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SPACE REFRESH | DINING ROOM, BAR & KITCHEN REVEAL


Happy Monday everyone — and welcome back for the next, highly anticipated reveal in our SPACE REFRESH series! Today, in partnership with HomeSense Canada, I’m elated to unveil the other half of our refreshed main living area — the Dining Room, Bar & Kitchen. While we’ve been refreshing our space since last summer (when we embarked on our huge Paint Transformation!), most of our time was spent gathering inspiration for the Living Room, as we almost completely started from scratch furniture and decor wise over there. Our Living Room took the better part of 6 months to pull together — and during my many HomeSense runs as it came to life (a lot of you came along via Insta Stories!), I also had a vision for the adjacent Dining Room, Bar & Kitchen in mind, picking up items for this space as I curated details for our Living Room. So, relatively speaking, this area came together quite quickly in comparison!

Our Living Room, Dining Room, Bar & Kitchen are all located in the same space — a large, long and somewhat narrow room. So, we kept the overall look and feel as cohesive as possible to unify the separate areas of the room with an overarching design sensibility. We took design cues for our SPACE REFRESH from our developer who was inspired by earth’s natural elements — our space features natural materials and textures with a warm, mid century modern vibe, a touch of boho and an abundance of greenery! Not only are we thrilled with the aesthetic appeal of our refreshed Dining Room, Bar & Kitchen, this space is also very functional for the way we live in it, which I consider the true mark of great design. Today I’m sharing all my tips, tricks and inspiration for designating different areas within one large room, creating and maximizing apartment storage, as well cost effective ways to refresh your space while repurposing your existing furniture (our only new piece in this space is our sideboard — the rest has been with us for years!). Pull up a seat at our table and settle in for your evening read, friends — can I fix you a cocktail?


SPACE REFRESH | DINING ROOM, BAR & KITCHEN REVEAL


Dining Room / Bar Reveal Mood Board // JustineCelina.com

When we initially viewed this apartment 6 years ago, this expansive, airy space took my breath away with it’s floor to ceiling windows, south facing exposure and beautiful natural light! In inner city Calgary, it’s very rare to find large, open spaces like this (since real estate is so tight, developers tend to build up and most new homes in our area are over 3 stories). We weren’t even considering an apartment at the time, but decided to take a look anyway — and this is the room that essentially sold us on the property!

We love to host friends and family and found a unique, inner city gem ideal for entertaining. That said, a long, narrow room like this presents its own unique set of design challenges — most of which I wasn’t able to resolve in all our years living here. However, I feel like we’ve finally conquered them with this refresh!

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You enter the main living area of our home by walking through a very long hallway — and this view is the first thing you see. Our 4 floor to ceiling windows run along long the south facing wall, where there’s a fireplace built in to the recessed space between them. You’ll see we have another recessed spot along window wall. This has always been our bar area but it’s sort of an awkward space — until I figured out a way to maximize our storage and make use of the depth! I also wanted to bring airy feeling to this prominent corner of the room which can get quite dark in contrast to the rest of the space.

Dining Room / Bar / Kitchen Reveal in Partnership with HomeSense Canada | A Bohemian, Mid Century Modern Apartment in Calgary, Alberta, Canada // JustineCelina.com

Adam and I love our wine, spirits and cocktails — and additionally, over all my years of creative direction, styling and recipe development, I’ve amassed quite the collection of glassware (if you follow along with my RECIPE content, many them will look familiar!). Now that you can see what the kitchen looks like, you’ll understand why we needed some additional storage in this space. I knew I wanted to incorporate shelving into the dining room somehow, but didn’t really want them on the long wall behind the dining table, since I shoot content there and need to easily be able to remove any art or decor for that purpose. Eventually I realized our little bar nook was begging for shelves — and I couldn’t be more thrilled with the way it turned out!

It brings me so much joy to display our glassware and a selection of our wine and spirits (believe it or not, more than half of our collection is tucked away inside the sideboard and in another wine rack in the kitchen!) as art. About 80% of our glassware is from HomeSense — often if I’m working on a project or a recipe I’ll pop in to find something to fit the vision for the shoot and I almost never leave empty handed! I love stopping in to hunt for the perfect pieces — their glassware starts at $1.99 per piece and they offer individually priced pieces or sets, which is perfect when I only need a couple of glasses.

