The hardest part about this space was how incredibly long this room is. It was already long, but then we made it even longer by knocking out the wall to fit a dining room as well.  I didn’t want it to feel so long, I wanted it to feel like separate spaces, which can be hard to do in an open concept. I achieved the look by placing the dining room in the middle and adding different rugs to separate the spaces. 

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We added the new door which let in a lot more light on the left, and also took out the little ceiling area and put in an arch to open it up a bit more.

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It's fun to have the windows for reference since those didn't change.  We also added this faux wood beam to help break up the space.  It's a 6x6 old beam from a barn that we put in purely for aesthetics and I love it!  I painted all of the trim in the color Revere Pewter from Benjamin Moore and also spray painted the old vinyl windows black which made them look brand new!  For only $5/window.  You can find that tutorial HERE.  I spray painted them over 2 years ago now and they've held up great! 

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