ilse Crawford

I very much wanted our dining room to be a place we gather as a family. I didn’t want a fancy dining room but one that is comfortable and feels warm and inviting. I shared my inspiration for this room here.

Arranging Flowers in the Dining Room I Finding Silver Pennies

A place to arrange flowers.

English Coastal Dining Room Reveal I Finding Silver Pennies

A place to enjoy coffee and the newspaper or a design magazine.

English Coastal Dining Room Reveal I Finding Silver Pennies

A place to giggle with the boys and fill up on muffins after school.

English Coastal Dining Room Reveal I Finding Silver Pennies

Our dining room is a place to live.

English Coastal Dining Room Reveal I Finding Silver Pennies

How do you go about creating a livable, cozy and inviting dining room?

If you’ve been following along then you know the Welsh Dresser was my jumping off point. It inspired the rest of the space. I very  much am in love with English style and decor but also wanted to bring in my love for the New England coast. The harbor is just down our street.

English Coastal Dining Room Reveal I Finding Silver Pennies

I decided I would focus on warm wood tones, whites and blues (my favorite colors that also are seen in the natural world) and also on texture – cottons, wools and linens. Since we have children and dogs EVERYTHING has to be family friendly.

English Coastal Dining Room Reveal I Finding Silver Pennies

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Our dining room is not very big and knew we wanted to customize our dining table. I dreamed of a farmhouse style table with plenty of room with chunky legs.

My friend Kim of Laurel Grove found us the most unbelievable legs which, we cut to length. They were from a butcher block, I think. This is called a Barley Twist pattern and is very popular in historic English pieces. Here you can see a close up of them. I’m just so in love with them.

English Coastal Dining Room Reveal I Finding Silver Pennies

I decided to paint the legs to add warmth but also light. The legs were not going to match the top. A huge thank you to Homestead House paints for sending me some milk paint for this table! I painted the legs and apron in Miss Mustard Seed Farmhouse White. I added bonding agent because I was worried about the paint completely flaking off. I knew on the raw wood apron it would stick fine but worried about the surface of the legs. I distressed the table with 400 grit sand paper so it’s super smooth and sealed with MMS Milk Paint Wax.

English Coastal Dining Room Reveal I Finding Silver Pennies

The wood top is reclaimed heart pine. We purchased the reclaimed pine from Stonewood Products down the Cape. It took Luke and I ages to decide on the right wood. The boys got so bored waiting, but the heart pine was the right choice. Luke planed, jointed and built the table. It was a long process but so worth the wait. You can see the progress here. I shared how we sealed the top last week on the blog, click here.

I really, really wanted this piece to look old. Like we found it.

It was important to me for the finish to be matte on the paint and on the wood surface while still being durable enough for our family.

English Coastal Dining Room Reveal I Finding Silver Pennies

English Coastal Dining Room Reveal I Finding Silver Pennies

think we succeeded!

The chairs are sooooooo comfortable! They are the Henricksdal by Ikea. I did the birch frame and the white long slipcovers. The chair with the slipcover was $89. I shopped around and this was the best price I could find and the most comfortable chair. These are white cotton and come off easily to wash. Since I know they will get dirty with boys, I bought two spare covers….

When our oldest saw them, in the room, he said, “Oh, Mommy, they look so coastal.” 🙂

English Coastal Dining Room Reveal I Finding Silver Pennies

Since the room is not very big we designed the table so the chairs would be three each side.

English Coastal Dining Room Reveal I Finding Silver Pennies

If we have a larger group for dinner we can turn the table the other way and put chairs at the ends, but for our every day it will be like this.

Above, you can see the view into our kitchen from the dining room. The lithograph above my faux marble bar cart has special meaning as it used to hang in my parents’ restaurant.

English Coastal Dining Room Reveal I Finding Silver Pennies

The rug was on sale from Overstock and I’m sooooooo happy with it. I debated to replace our oriental with another but I was just drawn to this bold pattern. It’s by Safavieh and is 100% wool. It is so soft under foot. It was 70% off which I think is a steal.

English Coastal Dining Room Reveal I Finding Silver Pennies

The rug has made the table pop and also made the room feel soooooo much bigger.

English Coastal Dining Room Reveal I Finding Silver Pennies

It all works together and is even better than I thought it could be.

English Coastal Dining Room Reveal I Finding Silver Pennies

English Coastal Dining Room Reveal I Finding Silver Pennies

Can you believe this tray is melamine? Q Squared sent me a few pieces to try out and I LOVE them.

English Coastal Dining Room Reveal I Finding Silver Pennies

English Coastal Dining Room Reveal I Finding Silver Pennies

I know this one is slightly out of focus, but this is real life:

English Coastal Dining Room Reveal I Finding Silver Pennies

Living in this space with my little family is the best.

English Coastal Dining Room Reveal I Finding Silver Pennies

English Coastal Dining Room Reveal I Finding Silver Pennies

I hope you enjoyed seeing the space as much as I enjoyed sharing it with you.

In case you’re interested in items used I’ll include a full source list below.

Also let me know if you’d like a tutorial on the table build, I might be able to convinced Luke to share it.

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Kim
Kim
6 years ago

It’s a lovely, liveable room. Beautiful!

Kate
Kate
6 years ago

It looks so pretty! Definitely a cozy place to spend time with the family or read the paper!

Jill
Jill
6 years ago

What a wonderful room!

Donna
Donna
6 years ago

So beautiful Danielle! Elegantly casual and so inviting!! I love it!

Linda
Linda
6 years ago

Oh Danielle, that just turned out beautiful! The table, hutch and rug all lightened and energized the room. Your family is going to love this space.

Nita C.
6 years ago

Your dining room looks absolutely fantastic. You and Luke did a great job with the dining room table. Enjoy.

Gee
Gee
6 years ago

Beautiful. I am drooling over that table!!

Suzanne
6 years ago

Danielle, it all looks so lovely! Well done! Your table is gorgeous!

Kaycee F
Kaycee F
6 years ago

Danielle, what a beautiful space and the memories created while planning, sourcing and building this gorgeous table together is priceless. Enjoy the fruits of your labor!

Susie
6 years ago

Love, love, love your table! Well, I love the whole room! I have one son so I totally get the “boy friendly” approach. You have a beautiful family and a totally fabulous dining room to share all the great food and memories. Well done! Very very well done! Susie from The Chelsea Project

Ellen Shook
Ellen Shook
6 years ago

I LOVE your dining room! Your sons are so handsome — and your husband so talented. There was a time in American house design (Craftsman) that the DR was the largest room in a cottage or bungalow. I have always wondered if that was where the family used the room as you describe. I think that was where the early version of the house telephone usually was, too. Your table is perfect, with the twisty legs and pretty top. I wish you many happy years of life in life in this beautiful room.

Marijean Jenson
Marijean Jenson
6 years ago

It’s stunning! I love everything about it. Your hubby is very talented!

Liza B.
Liza B.
6 years ago

To get blackberry stains out of shirts, clothes, or chaircovers, boil it – do not try washing with cold water. The stain will disappear in boiling water. (Just in case) Love the room.

Dianne
Dianne
6 years ago

The table is gorgeous. Love your carpet too.
Your dinning room came together so nicely!
You will make many memories around your new table.

At Rivercrest Cottage
6 years ago

So in love with your room. That cabinet is calling my name.