Well I have a screen porch about 14x16 with an A shape roof with tongue and groove ceiling that follows the eves if that makes sense. It is 18 yrs old - the T&G is pine with a basically natural marine varnish - it is aged and is beautiful with the light gleaming on it at night - especially candles. It has on,y been revarnished once and it didn’t really need it but the painters were here and had the scaffolding. I used for 15+ yrs an 1865 oak table with a old oak church pew bench and 2 chairs my grandfather made. These were finished with shellac and were kept basically french polished and stayed fine even though they were in the front corner and most exposed. The polish made the difference - or you can use orange oil but you can also clean well and coat with a satin Helmsman marine varnish but orange oil on regular wood finish works great but you have to keep it up every few months. Do not use pledge - it doesn’t protect and silicones make refinishing difficult without sanding into the patina. I also have an oak fodder chopper from the 1800s with a big black iron wheel - it was also on the front portion and didn’t get the french polish mix (I ran out) for the past 5-6 yrs and I couldn’t move it due to it’s weight to get the back side. It now needs a cleaning and will get a marine varnish. The only thing that has happened where the shellac and polish was exposed to more rain mist and the sun - is it greyed. I have a southwest exposure with no trees so sun is an issue on the things on the front of the porch. Everything is still out there except the big table which is back inside doing duty. and looks like they just came from inside. They are polished now with orange oil to keep them water resistant. The cedar lamps I use out there were made by my grandfather and had shellac finish. The shellac he used was old flake type you mixed yourself not the junk in the big box stores. He used mostly orange but sometimes ruby. As far as the rain exposure - it mostly comes in about 18-24” on whatever side it is blowing if a storm. Hurricanes etc everything is grouped closer to the center and covered. Other than that such as for regular non windy showers, the floor doesn’t get wet but I have about 18” eves on the two sides but no overhang on the front portion. I have a ceiling fan that was used in the house for years (a cheap fan from lowe’s) that we put out until I could find an exterior fan I liked and could afford. That was 18 yrs ago and it still works..it was already about 7-8 yrs old mind you. So the rain and moisture has only affected the ball chain but if I wipe it off with wd40 paper towel it cleans it up and holds it for another couple yrs. I do have GFCI outlets 3 on the inside of the porch and 2 on the outside of the porch with a breaker in the box that turns the back and front porch outlets on and off if needed. I use regular household lamps table and floor lamps- for the same reason someone else mentioned - the exterior lamps I have seen I don’t like - just too modern for my taste or too spanish, etc. And way too expensive as in $600-700+ for anything I kinda could use. They are plugged into the GFCI outlets and I would recommend these for anything plugged into a “wet” environment. I am getting ready to put out a pair of marble lamps and I would suggest to try and find lamps that are of stone, or iron. If wood - just polish and clean with orange oil. The nice thing with old wood is it might be old oak or walnut or mahogany - that do better with weather. Windows that lasted 100+ yrs and even longer in Europe and can be refinished last a another 100 yrs - were made of old growth mahogany, walnut and oak. Mahogany is terrific for furniture too - heavy. I’m thinking of rewiring my lamps due to age and will use exterior wire and fittings from an electrical supply house - they are all mostly 60+ yrs old and the ones on the porch have had 18 yrs of damp so probably time. On the shades - the ones from walmart, target will give you at least 6-8+ yrs yrs provided you brush them off and put them away when winter or bad storms hit. You can buy the shades that you cover in fabric yourself - there is the frame and a “shade” that you remove the film to expose the sticky surface that you attach your fabric too. I like these as I can coordinate it with my fabric on the walnut settee cushions but I don’t find these last as long. If you have old lamp forms, it really isn’t hard to remove shabby fabric and install/sew on new fabric - any will work but if you find a sunbrella fabric that is really helpful. It is just lately - I haven’t like their patterns. Like I say, you can use old shades - if silk and in good shape - wouldn’t use those as they are too valuable. Even paper will work - but spray the inside and outside with exterior water based clear varnish or whatever they call it. There are ones made to use on paper. Also spraying the metal frames before recovering will help with rust. Everything on my porch from Jan through pollen is orange oiled, pulled to the center and covered with cotton sheets and then tarps with the tarps pulled under the legs to secure. By Jan 1, it is too cold to be out there and I always have the iron table and chairs and bench that is on the connecting deck to sit and enjoy nice days. Hope this information helps both with lamps and furniture.

I wouldn't be without our ceiling fans so if it were me I'd have them installed in all four rooms at some point. We had ceiling fans put in our LR and bedroom right away but the other rooms we had set up for fans but installed a cheap light fixture to save funds at the time. We're getting around to installing another fan in the near future. I've never used a remote though as our fans are tied into a wall switch in each room and we don't change the speed. We have two Hunter fans and I really like both. The one in our bedroom was a cheap one from Walmart but it works well. I don't see the brand listed on the fan anywhere.

Thanks so much for all the helpful info. I got the Christmas lights out of the basement today. The trim is dark green, so the strands won't stand out too much. I would have liked green bulbs but I don't have enough of them, so I'll probably use all white. BBstx - I replaced the globe on the porch fan light, and I could use the old one to make the glowing orb, and I would have liked that out in the yard. But I can't think of a way to hide the extension cord. It would have to go across lawn or patio, and it's orange. I thought about some kind of solar light out there, but I have no experience with them and can't judge whether a particular light is any good, or determine whether the light cast by a single solar light would do anything in my yard. Now that the little lights are out on the porch, I really feel the need for some kind of light to make a shadow in the garden when I'm sitting on the porch. But it would bother me not to be able to turn it off. How clever to use a solar light indoors. That's a very interesting idea. Lkplatow - those Target lights are a great looking deal. Do they have an connecting cord on the end opposite the plug so you can attach multiple strands together? My Christmas lights don't have an on-off switch, another nice feature of the target lights.

You've gotten good advice here. One fan will be plenty for your room. You might even consider adding a light to the fan to provide overhead lighting when needed instead of recessed lights. You could install switched outlets for lamps or wall sconces for your ambient lighting, which is nicer to relax with than recessed lights, unless you put them on dimmers. There would be money saved if you skip the recessed lights and dimmer switch. We rarely use our recessed lights to have accent lighting at night, or to watch television. The spaces between the furniture are too tight to walk through the room with a platter of food or to pull out a chair at the table. You already figured out that the French doors and step are inoperable against the back of the loveseat. How much are you able to extend the length of your room? With a fixed width the 1'4" behind the sofa(loveseat) is too small to walk through. Could you push it back against the wall? Your table area is too tight to pull out a chair with 2' and 2'4" on some sides. Is it possible to use a smaller table for four instead of six? Using a smaller round table with chairs at 2 o'clock, 4 o'clock, 6 o'clock and 8 o'clock may work instead of pushing them back against the walls. One or two club chairs angled close to the corners of the French doors might work instead of the loveseat at the entrance. You have done a great job drawing the room and measurements. I don't have a program to help you try out different furniture, but hope some sweet soul will come along to assist you. As it looks the room is not large enough to carry out two rooms of furniture, unless you can expand your length. It will be fun watching your progress. This will be a lovely addition to your home.