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Here are photos of our dining room. It’s pretty simple, light wood with cream-colored cloth cushions. The two small shelves in the corner are painted bordeaux, the same color as our front door. The japanese paintings in the room have blue, green, red and orange highlights. The curtains are red and sheer except for the bottom which is a rosy gold and has a delicate embroidered pattern. The shelves have a blue sake set and an old amber glass drinkware set displayed on them.
Our current placemats are almost the exact same bordeaux color, which I do like, but they are a natural woven material so they are very hard to keep clean. They also slide around a lot and have discolored the table when they got wet. 🙁
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