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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Dining room decor help
So we inherited a very beautiful and traditional dining room set from DH's grandmother. His grandfather actually cross stitched the seat covers himself. They're in great condition, dark blue with multi-colored flowers in the middle. Kind of like this: 
They're not exactly my style--but they have sentimental value, and I think we can make them work...although I'm not sure how.
I don't want the dining room to be super formal. Any ideas on how to make these work in our more casual style?
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Re: Dining room decor help
I would pick a few colors from the cross stitch that you like and use them as inspiration for the colors in the room - paint color, drapes, tablecloths, etc. We don't have a super formal dining room. It is a mix of handed down wood furniture and crappy off-white carpet that I hate (but that we won't replace until the kids are less messy.
I chose a seat cover fabric that I liked, then coordinating drapes, tablecloths and and paint color. Honestly, the seat fabric is not a strong feature in the room since the chair seats are usually under the table, but I always like to have one "inspiration" piece of art or fabric in every room to help guide the scheme.