I’ve shared glimpses of our dogtrot breezeway before. For example, I showed you what the room looked like right after we bought our place, and I showed you how messy it got when we were renovating other rooms.
However, I’ve never shown you photos of the finished room. That’s because we just finished decorating it.
It’s time to reveal our dogtrot breezeway.
You’ll see that we use the space as a home library and a dining room.
The bookshelves we built and finished out with reclaimed beadboard were the biggest project we tackled in this room.
We bought the table and chairs at Warrenton a few months after we bought our place. The table we already owned was way too small and would have look puny in such a large space. Our new table now will easily seat 10 people. Dinner party, anyone?
The table’s centerpiece is an old children’s book featuring farm animals entitled “In the Fields” by Father Tuck’s Panoramic Series. I love old illustrations, and it’s no more apparent than in this particular room.
We also hung two large antique leaded glass windows from a beam in the middle of the room. This was Mark’s idea and he was so proud of himself.
I think they’re just so lovely.
We snatched them up as soon as we saw them at the Nacogdoches Antique Market. One of the previous owners had spray painted the glass white — I suppose to mimic old frosted glass? — but it just made the glass look dirty, so we removed the white paint.
We also decorated the space with the yellow cabinet you see on the right side of the room. It’s actually an old refrigerator and weighs several hundred pounds. I’ll share more detail photos later.
I bought the architectural piece above the doorway to the living room at the antique store in Georgetown I’ve mentioned a few times already.
I hung my two antique rugs and three old platters on the wall above the old refrigerator.
On the top of the old refrigerator, I display an old, miniature stepback cabinet and my collection of miniature enamelware.
We also placed a round table we bought in Crockett in the entryway and use it to display some of my antiques. One of them is a book of old illustrations I bought at the City-Wide Garage Sale in Austin. It’s one of my favorite things.
I’ll be sharing detail photos of it throughout the coming months as free downloads for those of you that like to do crafting projects using old images.
The cabinet to the left of the entry table will be used to store linens and such. It was used in our previous master bathroom in Austin, but it was too deep for our current master bathroom.
Of course, I also unboxed all of my books and decorated my bookshelves. I’ll share detail photos later. I just want to show you the overall room right now.
Hope you like it!
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I’m linking to these parties:
Catch as Catch Can @ My Repurposed Life
Creative Things Thursday @ The Vintage Farmhouse
DIY Sunday Showcase @ PinkWhen, Minettes Maze, Fresh Idea Studio, and VMG206
Fabulously Creative Friday @ Jennifer Rizzo
Feathered Nest Friday @ French Country Cottage
Friday’s Five Features @ Vintage Chic
Frugal Friday @ The Shabby Nest
Home and Garden Thursday @ A Delightsome Life
Home Sweet Home @ The Charm of Home
Inspire Me Please @ Liz Marie Blog, House of Rose, Love of Family and Home, and Blissfully Ever After
Junkin Joe @ The Cottage Market
Mod Mix Monday @ Mod Vintage Life
Saturday Sparks @ Pieced Pastimes
Shabbilicious Friday @ Shabby Art Boutique
Share your Cup Thursday @ Have a Daily Cup of Mrs. Olson
Simple & Sweet Fridays @ Rooted in Thyme
The Inspiration Gallery @ The Golden Sycamore, Craftberry Bush, and Design, Dining + Diapers
Treasure Hunt Thursday @ From My Front Porch to Yours
Work It Wednesday @ The Blissful Bee, The Happy Housie, Place of My Taste, and The Turquoise Home
Well, my Grandfathers dogtrot NEVER looked like that! Beautiful! Thank you so much for a complete picture of the room, so many times blogger do lots of specific pictures of the things in the room but never a picture of the whole room. Your style is so fresh and inspiring. Thank you for saving “OLD” things and using them so beautifully.
I’m so glad that you told me that. I was afraid I hadn’t included enough detail photos. But, I’ll do another post with details soon.
Wow, what a great room! This is, by far, my favorite blog. I love to stop in and see what you’ve done, thanks for sharing.
Wow! Thank you so much! That makes my day … and it’s only 8:18 a.m. Cool!
Love it!
WOW! Love every inch of this space! You two have wonderful vision for your home! Can’t wait for more…..
Thank you for sharing!
The work and design you put into your house is so unique and so homey. I have always loved children’s dishes too. Your posts make me smile.
Awww. I’m so grateful that I’m able to make you smile, Paula.
Absolutely beautiful!
Oh, my gosh I love this space and love the vintage illustrations book for the centerpiece on that wonderful old table. What a great idea hanging the lead glass windows.
Another home run Kim! Just love your Texas home. Always a pleasure to see your posts of projects and completes.
If you’re ever in Cincinnati, would you mind stopping by and redecorating our house? I love absolutely everything about your Texas home!
Sure! I’ve always wanted to see parts of Ohio. 🙂
Kim-
If you come back to Austin please let me know would love some ideas for my townhouse. Have a great day and wonderful blog.
