Are you planning to change the fan? With all three of those under the same ceiling area, I would want them to be similar. The first photo isn't much different from your current fixture -- not sure it would be worth changing for that little difference. I do like your second dining fixture -- who makes that one? I could see it with the first foyer fixture. The second foyer one seems a bit too fussy and would be a lot less light -- better suited to a group of pendants situation I would think. Same for #3. I just do not like the chicken wire ones or the thought of dusting them, but they are different.

Thanks, Juju, SueB, I'd love to have you over for lunch. OldBat 2 be, those are very cool. Why does customized Scabetti sounds like it will rival the cost of a small domestic car. All, I have found someone to make my first choice for me. I am just unsure of size. But they say the chandy should be 75% of the table width. By that measure, what i think of as a behemoth, the original at 60x32x24, is less than 75% of either the W or L of our table, which is 54" by 113". I don't know, it seems like the size of 1st grader to me...

natal, can you post a photo or link of your foot-operated trash/recycle cabs, muspic, can I see your cork floor? We're doing cork as well. The telling sign for me was when I went into a "wood flooring" showroom. When I asked where their cork display was (the whole floor was covered in the different wood flooring), I expected them to say they didn't have one (like most stores). Instead, they took me to the area where the employees stood all day. All cork. No wood. Enough said. Alabamamommy, our current house has white Corian counters. They were here when we bought the house and were afraid of them at first, but now we love them. I cook every day and never had any problem getting anything off them, including red white and tumeric. I spilled about 4 t. of tumeric on the counter when I was making keema yesterday. I got most of it right away. After I was done cooking, I saw that I missed a spot. I sprayed the spot with 409, let it sit a few minutes while I cleaned up then came back and it came right off. We've also had success with set stains using Soft Scrub, and even a baking soda paste. For the kitchen in the house we're building, my must haves were: * cork floors (I need the sound proofing for living with a brain injury and active boy!) * walk in pantry (that it is 9'x9'11" is a bonus) * all base drawers * wide aisles * pulls instead of knobs * dropped baking center so I don't have to stand on my tippy toes while kneading bread, and open on two sides so my son can help. * foot pulls for trash * hands free water faucet * island (I ended up with two. WIth my TBI, I can't go out to socialize much, so two islands give me a "little kitchen" where I can focus and not be distracted (aka, burn the house down). The second island allows others to be "in the kitchen" to help prep, socialize, clean up, etc. without being in my space. I can't wait! *desk area for printing recipes, menu planning, etc. * side by side frig. It just works best for the way we live. Funny story, when we bought our current frig, the deciding factor was the one that fix a pizza box. In the last four years, there have been less than 5 pizza boxes in there! We cut out most processed foods. So we love the side-by-side because when I cook dinner, I always make larger portions so we can get 2-4 leftovers out of it. There are packaged in lunch size containers in frozen. Everything is easy to see in the morning, when DH grabs his lunch. * Full size freezer in pantry. We currently have a chest freezer, but we'd like to be able to buy a part of a cow from a local farm, so we're getting a side by side freezer to store our meat and extra bulk goods. DH's must have, beyond what's above: * deep single sink for washing pans (Usually I clean up as I go, but often I run out of steam by the time dinner is done, so he'll do clean up. I figured if I give him the sink he wants, he'll do it even more!) * energy star appliances * water sense sinks * Sharp microwave...

Could that overhead lighting be toned down? It makes your beautiful room look more like a department store. I think that it negatively impacts the wall color. Maybe a green just a shade or two lighter would be suitable.