Thanks everyone for their suggestions! I appreciate it! The chandelier is actually from the previous owner. It should be 29 inches or 21 above the table. I'll have to check my notes. I hate it, but it matches the four other ones they have in the house. I was thinking about school house lights for our kitchen and maybe a bell jar in the foyer. Anyway, I already have replacement in the garage. It's one I bought for the house I was thinking we were going to buy. That was four years ago, mind you. :) It's a nickel finish plain one with exagerated arms. Kichler I think, before you started seeing them at HD or Lowes. I love that beadboard idea up the walls. Would looks so pretty. I'm trying to get my husband to let me paint the trim as we type. He is a guy and like most guys.... no paint on wood! I just got him to let me paint the cabs. i had to entice him by telling him we were getting new countertops! I've been looking for things for the inside. I bought the soup pot with laddle the other day. You'd think I could find lots of substantial things to go into that cabinet, but I guess I'm pickier than I thought. I wanted to keep it all white things. I'll have to scour ebay more. I did have a small cabinet there on that wall under the picture. But, it was hard to get around and sit down. If you can think of a thinner cabinet online, let me know. I think that wall is too bland too. I didn't think about the peices being more masculine, but you're exactly right! I found that tablecloth at marshalls for three dollars and I needed something that day (did I mention we have a two year old?) So, is it a consensus that I should lose tablecloths and stick with just some placemats? I'd like to just have the table, but I'm afraid with a two year old that it will be all scratched up by tonight. The artwork in there came from my mom's house. She bought two of them and decided she didn't like them. I had this great original art piece there. My husband hated it, so we went back to this boring thing. He likes boring stuff. And, not changing things.... hates change! I like to change everything every month or so. I'll have to start looking for different artwork. I'll be on the lookout for a new rug. Do you think that a dash and albert rug would look good or something pottery barnish (we have another pb one in the ajoining room.) I saw an 8x10 medium grey wool oriental at big lots of all places. Would that be too masculine? Maybe that grey rug and some porcelain blue on the walls? (keep your fingers crossed about the painting of the trim!) I'll see what colors are in it if it's still there. (My husband didn't want a rug there, but too bad!) Thank you guys so much. Just that little direction is exactly what I needed! Thank you, thank you!!! Kim BTW, sorry so long!

You have a peninsula, not a breakfast bar, since the back doesn't allow for seating. The only way to change that would be getting new countertops (which would stick out past the wall) or changing the cabinets and then likely the countertops as well. Instead, you may be able to fit a small round table and two chairs on the far side of the kitchen near the windows. Without dimensions I can't recommend furniture placement. You can likely fit a small sofa and a chair. Your chairs from the table can be pulled in for use with company. I would wall mount the TV to give you more space. Measure and see how you can fit in a sofa first. A white or light rug could work, but wait to find your sofa and how it will be positioned which will help you know the correct sized rug.

Thoughts, 1. what if you thrifted 4 chairs, and recovered those, I really think that table set is dating the space. OR paint it white or a light green over black and add a back cushion. I like curtains over roman shade here, burlap. I think you first need to deal with the table and curtains then go back with art.

I would do a 72" x 42" table, with a pedestal or trestle base. (And smaller chairs, as others said.) That gives you clearance on each side of the table for people to get up and move behind other seated diners. You can seat 3 on each long side. And in a pinch, you can seat two at each end, especially if you have a short bench there. (2 kids on a piano bench is our solution when we have a crowd). Those clearances ignore the barstool issue. For chairs all around the table and comfortable clearance to move, it has to be no bar seating when the table is in use. If you want to seat people at each location at the same time, you need bench seating at the wall opposite the bar, with the table set close so seating is "slide in" like a banquette. Not comfy, but maybe fine for kids. Just a decision for what works best for your family.