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In fact, those purple glasses on the very right of the middle shelf were actually how HomeSense and I started working together! I was developing the recipe for my Blueberry, Lemon and Cucumber Gin Mojitos and knew I wanted to source some purple glassware for the shoot (purple foods were trending in the summer of 2016). Naturally, I found the perfect purple glassware during a trip to HomeSense! That recipe went viral shortly after it was published and was featured on the Food Network a few days later — it was my first ‘big break’ as a blogger.

I always mention brands organically in my content regardless of whether or not it’s sponsored (that’s how almost all of the partnerships here at JustineCelina take shape!) and shortly after the post published, there was email in my inbox from the lovely people at HomeSense inquiring about how we could work together. Almost 2 years later, we’ve created some beautiful content together and it’s incredibly rewarding and serendipitous to see our partnership come full circle!

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The mirrored copper trays (at $39.99) housing our spirits and bar essentials, our crystal decanters (at $19.99 — recognize them?) containing Adam’s favourite scotches, copper bottle opener, wine opener, jiggers (ranging from $5.99 – $9.99), pink salt lamps (at $19.99) and decorative bowls on display in our bar are all from HomeSense.

Dining Room / Bar / Kitchen Reveal in Partnership with HomeSense Canada | A Bohemian, Mid Century Modern Apartment in Calgary, Alberta, Canada // JustineCelina.com

Moving onto the Dining Room area, we decided to keep our existing acacia wood table (it actually has 2 leaves we can add on either side to expand it for entertaining!) and chairs as we upgraded these pieces shortly after moving into this apartment — and we still love them! We did, however, replace the original chandelier with this antique gold, mid century inspired stunner. I love the open, airy feeling it brings to this area, while punctuating it with a touch of class! A simple fixture swap can make a big impact in any space, while helping to break up large rooms and designate separate spaces.

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We updated our dining table with a macrame runner (at $19.99) to bring some free spirited texture over to this side of the room (did you catch my DIY post about how I made Large Driftwood Macrame Wall Hanging in the Living Room?), along with a beautiful vase (at $9.99) hosting a single Monstera Leaf. This is such an inexpensive way to infuse your space with a touch of life without committing to a plant (or splurging on flowers) — Monstera Leaves are less than $3 and last for 2 – 3 weeks!

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And now onto how I decorated the extremely long wall that extends all the way back to the entrance, past the kitchen — another challenging element of our space! This wall is huge and it always felt bare, but because of the small window right in the middle, it’s a challenge to decorate. That said, feel like I manifested this painting, this faux skull and this wall hanging — because I was able to find almost identical pieces to the ones pictured on my moodboard at HomeSense!

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I’m so picky about art and had actually planned a large, mirrored wall hanging for this space, until I popped into HomeSense one afternoon to source some other decor — but from behind about 5 other canvases, that pop of blush caught my eye. It was truly love at first sight — I got such a cheerful, happy energy from this piece and it turned out to be the perfect size (it’s 4′ x 6′ for reference — and it was just $179.99!). Oversized art is trending at the moment, but regardless, I feel like this piece balances our long wall so well and grounds the space with a fun splash of colour. It reminds me of an ocean, or a sunset (or an ocean at sunset!), but Adam thinks it has a bit of a desert vibe. Either way, we love it!

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This skull wall hanging is a light DIY as it’s actually 2 individual pieces hung together. This faux skull has been kicking around since late last year — I spotted it back in November (for $49.99) and knew it had to live somewhere in our home as a nod to our prairie roots. I’d seen similar pieces online (like the one on my mood board!) for quadruple the price, so I was ecstatic to find this guy in store! At first I wasn’t sure if I wanted him to live in the living room or main bath, but once I found the wall hanging (at $19.99), I knew I wanted to amalgamate them to create a unique piece of decor. It was as simple as mounting the wall hanging first, then mounting the skull in the centre, overtop.

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For the kitchen, we settled on going with an inexpensive surface refresh to start — and it made a really big impact. Our Kitchen accessories and serving essentials got a massive upgrade! We updated our cutting board (at $39.99), salt and pepper shakers, marble utensil holder (at $19.99), marble and wood serving boards (starting at $9.99), pots and pans (this cute blush number was $39.99!), fruits bowls and tea towels.

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Since our kitchen is so white and there isn’t a lot of wall space to update artwork, these small updates actually make a big difference to the overall feeling of the space. Oh — and our aloe plant pot is also from HomeSense!

