Wonderful room -- and very pretty things too!

Well I vote for the table to sit in the foyer! I love to see a table in the foyer -- perhaps with a mirror above it? And a lamp (or two -- of course! I love lamps everywhere! LOL!)

OR it MIGHT fit behind the sofa -- but you would need to remove the two vintage office chairs from the room .....

Soooooo --- whats in the room across the hall???

((just being throughly nosy -- I am an old curious cat ...... LOL!))

Jan

Your home is lovely. I like foyers consoles or cabinets also, but if you keep it in the LR then I'd try in under the 3 pictures as the table that's there is under scale for for that space and the console seems a smidgen too large where it is. You may not need to adjust the art if the leaf lamp is centered and fits well. Try reversing them and see what you think. If you like it, please post!

OK I am going to move it to the wall under the 3 pics...that is where I wanted it but at 3 AM was afraid I would wake DH :) I can't put it behind the sofa, tea as the a/c vent for the room is there. Wish I could.

I have these 2 lamps and no others at present for it so may need to find more ...stay tuned for across the hall...

I agree with everything abundantblessings said... and I also need to know, what is the delicious wall color in this room??

Me too, she said, also wondering what is in the other room! Love the color and your bookcase is beautiful!

trailrunner, I'm sorry I was not more clear about the lamps. I think all of them should be fine. My point was to center the small table so that the leaf branch lamp falls between the two pictures on the wall by the door. Can't be sure, but it looks like the clearance will be perfect for all of them without moving the art.

OK just checking back as I was cooking dinner and doing a slide show for the Kitchen in Action Thread that we have on the Kitchen Forum.

blessings...no apology necessary !! I need more lamps...DH keeps tellilng me this. I am at a standstill on lamps.
sueb: the color is an Olympic color : Belgian Chocolate. I love it as it hasn't got all the "undertones " that I found with some of the browns. It actually holds its own in the strong morning light.

Sue, the big piece that the photos are on was a builtin cherry cabinet in a home in New England. A teardown...what do these people think ??!! I saved it. I added the sides to close it in and stripped it. It needs to be painted on the sides to match...she says laughing. I started to strip it and then decided that I liked the 1st coat of paint that someone had put on in the past. So I left it unfinished...like the french doors...which are the original door between the rooms ....cut in 1/2...see the extra hardware...I couldn't throw away the doorknob. :)

crazy door:

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The room across the hall is the music room . It was going to be next as I need to know if the "sofa" table would be better in there. Also if I should take the secretary out of the piano room and put it back in the foyer in the corner where it used it be. Momma liked the light there and used to do her mail there at the secretary. There is the gateleg table there now and that is all that is in the huge space. So what should I do ???

Here is the music room...

put the sofa table where the window is ( small table and antique lamp) ??

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Well this looks wonderful. I am going to be up all night at this rate :)

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lights down:

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So now what do I do with my vintage office chairs? Everyone wants to sit in them. They still have the original tags on the bottoms...and they were $60 each. I love them and they are so great to sit in and read the paper in the AM with the sun streaming thru the lace curtains.

So what about the foyer...and now the two tall lamps....hmmm I will post some more pics of "problem" areas that maybe we can fix . THANK YOU>>>>c

You got it going on now! That looks very nice. I love your home.

I'd like to see the tray top table by the door where the console was. Then you can keep at least one of your office chairs in that room. There may not be enough room to have both, flanking on each side of the tray top but worth a try.

Don't think the console table belongs in the music room. Its new home is great.

Secretary is fine in either location, but why put it back in the foyer? Have you ever tried a rug in the foyer? I can also see a ladder back or cane seat chair on either side of the gateleg. Or switch the gateleg with the small table from the music rm and add an upholstered chair in the corner. Place a wonderful rose arrangement similar to the one in your DR on top the table for a touch of vibrancy. Warm and welcoming!

WOW I'm so impressed that moving a few things can make such a nice difference.

Thank you Mammie and Iris....I was AMAZED too.

blessings:that was exactly what I did :) I moved the tray table by the door and put one of the chairs by it. Now I need a lamp for on the tray table. I will post a pic...height ...style...suggestions???

This is so fun! I have a wonderful Persian for the foyer. I take up all the rugs in the summer and then replace them in the fall. Makes the house cooler in summer. The flowers are azaleas from this past Spring. I have roses now and need to go and cut some. Good idea. Pictures to come ! c

Your home is lovely and I like the changes. It alsmost feels like a new house when you move a few pieces of furniture around! I have an OT question for you- when you said you just washed your wood floors what exactly did you mean? They look beautiful. What do you use to clean them with and what type of finish do you have on them? Thanks in advance! :-)

LOVE your home, and your "crazy door" is to die for...I have always wanted one of those!!

I don't have any suggestions. But..I love, love the red print chair.

Gracie: twice a year I take up all the Oriental rugs and put them outside face down and run the beater bar vacuum on them. While they are airing I wash all my wood floors. I use a very dilute solution of Murphy's Oil Soap. There a gobs of posts that say it is bad for the floors. Well I haven't found that to be the case. I use about 2T in 1 gal of warm water. I do this on my hands and knees with an old rough piece of bath towel. The floors are almost 120 years old . The oak ones in the front of the house can't be sanded ever again as they were done too much in the past and they are splintering in places . They have oil based poly on them according to the PO. The rest of the floors in the house are heart pine . They have only been sanded once and that was when we moved in. They will not likely need it again as we are not hard on them. They have oil based poly on them too. Thank you Gracie for the sweet comments.

Thank you Val...you too can have one...just have an old door cut in half....really easy. Then attempt to strip the paint and then give up....:)

emagineer...you are so sweet thank you ! The chair is a Hickory from NC. It is rust in person , very deep and compfy with the big ottoman.