Dawn
Wow.. I just love your style and your breezeway and your whole home exudes such charm and character! Just beautiful!
Thanks so much for saying so … and thank you for stopping by!
Wow what a great use of the dogtrot breezeway space, a library of endless reference and a table large enough to spread it all out. I myself have a twelve foot long table that came out of an old library, it only fits in one space in the kitchen but it wears so many hats during the week that I can’t imagine daily life without it. Your design sense is truly breathtaking as well as cohesive, I for one can never see too many photos of your projects.
Thank you so much for the kind words. You’re so good for my ego! 🙂
Wowza! Best living with vintage blog in town.
What a beautiful room! I love the room & everything in it!
What a gorgeous room – I love it. Happy Thanksgiving
Holy smokes, gal, that is gorgeous. Nice job. Very nice job.
Thanks, Kendal!
I’m so fascinated by every room and detail of your home. I’ve never seen anything like it before, and I love pouring over all the photos and reading every word about it. At my ripe old age, I sometimes feel like I’ve seen everything, but on your blog I find so much that is interesting and new to me. I particularly like the way you display your antiques and collections in a way that makes them somehow look so fresh and new (if that makes any sense at all…) I’m also beginning to wonder if all the good old stuff is in Texas! There is sure nothing like it up here in Idaho! I love your blog!
Laurel, we should definitely start a mutual admiration society. I LOVE your home also, and looking at all your photos of it and the countryside, it makes me want to visit Idaho! So glad you like my blog and let me know if you and your husband ever feel like vacationing in Texas. There are lots of antique stores near here with very reasonable prices.
Wow it is just stunning!! You really did a beautiful job, I love the bookshelves with the reclaimed wood backing!
Thanks, Mindi!
Like it? I love it! What an incredible space. My great great grandparents had a dog trot house and I always thought one would be just the thing with our Texas heat.
Yeah, I think they’d be fabulous in the summer, too. But, in a winter like we’re having right now? Not so much. Thanks for stopping by!
What a fabulous job. It’s so elegant yet look comfortable and easy to live in. Looking forward to seeing more of that book! So glad to find your post at SYC Thursday!
Thank you so much, Susan, and thanks for stopping by. I’ll be sharing more photos of the old scrapbook soon!
Hi Kim,
I found you via eclectically vintage and so love what you do for a living! Your dog trot home is beautiful and so inspiring. I too love to re-use, repurpose and salvage what I can. We recently renovated my shop using all salvage for the walls…doors, screens, shutters, signs, metal corrugated panels and beadboard. We get so many compliments & I love it.
Going to head back to your archives for more visual goodness!
Judi
Judi,
Thanks so much for stopping by! Your shop sounds absolutely amazing. I would love to see photos sometime. If they’re on your blog, I’m planning to head over and explore a bit ASAP. Thanks for your compliments; they’re much appreciated.
Have a great weekend!
Kim
Facebook/antiqueharbor is our shop page
Headed over there to check it out!
Holy smokes! What an incredible job you’ve done, Kim. It’s been a long time since I’ve come across such a warm, inviting, inspirational space! I want to come to your house and experience it. Thanks so much for sharing such a unique creation. Be very proud!
Thank you so much, Robyn! We definitely are grateful and delighted with our creations. You are welcome at our home anytime! 🙂
That room is gorgeous! I love the table & the bookshelves. I’m going to stick around awhile and check out more of your blog.
Thank you so much, Virginia . . . and hope that you do!
Kim
Kim, I just saw your library featured at Mod Mix Monday, and I’m drooling over your space! I love everything, from the bookshelves to the leaded glass windows, to the table and chairs and your miniature stepback cupboard. I have to go back and look again, it’s just that wonderful!
I was wondering where all the new traffic was coming from this morning! (And yes, I need to educate myself a bit more on Google stats!) 🙂
Kim, your dogtrot breezeway space is stunning. I just discovered your site and have been reading about your home — it’s very impressive both from an historical perspective and home design. I love the table, the lead windows, the shelves. Just lovely. Thanks for sharing. Ann Marie @ Iris Abbey
Visiting from DIY Vintage Chic Link Party
Thank you so much, Ann Marie! I’ll have to head over to the link party and thank her for featuring my dogtrot! Thank you for stopping by!
Kim this is amazing – we looked at some fixer-uppers with a dogtrot style breezeway – none came even close to this space – wonderful transformation – I will be featuring your post in this week’s Home and Garden Thursday,
Kathy
Thank you so much, Kathy. I love features, and consider it a wonderful compliment! 🙂
there are no words! oh my! I have never heard of dogtrot…. but should I ever build or move (after I win the lottery) this is what I’d want. LOVE it.
catching you!
gail
It is a wonderful type of architecture, especially in humid, hot areas. Thanks for featuring it! I’m honored!
This is just beautiful! I am drooling over your enamelware. I will feature this at Home Sweet Home this week. Thanks for sharing.
Sherry
Awesome! Thank you so much, Sherry! I really feel that being featured is one of the biggest compliments I receive.
