Need help Livening up our Foyer. New Chandelier?
Looking to replace our basic builder installed chandelier. Our home is Mediterranean style and I find the existing piece too ornate and dated. Also ,how should I accessorize the black table? Candles, Lamp, Books?
Thank you.
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6 years agolast modified: 6 years agochickadee2_gw
6 years agoarcy_gw
6 years ago
amykath
6 years agoNancy K
6 years agoHere is the chandelier without the globes. A few questions:
1. What style bulbs should I use? Should I add crystals?
2. What size rug to anchor the 40" round table?
3. Suggestions for decorative cover over the wall register?
Thank you, Houzz friends!
2pups4me
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6 years agoMaria Privat
6 years agoToo many lines going on at the same place, indeed. Best remove the chandelier alltogether, for it competes with the beautiful railing of the stairs. If you do need an extra light source, than follow Maureens idea of a table lamp.
If you do not need the light, just leave the vase with the flowers in the middle of the table and place nothing else on it. Also remove the two dark framed pictures and leave that wall bare. All the attention will go to the flowers and the beautiful stairs, where it belongs.
It might look empty at first, for you are used to something there, but give it a week and my guess is, you don't want to go back.
We cannot see the picture on the other wall, but what I can see - the white frame - is not good. Maybe the other two pictures can go there?
On the left of the stairs it seems like you have 'decorated' underneath the wrought iron pieces. Remove all such 'decoration' for it functions as nothing but clutter.
There's just one thing I'm not sure of: the lighting on the floor seems too bare to me (obviously that's possible). I wonder what it would look like if you would hang several curvy wrought iron lanterns there instead. I'm not sure of this though. Something like this:
It is far enough from the staircase as to not compete, but hopefully complete.
What do you think?
Darzy
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoYou can get small chandelier bulbs with the diameter sockets of the larger size. You can even spray paint the base to make the lower part of the bulbs to match the finish.
I"d install chandelier bulbs and center the table and floral arrangement under the chandelier. Only the floral vase on the table for simplicity. Sometimes just changing the art on the wall and the floral arrangement will make you feel better.
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