I borrowed that pink chair from where I'd posted it in the Cottage thread in the Gallery. I've been having fun over there. I thought you'd get a kick out of it! It's cute as can be and twice as gutsy. Your room is shaping up just great. I love the cozy feel. Formal is lovely but can look un-touchable sometimes, you know? Everyone loves a good kick-back casual room, especially if it's pretty. Reno ~~ I really do like the shape of these chairs better than the other chair you asked about. These are more graceful. If they're comfy, I say go for it. You could re-cover them a kazillion ways so they should always find a place in some room or another. They will probably work just fine in there as they are. Just toss a red pillow on them and drape a throw over one. You can always re-do them later if you want. Go for it! Rhonda ~~ I love your chair! I've spent a lot of time all over your blog and you are SOOO talented. Your home is just gorgeous. It's the perfect combination of elegant and casual. It's a real art to put that together the way you have. You're an inspiration and I wish you'd post a lot more of your pictures here. I hope you didn't mind that I took the liberty of posting your Laundry Room pictures in the thread about that in the Gallery. I was hoping you would do it but you weren't around.

I'm sure you've seen my kitchen before...I have a few of these elements. My home is an 1873 farmhouse, so not a very frou-frou or ornate Victorian. I wanted to try to have a kitchen that seemed like it belonged in the house (no bamboo or granite or chrome--just wouldn't work) but obviously was NOT trying to duplicate an authentic Victorian kitchen. Blues and greens: ORB faucet, mason jar soap dispenser and antique bottles found by my grandfather on display: My lighting: We exposed the brick chimney: Grandmother's cuckoo clock and great-grandmother's sewing machine: Freestanding pieces: Antique workbench as an island (we added wheels to make it slightly taller and movable): Pot rack on wall, though it is really just for decoration to display the copper pans we can't use anymore: My mom's old canisters: I also have soapstone counters as well as some elements of my kitchen that are decidedly not in the Victorian farmhouse genre, like my copper backsplash/door panels and my tile floor. But again, this is just our interpretation, and to us, the kitchen looks like it belongs with the rest of the house, which also has been updated in various ways--leaving a pleasing and comfortable combination of the antique and traditional with the comforts of modern living. Here is a link that might be useful: my blog with more kitchen info

LOVE the gauzy white sheers. Adding that to my idea book for sure. That ceiling is maybe not *quite* as dark as it appears in that pic, but it's pretty dark. And they used flat paint on the walls, so that sucks additional light from the room. I'm not a fan of that blue-green shade regardless, so that's a must-paint room. It's just a question of how much. And see how all the wood tends toward an orange-y tinge? I'm really not a fan of that at all, and I worry that using light, cool colors will clash horribly. I'd really love a grey wall paint color, but I'm not sure how well it would blend with all the wood. And for furniture, we're looking at the white slipcovered pieces at Crate & Barrel or Pottery Barn. Here's a pic of the arch under the front porch; it's the same material as used in the sunroom ceiling. I truly love the silver grey look that nosoccermom is describing - in fact, I took a photo of a piece of furniture at World Market like it earlier, just to figure out how to reproduce that stain look. I would love it for our kitchen cabinets as well! Ah, I love all these ideas - thanks, y'all, and keep 'em coming! This post was edited by ShariLouWho on Mon, Jun 9, 14 at 19:32

emagineer - This is from the blog Cote de Texas that I provided a link to in my post. Since it's been all about "Something's Gotta Give" I thought that Nancy Meyers' follow up movie "The Holiday" needed a closer look. Just as the star of Something's Gotta Give was the Hamptons house itself, the star of the "The Holiday" wasn't really Cameron Diaz or Kate Winslet, but their two homes, one in Los Angeles and one in the English Countryside, respectively. And in another connection between the two movies, the production team was led Jon Hutman - but Beth Rubino, so wonderful on the set of SGG, was absent for The Holiday. And just as with Something's Gotta Give, Nancy Meyers' personal interior designer has photos of "The Holiday" houses on his web site, but he is not mentioned in the film credits. The Holiday, coming so soon after Something's Gotta Give received a lot of prepublicity hype concerning its premise: two women swap houses for the Christmas vacation and both find love. For lovers of the SGG house, a new Nancy Meyers movie about TWO houses was almost too good to be true ! Jim