Um, do you want to see the dishes I still need to clean up from dinner (instead of slacking off here)?

Just jokin'!

I change mine with the seasons, or on a whim. Here it is sometime in the early spring.

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Here's a pic of my apothecary jar filled with grapes.

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Nice tables.
cll, you might also look at store displays.
I've linked pottery barn centerpieces.

Here is a link that might be useful: pottery barn

Sorry, I couldn't get this one resized (security error from photobucket, I have no idea). The centerpiece is a footed brass bowl about 14" x 9" which contains white and green potpourri, grass balls, and a green gazing ball that I found out in the garden of our house! It is flanked by two heavy brass candlesticks with dark red Root candles, and the runner I had made wide to go sideways across the table instead of down the middle. When I leave a leaf in this helps minimize the long sweep of wood, and also makes the end of the table a bit more intimate when the three of us (husband and I and one child still at home) are eating there.

Here's a link to my dining room inspiration album for a load of ideas. I've close to ninty pictures there.

Here is a link that might be useful: Inspiration Dining Rooms

Here's what is on mine:

Here's mine--lol. It usually has a small Provencal table mat (what they call a "nappe") under it, but it must have been in the wash when I took this pic.

kswl: I love the fabric on your dining room chairs. :)

Here's mine: I like the less is more look. I'm not a fan of dnining room tables with place settings (place mats, chargers, plates, bowls and what not, like in model homes). It kind of creeps me out. I'm so sorry if I've offended anyone with this comment?!?!?!

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There's supposed to be something on the dining room table? Dang it! Imma haveta go shopping!!
Actually, I like the "nothing is more" approach to decorating the dining table. We have guests over almost every Friday for "game night" which usually happens at the dining table. I can't be hauling stuff back and forth every week- I'm too lazy for that business. The bamboo lazy susan (Costco) is large enough for most of the games we play, including a whole Scrabble board.
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Thanks! I am glad to see that it's okay to not have a lot on my table. I have a DF who insist that I use a very large "flowey" something. lol I didn't want to go up to the light. I am a pretty simple person, and sometimes can be a little too plain. Nice to see lots of ideas. I love all your dining rooms and can't wait to get something in mine.

The only thing I have at this point is a table and a rug. Not a new room, just new paint and floor.

Thanks again and keep'em coming. :)
Lynn

Here's the kitchen dining table, a gift from my son -- a ficus bonsai tree, it's been on my kitchen table for 10 years.

Dining room table...the fish is from one of my sons travels, he always finds something unique to bring me...I get lots of comments about it, and change the flowers seasonally.

I don't keep my dining table set for a meal; we eat frequently in our dining room and it happened to be ready for a meal when I took the photo. I think people who keep the table set may not eat in that room much, because you would surely have to wash the dishes before using them if they were out on display? That's why china cabinets keep the plates behind glass :)

Not to go off subject, but this is for Miles661, I have been looking for a lazy susan that is big, at least 23 inches, at a decent price. Can you tell me how big your lazy susan is ?

Thanks in advance.

Mine, I did finish on marred table top in faux rose quartz, has glass made to go over top, recovered chairs to match, made scarf from fabric used in WT..
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mldao: Your dining room is absolutely lovely! I especially love the green fabric on the chairs and the little valances(?) on the windows. Did you make them yourselves? I love the slipcover idea because it's so easy to change out if you want something different.

I change my out frequently, but usually have fruit in a basket and some type of throw. I have a lighter weight shawl I use at times. We don't eat in there too frequently, but it's quick to move the throw and use placemats if we feel like it. Usually we eat at the kitchen bar.
mldao: I also love that green fabric. We sell slipcovred parsons chairs in the store (from Best Slipcover Company), I'd like to get some for myself!

kswl & organic: I love the wainscoting the two of you have in your dining room. Did you install those yourselves?

nonchalant: I wish I knew how to sew!! The topper isn't actually attached to the curtain panels. They're held in place with curtain clips. Thank you for the compliment, I really like my green fabric too.

sallymo: I really like the look of the throw on your DR table. I wonder if that could work on my DR table? Your curtain panels are gorgeous as well as your entire DR. I'm a huge fan of slipcovered furniture. Is your company on the web?

We don't sell on-line. But thanks for asking. The dining room drapes were some of the first pinch-pleated drapes I made. Each one was done a little differently, but it is really only noticeable from the backside! I always practice on myself, first.

Here's a few of mine:

I keep placemats on my table all the time, and sometimes place settings and candles or flowers. I do this mostly to add some color to the area. Our walls and ceilings are wood, the floor is dark gray, and the furniture is brown. I change the placemats and dishes every few weeks.

And yes, those are color-coordinated M&Ms in the little bowls. I'm kooky!

