I removed all of the foo-foo dated stuff on the China cabinet and primed and painted the cabinet black. I replaced all of the hardware with simple brushed nickel pieces and I think it turned out great.
The table was stripped of dated materials and strain, then I primed it and painted it black. The original chairs were heavily damaged do we just decided to replace them. We originally purchased some cheapy chairs from wal-mart but they aren't holding up well.
Here is what we had before, excuse my craft stuff on the half wall (I am in the middle of painting my Christmas Village):
