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It’s a good day for a room reveal! Today I’m sharing our modern dining room makeover with moody green paint, modern furniture, and tons of light! It’s one of my favorite rooms in our house.

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It has been quite some time since I’ve posted anything here! I’ve been hard at work dreaming up all the things I want to do and then never actually doing them. It’s really the story of our renovation life! At least we aren’t feeling pressured to get anything done in a specific period of time. It’s so much better to renovate slowly!

I shared our dining room design plan way back in October of 2018. Honestly, we finished this room before Christmas but I’m just now getting around to sharing it! Yikes!

I knew I wanted to go modern with a mid-century vibe and add in some really dark, moody paint. This room gets a ton of light. My mom actually wears sunglasses in it (we still need to get blinds!). So I knew we could paint the room black and it wouldn’t feel dark at all.

Check out the before picture:

It’s beige and builder grade and gross.

Now, with new paint:

The dark green paint really made such a difference! Still, there was major room for improvement. I mean … that chandelier! We tried to get rid of it for FREE and no one would take it!!

Anyway… after doing some shopping, finding a vintage rug, and perfecting my plants, we have an almost completed room today! Minus blinds. I will get blinds this year. I will get blinds this year. Someone hold me to it!!

I can’t get enough of the vintage rug!! It was a local find and I couldn’t love it more. It just gives the room so much character and color and life.

I was also really excited about mixing chair types. I kept it in the charcoal color family for cohesiveness but I like how the different chair types looks. the lady in the store looked at me like I was crazy but I really like it!

Let’s also celebrate the end of that chandelier! I looooove this one from West Elm. What a difference just that change makes!

I also added a really sleek curtain rod. It has a little connector piece that allows it to move seamlessly between all the windows in the room, even in the corner.

The curtains are a budget find from IKEA! They really serve no actual purpose other than to look pretty. No need to spend a fortune there!

Last, I got all the plants moved around because that snake plant needed to be in that room. My plants are always switching rooms but I think I’m happy with where they are now.