A couple of weeks in the past, we revealed my lounge and my closet speakeasy, and I’m glad to report that I’ve another area to share with you – my eating room! You would possibly’ve seen a sneak peek or two for those who noticed the final two weblog posts, since all of the areas are adjoining to one another – however now it’s time to take you on a full tour of this funky little area and share every little thing I did.

As a reminder, this condominium is a complete GEM – good location, walkable to a ton of enjoyable spots, month-to-month, classic appeal, and authentic tile within the kitchen and loos, however nearly each room was in want of dose of TLC after I confirmed up. Let me present you…

DINING ROOM BEFORE

Yeah, so it wasn’t a very turnkey move-in scenario…however my boyfriend, Austin, and I gave the whole condominium a fast paint job. It’s proof of why it’s best to by no means underestimate the ability of a contemporary, white paint:

So a lot better, proper?! The beige-y brown partitions have been simply not it. Plus, they have been fairly banged up for those who appeared intently, so this made a MASSIVE distinction. It did, nevertheless, make the flooring imperfections extra noticeable. We’re fortunate to have the unique hardwood flooring in our condominium, but it surely’s additionally fairly banged up. However I knew I might simply cowl it up with a rug and an enormous, lengthy eating desk, so it wasn’t an enormous deal (as a result of refinishing hardwood flooring in a rental is the place I personally draw the road).

I defined the design course for my condominium in nice element over in my lounge reveal, however the TLDR is that this: we’re going for “single grandma that’s again out on the streets and able to celebration.” I do know you’re most likely like, “Mallory, what does that truly imply??” A less complicated means of placing it: a contact of classic, a contact of recent, and a complete lot of female power – that’s the vibe!

Additionally, see that historic AC unit? It’s so old-looking, I didn’t even attempt to see if it labored (I simply figured it was damaged because it appeared damaged…prefer it’s lacking buttons and is total tremendous sketchy lol), so when Austin and I painted this whole place final summer time, it was about 90 levels, and we by no means even turned it on. I laughed SO arduous after I lastly simply pushed the button and realized that factor truly cranks…I used to be actually in shock. All this to say I knew I wished to discover a method to cowl that pet up however nonetheless make sure that it was practical…it’s fairly the eyesore in spite of everything.

Should you’ve been following me for some time, I’ve a factor about leopard and/or tiger wallpaper. Simply check out the toilet from my outdated studio condominium – I’m nonetheless obsessive about these partitions. One thing concerning the coolness and the sheer quantity of character the leopards add…I simply suppose it’s so enjoyable. So I sampled tons of various wallpapers, however in the end had the Sarah Sherman Samuel x Lulu and Georgia tiger jacquard grasscloth one in my coronary heart (and have because the second this sample dropped). Initially, I used to be going to go together with the darker yellow one, however then realized this room is already pretty darkish through the day – and whereas it’s an excellent concept to go to darkish in a room with out a ton of pure mild – I earn a living from home in right here on a regular basis and knew it will be rather a lot for me to be in a darkish yellow room for hours on a regular basis, so we went with the creamier white ish one. And I put it up myself!!

DINING ROOM PROGRESS

Clearly, this wallpaper isn’t peel-and-stick – so I principally simply put in common wallpaper on the partitions, however did two issues to make it simpler to take off later: 1. I overlapped the panels a bit in order that I might simply elevate off the corners and sides, and a couple of. I used means much less glue than I’d have if this have been a spot I owned. Ideally, the following tenant will wish to hold the wallpaper up, so I’m hoping I received’t need to take away it, but when I’ve to take away it, it’s not an enormous deal – you simply use a steamer and a scraper, and sure, it takes a little bit of elbow grease, but it surely comes off. The wallpaper in my final condominium wasn’t peel-and-stick both, and it took about 3 or 4 hours to take away, however I obtained my safety deposit again, no downside.

Wallpaper generally is a huge funding (time and money-wise), relying on the sort you get, but it surely really makes the largest impression, in my view. I imply, simply see for your self…(REVEAL INCOMING!)…

There she is!! My eating room in all her glory. As soon as the wallpaper was up, I sampled a ton of colours and located the proper shade to enrich – Shaded White by Farrow and Ball. It will probably lean type of tan typically and type of mauve different occasions, and it’s simply so gorg in each mild! Then I considered including in a enjoyable moulding beneath the chair rail, however I would try this for section 2, or won’t do it in any respect, because it’s a rental and I’m undecided it’ll be definitely worth the bang for the buck.

