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Before & After: Black Dining Room

Our post from last week, Inspiration: Dark Interiors, received many great comments from our readers. ModFruGal posted a link to a Before and After project of her dining room. It turned out so nice that we wanted to share it with more of our readers.

ModFruGal did an amazing job transforming her beige/mocha dining room into a more modern black and white version of the room. We like that the moldings, trim, and the ceiling are white. They create a nice contrast with the black walls. The accessories and art in white and blue bring it all together. We especially enjoy the blue tray and the vintage pin up girls art collection on the walls. You can find the sources for most items on the ModFruGal blog, so be sure to check it out. There are also more pictures of the dining room and the house that she has been renovating. We can't wait to see the whole house finished. Enjoy!

(Images: ModFruGal)

Comments (19)

SO much nicer than the taupe! Good choice!

posted by Lisa (Montreal) on June 30th 2009 at 6:49pm
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That is an awesome transition!

posted by OMG on June 30th 2009 at 6:52pm
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The walls, buffet and lamps are a MASSIVE improvement.

Now I hope she does something with that 80's whitewashed table, those galvanized steel chairs, the piles of books on the floor and the undersized artwork above the buffet...

posted by bepsf on June 30th 2009 at 7:05pm
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YAY!! i love someone using a strong dose of black! good job

posted by wampler on June 30th 2009 at 8:01pm
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I LOVE those galvalized chairs. Just checked out her blog. They're from Pottery Barn, but I read that they're still Tolix. And the table is actually grey. Not whitewashed. I love the parsons table mixed with the chairs. Great job!

posted by Jimmyjames on June 30th 2009 at 8:24pm
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Tres chic! I love a deep rich wall... especially in a small space. It makes a smaller room feel cozy and roomy as the walls recede. Bright light rooms are pretty, of course, but in a small space white can make you feel like all the walls are coming at you and closing in.

posted by RedBirdCabin on June 30th 2009 at 8:39pm
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Hm. I like the color quite a bit and applaud the bold choice, but I don't think it works well with her current furniture and accessories.

posted by slowdown on June 30th 2009 at 8:43pm
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That poor albino deer…..

posted by sciteach on June 30th 2009 at 9:05pm
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Love everything else, but the animal head really ruined it......

posted by imcaffeine on June 30th 2009 at 9:06pm
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The buffet looks really nice, and I love the floor. Not a fan of the table or the deer head though.

posted by jamiealyse on July 1st 2009 at 1:12am
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imcaffeine, your comment made me laugh because I was just going to ask where to purchase the deer head from :)

to each their own

So....where can I purchase that deer head from???

posted by shoegirl on July 1st 2009 at 8:02am
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Shoegirl...Cardboard Safari has "Animal Trophies" of all kinds!

posted by ModFruGal on July 1st 2009 at 9:00am
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Looks great! I do wish the table was white to match the trim though...

posted by lemonadefish on July 1st 2009 at 11:46am
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I love those metal chairs! I almost didn't notice them in the before shot, but in the after they wow.

posted by Laurenwl on July 1st 2009 at 1:55pm
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bepsf, as always, is cruel but spot on.

posted by kiljoywashere on July 1st 2009 at 2:12pm
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Ditto, bepsf. Can you please be my best friend?

posted by btfabt on July 1st 2009 at 3:01pm
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The artwork is "Stuff White Trees Like" by Jon Armstrong - on etsy - AKA dooce's other half.

posted by KateMick on July 2nd 2009 at 10:43am
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Animal heads need to be banned from all decor. So do antlers.

(My spousal unit and I play a game with the West Elm catalog where we find the random-dead-animal-part in each picture.)

posted by eeka on July 2nd 2009 at 12:34pm
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what is the image in the frame? it reminds me of something I painted on the walls of my bedroom in my parent's house. it looks a lot like the cover of the shin's album "oh, inverted world" anyone know?

posted by Zo Paige on July 2nd 2009 at 2:01pm
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