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Urban Barn #livein: Dining Room Reveal

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Note: The following giveaway is open to Canadians only. 

The war against the inhospitable home is complete, and a winner has been declared… it’s me, of course!

This spring, I challenged the notion of a couch condom and waged war against the blueprint. Then, with the help of Urban Barn, I redesigned my dining room into a space that we can #livein. The goal: achieving an area where we can enjoy our meals, spend time together as a family, help the little guys with homework, whip out a laptop or tablet, colour and get crafty, mix cookie dough… in essence, creating a room that is full of zest and happiness – not one that exists solely on display.

A short while ago, I shared with y’all my picks for my brand new, functional living room. And today, I’m so happy to post my big reveal! TA-DA! This is my über modern, über gorgeous and über functional dining room, courtesy of the decor gods at Urban Barn.

Urban Barn #liveinPictured Above: Chateau Extension Dining Table $1,399.00; Chateau Bench $499.00; Wylan Dinnerware Set $79.00; Sensa Candles $9.00 – $12.00; Echo Wall Clock $249.00; Vintage Pillar Candleholders $19.00 each; Ashworth Wine Rack $39.00; Miko Collection – Orange $12.00 per piece; Chateau Sideboard $1,199.00; Brigette Vases $22.00 – $36.00; Rooster Menu Board $26.00 

“Creating a living space your family can actually “live in” requires versatile furnishings that provide homeowners with the flexibility to use the area for a number of different activities,” says Candice Laughlin, architecture & home design expert, Urban Barn.

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Urban Barn #livein
Urban Barn #liveinChoose multi-functional furniture pieces that accommodate your family’s lifestyle and the variety of activities that occur within your living space.

Urban Barn #liveinBuy what you love: When deciding what to purchase for your Living space start first with what appeals to you the most and use that piece as the catalyst to define your personal style. This item can be as small as a trinket or piece of art, or as large as a sofa or armchair. If you love it, it will inspire you to compose the room of your dreams.

Urban Barn #livein
Urban Barn #liveinChoose furniture that can dress up or dress down: Nine in ten Canadians homeowners (89%) consider the perfect décor for the family’s living space a blend of comfort and style.

Urban Barn #liveinLove what you see? Here’s your chance to #livein your own home, with a little help from the good folks at Urban Barn! Enter to win a $250 Urban Barn Gift Card!

So… if you could steal one piece, which would it be? Simply fill the form below with your qualifying entries. Special thanks to Urban Barn for yet another amazing collaboration! We’ve cleared the dishes, assembled the kiddos on their beloved bench, and are now in the throes of finger painting. Yes, we #livein our home!

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  3. Darlene Schuller

    I love it! Well, since I can only choose 1 pc.. I’d steal that table :).. absolutely stunning Lena!

  5. Yash

    Fantastic job! Looks beautiful and very functional. I really like the table and the bench is a nice touch!

  10. Andria Police

    I adore this table. I saw one similar, about 12 years ago, made out of distressed alder, and knew that was the style for me. Gorgeous.

  11. Andria Police

    I adore this table. I saw one similar, about 12 years ago, made out of distressed alder, and knew that was the style for me. Gorgeous.

  12. Gina

    I have a few special Urban Barn purchases and they are my favourite home pieces. I love the look and feel of your dining space. I am torn between the sideboard and table – but if I must only choose one, I’d steal the sideboard! Just gorgeous!

  13. Darrah Bailey

    LOVE it so much! What a GREAT look! I’d have to steal that Table set.. WOW!

  17. Judy

    Gorgeous! I love the rustic chic nature of your dining room. Green (mossy colored) with envy!!!

  21. Pam Donica

    Definitely the side board (multifunctional piece), but if that’s not up for grabs, the table would be a great steal!!!

  25. Kristen Sowko

    I love this style of table! The colours match it fabulously! Wish I had this in my house, lol.

  31. Jeannie

    I love your new dining room!! Very very rustic and simple yet classic. I want to steal your table!!

  34. Doris Calvert

    I am so jealous!1 I want it and love it!! I want the wall clock and wine rack and love the candle holders as well as the table…one can dream!! Stunning!

  38. Soozle

    I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE your dining room… Did I mention LOVE? :)) The table is AMAZING! I am in love with the vintage look!

