You are all right! The light has to go. pbrisjar - "one straight bar thing" That's it! That is what is wrong with this light, keeps it from being "okay". We are frugal people, we don't "change things out". So I live with what I've got until I can replace it with something I love that I will have forever. I don't buy much new, I prefer things with a history. Well, I found 2 great old lights for my kitchen on ebay, and will start my search there. We spent a fortune (to us) on the kitchen. But you know when you spruce an area up, the adjoining rooms look shabby?? Maybe I'm lucky that our house is rather small! Thanks

If you love it you should get it. When I was looking for a new chandelier I kept going back to the same one. No matter what else I found that I really liked nothing else would do. I bought it and never looked back, I smile every time I see it.

Thank you so much for the suggestions, Debra. Bumblebeez I love the RH chandeliers too, but they are so expensive! They seem to run around $2000 for the ones I liked. I wish it was in my budget, but it's just not. Do you think round is best for my space? I found a few on Pottery Barn that I like (though the prices seem a little high. Maybe ok with a sale.) What do you think about these? Could they work? Pottery Barn Clarissa rectangular drop chandelier Pottery Barn Bella rectangular crystal chandelier Or maybe this round one? Too boring? Pottery Barn Blown Glass chandelier

Hi kt_stock, the room has great potential. A few suggestions, 1. Find heavier curtains that compliment the carpet. 2. Once you have new curtains, pick a color out of them and repaint the room that color. (This is easier that trying to find curtains that compliment the color of the walls.) This will help to define the space as its own entity. 2. Do remove the high shelf on the wall. It is cluttered and does not allow you to have a clear focus point. 3. Next find shades to soften the light from the ceiling lamp and shorten the chain. 4. Next, consider replacing the table with a round one. 5. Move the armoire (it is beautiful) to the wall behind the table. 6. Create a living room with a a couple of comfortable reading chairs, a round "coffee" table and perhaps a tufted bench. (This allows for a highly malleable space) Also, stand in various points of access to this room. Write down what do you see first, second and third. This is how you determine the visual hierarchy of the room. It take time to discern. Once you have the list, you can figure out what needs to do and what to stay, what needs to be boosted and what muted. The idea is balance and harmony. This does not man bland. You can have a very bright and strong statement object that becomes the focal point of the room and creates harmony by ruling supreme. Above all, enjoy the process of the hunt. Good luck!