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Buffalo Plaid Update + Roaring 20’s Giveaway Hop

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You may have remember not so long ago that I redid the dining room. I promised that I would share the curtains when we finally made a decision. I have all of that for y’all today. Also I am taking part in the Roaring 20’s Giveaway Hop thanks The Kids Did It and The Mommy Island. So there is a lot going on here.

As I said we redid the dining room chairs and painted the table which you can read about here. I decided to go with the buffalo plaid look. The problem was I couldn’t decide on the curtains I waned to use. Finally I found some buffalo plaid shades.

They are the kind that you can button up at the bottom. We actually have them straight because I was in the process of getting the wrinkles out when stopped to take this picture. I purchase four of these but two fit this large window well. A tip on the wrinkles, I simply grabbed a shade at the bottom in one hand. Sprayed a little light starch on there in a mist and then took my hair dryer and rang it back and forth. It took the wrinkles out without having to take the shades back down.

After some thinking we decided to do a plain black place mat and napkin. We pulled those together with a simple white napkin ring. At least for the every day. I still haven’t found something to go in the middle of the table that I like and Ma won’t decide she needs more but all in all everything came together well I think. Keeping the table simple has helped make everything look a little more casual and not as busy.

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  3. I think they look super cute. They really add warmth and coziness to the room with the buffalo plaid

  5. I think the Buffalo Plaid is fantastic. It’s the kind of thing of which you don’t tire and you can always add pops of colour if you decide you’d like that. Great choice!

  9. I love the buffalo plaid! And great tip about using the starch for getting wrinkles out…

  11. I really like the buffalo plaid, it looks very nice. I also like the contrast with the black place mats and napkins.

  17. Honestly, I’m not a fan of the plaid, but I do appreciate that it all matches – and what’s most important is that you like it. 🙂

  18. Thanks for the giveaway and I like the plaid; it reminds me of a cozy cabin in the snow. 🙂

  22. I would say I really, really love your new curtains and placemats because I just bought a buffalo plaid shower curtain today and plan to use black touches for decor. You can’t go wrong with the classics.

  24. I love the checkered items you picked out. My child will be graduating in the spring and would love all this!

  27. I love the black place mats very versatile, not in love with the curtains but it works with the chairs. To each his own!

  37. I absolutely love the checked and solid design. It really adds character to your room. Thanks for the super giveaway opportunity.

  46. I love both the curtains and placemats! I am a huge fan of the buffalo plaid print! I bought a buffalo plaid sweatshirt for Christmas.

  53. I love black and white, my bathroom is done similarly. I love the chairs and the curtains, even the placemats, but I’d like to have seen a bit of color, just a pop, maybe blue or yellow napkins?

  55. I like the new curtains and placemats! They brighten up the room. Thanks for the giveaway!

  58. I like the buffalo plaid curtains, the placemats look nice but just black seems kinda plain jane.

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  78. I think the plaid looks great, but I had no idea it was called Buffalo plaid. You learn something new every day!

  79. The new curtains and placemats look great with the chairs! Thank you for the chance to win!

  84. we did that to my grandma kitchen one time my aunt had to make long curtains
    they had 6 ft window and then we did the checkerard placmats and then my uncle ainted
    the the top of the cabinet

  88. I like them both but I would do a sheer under the curtains and pull them back at an angle.

  90. I really like buffalo plaid. I’d like to do a few crafts of my own for next Christmas.

  91. I’m a fan of buffalo plaid and I think having it for the blinds and chairs really ties the room together.

  92. I love them!! I love plaid, so this is definitely a style I like. The curtains complement the cute chairs so well too!

  101. I love black buffalo plaid, I recently found some in silk, I hope to make some gift pillows with it. It is a favorite look, and you did a nice job. I recently saw someone using black place mats and they are very sharp, I wouldn’t have thought they would be so attractive, if you said ‘black place mats,’ doesn’t sound special, but they are! I like the starch and dryer trick.

  107. It actually looks really good, although plaid is NOT my favorite. I’m just being honest. You’ve paired it really well and it’s not overpowering. Very nice!

  111. I love the chairs, however, I’m not too keen on the curtains, it looks like they might let in too much light.

  116. I absolutely love this to be honest! I think the all black place mats was the way to go.

  117. I think that they look beautiful and stylish. They really give a nice look and accent to the space.

  122. I really like the new curtains and placemats. I think black gives a really nice look to dinning areas, makes it look “chic”.

  131. Always love contrasting colors, so of course I adore plaid. Black is my second favorite color with red being my first. Clean, cut colors in this place mat and curtain duo.

  135. I love it! I also think the black & white works as a neutral so you can throw a lot of different colors in there & change it up by the season.

  142. I really like the placemats and the curtains pair with them well! I think im going to get matching curtains for my placemats now!

  143. I love them and they do say spring is here! I wish I could make things like that. Money is always an issue.