  39. Lynda Cook

    You did an amazing job, love it, everything goes together so well and I just love the wall clock just beautiful!, way to go on the awesome job

  40. Lindsay

    I LOVE your new dining room!! Picking just one item is really hard as I love everything, but if I had to pick just one item it would be the clock.

  45. Theda Stoppel

    I love the little bit of “rugged” style. Would fit perfectly in my living room and is definitely better than this ugly table and chairset I have sitting here right now.

  48. Ella Pretty Blog

    Absoloutely adore it! My favourite piece would have to be the dining table (& chair & benches) so rustic yet elegant – and you won’t have to worry about kiddy crafts damaging the table – it will just add to the distressed chic look ;-)

  49. Pat B

    I think it’s beautiful – timeless – would suit the west coast lifestyle perfectly. I aspire to such a dining room (better than saying I’m SO envious, right!?)

  58. kristen visser

    OMG i love EVERYTHING! seriously so jealous. would love to have my dining space looking like that. my fav piece is the table and the clock!

  60. Janie N

    Love the Chateau Sideboard $1,199.00 Lots of storage yet so great looking. Would go anywhere with anything.

  61. Eva Mitton-Urban

    Rustic elegantly understated – love the table….chairs are exceptional too.

  63. Debra R.

    I would love to steal the table and chairs for my open sunny kitchen….country chic, or my kitchen will be when I get in renovated this fall!

  65. Lori Bazan

    What an inviting homey table. I love it all but the clock and sign to Be Yourself completes the look!

  71. Lindsay C

    I think it looks awesome – so rustic and homey! I would love the table, bench and chairs if I had room… But since I’m in a small space, I would have to steal the Wylan Dinnerware.

  81. Flora M

    Looks absolutely fabulous !! I am coming over to steal that Chateau Sideboard from you !! LOL (Aren’t you glad I don’t know where you live ?? LOL)

  88. marissa

    Awesome dining room makeover! I love all of the pieces and if I could steal one item, it would definitely be the table!

  93. Rebecca Nash

    Okay, I’ll admit it. I’m an Urban barn junkie. I love visiting and pretending my home could look like one of their displays. Current obsessions include…the grey washed dining set and the Nest Chair!

  99. Rajbinder Kaur

    Wouldl love to wrap it all up & bring everything home! The chateau extension dining table is lovely, has this country antique look going on! Beautiful dining space!

  100. amber y

    I think it looks amazing. i’d love to have that table in our dining room – it would pair with so many things!

  105. gayle b.

    Absolutely gorgeous, odd but I have been picturing almost this exact set up in my dining room… now I know where to shop. Thanks!

  108. Crystal Englot

    Oh my goodness I LOVE your dining room! I would love to steal it all (but you might notice that! lol) My favorite piece is the Echo Wall Clock, what an amazing statement piece and gorgeous focal point!

  122. sarah sar

    Amazing work, Lena!! I want to steal your Chateau Bench….what’s your address? lol

  126. stacey dempsey

    I would love to steal the table, I have always loved that look for a table

  130. Jen D

    I LOVE the sideboard and the table! It’s such a warm style for any home and I think it would be very forgiving with a kiddo running around too. I hate the idea of having a house I don’t want to ‘live in’ .

  135. JaimeeM

    I love your new dining room! Especially the clock! (I have this weird obsession with great clocks?)

  136. Lynda Cook

    I love how you decorated your dining room, looks great!! I really love your wall clock, hell I love everything, I should have you come down and decorate my home, you’ve got a knack for it, job well done!!

  137. Erin W

    I absolutely love this. I wish I had a dining room in my house, but it’s just too small. I’d love to steal your new sideboard, I love it!

  138. Andrea Amy

    SO in love with it! My dining room still looks like I’m a struggling college student lol. I don’t have grown up furniture yet despite being 40 lol. It looks really really nice! I wish it was mine :D

  143. Erin McSweeney

    I love the Chateau Extension Dining Table, $1,399.00…anytime you would like to pass that on think of me haha

  145. Crystal Leier

    Absolutely beautiful……if I could one thing (Haha) it would be the table for sure!

    • Crystal Leier

      I was so excited I didn’t finish hale my sentence ;p …..If I could only choose one thing…….

  152. sunshine h

    I think your dining room is awesome. It reminds me of a makeover room from Trading Spaces (yeah, I’m old school).

  154. Lisa

    I love your dishes…I need new ones and will be checking these out! Beautiful makeover!