Usually we have food on the table :-) And the rest of the time, newspapers or dolls that my daughter is playing with. Seriously, nice tables and decorations but do you empty them every evening for dinner or you don't use the table?

Usually just the candles lined up, but occasionally I'll put out flowers and play with elevation. Too bad I didn't take the picture when the lilies opened. They were gorgeous!

Mldao, thank you for the compliment; I like everything about my dining room except that it is not GREEN enough! I love the fabric on your parsons chairs and the table. I have a trumeau mirror in my back hall and it never occurred to me to try it in the dining room.

The wainscoting was in the house when we bought it almost 3 years ago. Second owners had started renovating the house and beefed up the molding throughout... 10" of crown, wainscoting in some rooms, judge's paneling in others. After two years they threw in the towel with the kitchen half-finished. We bought it and have ALMOST finished the renovation now!

kswl: What is judge's paneling? Do you have a picture of it?

Here's mine -- but I do change it around all of the time -- right now -- I've removed the tablecloth and runner for a bare, "cooler" look -- after all -- the temperatures here in Dallas are well over 100 degrees without a drop of rain! And I finally polished the silver too (after this photo was taken! LOL!)

So anything that help the house feel a bit cooler (like bare spaces on tabletops or counters) really helps!

Jan

We have rustic furniture so I keep it pretty simple. I do want it to look nice (like I've done SOMETHING to it.. LOL). I also wanted to show off the copper table top with something other than normal placemats so I put two runners crisscross. I like it....

Mldao, the difference as I always "knew" it is that wainscoting has raised molding (like our dining room) with frames made of molding that are applied on wood that is attached to the walls (or sometimes right on the walls). Judges paneling has panels of wood that are attached to the wall in a series, with a chair rail above. Sometimes there is molding between the raised wood panels and sometimes none, just a negative space.

However, sometimes people use the term "wainscot" to mean "anything below a chair rail" and that could include judge's paneling.

Our dining room is molding frame-type wainscot. This is judges' paneling with molding between the raised wooden panels, and when I see the photo you really can't tell that the wood panels themselves are raised!

cran, love your primitive portraits. Where did you get them? :)

Thanks redsox, I got those prints over 25 years ago at a little shop in Centerville ,MA. now gone. Are you from the Boston area? Redsox gave it away!

I have a large farm table with a distressed urn with a real fern in it. Candle sticks w/fat candles and a distressed looking mushroom.

My sister is going to teach me how to put pics on here, I can't wait.

MLdAO I love your mirror, is it old?

I did this for selling the house.

mldao--I love your dining room, would you share more pictures of your beautiful style (other rooms as well) on a separate thread? Don't want to hijack this one!

My new centerpiece is new and I'm really loving how bright and cheerful it is. I also love that, being one piece and on a runner, it's very quick and easy to move for meals.
Lynn

OK. Kidding (kinda)... We are mid-move, but honestly, lots of laptops often find there way to our table! (OK. I've now revealed myself as a total slob, but honestly, this is a step up from the 6 months this winter that I spent with all those laptops precariously balanced on our bed!) LOL. It's actually worse when my family visits. Then we usually jump to 7+ laptops, affectionately dubbed, "The Data Center". ;-)

jaymielo -- add a week's worth of newspapers, a bucket of crayons and two or three coloring books and a plastic high chair, there's my table. :)

Seriously, when I set the table for guests, I have a large 1960s teak salad bowl filled with glazed gourds that I put on a runner my mum brought back from Malaysia. Otherwise, we use the table as our eating, working, game playing, coloring, playdoh, crafting center so it's normally piled with crapola.

Mine are boring!

Cran:
I think we might be related!! I have those same prints; they're Mr. and Mrs. Pearce, copies of 19th century paintings by Erastus Salisbury Field. I tell everyone they're ancestors! LOL. I have mine framed similarly, without mats, and used them over the fireplace until we built this house 10 years ago. Since, they have gathered dust in the basement. But yours have inspired me to give them a second look.

Great tables! I can change my table everyday with all these ideas. This is a non-used table and I am trying to put something decorative so I will stop leaving my junk pile. :)

Love seeing so many different styles. I want 10 table so I can use them all. lol Thanks for sharing your pictures.
Lynn

I think I need a new camera! This picture is awful but as you can see I have a duck on my table at the moment!

Here is mine:

deeinoh,
Maybe I should put mine in the basement too....they have been up for over 20 yrs! Mine have the finish on them that makes them look like an oil painting(??) If you ever get them up again post a pic..would love to see them. Now thinking about it maybe my dining room needs a face lift. Not today we are starting a kitchen remodel soon.

On this table, the cheese stands alone...