Nesting With Grace

by Brooke Christen

Dining Room- Utah Ranch Home

Finally sharing our dining room! We are really enjoying it. I haven’t shared it yet because I was waiting for a few things and we do want to add beams to the ceiling. Thought I would share what it looks like now and also mention some ideas we have for the space.

This is our only dining table in the house. We eat at this round table every night. When we remodeled the house we moved the stairs that were right here in this opening, now you can walk right from the dining table to the kitchen. The kids mostly eat at the island for breakfast and if we are home for lunch it is at the island or at the table.
Let’s go over what we love first. The window. Favorite thing is this curved window. Besides the fun shape, the view out the window is incredible. We can clearly see the mountains from our dining chairs. And when it snows, it is really magical.
Noah loves this spot to sit and look out the window. He cracks me up sitting up to the table like a human. Olive sometimes lays right on the table, like a cat.
You can spot Olive, under the table in this photo, always close to Noah.
I also really like the bubble light fixture. I had originally picked out a different light, but ran into the issue of it being too low since our ceilings are 8′. The bubble light is more affordable than a lot of other similar lights I found. It looks really pretty on too. We have it on a dimmer switch, like most all our lights!
The dining table has been great and isn’t high-maintenance. I like that it doesn’t show every scratch or smudge. Our table is 72″ round in Brushed Light Oak finish.
Since this is our only dining table I wanted it to be a really comfortable place to it and stay awhile. That being said, I was worried about spills on the cream fabric chairs. Thankfully in the 5 months of owning the dining chairs and eating here every night and hosting lots of dinners with family and friends we haven’t had any issues. Easy to wipe off it something get’s on them.
My favorite thing about the dining chairs is that the one side is fabric and the back it wood, creating an interesting view when looking from any side of the room.
We did consider a built-in banquette but it really was too tight next to the walkway if we pushed the round table close for a banquette. Plus that large of a banquette is a lot of scooting to get in the middle. Basically it just doesn’t work for us.
We added a console to this wall, to not only fill in the empty space but to also have a place to serve food from.
We also love the gas fireplace and we have used it often this past winter. Makes for a cozy spot to sit and eat.
Even tho we don’t need wood to start a fire, I just love the texture and look of stacked wood. I messaged someone on Etsy to see if they could make it custom to fit the space, happily found someone that made log holder for a great price.
And to the right we were considering a built-in, which I would love, but it has been hard to get someone to do it. So I ordered the black metal and glas cabinet, that fits the space perfectly. I figure I could do this cabinet for now and if down the road am able to do a built-in we can easily move the bookcase to another spot or sell it.
It actually fit like a glove! When Kevin saw it, he was worried it wasn’t going to fit! Thankfully I did measure.
There are similar arch cabinets online, I liked that this one had a white background.
A lot of the pieces in the cabinet I got second hand or have collected for awhile.
I shared the piano when we got it from a local, who refurbishes pianos. We LOVE having a piano and are getting the kids back in lessons and I have been practicing again. But I wish I would have done the piano light on this wall, since the piano was a little tight to walk by on the other wall. In still might switch it.
While I love this space, I think wood beams would add a lot of character and texture to the room! Stay tuned!

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  2. Patti says

    Where is the large art piece on the console from, please?

    Love your house and things you do. Thanks for sharing.

    Patti

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  3. Pat says

    Love your dining room!! I almost forgot about that fireplace. The light reminds me of party balloons..how fun. And those chairs with the wood backing.. I could go on and on…another fabulous room!!

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