The Coral Console
I’m reporting live today from underneath a humongous pile of packages. Holy moly craziness. The last week and a half has been more cutting, packing and shipping than I ever thought my hands could possibly take. If you “attended” the Addison’s Wonderland @shopourwonderland sale last week you know that everything sold and it sold fast. I not only sold lots of products but also over a thousand yards of fabric! In total I will have packed and shipped a whopping 223 shipments in less than two weeks. Thank goodness for my sister who I kidnapped, I mean recruited, to come help me. Wow you guys are awesome, thank you! When I decided to take a break from Addison’s Wonderland as I explained in Meet Addison’s Wonderland, I was ever so slightly afraid I would be left wallpapering my home in thousands of yards of extra fabric. As you know, I am capable of doing crazier things but you guys saved the day! Anyways, the point of the story is that things have been crazy and I’m a little late blogging this week.
I am excited to finally be blogging my absolute favorite room in our home this week… the Dining Room! On Friday, I will take you on a full room tour with all of the paint colors, details and sources. Until then, here’s a brief re-cap of a project my daughter and I took on over the summer for a piece of furniture that now has a place in our dining room. And it is fabulous…
Before
Here’s a little peek at the basement in our previous home. I’ll be doing a full home tour of that house in the coming weeks. My style was a little different 8+ years ago when we finished the basement. I purchased this console table at a store in Madison, GA called In High Cotton. I’ve also linked to some similar style console tables at the bottom of this post. It came in this antiqued green finish which I loved then but the colors aren’t so fabulous in our current home.
During
My sweet daughter Addison absolutely LOVES to help me with anything crafty. I think I have a future little designer on my hands. One day over the summer we got to work on sanding and re-painting this console piece.
We sanded it lightly using a 3M Sanding Sponge taking off just enough of the top coat to hold a new coat of paint. We then painted three coats of Coral Gables by Benjamin Moore which I think is the perfect coral color.
P.S. My daughter only helped for a short time. She was just more excited about posing for pictures than me.
After
SHOP OUR DINING ROOM:
SHOP OUR DINING ROOM:
XOXO, Brittany Hayes
rosa says
hello brittany, my name is rosa. I recently discovered you and your amazing work. let me tell you, i was floored when i saw your dining room. ive never seen anything so spectacular! i visit your blog and i was wondering if you could please post about the room in your home with stripes on the ceiling? i love the color the stripes the concept just everything! thank you
Brittany Hayes says
Awe thank you so so much! How sweet! Yes, that’s my office. It’s a room in the works but I will definitely be posting it very soon! Thank you again!
Alice in wonderland says
Hi Fellow wonderland lover! First off, your home is dreamy to me. I just got married so we are renting now but when a have a home I want mine to portray similar style as you. Something I’ve been thinking a lot about lately is how to incorporate my feminine, bright and floral style to my husbands- which is more browns, darker colors, old fashioned (think Hogwarts castle). In other words, what were conversations like when discussing your dream home with your husband? Did you combine styles? PS I love your highlights! I have brunette hair like yourself and so over the ombré. 🙂 What did you tell your stylist you wanted? Color and style of highlights? Thanks!
Brittany Hayes says
Awe thank you so so much!! Congrats! Honestly, my husband is so used to my very strong sense of style that he pretty much “retreats” when it comes to house design. He did do a good bit in our basement which is a somewhat different style than the rest of our home. I haven’t shown that yet but it is much more masculine and he had fun doing things that were all his idea when we finished it. There are definitely still some pops of me down there but he considers it his space. Hope that helps! As far as my hair, I told her I wanted it super dark underneath and then really light around my face. Good luck to you! XOXO