A little hello and update
Hi All,
I don't know if anyone will remember me, but I used to post around 2015-2016, after a big move. I see a lot of familiar names in this forum, more so than in the regular "home decorating" one! I ended up getting very busy with a new job and 2 young kids, and decorating took a backseat for a while. Now that things at work are calming down and my kids are getting a little more self sufficient, I'm back at trying to make this house into my own style.
Anyway, where I left off was with a really ugly fireplace that I had ripped out, and left with some ugly stone behind it. I'll attach a photo. I finally found a great carpenter who fixed it up for me! Then it took me another year or so to patch up the wall and repaint...sigh. My mom made some gorgeous pinch pleat linen curtains. And pillows from the robert allen neo toile fabric someone here suggested. I reframed some of my grandmother's artwork which is really special to me.
When we moved in:
Current:
The last thing to do here is to update the light, and get rid of the ugly fan/light combo. I have been looking at this one for forever...but it's expensive...and I guess I am not so sure because i haven't pulled the trigger yet. Thoughts?
Anyway, I have lots more work to do so I hope to be around more often!
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Butternut
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5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoThanks all! Wonderful to "see" so many familiar "faces"!!
Yes, curtains are a dark teal linen...I love them. I didn't redo the floor, I just covered it mostly with a faux sisal indoor/outdoor rug :) And there is still unfinished wood on the floor next to the fireplace from where those rough beams came out. That's actually the reason why the stools/pouf/basket stay there (well, the basket also holds our wireless router).
The art above the fireplace came from my grandmother's house but she didn't create it...We think it actually originated with my grandfather's sister's husband who fought in the Korean War but passed away very young in the late 1950s of cancer. The painting behind the sofa and the watercolors next to the slider (now I'm seeing I don't have a good photo of those) were done by my grandmother.
I am struggling a bit with visualizing the size of that lantern. The room is pretty large...it's about 18'x20' and I don't know how high the ceiling is..but the crown is at 9 ft so probably 11 or 12 ft high in the center.
Here is a photo of the room with the light that I took early this morning.
I've also considered this Ballard one, which is 16"wx31"h:
Or this one, which is 21"x28"h
https://www.neimanmarcus.com/p/claudia-gold-leaf-pagoda-chandelier-prod215610133
And I've been thinking about replacing the fireplace screen with this one as well.
But in the end I just don't like either of those lights quite as much as the Visual Comfort one. Even though they are less than half the price! Ugh. I'll continue to think on it I guess :)
Butternut
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5 years agoPennydesign - I love your name, my dog is named Penny :)
Localeater - I have no idea what you mean by less dangly! :)
OK the 16" light is out. Maybe I can mock up a cardboard box and toss it up toward the ceiling. I don't think we have a ladder tall enough to actually get up there!
I suppose a similar one to the fan would be something like PB Lucca, but it seems a both a little trendy and a little blah for me to be excited about it.
lisaam
5 years agoButternut it is so nice for us to see how pretty your room looks. The pagoda shaped lantern is pretty but for something with a larger diameter and also shaded bulbs I thin this one is attractive.
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