Our Dining Room Before and After

Our dining space has undergone a very colourful transformation. It was great before don't get me wrong. It's hard to go wrong with a beautiful vintage teak dining set. I am over my black and white phase for the moment and I am craving colour. I contribute my change to our big move to Toronto. We are so happy in Toronto and I guess I just want my happiness to show. To me, living with colour just makes me feel happy too.
Here is our dining space before.

It was great, I was just over the black and white with a touch of red phase. We had a little too much going on with too much furniture in our small space too. It was difficult giving up some pieces in the beginning though.
Here is our dining space now.

I think it's a dramatic difference. I changed out the vintage drapery for some crispy white curtains. I let a teak sideboard go and now the space is more open. The teak dining set is now at home at my son's great home (lucky him). I am loving the white pieces against the teak. I painted the walls a beautiful shade of white as well (White Heron by Benjamin Moore). The paint colour before was fine, however white makes a huge difference. I painted the black shelves a vivid orange and set up some colourful accessories and artwork. With an original combination of Flor carpet, I think our dining space looks fabulous.
Here's my old set at my son's home. He and his girlfriend have fabulous taste as well.