When we were first time home buyers, I had no idea what specific interior style I was drawn too- our only concern was to have functioning furniture. Well fast-forward 4 years later and our kitchen has went though the most changes within our home. From tearing down a little half wall to multiple colours on the wall, it’s about time our kitchen has finally come together!

With my biggest DIY yet, last fall I decided to go for it and paint our kitchen cabinets grey, YUP grey, not white… I remember my father-in-law saying “grey? Hmmm”. Because grey kitchen cabinets were hardly known and I think most people remember the popular 90’s oak kitchen while grey was non-existent. But once my father-in-law saw them, it was a no brainer that grey suited this kitchen to a T. I’m still in love with the colour and it really flows beautifully with the rest of our home, plus now our dining area has  new table and chairs which really pull the whole kitchen and dining area together!

Before we moved in, 2012.Our first progress.Our kitchen now. (DIY Galvanized Sign tutorial here)

Eventually, our dining area was in need of improvement. Our first dining set was beginning to fall apart, the leather on some of the chairs was starting to rip and the table top had been used and abused by two little boys. It was time to search for a new table and chairs! Let me start by saying this was the hardest decision to make for our kitchen area. I knew I wanted a thick wood table and made well to withstand our tough-loving family.

Soooo when it came to shopping at Leon’s, I fell in love with the Claira table with its X trestle style base and the Kingston traditional baluster farmhouse table. Both tables were beautiful, but then I saw the Helix table- it was the perfect balance of modern and farmhouse *the definition of my interior loving self ;)

Here’s the before aka half wall, vinyl flooring, baby blue walls…
Our first progress- before we decided to paint the walls lighter. (I spy a baby Max!)
And here’s the after, quite the difference don’t you think!?

The Helix is very versatile (especially when I decide to dramatically change something up in our home) and it matches perfectly with the Stockton metal industrial style chairs that I absolutely adore and have been on a mission to own at some point!

Our dining table is one piece of furniture that gets used a whole lot! From dinner, crafts and my very own workspace, this table is reliable and swoon worthy. It’s everything we’ve been looking for to fit in with our needs and lifestyle of raising a family and all the shenanigans in between.

To read more about our dining area transformation, visit Hello Yellow Blog and for an inspiring summer read visit Hello Sunshine!

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