The eating desk and chairs actually grounded the whole area – I like the distinction of their trendy shapes with the extra conventional feeling wallpaper. I wished to have mixture of outdated and new (learn: horny grandma). I swapped out the boob mild (after all) to this attractive Soho Residence chandelier, which has the proper conventional/trendy combine, and I had been eyeing it for actually years.

Now let’s chat about that ugly AC unit within the window…

My fast and simple repair to cowl up that window AC unit was to pop in a restaurant curtain. Functionally, it’s good – you may slide it to 1 aspect if you wish to let in some mild from the window, and you may slide it to the opposite aspect to make use of the AC unit in the summertime. It helped SO a lot with the eyesore that was this historic field in the midst of the window. In an ideal world, I wouldn’t need to have that AC and would’ve executed some attractive pinch-pleat floor-to-ceiling curtains so the cafe curtains wouldn’t be in the identical eye-line because the chandelier, however the AC unit is so practical and I truly like being comfy in my own residence, so we needed to hold it 🙂

This rug was SUPER reasonably priced – I wanted an odd dimension (7×10) and I didn’t wish to make investments an excessive amount of into it. When I discovered this one, I knew it was good for the area. These sconces are hardwired sconces, however I don’t have a junction field right here, so I simply put rechargeable mild bulbs in them, and I’m really in love. They’re from the Crate and Barrel x Athena Calderone collab, and I’d been eyeing them for a very long time as effectively. I like investing in lighting that I’m planning to take with me, and the lighting on this area will certainly include me to my subsequent place or undertaking.

I wanted some giant artwork for this area, so I went via some Slim Aarons prints (my favourite photographer – I at all times love placing his work in my initiatives). I obtained this 20×20 print and put it in a 30×30 body – then I did somewhat DIY to make the framing look costlier. I obtained a 24×24 mat with a 20×20 cutout after which two 30×30 mats with a 24×24 cutout. I took one of many mats and drew a black define with Sharpie across the fringe of it – then I put the second 30×30 mat on high so it lined any imperfections. Word the black define is on all sides – it’s simply the angle of this picture that solely exhibits 3!

Sconces | Artwork Print

I would wish to swap this body to be a gold/bronze antique-looking body – however I haven’t discovered one I like but, and frames could be huge investments. So for now I’m utilizing this one, which is definitely actually nice high quality (and it’s actual glass – it’s arduous to seek out a big, reasonably priced body that doesn’t use acrylic), and it isn’t a complete arm and a leg for the way huge it’s.

Body | Gold Corners | Music Heart Classic Postcard | Los Feliz Classic Postcard | Candle Holders (Classic)

On this wall over right here, I created a gallery of classic LA/Los Feliz postcards, and it was loopy reasonably priced. Let me present you the breakdown…

The frames have been offered in bulk and averaged to be about $3 a chunk (I obtained 9×12 in a pack of three), they usually don’t include a mat, so I purchased these in bulk too (in a pack of 10 for $30), after which I lower them every all the way down to dimension. I ended up simply taping the classic postcards on high of the mat as a result of they clearly didn’t have a lower out for the postcards, and in the long run you they give the impression of being nice. Then every postcard was between $3 and $15, and I discovered all of them on eBay.

Body | Gold Corners | Music Heart Classic Postcard | Los Feliz Classic Postcard

Then I wished to make the frames a bit extra fascinating – so I added on these gold corners, which have been solely $10 for a pack of 12. To fill my complete wall, I wanted 8 frames – so right here’s how a lot it value:

$3-$15 per postcard
$3 per body
$3 per mat
$3 per body so as to add gold corners

So every bit of artwork + framing value me between $12-$24, and after I did the maths, I spent a complete of $170 on the whole wall, which is EXCELLENT in my view, contemplating how a lot area this gallery wall takes up! Should you’re searching for artwork – I extremely advocate doing this 🙂

Okay, as we’re wrapping up – right here’s the shot that exhibits the place my lounge/speakeasy are in relation to the eating room, simply to provide a bit extra context. I simply love this picture – and that mirror is so good & bounces the sunshine round in one of the simplest ways.

Right here’s a reminder of the loopy transformation!

Gown | Sneakers

There I’m! I simply wished to say thanks to everybody for taking the time to learn this and have a look at all of the pictures. And for those who noticed my different reveals as effectively, THANK YOU! Means the world to get to do that and I’m so appreciative. See you within the feedback!!

*Design by Mallory Wackerman
**Images by Sara Ligorria-Tramp