Hello, hello! I’m back! And sharing our dining room and backyard designs, including some cringe-worth “befores” and “in-betweens.” Let’s start with the “after” though, shall we" Our dining room was one of the last pieces of our home renovation project to be completed. We tore out the (yellowed basketball court feeling) flooring to install new pretty hardwood, stole space from one of the walls to install a closet on the other side of it in the bedroom (more to come on that soon), installed built-ins on either side, and then ripped out the back wall of our dining room to install these dreamy bi-fold LaCantina doors which I can confidently say has increased my happiness on earth.

Aforementioned prior window looking out to the backyard…
And here’s when we ripped it out! Ahhh, indoor/outdoor California living… you complete me!

The view from the backyard (and our then dining room):

And the final result! We went with bronze anodized aluminum material on the LaCantina frame and boy do I love the contrast it provides in this room.

To the right and left of the artwork above, you’ll see built-ins. We basically stole a few feet from the room to install a closet on the other side of this wall. The house didn’t have any storage when we moved in, so we had to create it! Now I have a place for my glassware and serveware collection and it doesn’t have to be shoved into random cabinets in our kitch...