Dining Room Makeover Finished

So here it is!  I finally am posting my completed

dining room makeover - 

and Purple Chocolat Home

has some much desired PURPLE in it!!

I swooned when I saw these gorgeous banquettes

and tufted chairs at Z Gallerie this summer and

knew that I was ready for some lightening up

in the dining room.

You know it all started with this remake of an

ugly green piece that I had in the basement

for plate storage.  After painting it, I knew

that I wanted it upstairs.  Now it stores

lots of plates and glasses, plus it looks great.

The bling on the knobs fits in perfectly with

the bling of my dining room chandelier.

I removed the red lampshades on the chandelier, and you

can't believe how much prettier the chandelier is now.

It pops during the day, but wow, it really pops at night.

Gone are the red rugs.  I am loving the travertine flooring

without rugs.  It just looks so much more open.

The other piece I redid is on the opposite wall, and

it provides great storage too.  

I love using both pieces

to display beautiful plates, ready for a dinner.

The bureau is decked out with a little fall glitz

like the buffet.

I ordered a table, and then was informed it was no longer

available.  I searched on Wayfair and found this fabulous

heavy table with two extension leaves that takes it almost

to ten feet!  Actually I had seen this very table at a gift

shop when visiting my sister Joni last summer, but they wouldn't 

sell it and didn't have any information on it.  

I couldn't believe my good fortune - not getting the

other table, so having to look again, and finding this

one I had loved.  It is a little hard to order online,

but since I had already seen it in person, I knew

I would love it.

I love the eclectic mix of the rustic and elegance.

A few gold bling pieces adorn the table.

The pineapple welcomes you into the new dining room.

The third wall has a little niche and this

storage cabinet used to have a red hand painted

door and lower drawer.  That got repainted

to a shiny silver with new silver knobs.

Red satin curtains were replaced with whispy gauze ones,

which again lightens the space.  I am in love

with the lightness and brightness of my new dining room.

Let's get together for dinner!

I will be posting this on

Tablescapes Thursday

My Fall Entry In Silver and Cream

I tried a whole new decorating

scheme in the fall entry this year.

Everything is in mercury silver and cream.

I love the mix of the shiny and natural.

This chest stores my napkin rings and

music for the piano which is in the entry.

You may remember this wonderful

French script pumpkin from my kitchen.

I got two of these from Home Goods this year.

The mercury glass all came from 

Home Goods too.

This little one with his curly stem is my favorite.

At night when I turn on my little 

lamp everything looks pretty.

Hope you are having wonderful weather

like we are.  I love a beautiful fall.

I will be posting this with

Metamorphosis Monday.

Harvest Grapes Tablescape

Welcome to Purple Chocolat Home for my

harvest tablescape. Come and enjoy

nature's bounty in my favorite color 

PURPLE!

The whole time I was setting this table in the garden

I was thinking of calling it my

Grapes of Wrath Tablescape

because I had decided to pull out the grapes.

Those of you who have seen my garden realize

I have extremely limited space 

and these

grapes took over last year (first year)

and didn't produce anything but beautiful

vines for the grapevine wreaths I made

last fall

and that are featured again on this table.

But then I saw these gorgeous clusters

of grapes and decided I might be keeping these

grapes if they were willing to produce such lovely

fruit.  (Last year the fruit was pathetic and the

birds ate what little there was.)

As soon as I saw these clusters, I knew I wanted to do a

tablescape with the grapes as the star.

I dug out some pretty salad plates that I had 

with appropriately colored fruit on them

and stacked them on top of my ruffled purple plates

surrounded by my homemade grapevine wreaths

and finished it off with my delicately carved 

grapevine silverplate goblets.  I was stunned

by the colors of purple and green grapes with the

purple tablecloth and the green of the natural 

grapeleaves.  It was truly inspiring and I decided

I might not yank out those wildly growing

grapevines after all!

(No more wrath!)

This table was set up in the backyard gazebo with the

handpainted canvas that my friend Paula did 10 years ago.

It is always a great spot for entertaining or just hiding away.

The lavender tablecloth was the perfect backdrop for

all of the deeper purples.  I stole the artificial

grape arrangement out of my half bath and used it

for the centerpiece along with fresh grapevine and 

leaves and additional clusters of purple and green grapes.

Digging through my drawer that contains all of my

napkin rings, I thought these rich purple beaded ones

were the perfect choice.

The grapes were so fun to photograph.

Here's another shot of the artificial arrangement.

The colors couldn't be a more perfect match.

The backyard is really starting to look a little ratty

and this gloriously colored table reallly made

it pretty.

I love the reflection of the grapes in the bowl of the

stemware.

So now I need to gather the rest of the grapes 

and I think I will make grapejuice with them.

The combination of grapes always makes a 

nicely flavored juice.

I hope you enjoyed my fun playing with nature's

bounty today. 

It is nice that nature included

a little purple in fall!

I will close with a couple of shots of

my small but wonderful garden at night.

Thanks so much for stopping by and visiting.  It

is a pleasure to host this fun table for you.

I will be posting with

Let's Dish

Home and Garden Thursday

Tablescapes Thursday

Centerpiece Wednesday

Sources

Fruit motif salad plates - Home Goods

Purple ruffled plates - Wal Mart (2 years ago)

Silverplate goblets - Spiegel (ages ago)

Tablecloth - Your Chair Cover

Centerpiece - Tai Pan

Flatware - Tuesday Morning