  160. Amy Brown

    the room is amazing! it looks like a show room. I’d like to take your Vintage Pillar candle-holders!!

  176. Caryn Coates

    This is absolutely beautiful. I would love to steal all of it but if I had to choose one thing it would be that table. Gorgeous!!

  178. Debbie S.

    I would steal the table, (I’d need a truck for sure, and maybe some helpers)! Just love this whole setting, absolutely perfect. :)

  179. Xing

    The dining room looks very sophisticated! I like the Chateau Extension Dining Table the most.

  187. Doris H.

    I would love to have your Wine & Drink crate that is on the table…. So cool !!!

  195. Alex

    Ahhh, it looks fabulous, Lena! Love it so so so much.

    We have a dining room set from Urban Barn, too, and I get so many compliments on it. It’s so gorgeous, and well made.

    I am dying for new dishes, and LOVE yours.

  196. emma walpole

    the table and the clock would be out the door with me if I were to visit, so you had beeter not invite me over, great job, room looks beautiful

  199. Lisa H

    I love your dining room! It has a very warm feeling. I would “steal” your place settings!

  206. Alayne Langford

    Lena, the white candle holders with a hint of lilac against the rustic charm of the grainy wood furnitire is stunning, modern and a girl’s dream! Rafflecopter not working for me. Will have to try laptop! Thanks for this opportinity – we are “trying” to finish our basement and have no furniture or accessories to fill it!

  207. Sausan

    Really like the overall design. I would steal the Chateau Extension Dining Table. Absolutely love it

  211. Rob Brydon

    The whole set looks really great!! The rugged durable appearance of the old wood crafted into modern furniture certainly enhances the space. Picking one piece is a tough choice however I’d have to choose take the hand-crafted chairs then go buy the rest of the set. This would make a great win, good luck to everyone.

  224. Kat E.

    Lena, your dining room looks like it came from a home magazine!!! So on trend and live-in friendly!
    I’d steal your Echo Wall Clock. I have a perfect spot for it in my home ;)

  237. Sabrina Tong

    I love your new dining room, it really suggests style and fantastic taste yet is welcoming to enough for all family members. Classy and functional :)

  240. Judy vR

    I wouls steal the sign that says “Be yourself everyone else is taken” and the beautiful piece of furniture it is sitting on.

  252. Janice

    This isn’t really my style, but was able to walk through Urban Barn last week and found plenty of things that I love!

  254. NathaniaH

    i LOVE your dining room, that is my dream dining room. Love all the little knick knacks/vases, and the wine and drink box really adds a touch!

  256. Amber

    The clock, I am in love with that clock!! Everything in the dining room is fantastic, very well decorating!

  265. Teresa Claire

    I can’t believe how wonderful your dining room looks!! My daughter Sara and I love Urban Barn…I may have to steal the bench…I am loving the bench :)

  269. Ashley

    OMG love your dining room, this is so beautiful. Please invite me over for dinner lol!!

  272. jen s.

    The dining room is beautiful – tasteful, welcoming, and functional. I totally love the Chateau Sideboard – it’s stunning!!

  273. Nicole W.

    It’s gorgeous, Lena!! I loooove the table and benches! The wine & drinks holder is pretty cute too!

  275. Megan F.

    I have to only pick one thing? I would have to say the first thing would be the clock, then slowly everything else would jump in to my pocket!

  278. Erin M

    I’m loving the wine rack and those dishes! I’m moving in August and they would be perfect for my new place!

  281. Wanda Bergman

    I LOVE your new dining room. The piece I’d most like is the Wylan Dinnerware Set.

  288. Sean McKnight

    Nicely done. I think the “Be yourself, everyone else is taken” item might disappear with me

  289. Christy Martin

    Aside from stealing the wine, I would love to steal the dinning room table/seats and the candle stick holders. I love a bit of a rustic look and I might be a little envious right now. Beautiful!

  294. Paula H

    I love your new dining room! It’s urban country chic! If I could, I’d steal your chevron plates and the deep bowls they’re gorgeous!

  297. Erika Kramer

    The colour scheme is fantastic, exactly my style. I would steal the dining chairs and big clock!!

  313. Alayne Langford

    We have a new Urban Barn I discovered in our area. I also discovered NOT to go with hubs! Just sayin, its for the gals to discover the goodies! :)