before

our dining room also acts as my sewing room.
I wanted to take a few pictures of it in its "dining room mode" before I pulled the sewing machine, fabric, and notions etc. back out
because it was so pretty as a dining room.

*the Christmas lights on the porch aren't left over from Christmas. oh no, we're much too on top of things for that. in fact, they aren't really even Christmas lights at all. instead, they are ambiance lights. :)