MOre pics....

I don't think the table/chair look quite right. Needs lamp and also pics moved down...see what you think..

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foyer now...need something on the gateleg...??

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LR/Piano room now...I would like to do something different with the wingbacks...they blend better with the rug than they look in the pics...

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Looking GREAT in the foyer! Love the "center table" -- perhaps one of your larger bowls or vases? OR -- perhaps add some silk (don't faint -- LOL!) mums (in that dark autumn burgandy to match the rug) in one of your vases? Perhaps a fake (gasp!) fern in the bottom of your plant stand?

((heeheehee -- right now -- a bunch of the folks here are clutching their hearts in the sheer horror or mention of fake plants or flowers ...... but I really love them so I hope you don't mind!))

Jan

I have seen very expensive silk that I sniffed because I was sure it was real. I am NOT offended. I will see what I have. What about the chairs in the piano room ? any ideas...c

How about a switch in the music room - try the chairs in the corner where the desk now sits.

Or try them in front of the window with a table (and the lamp) between them? Very cozy! And look for an ottoman to sit in front of the fireplace -- an upholstered one. Maybe your local Craigs List?

Place the display cabinet flat against the wall next to the fireplace.

Hmmmmmmm ..... the desk ......... hmmmmmmmm ...... still thinking! LOL!

Jan

Hi Trailblazer,

You're having lots of fun -- good for you!

Yes, lower the two pictures. Wonder what the table would look like turned into the room flanked by the 2nd desk chair? Try; may or may not work.

If you move the chairs in front of the window as teacats suggests, would the secretary work next to the fireplace with the display cabinet across from it on the opposite wall. I like the height next to the fp better than the shorter cabinet. Love the glass shelving niche and worry that the secretary might look too heavy if you do place it next to the fp, but if it's not too hard to move you can always move it back if your DH bears with us. The original positions are really nice because you can appreciate them from the foyer.

I guess it depends on if you use the fp, then the chairs are great where they are. If you use them more for reading or listening, the the window location may work. In either location, consider placing a small, flat back pillow to soften the look.

In the foyer, I'm not wild about the open gateleg as it looks like it makes navigating difficult; could be just the the camera angle though. If it does impede flow, can it go back further away front the front door if you keep it there so it doesn't block both the both front door and cross traffic? Yes, add something tall and colorful. A wonderful pot filled with a large chrysanthemum for fall? The rounded shape will echo your beautiful lamp.

We are moving the china cab tomorrow. Also the Morrocan table to other side.

Moving chairs and secretary. Foyer works great ! Space is huge.

I lost the whole huge post I just made...tired and just home from work.

Trying to do a cookbook on the Kitchen forum too...

post more tomorrow when I get some stuff done. This is fun...but I am tired. :)

What an impressive wonderful ole home, ohhh I'd love a tour. Bet it feels and sounds like it's history of stories. Your personalizing is perfectly fitting, You've made it smile with warmth and unique personality!
Love Love Love "this table" and for that reason I would have it in the hall because the light wall would showcase the table, but I also think it looks beautiful where you have it now.
Have you ever tried the piano with the player in the corner facing the door and the chairs angled to the fireplace and piano player; leaving the secretary where it is and then would the china fit in the foyer with your beautiful gateleg? Is that another fireplace in the foyer?
Has the secretary ever been on that wall by the interior door next to the window with a big comfy chair and maybe the tray table to drop mail to be sorted and filed in the desk?
What fun, your home has so many options to play with and even re-assign rooms just for fun! I love this, thanks for letting us visit!

What a great house! You have wonderful pieces to use in there, too.

I love the gateleg table in the foyer, tho I can't tell how it sits in the overall space. Not crazy about the square rug- would love to see a round rug underneath instead at some point. Not loving the other table and little chair in the corner, tho. It feels like too many skinny legs, in the space. Also, I think that corner could use something taller to balance the fireplace I think I see in the foyer. Any chance you could shoot a pix from the entry so we could see the entry hall from that perspective? I am thinking the secretary would work in that corner, flat against the wall with the pix, and then a chair sitting at an angle at the open desk.

Okay, just asking now, but I am wondering if you have considered flipping the music room and the living room? I would love to see the piano sitting in the bay window space of that room. Then the wingback chairs sitting where the two upholstered chairs are now in the room. The tall white cabinet would be a nice color balance for the dark piano and chairs.

Then move the upholstered chairs to either side of the fireplace in the current music room, the couch opposite and perhaps toward the entry hall side of the room a bit. Then use the two wood desk chairs in the corner area where the secretary is currently, ideally with a table so that they have the feel of a game table area.

Then move around the small tables you have to use by the seating, add lamps, etc. Hard to specifically suggest without seeing how the big pieces play in the room.

bodica and Les THANK YOU for the ideas...I am slow getting started this AM.

Here are a couple things that combine both of your responses as it easier to do it that way :)

square Persian is quite rare and was purchased for that space so it stays for now. I can't afford any more Persians:)

secretary was in that corner to R of window...we moved it a couple years ago for Momma...hmmm need to think about moving it again...

I will take more pics from different angles...good idea !

can't flip rooms as the piano has to be out of the sun and that "morning room" gets huge AM sun. Also the floor in that room won't take anymore weight...that huge cab weighs TONS :)

we had the piano turned with the player in a corner...which corner do you mean?

Could the display case go in the foyer, I hadn't thought of that but DH wanted it there ?

OK now I am gonna have another cuppa and then start getting DH ready to move stuff.

YOu are so kind to take time with this. I love my home too and I think it loves me...thank you for such kind and generous comments about my stuff.

I will post more later today. THANK YOU !! c

DH wanted the gateleg/china glass displaycase/secretary together too since they are all similar feeling as compareed to my other eclectic "stuff".

we used to have