Kitchen / Dining Room / Bar Reveal in Partnership with HomeSense Canada | Kitchen and Cookware Essentials | A Bohemian, Mid Century Modern Apartment in Calgary, Alberta, Canada // JustineCelina.com


SPACE DIMENSIONS


COMBINED LIVING & DINING ROOM

Total Area | 12′ 5″ x 29′ 6″
Approximately half the space is used for each area 

BAR NOOK

Total Area | 6′ 7″ x 2′ 7″

KITCHEN

Total Area | 6 ‘ 8″ x 13’ 4″
Island | 3′ 6″ x 9′ 9″


MORE FROM OUR SPACE REFRESH SERIES


Dining Room / Bar / Kitchen Reveal in Partnership with HomeSense Canada | A Bohemian, Mid Century Modern Apartment in Calgary, Alberta, Canada // JustineCelina.com

Our Dining Room Bar | A Built-In Look on a Budget 

Space Refresh | Paint Transformation

Space Refresh | Living Room Reveal

Our Apartment Therapy Living Room Feature

Our Living Room Furniture


Dining Room / Bar / Kitchen Reveal in Partnership with HomeSense Canada | A Bohemian, Mid Century Modern Apartment in Calgary, Alberta, Canada // JustineCelina.com

Thanks for coming by to check out our Dining Room / Bar Kitchen Reveal on this sunny Monday evening, friends! I really hope you enjoyed learning more about the how this space came together as well as how you can refresh a room without starting from scratch. I’ll be sharing more about the design process and all the details that went into this space — so if you love interior design, decor and styling, be sure to check back often for new posts this spring or sign up to have my content delivered straight to your inbox (there’s a blue bar at the top of the page where you can enter your email address!). I also reorganized the DWELL section here at JustineCelina so you can now browse by room or series from the tab in my main navigation!

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Wondering what’s next in our SPACE REFRESH series? Other than a few tentative kitchen updates (which will happen organically as we live in the space and find the right pieces!), we’ll be finishing up the main bathroom (it’s almost there!), then moving onto the master suite and eventually, the office (it’s going to be a massive project!) — so be sure to stick around to see those spaces come together! In the meantime, be sure to check out Our Dining Room Bar | A Built-In Look on a Budget for specifics on how I brought the home bar area of this space to life.

If you can’t get enough home based content, you can also follow along with my Home Pinterest Board for more interior inspiration, or the JustineCelina Home board where I’ll be pinning our refreshed spaces and other DWELL content as it rolls out. If you have any questions or requests for upcoming content, just leave me a comment! Have a great week, everyone!


Thank you to Hunker for featuring our refreshed kitchen in their 7 Midcentury Dining Room Ideas, Everything to Know About Designing a Midcentury Modern Kitchen and 8 Midcentury Modern Flooring Ideas to Try in Your Kitchen articles. 


Disclaimer: Thank you to HomeSense Canada for sponsoring this post. JustineCelina uses affiliate and referral links, which allow me to receive a small commission when you make a purchase through one of my links. Thank you for supporting the brands and businesses that support JustineCelina!

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  • Reply SPACE REFRESH | LIVING ROOM REVEAL - JustineCelina May 28, 2018 at 2:34 pm

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    • Reply Fahma January 7, 2021 at 6:11 am

      Hi JustineCelina,

      I’m Indonesian, just saw your beautifuk home and design/layout. A boho yet minimalist. Love it. Can I ask you question? What inch your living room is? (Length x width), cause i jave similar space of living room and yours is inspiring!. Thank you

      • Reply Justine January 7, 2021 at 10:33 am

        Welcome, Fahma! Thank you for the kind words — I’m so happy you’re here. Another commenter actually had the same question. The whole room featured in this post is 12′ 5″ wide by 29′ 6″ long, plus the little bar nook (the exact measurements are in this post!). The space we use for our Living Room is about half. Please let me know if you have any additional questions!

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  • Reply Ania May 28, 2018 at 8:54 pm

    yay! i loooove this space! great job. i would totally hire you to do my space. i have a terrible time editing. i love everything and can never decide

    • Reply Justine May 29, 2018 at 11:29 am

      Thank you so much, Ania! You did an amazing job of your renos and your home is GORG — so that means a lot coming from you. It is definitely difficult deciding! I typically purchase multiple options, try them ‘in situ’, then return what doesn’t work. In fact, I have a big pile of returns to make this week! 🙂

  • Reply Chef Heidi May 30, 2018 at 5:28 pm

    This looks gorgeous! So full of light and calming space, but still homey and comfortable. It’s really nice to know that it didn’t cost the world, either. Well done!

