Our New Sitting Room (Breakfast Room)

I finally have pictures of the whole sitting room to share with you. So he got his wish for a recliner in front of a TV, while I got my wish for a bright, colorful, cheerful room.

It used to go to the back sunroom (aka, my huge storage room that will eventually be torn down).

The back area of this room is what I walled off and turned into the walk-in pantry.

But the pantry is separated from the breakfast room by French doors. But I absolutely love my new colorful, shiny, striped artwork.

This was a simple project, and the glass glitter that covers these canvases is so pretty. They are so sparkly and shimmery that I love to walk by them and admire the sparkle. I didn’t want to reupholster the benches, so I kept the purple (which is more grayed and dull than I would have chosen today) and brightened them up with some colorful pillows.

The whole purpose for this room was to have a place with comfy chairs. Matt is 6′ 1″, and it works well for him, although he has to use a pillow so that he can rest his head comfortably. It had a really dark factory finish on it, so I stripped it to let the natural wood shine.

I built these picture ledges (a very quick and easy DIY project) and then filled them with colorful printable artwork from various Etsy shops. I kept the frame around the TV, which is something I built for the first iteration of this room, and I also repainted the buffet a darker, richer purple called Black Sapphire by Behr.

For now, while my studio is still unfinished, and the walls are still lined with boxes of things that will eventually go into cabinets, I used frosted window film on the door to the studio.

When the studio is finished and actually looks nice, I’ll remove the window film. When we’re ready to turn this room back into an actual breakfast room with a table and chairs, I’m hoping that I can keep everything else, and just move the chairs, side table, and lamp, and then move a dining table and chairs in. I actually considered removing the doors from the pantry and just having a cased opening there.