Kim, this is just as amazing as your bedroom and kitchen reveal were! I love the windows and that table! How nice to have such a large seating space. The old refrigerator is a beaut and can’t wait to see more detailed photos! Thanks for sharing with SYC. I will be featuring you this week.
hugs,
Jann
Thank you so much for your kind words and the feature, Jann! I really appreciate it. 🙂
What a beautiful space Kim. I can’t get over the scale and the details and warmth. Love it! It is so fab that I am featuring it tomorrow at Work it Wednesday. Hop by to grab your button if you have a chance!! Thanks for sharing it:)
~Krista from the happy housie
Thank you so much, Krista! We have very tall ceilings in our dogtrot — I think 14′? — and we knew we had to go big or it wouldn’t look right at all. Your button is proudly shown under my ‘featured’ tab!
I ran across your blog last night and LOVE it! The dogtrot is the most amazing utilization of space I have ever seen. Floors, bookshelves, decor all stunning! You have a wonderful vision in gathering the treasures as well as putting it altogether. I am currently visiting in St Louis but can’t wait to get back home to show my husband your work. I am awe struck!!
Liz
Liz, thank you so much! I’m delighted that you feel that way.
Wow! That room is simply spectacular! Stopping by today from Work it Wednesday and so glad I did. I will be back for sure!
Awesome! So glad you did . . . and will!
I LOVE IT! I saw your feature at Work It Wednesday, and I am blown away at your gorgeous home & decorating style! Now I’m going to dig through all your posts for more details and pictures 🙂 I especially love your table and those hanging windows, but the whole room is really really fabulous!
Thank you so much, Brynne! Delighted you discovered my blog and you like what you see!
It looks amazing! Thanx for coming to THT last week.
You’re welcome! Thanks, Pamela!
HOLY BUCKETS!! I want a space just like this….OK maybe all of it! Beautiful don’t even describe it! It’s got soo much character and charm! I’m so glad you shared this on DIY Sunday Showcase! I’m deff pinning this to our board!
Shelly
minettesmaze.blogspot.com
Thanks so much, Shelly!!!!
What an amazing space Kim. So much detail to take in…. I’d love to just sit at the table and gaze around. I really love that you combined a library with the dining room too. It all fits so well together in this space.
Would love to see a full shot of that old rug hanging above the refrigerator – I’m a rug hooker and that looks like a beautiful one!
Gayle,
I am so sorry for the delay in responding to your email! I was out of town from January 30th through this afternoon – my family finally(!!) was able to celebrate a belated Christmas, and I’m one of the few people who don’t own a smart phone.
I will certainly take a full shot of both of my old rugs and send them your way as soon as I can.
Kim
WOW…this is totally amazing!!!! Simply Fabulous! WOW or did I say that all ready!!!! Hugs and thanks for sharing!
Thanks so much, Andrea! I’m so pleased that you like it.
Oh my gosh – this is so incredibly gorgeous – drooling here!
What details and vintage charm – just love it more than I can say!
xox
Thanks, Suzan!
Absolutely breathtakingly beautiful!!!!
Dawn, thank you so much!
Totally love it.
Totally appreciate you telling me that, Dayle! Delighted to meet a fellow Texan!
KIMMMM! It’s amazing! I love this space, and the dual functionality of it. I also love it that you’re a fellow Texan! Following via email now.
-Revi
Thanks so much, Revi! I can’t wait to check out your blog!
Wow–I would love a room like that with all the shelves for books. Actually we did have one , but we have downsized. I think I need to build some bookcases…..but you have a nice space for them!
I love, love, LOVE bookshelves and can’t imagine having some. In my previous home in Austin, I had 2 sets of small bookshelves — one in a small hallway and another in my dining room. Plus, we had a built-in entertainment center with bookshelves in the living room. I will figure out a way to squeeze them in wherever we will live! But, yeah, the minute I saw the dogtrot, I knew it was a perfect space for a home library. I love ‘shopping the shelves’ just like I would in a bookstore!
Oh, my goodness, I just LOVE this post! I found you through Share Your Cup and I am so happy that I did. Your dining room/library is incredible! I had never heard of a dogtrot, and I enjoyed going through your old post that explained the history behind it. I have never enjoyed a history lesson so much 🙂 . –Fran
Wow, thank you so so much, Fran! What a huge compliment! I’m off to go check out your blog.
Hi! Can I post a picture of this with a link back to your blog on my blog? Thanks!
Absolutely! That’s totally fine with me.
This has to be one of the most beautiful rooms I’ve ever seen. Absolutely gorgeous. Just discovered your blog through a link from Eclectically Vintage..don’t know why I didn’t find it before now! Love everything about it!
Thank you SO much, Lara!
Beautiful! I found you while looking for dogtrot house plans. My husband and I hope to build to a small dogtrot farmhouse at Lake Murvaul. How wide is your dogtrot breezeway? It’s a perfect multipurpose space.
Delilah,
Our dogtrot breezeway is a few inches shy of 12 feet wide.
Best,
Kim