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Showing posts with label table cloth. Show all posts

Week 10: Dining Light Fixture

When we bought our house the previous owners had down a bit of "fixing up" including installing this light fixture and two others in the set, a three light fixture (installed in the kitchen eating area), and a single light (at the entry way). There was nothing wrong with these fixtures they just didn't go with our style at all. So I listed them on craigslist to be sold as a set or individually, I didn't really care. Well I nice lady from the next town over came one day during nap time and bought all three. It was enough for us to get a new light fixture for the dining room and a spot light for the kitchen area, thanks to the use of Lowe's coupons from the post office. (We are still debating on the entry light.)

So here is the previous light. Like I said... nothing wrong with it, just not our style.

And here is the new light!

We had seen the light a few months before at Lowe's and new we wanted it (it goes so well with the hutch)but decided to try and sell our current lights first. When we went to Lowe's to get the light and it was marked down $10 plus we had a 10% off coupon. Can't beat that!



Here is the dining room with the table cloth and February's hutch with the new light. We also got those black place mats at Bed, Bath, and Beyond for $1.00/ea on clearance. We love it... now to keep the clutter off the table!

Week 9: Table Cloth

Andy and I first saw this fabric in the Special Order section at Joann's. It was $19.99/yd and at the time we weren't quite sure where it would fit in our house. So we returned the sample piece to Joann's for the time being and kept it in the back of our heads. Then one day I was at Denver Fabrics (awesome!) and saw the same fabric and it was... wait for it.... $9.99/yd and in stock so I snatched it up.



We had previously decided it would be the fabric for our table cloth. With black chairs and the hutch behind the table this fabric helped pull the room together. Even though I didn't need to cut the cloth I still needed to finished the edges. Generally, I would instantly go to the sewing machine but I decided against it for the table cloth. I was worried that on this large of fabric I wouldn't be able to keep a straight line.

Instead, I decided to use iron-on bonding to attach 1 1/2" black binding. It took a little bit of time but was extremely easy to do. After I had the binding attached I did go over with my machine and black thread just to make sure that it was secure.

Ready for her close up!!!
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