Elegant Living and Dining Room

$60 - Paint
The living room walls are painted lavender and the dining room walls a slightly deeper shade.

• living room wall paint: Benjamin Moore color Blue Orchid mixed in Behr paint
  
• dining room wall paint: Sherwin Williams color Vesper Violet mixed in Behr paint

$115 - Sofa
The sofa is reconstructed for a more updated look and the back cushions are replaced with large, colorful dupioni silk pillows.

• silk fabric: outlet

$5 - Chair
A thrift-store chair is left in its original flecked, yellow fabric, which helps to balance the gold fabric on the sofa pillows.

$36 - Curtain Sheers
A fuzzy, shimmery fabric is used to create window sheers.

• sheer fabric: outlet

$30 - Slipcovers
The dining set is updated with slipcovers on both the chairs and table.

• fabric: outlet

$2 - Fabric Panels
The hutch is updated just by removing the doors and setting fabric-covered panels inside.

$2 - Art

$11 - Painting

$29 - Sconces
The existing Colonial-style light sconces are updated with aluminum leaf to cover the brass finish; a light shade is suspended from the ceiling to shield the bulb.

$88 - Accessories

• glass bowl: IKEA - Stril, 16795

$495 - Total Cost