With Halloween behind me and Thanksgiving and Christmas right around the corner, I can’t help but think of how much I’d like to have a beautiful dining room to host holiday gatherings.  While pinning for inspiration, I spotted this rustic/eclectic dining space with interesting woodwork and pretty colors.  House of Turquoise featured this room from a home decorated by Four Chairs Furniture and photographed by Hiya Papaya Photography.
There’s lots to love in this dining room. Â It’s a sunlit space with a fun mix of modern, traditional, and rustic pieces. Â The chunky, modern table with a distressed finish, bright pops of yellow, red, and aqua, and the stunning driftwood floors in this room provide a feast for the eyes.
I was so excited about this room that I just had to look around for some ways to DIY it. Â Check out the five tutorials I found to get this look for less:
  1.  Driftwood Finished Hutch
While I couldn’t find a tutorial for a china hutch with a driftwood finish, I found one for a dresser at Amanda Carol Interiors.  Isn’t that weathered wood patina amazing?  China hutches are pretty easy to find on Craigslist, you could use this tutorial to recreate a driftwood finish like the gorgeous china cabinet in my inspiration photo.
2. Â Stacked Wood Pedestal Table
The chunky, stacked wood table is one of my favorite elements in that inspiration room.  Rustique Restoration built a similar table themselves, sharing the step-by-step process of a design based on Crate & Barrel’s Paloma table.
3. Â Yellow Chairs
Don’t you love the contrast of the bright yellow chairs against the gray and yellow backdrop of my inspiration room?  I spotted similar chairs in a home tour at The Lettered Cottage.  (While the exact shade of yellow isn’t mentioned in that post, Pinterest suggested that it is this:  Glidden Gloss – Bright Gold BMC CLRNT OZ 384th AX 6 – 13 C 1 – 66 E 0 – 48 KX 3 – 156)
4. Driftwood Finished Floor
Hardwoods can be expensive, but Centsational Girl featured a tutorial for a plywood plank floor with a driftwood finish. Â It definitely puts high style flooring within reach!
5. Full Wall Board & Batten
Remodelaholic finished a living room wall with narrow board and batten paneling that extends from floor to ceiling–just like the walls of the room in my inspiration photo. Â They have an excellent tutorial for you to follow, too.
I hope you like this room as much as I do! Â Please let me know if you use any of these ideas to switch things up in your own house.