Dining Room Tour

 The last time I posted pictures of our dining room we were using it as a study.  It's still a study, but we use it for other purposes as well.

As you can see, the sideboard that used to be in the lounge room is now in the dining room.  We moved the sideboard to make way for our new couches.  

The blue arm chair has also been moved from the lounge room.  That sunny corner is a lovely place to read.

All the furniture that you can see in this picture came to us from my husband's grandparents.  The sideboard, china cabinet and dining setting were made by Rosenstengel in the 1930s. (You can see a similar dining table to ours in this picture, from the State Library of Queensland archives.)

 Moving slightly to the left, you can see the fireplace, which is on the other side of the fireplace in yesterday's post.  The row of books on the mantel is a set of the Modern World Encyclopaedia from 1935.  I bought the set in an op. shop.

 Turning around you will notice that we have put a desk behind the door - a great way to keep the inevitable office clutter out of sight of the hall.

 Finally, a closer look at the china cabinet.  I love that picture of my youngest at 8 months crawling towards the camera with his tongue gleefully poking out.