An Inspired French Dining Room

You know how this happens in blogland~ 

I started chatting with Loretta from Full Bloom Cottage.

Turns out she did two pieces for Lauren Ross in

the French Inspired Home book that I am giving away.

Lauren Ross, 

whose home is my favorite in the book,

 makes beautiful linen slipcovers for most of her furniture.

Lauren's dining room is above.

I just love Lauren's style.

Lauren's den with her famous pink chest.

Quite possibly one of my top ten rooms, also LR.

At any rate, Loretta has gorgeous style too and I discovered

her lovely dining room on her blog.

Look at her "before" below 

(it looks like an after, doesn't it?)

Before, with aqua walls and slipcovered dark chairs.

After: Creamy walls,

 slipcovered french cane back chairs

 and linen drapery panels.

This was before she changed the chairs 

and added a side table under the mirror,

 but you can peek into the room a bit better.

A greige wall in a chic french bedroom~wow Loretta!

A vignette from Loretta's shop

And another...

So while I finish painting my dining room greige, 

go check out Loretta's blog and shop for some french inspiration!