    • Reply Justine June 2, 2018 at 11:23 am

      Thanks so much Heidi! That’s exactly our vibe. 🙂 I truly believe refreshing a space doesn’t have to cost a fortune — especially when you shop at retailers like HomeSense that offer amazing value and unique selections. I’m so happy to be working with them!

  • Reply Sean May 31, 2018 at 9:59 am

    Justine the space looks absolutely amazing. I’m a little jealous. I’m in a constant state of trying to decorate, organize, and add features in our home, but it’s usually being delayed for one reason or another. This space is an inspiration! And I love how much of your glassware you’ve managed to show off. A looooot of my photography/food props are stored away out of sight, but it’d be nice to show a few of them off a bit more. Fantastic work, and thanks for sharing it with us!

    • Reply Justine June 2, 2018 at 11:25 am

      It’s so nice to hear from you, Sean! I’m not going to lie, this has been a huge undertaking — but it’s so worth it now that our main living areas are complete. The bar is ready just in time for the summer and I can’t wait to break it in — I’m actually cocktail testing this weekend! Thanks for stopping by today. Cheers, friend!

  • Reply Rebecca June 27, 2018 at 1:33 pm

    I love that candle on your dinning table! May I ask where you got it?

    • Reply Justine June 27, 2018 at 1:46 pm

      Of course lovely! It’s also from HomeSense. As I mentioned, most of the decor in our home is! It’s my favourite place to shop. 🙂

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  • Reply Rachel February 1, 2019 at 9:39 pm

    Hi Justine,
    Just found you on Pinterest and love love love your living/dining/kitchen area. We are in the process of designing our reno and will have a long, narrow room like yours when we enclose our back porch. Would you be mind sharing the demensions of your dinging/living room? I’d like to do a similar layout but have been concerned about having enough room for both a dining table and a long sofa so I’d like to compare your dimensions to what my designer has told me we will have to work with.
    Thank you for providing me with such great inspiration pics 🙂

    • Reply Justine February 3, 2019 at 1:50 pm

      Hi Rachel! Thanks for the lovely comment. I just measured it up for you — the whole room is 12′ 5″ wide by 29′ 6″ long, plus the little bar nook (the exact measurements are in this post!). Wishing you the best of luck with your project!

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  • Reply Amber January 13, 2021 at 8:26 pm

    Hey, I love this so much! Im inspired to design a home similar to it However I read the blog and the comments and cannot find the kitchen/island area size? I saw you’re comments saying it was in the article but I can’t seem to find it. Love this article and if you don’t mind I’d love to know the measurements of the kitchen 🙂 thank you!

    • Reply Justine January 13, 2021 at 10:05 pm

      Hey Amber, thanks for the kind words! I’ve had so many questions about the dimensions of our space that I’m going to update the post after I reply to you. No one has asked about the kitchen yet specifically, so you didn’t miss anything! I just measured it up for you. Our kitchen is 80″ x 160″ and the island is 42″ x 117″ — it takes up the majority of our kitchen area. I hope this is helpful — best of luck with your project!

      • Reply Amber January 19, 2021 at 9:25 pm

        Thank you so much! I really appreciate the dimensions! 🙂

        • Reply Justine January 20, 2021 at 8:38 am

          My pleasure, Amber!

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  • Reply Nora May 30, 2021 at 4:35 pm

    Hi 🙂 I love, love, love the end result. Great job 🙂 can you please let me know the white paint color you used on the walls? Many thanks in advance ☺️

    • Reply Justine May 31, 2021 at 1:06 am

      Thanks for the kind words, Nora! The paint colour is Behr’s Ultra Pure White — and you can learn more about our Paint Transformation if you’re looking for more information. Have a great day!

  • Reply Orjan June 10, 2021 at 3:56 pm

    A very nice decor. I have a open plan living dining and ordered a sectional leather sofa in same color. I have 2 wooden cabinets in dining. What color dining table/chairs would suit the decor?

    • Reply Justine June 11, 2021 at 8:57 am

      Thank you, Orjan! Personally, I would gravitate towards something in a similar wooden tone to the existing wood in the space, or accent it with a light neutral. I love my decor to furniture to stand the test of time!

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