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Home » Home Decor » Host & Host Home Tour: Breakfast Nook/Sitting Area

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Host & Host Home Tour: Breakfast Nook/Sitting Area

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If you checked in last week you saw the kitchen update. Which gave you a glimpse of our breakfast area and overall layout of the space. This week is a little more focus on the breakfast nook part. I love our big open kitchen and when we first moved in I used the space in the traditional breakfast table sort of way. We ate there every morning and night.

before and after home tour breakfast nook

Then the food kept filling up the crevices of my farmhouse table and the unsightliness of it got on my ever lovin last nerve. I was so over that table. I had a new hunting mission.

before and after home tour breakfast nook

Can you see all the grimy cracks in this table? AND I cleaned it!!!

But to no avail. I could not find a table I loved to replace the one we had. Then the light bulb moment happened.before and after home tour breakfast nook

My friend has a similar kitchen and she uses her space as a sitting area. I totally copied her. This actually helped in multiple ways. My dining room basically told me it was feeling neglected. The prettiest piece of furniture I own lives in that room and we never step foot in it. By eliminating the breakfast table the dining room is now used daily. It couldn’t be happier and neither could I. I saved money by NOT buying a new table and pulled a couch out of my living room to the kitchen. I couldn’t have searched and found a better fit if I tried!!! Check out the before and after here…

before and after home tour breakfast nook

before and after home tour breakfast nook

I forgot how bad my light choice was at first till I revisited these old photos! While remodeling I hit the “I can’t make one more decision or I might die” point and made a hasty choice in lighting. Luckily I found this amazing chandelier on a Round Top trip. (more about Round Top here and here)before and after home tour breakfast nook

It makes my heart happy.

It’s the little things y’all.before and after home tour breakfast nook

Another Warrenton/Round Top score (from the same trip none the less!) was this old fireplace surround. All it’s chippy peely glory just called my name. before and after home tour breakfast nookThis rattan chair…a $40 steal from Habitat Restore. Recovered cushion of course.

before and after home tour breakfast nookAnd that’s our sweet girl…Gigi. She is a lazy bone. Below is the before view. It is during renovation, after we opened the wall up some.

before and after home tour breakfast nookThe view I love the most is the one I get each morning. I nestle in my little kitchen couch. This space has become my spot in the house. I read my bible, drink my coffee and snuggle with my littles each day…and this is what I see. Well, Gigi is in my spot for this picture… Told you she was a lazy girl!

before and after home tour breakfast nook Much better than the old view frame…

before and after home tour breakfast nook

before and after home tour breakfast nook

This fancy fun little coffee table fits this space so nice. I pulled it from our guest house. It is a treasure from a day of hunting in my secret favorite spot…Calvert, Texas. I have never seen anything similar before or since.

before and after home tour breakfast nook

There was lots of mess and obviously the decorating is an evolution. That is what makes it fun. To develop a room over time. To learn how to love and use each space in your home. You don’t have to use rooms in your house in typical ways. Do what works best for you and your family. Check out the rest of the house here.

before and after home tour breakfast nook

 

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  1. Katy King says

    June 12, 2015 at 1:49 PM

    LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE this space! We are almost done with updating a nook in our house, but I haven’t taken any pics so I don’t have a post to link. BUT, I do have a kitchen that I think needs fresh paint and maybe a recovered sofa – you want another project??

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    • Kim Jones says

      June 13, 2015 at 3:40 PM

      lol – I hardly think you need help! I have seen your space coming together and it is fabulous!

      Reply
  2. Suzy says

    June 13, 2015 at 8:54 AM

    Every single time I look at these before and after pictures, I am just blown away by how gorgeous your made the kitchen and breakfast nook! Did you find the rattan chair at our local Habitat Restore? I’ve never been but now I know I need to go check it out! I’m a DIY-aholic lol.

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    • Kim Jones says

      June 13, 2015 at 3:39 PM

      🙂 Yes I got it local. The habitat stores are great, but I always think it is a right place at the right time thing. This chair had just came in so I was lucky enough to scoop it!

      Reply
  3. Emily @ Ember Grey. says

    June 14, 2015 at 1:11 PM

    Best room in the house, for sure!! One of these days, I hope to have a nook 🙂 So cozy!

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  4. Pary Moppins says

    June 16, 2015 at 8:27 AM

    Beautiful redo! Love that you chose to use the space how best it works for you and not let convention stand in your way. 🙂

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    • Kim Jones says

      June 16, 2015 at 9:08 AM

      thank you! The space has been a good thing for our family! I hate that people feel tied down to use rooms the way they are labeled.

      Reply
  5. Melissa D says

    June 16, 2015 at 11:47 AM

    Love the colors! We live in an apartment, so our “dining room” is a play area for our kiddos. We moved the table into another corner of our living room.

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    • Kim Jones says

      June 16, 2015 at 4:50 PM

      Perfect! You have to do what works for you!

      Reply
  6. Melissa Paschka says

    June 16, 2015 at 1:21 PM

    Gorgeous!! I love how much light you’ve brought into the space!

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    • Kim Jones says

      June 16, 2015 at 4:51 PM

      thanks Melissa – I appreciate your kind words!

      Reply
  7. jenny says

    June 18, 2015 at 8:16 PM

    I’m in love with this whole area! The kitchen is so bright and your island makes me want to just snuggle that gorgeous countertop…marble? Anyway, over from Blogtalk and I’m so glad I came by to see your lovely kitchen area!

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    • Kim Jones says

      June 18, 2015 at 10:06 PM

      HI Jenny – so glad you came over! It is marble, we love it, but I will say it is not for the faint at heart. It has it’s issues. thanks a bunch

      Reply
  8. Kim Jones says

    June 18, 2015 at 10:05 PM

    Thank you Elle! She is a sweet girl and makes the whole house better!

    Reply
  9. Judy says

    September 21, 2017 at 7:47 AM

    I am going through a renovation right now, in a new state, I am very homesick. Looking at your site, helps me, you are truly an inspiration. Love your home.
    Judy

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    • Kim at Hunt and Host says

      September 22, 2017 at 8:24 PM

      Aww Judy, I am so sorry, homesick is so hard. I am thrilled that I can be a bright spot in your day!

      Reply

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