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3-Step Makeover: Breakfast Nook

This breakfast nook was missing a significant something: character. In a 3-step makeover, we take it from famine to visual feast with new furniture, punchy color, and a few simple accessories.

By Jody Garlock

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Step 1: Getting Started

Breakfast rooms are, by definition, sunny, cozy, and inviting. But this one was the opposite: tract-white walls, a predictable chandelier hung too high, bare windows, and a way-long table. The room's architectural features were a bonus -- and a curse. How to make the mismatched windows seem like they belong together? How to soften the harsh angles? Tame the cavernous ceiling?


step 1: breakfast nook
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The Makeover To-Do List
  • Make the small nook seem larger.
  • Create a roomy and functional floor plan.
  • Add character and style.

Continued on page 2:  Step 2: Color and Character

 

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