Next up is the dining room! We didn't want anything really formal and it still opens up to the kitchen and living room so very open. The main light is a globe made of driftwood, when it's dark and the light is on it casts a really cool shadow on the ceiling and walls. My favorite piece in this room is the china cabinet. I love it because it's that shabby chic white with glass doors and the 2 knobs on the bottom are different glass knobs so it has lots of character. The dishes inside are also very special! I don't have really anything else from my family that is a family heirloom but the story behind this china is that my grandparents gave it to my mom as a wedding gift, they had purchased it at an antique auction. It's Homer Laughlin Georgian china, which was made somewhere between 1930-1950 actually in Ohio where we're from. It's so pretty and the colors match perfectly. The shelf in the corner I got from a consignment shop in Amelia Island in North Florida, it's made out of old white shutters. The table and chairs I purchased separately but all from the Missing Piece in South Tampa. I couldn't find gray chairs anywhere so I actually painted them myself, I'm not a crafty person so that's an accomplishment for me. Just next to the dining room is a little space before you go out the back door and I also found this huge coat rack with door knobs for hooks at a consignment shop in north Florida. It use to be in an old plantation house on Amelia Plantation. I also painted the bench underneath to match the chairs. That's just a little find from Home Goods:-)
