Beautiful! I love the way the glaze on your cabinets makes the details stand out. Do you find the birdcage knobs/pulls hard to keep clean? Your floor and counters look great together! It all comes together just beautifully! You did a great job. I hope you're enjoying it.

Thanks for your input ladies. I didn't realize anyone had replied to my thread. I'm still looking for window treatments. Dawnp, I really like the paisley you linked. I do think the lighter background is the key. Laurie, I also like the way those two fabrics are combined. I had thought about doing the pattern on top, especially since my table blocks the view of the lower part of the drapes. I'm just so confused. I requested a sample of fabric from Country Curtains. The stripe is beautiful and ties in nicely with my cottagey theme. My only problem with these is that I really want the window treatments from the dining room and kitchen to play off of each other in fabric and color since they are now open to one another. This is a non-issue in the living room because my window treatments are wooden blinds with khaki 'ribbon.' I also purchased a pattern for shades. I thought I might do view A (the black shade) in the kitchen windows and view D (the green balloon shade) in the dining room. I feel pretty confident about the choice for the kitchen windows (once I settle on a fabric)but I'm not sure if the balloon shade is the right look for my dining room. I originally considered it because my table does block the view of the lower portion of the drapes. You really only see that part if you walk on or sit at that side of the table. Most people walk on the other side of the room. I wish we were done working on the built ins and my DR was put back together so I could take another picture and give you a better idea of what I am talking about. I also thought about simple sheers but I don't want white or cream. I saw someone's living room in the kitchen forum with a wall color close to mine that had sheers in the same color family. It looked nice in her window but she had other textiles in the room to add warmth and interest which I don't. So what do you think about the Laura stripe and the pattern I bought? I'm not married to the paisley but I do like it. I'm open to other suggestions. Thanks again. Here is a link that might be useful: Laura stripe

You say your table is 72", which is 6 ft. Since you don't mention a table width, I would assume the max would possibly be 48" or less...4 ft or less. Add a foot x2 onto each measurement for the chairs at the table on each side, then add 2 ft x2 for the chair with a person seated at the table. So 6 ft long, plus 2 ft of chair space plus 4 ft of guest space, makes 12 ft. Since your room is 13.5 ft, yes the length fits unless your chairs are very large . Your table width is likely 4 ft or less (unless round, then you'd have a very tight fit), plus 2 ft for chair space plus 4 ft for guest space makes 10 ft or less depending on the table width. So the width would fit. Hopefully your DR isn't totally enclosed so it will feel like you have room visually around it also. HTH

Thanks for that info. I had figured the sconce idea was not going to fly being on that circuit. I will continue to call the room a dining room :-) and there will not be any permanent changes that would make it not a dining room, just standalone furniture for the games to sit on and the proposed changes to the wiring. Would my switched receptacle idea and adding the others up high for the plug-in lights be allowed? Otherwise I could pick up power from the lighting circuit in the room but I haven't checked into that idea very much yet. But if I were to go that route then I would be adding receptacles to the "dining room" that are not on the small appliance circuit.