Hi, This is Ben Moore "Old Salem Gray" but it's an olive color. I my bedroom: Casey

Shee, Your idea of using them on candles in candlesticks is a good one. I am currently making some lamps out of old brass candlesticks, and bought some shades on eBay for them. I will electrify mine, but if you can keep them straight on the top of some candles, just for a nice decor touch, why not? You'll save yourself some money, too. Check the link below for a similar idea using real candles... Your shades are beautiful. I've gotten some good buys, but never any for 50 cents! These are some of the shades I'm playing with. I've since gotten some 'springier' ones. I also did these out of barley twist candlesticks for my mantle. Here is a link that might be useful: see this at Source Perrier

Thanks for posting the new pix. It is always hard to offer arrangement suggestions because the actual space may be different than it reads in a series of two-dimensional pix, but here goes. You have such a great feel in the room already, and it sounds like this space gets used a lot - laughing about the LEGOs, as I remember those days only too well! One thing that bothers me a bit is having the back of the loveseat to the fireplace and the people sitting there, especially so closely arranged. It sends an unfriendly vibe, and makes that seating less useful when you have a lot of people. I am wondering if it would be possible to try the entertainment center on the long wall where the couch is now. Then place the couch on the wall where the armoire was, and the loveseat in the "L" shape with its back to the windows at the end of the room closer to the entry. Situate the ec so that it is centered opposite the new couch placement. Put a sofa table, cabinet or low bookcase behind the loveseat, lamp on top, for a nicer view as you enter the room from the foyer. When you do that, I think you should be able to put one of the new chairs you are considering in the corner by the windows at the foyer end of the room, with a side table and lamp, to create a nice reading/contemplating space. If you decide to put the chair there, that might give you the perfect reason to choose a low bookcase behind the loveseat - you are creating a reading area, and now have a place to put books to reinforce that feeling. I dont know what your new furniture might look like, but I would consider a large round coffeetable instead of a big square - you already have the large square ottoman by the fireplace. Or, (and here I go spending money for you) I would love to see a round ottoman, something a bit less dark and heavy, with the two fireplace chairs. If you do that, perhaps then go with the big square coffee table by the large seating, and put the ottoman tucked by the wall near the armoire as additional seating when needed. Come to think of it, if you did that, you wouldnt really need another new chair besides the one down in the window corner that I discussed, so perhaps in the end the expenditures would be the same. :-) In moving the armoire, I am trying to open up the fireplace space to the rest of the seating in the room. It is a lovely spot, and should be able to be appreciated by those sitting on the couch and loveseat, as well as just those two people in the chairs. I know you are considering a new couch and loveseat, and I dont know what style you have in mind, but something perhaps a bit less bulky than your current pieces might be nice- perhaps with a track arm instead of the rolled (sock) arm. As for end tables, if you look at what you have, they have a lot of top space, but not much underneath. I think you could get by with some tables that are a bit smaller, perhaps still iron, that would take up less space. You probably dont really need or use all the top of the table space that you have (except for LEGO building, I suppose). Hope this helps. If the ec has to stay on the wall where it is, I would move it down the wall as far as possible toward the kitchen opening. Then situate the couch and loveseat opposite, so that the loveseat is on the other side of the couch from where it is now, faces the fireplace. If you move the ec down, it allows the couch and loveseat to be closer to the fireplace. You can likely add a chair beside the ec as additional seating, and perhaps still have your reading corner chair in the front end of the room by the windows - it will just be tucked behind the loveseat. But then if you place a low bookcase behind the loveseat, that would still create a nice corner there. Dont worry about centering everything on the walls - people do that, and then waste usable space.

I would go with a fabric drum shade. Here's a guide on how to pick the right size shade: http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/how-to-choose-the-right-size-lamp-shade-apartment-therapy-tutorials-107600