I found inspiration for a dining room project! So what happened was….My husband gave me a globe to add to my globe collection for Christmas. You can see it in this post – it’s the altered one. After living with it for a few weeks, we all agreed that it just didn’t fit in with the other globes that I have.
So back to TJMaxx it went and instead I brought home this pretty black French grain sack table runner. It has a beautiful natural oatmeal background with black stripes instead of the usual red or blue that we think of when we think of French grain sack material.
It goes perfectly with my slipcovered parsons chairs which usually have the black & cream checkered slips on.
It also goes really well with my rug that’s under the dining room table. It’s primarily black with various shades of brown and beige in it.
This pretty new runner inspired me to straighten up my dining room! We’ve been done with our latest puzzle for a while now and it’s just been sitting on the end of the dining room table and that now really needed to be put away 
And you know how that goes, once you clean up one thing you start fluffing other things!
Here are a few more photos of my dining room.
Thrifted black transferware plates.
I’ve been wanting to lighten up my dining room but wasn’t exactly sure how to go about it without changing everything. I didn’t want to take the lithographed trays I have hanging on the walls down (they’re pretty dark and have black rims). But I don’t want all of that solid black furniture either.
Looking at that table runner plus a project I pinned has given me an idea of what to do! I’m so excited to have found a solution.
So this table runner inspired me to doing some new fluffing AND inspired a new project. You never know where you’ll find inspiration!
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Love the runner:) Great ideas come from a small change! Can’t wait to see your project:) Have a blessed day, HUGS!
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That is a great runner! Can’t wait to see your new project.
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It’s lovely, Manuela, and works perfectly in your dining room. I love it with your checked slips. Looking forward to seeing your project. You sound excited about it so I’m sure it will be a good one!
Love your dining room and the new runner is gorgeous. Can’t wait to see the project. Hugs, Marty
Love your new runner! (and the white table it is sitting on). Can’t wait to see what you end up doing in there.
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So now you have me wondering what’s next. I really like your table runner a lot.
It’s true, you never know where you’ll find inspiration, that’s why I love Pinterest!!! Your grain sack runner is gorgeous. I look forward to seeing what else you’re going to do in there.
Hugs, Cindy
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I love the runner. It is perfect for your room and your house. I wish putting up one thing would lead me on to putting up a few more things, and fluffing too.
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My dining room rug is very much like yours!
I love the runner. It’s perfect for your room, especially with the Parson’s chair. I can’t wait to see what you are going to do in there!
Deanna
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Your dining room is delightfully refreshing! Can’t wait to see the idea for your chairs.
Kelley~
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So beautiful! Love your dining room! Hope you can share this on The Creative HomeAcre Hop this week!
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Thanks for the invite Lisa I will try – I did write it down!
I love all your black touches! Gorgeous.
Thank you! I do like black as well. I just think I need to lighten up my dining room since my living room is right there and it’s all white, red, yellow and aqua. I used to have quite a bit of black in there too so it all flowed. But now they are such different rooms that I need to figure something out for the dining room. I can’t change it all around but paint is cheap!
That runner looks so pretty with your color scheme. I may have to run over to TJMAXX to see if they have any more.
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I can’t wait to see what you come up with! I love your house.
Brenda
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Gorgeous! Just so clever how you pull all those different elements together to make a lovely room!
All inspired by that classic, simple runner! You never fail to inspire me Manuela.
Love,
Tracey
XoX
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Thank you Tracey! I just love that it gave me an idea about how to lighten up some of the bigger pieces of furniture but still keep some black. Stay tuned!
Love the table runner – it’s perfect in your dining room!
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I love your new runner! I love anything grainsack have thought of trying my hand at copying it!
Kristi
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Oh it’s so easy – there are tons of tutorials out there on how to hand paint the stripes. I think there’s even a stencil you can buy!
I love your dining room, Manuela! I actually bought the same runner at TJ Maxx last week and am using it on a cabinet in my living room! Great minds think alike lol!
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Did you really! LOL! I keep looking at it thinking it would make a very nice pillow. So I don’t know how much longer it’ll stay a runner
Wow, what a beautiful kitchen table! Where did you get it? I hope you’re going to say Ikea because I can actually afford Ikea furniture.
Hi Dana,
No it’s not from Ikea. But they have one that I’ve wanted that’s white and has a leaf you can put in it to make longer. It’s not as wide as my current dining room table so it wouldn’t take up as much space. This one is an old knotty pine one from Broyhill that I got at a consignment store about 15 years ago and I painted it white a few years back. There’s a post about it somewhere on my blog!
Thanks for stopping by!
Gorgeous runner! Sometimes TJ Maxx has some wonderful finds! I so appreciate your talent for combining color and texture and styles. It is such an encouragement for me to step out of my little box!
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Love the black grain sack – can’t believe you found it at TJ’s.
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It looks lovely! And it fits the room perfectly!
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I really love the black stripes on this fabric! Your dining room is so pretty:)
Hi, Manuela
This looks lovely! I just love the colors in your dining room.
Vanessa
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Manuela! Love your dining room! Of course I love the combination of black and white together. It’s such a tmeless look and it also looks wonderful with pops of red. Love your ladderback chairs with the red toille seat cushions too. I just bought a red striped grain sack table runner but would love a black one like yours! Maybe I’ll get lucky and see one during one of my trips to Home Goods, T.J. Max or Marshalls. I love looking at photos of your home. You’ve done a fabulous job cultivating your nest!
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