dining room design pickle.

 those four words have been haunting me for some time.

i have major furniture needs for this room to function properly.

i need storage.

and there are not a lot of options wall-wise to place furniture.

i need an armoire of some sort for important things that are ugly (printer, stereo + speakers, files, life stuff).

i need a buffet/credenza/sideboard for dining essentials and 4,000 cooking magazines.

i need a bar bc who doesn't?

 

so i ask you..

can these pieces of furniture co-exist? 

 

in this room with this eating situation?

 

 

the big armoire on craigslist is perfect size-wise.

as it is now it's a pale robin's egg blue which doesn't make me want to vomit too hard..

but it will certainly change.

i can live with it for now.

but how awesome will it be when i paint the inside an insane color?

 

 

i really love the mid century credenza. 

i really WANT a mid century credenza.

but can i rock a mid century credenza with a frenchy armoire?

yes i probably can but i will wait to hear from my smart design friends.

 

the white bar cart upper right is already mine but i kind of want to replace it with the beat up pine dresser on the bottom right.

i love a dresser outfitted as a bar.

so much extra storage too.

 

as an alternative i thought i could move the bar into another room and put some bookshelves there for all my cooking magazines and cookbooks.

the height from that might balance the height from the armoire.

thoughts?