Adding To The Dining Table Arrangement

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I found myself adding a little something to the dining table arrangement yesterday.

The only thing that bothered me was the big gap between the back of the TV and the wall, so I figured out a way to hide it.

In Adding To The Dining Table Arrangement, this is the basic scene of the dining table I showed you. I added a painting to hide the gap between furniture.

My quick way of fixing things has always been to just cover it up. Easily but methodically.

Here’s what it looked like before with the gap between the wall and the cupboard.

I added a painting to the cupboard to hide that gap so it wouldn’t be right in front of me when I eat my meals.

The small painting of the urns came from Hobby Lobby.

Then I layered a cutting board slightly over them both to “marry them.” I’ve talked about doing this before when it comes to decorating.

Marrying Decor:

“Marrying decor objects” is my way of making things look more cohesive.

The black frame of the painting seemed a little stark close to the canvas painting that is not framed.

I felt that the cutting board fixed that. It bridged the gap between them.

Adding a dough bowl with cloth napkins and flatware helped soften the look.

I found the image of the vintage child in my scrap box, and I used poster glue to adhere it to the cutting board.

Then, I added cloth napkins to have them ready when I sat down to eat.

In Adding To The Dining Table Arrangement, I added the cutting board to hide the gap between the two pieces of furniture.

I found the painting with the two urns at Hobby Lobby the other day for half off.

Something about it appealed to me.

Sometimes, it just takes a slight adjustment to alter things completely.

My aim was to try to cover up what was right in front of me and give the illusion that it wasn’t there.

Varied Warm Wood Tones:

I like the varied wood tones on the shiny top of my dining table. These soft colors have a certain warmth.

The dining table is scratched up a bit due to Ivy jumping up there, but I use the Tibet Almond Stick I ordered from Amazon to cover the scratches.

In Adding To The Dining Table Arrangement, the image of the vintage child was in my scrap box, and I thought it would look nice on the cutting board.

Furniture gets dinged and scratched. That’s part of the life cycle of things we use daily.

Wouldn’t these colors be perfect for a fall scene? I wasn’t going for that. It just happened that way.

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I'm Brenda, creator of Cozy Little House. I live with my cats, Ivy, Simon, and Daisy. I graduated from journalism school with a degree in professional writing and won awards for feature writing. I practice gratitude and enjoy my solitude. My interpretation of life is that the glass is always half-full.

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6 Comments

  2. The dining table looks great. That was a great way to hide the gap. I love the way you put a picture on the cutting board. Thanks for telling us what you use for scratches on the wood furniture. I’m going to order some.

  3. So nice that things are blooming! So much to see to please your eye and your soul.
    Oh, that’s a great solution to conceal the gap. I need to make better use of cutting boards in decorating.
    It’s Fri-Yay – enjoy it!!!

  4. Mary in PA says:

    Well done! You are such a creative soul,Brenda! I love how you solve problems,big or small.
    Hope you and pretty Ivy have a good weekend. Does she like the new table placement?

  5. The colors in some of your art does look “autumnal” but they’re neutral enough to be used all year. I like that wood in more natural finishes has come back into style. I have seen lots of painted wood furniture, but I’ve always been more of a traditionalist in style and I tend toward darker wood finishes. The new art piece in the black frame works well to cover the gap.

  6. I see your echinacea flowers are blooming already, here in southern Ontario they are only just starting to come up! I do love pigeons, they appear to be very gentle, shy birds. They appear in the garden when there are no other birds around.
    I love what you have done with your dining table arrangement, I would never have thought of that.
    It has been raining all week here so I am holed up in the basement doing a few crafts.

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