Dining Room Makeover (Part 2)

Well here's the finished product! I am SO in love with the stripes!

Starting the first stripe!
We went with an off white.

First coat on wall one

First coat on second wall

Painting the top stripe


Time to peel off the frog tape!
(I know it looks like the hubby did everything, but I assure you I helped!)

TADA!
I am loving the stripes!

close up of wall 1
close up of wall 2

looking into the kitchen- we almost left the entry way beige.
glad we chose to add stripes!

So what do yall think?

Now I need to find some chevron curtains. I have NO idea what color to use though. As seen in my inspiration image from yesterday's post they had orange & white stripes on the walls & black & white chevron curtains. I am clueless as to what color to use! Suggestions please!

Should we replace the light fixture? I'm thinking yes. We changed out all of the wall plates to bronze, the light fixture is silver tone, and the furniture & floors are brown. We need some color now. The hubby wants to add GOLD but I'm not sure about that. I want an electric look throughout the house instead of everything being a total match.

Help! Seriously- I need suggestions!

Dining Room Makeover (Part 1)

I'm sure everyone has seen the striped walls in various blogs....well I've debated jumping on this bandwagon for some time and finally decided to do it.

Our dining room has been taped off (thanks to hubby & Vu) & we'll be painting it this afternoon! The walls are already beige so we'll just be adding white stripes. We chose to go with thicker stripes, 12" to be exact.

And as I was typing this blog, I happened to learn that starting April 1st, Frog Tape is starting a contest called "Earn Your Stripes"! The grand prize is $5000! woo hoo! I started this project at the right time! So if any of you were thinking of doing stripes, now's the time!
(I was not paid to promote this, as stated above I just came across it!)

My only problem now is I don't have a pic of the dining room without the frog tape! DANG IT! Do I remove the tape & take a before picture for a chance at the $5000?
Decisions, Decisions!

Anyways, here are the before pictures or should I say the during the taping pictures...

Vu & hubby making sure the stripes are straight!

Frog Tape of course!

This area was a little tricky.

Done with the second wall.

The room already looks different!

All taped & ready for paint.

My inspiration!
Now to find some affordable chevron curtains!
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