New Sitting Area

Part 1: Sitting Area

 

While furnishing our new kitchen hearth area, I recently addressed the area by the stair well. This is an old picture taken before construction... 

Here is the area during the expansion project (area by the two arched openings, far right just beyond scaffolding):

 

 

Area when construction was completed, unfurnished... 

 

 

I decided to use this as a seating area and went with a pair of leopard wing chairs (already had one and just recently purchased a second)...

 
                                 I chose this tea table with castors to go between the chairs...

                                              
                                 Close ups of the table's eglomise mirrored top (the "circles" in the mirrored surface are reflections of ceiling lighting)...

                                                               and the burled bottom shelf....

                                                      Close up of the spotted finish on the frame...

                                                            Here are the chairs and the table in place.

     I added a table lamp...

         Close up of the hanging crystals...

    A few items need to be added to the table, but otherwise here are all the pieces together....

 Part 2: Dobers

AND last, but not least, here are some recent pics of Henry, Princess and Rex:

 

Rex...

*(don't the boxwoods look great?... NOT optimal to have short evergreens with tall male dogs)  :)

                                                                         Henry ....

                                                                      Princess ....

                                            and all three together at the top of the stairs.... love my dobes!!

 

 

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Light Fixtures

When building our house, one of the most enjoyable part was choosing the light fixtures. The not so fun part was trying to stay within the lighting allowance. One fixture I absolutely loved would have eaten up 20% of the allowance... I just couldn't do it. So, I started out picking fixtures I really liked that were reasonable and then got to the point where I had to settle for fixtures I 'kind of ' liked for other areas. The first fixture I chose was for our entry.

 I like the scrolling leaf detail and the finish in general. I also chose to put shades on the the fixture.

 

Here is the dining room chandelier and sconces.

I’m still trying to decide if I should change or paint/glaze the candle covers (a little more yellow/gold than I would generally choose).

 For the great room, I wanted this is the fixture that I saw in a model home.

Unfortunately, the fixture was no longer in production and not available. So I went with this chandelier.

                        I like the scrolyl shapes at the top and the tear drop shaped dangly things. 

 Here are the sconces I chose for above the fireplace.  I am not crazy about the mirror and am looking for something different. 

In the main floor powder room, I decided to put two sconces on each side of the mirror.  

 I like the shape of the base and glass beading. My husband hates these sconces.  

 I also chose to place a couple of sconces in our master bath area. I was not real excited about these, but they were fixtures I settled on to stay within budget. At a later time, I want to get a pair of sconces that are longer and with more weight... maybe some crystal, too.

 This is the chandelier in our master bath. I purchased this for 60% off retail at a local lighting company that was liquidating their inventory. I am going to string crystal beading to the fixture to add a little more bling.

For the stair landing, I chose a lantern.  It looks kind of small in the pic, but it is about 4 feet in height.     

           

A close-up of the cage look. 

Below is the fixture I chose for our kitchen dining area.  

I chose to add shades to this fixture. 

In our kitchen we have an arched opening and I placed sconces on each side of the opening.

Here is the right side... 

and a close-up. 

 Above the kitchen island, I initially chose a pair of chandeliers, but they were on back order for several months. So I ended up choosing these lantern fixtures.  In retrospect, I think that was good  because of the number of chandeliers in other areas.

A close-up. 

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