Thank you for your comments ---- I can't believe I didn't think of the things you pointed out... they make so much sense. Our style is what I call "casual eclectic Hispanic", LOL. The walls are EK's Light Terracotta, medium-dark hardwood floors, stained wood trim around windows, dark blue leather sofas, red/blue area rug, etc. I'll try to take a picture. Because our look is casual, I want the tab-top curtains. We stayed two nights in a motel in Santa Fe that was decorated throughout with terracotta tile and had tabbed curtains. Anyway, the reason we want to add non-sheer curtains is because we want some privacy at night while we are watching TV in the living room which has a large window that faces the street. The sheers let in a lot of light during the day ---- which I LOVE -- but I would like to add some non-sheers to pull when we want privacy. I also considered --- I know this sounds weird, but stay with me ---- replacing these sheers with tab-top sheers, and adding tab-top curtains on the same rods, putting the sheers in the middle so when they are closed some light still comes in but they still offer privacy. I'll take pictures later and post them for help.

Pruned and pruned and more pruning. Planted the first of many pansies. Repainted the front porch. It had been done 2 yrs ago and was looking rough. I had done the back porch and the little house porch a couple weeks ago. I have a lot more landscaping to do. I am very excited about the new plants. Our extension/Master Gardeners groups have gotten together and had a meeting about native plants for our area. They gave us a 2 hr talk and also a lot of handouts. We then get to look at the plant lists they gave us and when we go back in Nov we take pics and drawings and measurements of our areas in our yards and soil samples and they will help us figure out what will go where. There will be a bunch of landscape architects at the next meeting. We can preorder all the plants at a huge discount and they will deliver them in mid Nov. A great deal. The beauty of native plants is that they attract so much insect and bird life to your yard and they are so hardy and much more care free. I am really excited about converting more and more of my gardens to habitats for butterflies and hummingbirds. c It has been a treat to read what everyone is doing. Very ambitious group of folks :)

Everyone's remodel takes longer than they think! I'll be 1 1/2 years out on a kitchen remodel we thought would take 6 months, so I'm sure you're doing great. Thanks for the big photo of the fixture, and it does look perfect for your space with a nice blend of those colors in the drapery hardware as well as your somerset pendants and the mirrors. As for the mirrors, really anything can be made to work and blend into a space as long as colors, textures or patterns are repeated elsewhere in the room. If you like the mirrors, by all means keep them as they are despite all the opinions people are giving you. Other people aren't living with the space -- you are. It sounds like your pendant hanging length isn't going to interfere with head or visual space, but I'm not an expert on that so double-check the measurements. If your counters are a standard 36" high and the pendants reach 36" above that, then I think you'll be fine. Some people are putting in elongated fixtures over long dining tables, similar to the ones you posted in previous photos, but I have a dining table that is long with a small chandelier above it and have never felt that the fixture was too small. If you like the colors and shape of the round one you just posted, I think it would work for your long table, especially because it has so many lights in it. You might want to think about installing it with a dimmer so that it is not actually too bright for some occasions. I'm happy to throw in my suggestions as so many people have helped me a ton with our remodel here in the Houzz forums, primarily through the archive of searchable posts. I'm like you trying to make decisions on my own, so it's required a lot of time researching everything.

I turn every diining room I have into a library dining room. If I had your space, I would put 2 narrow towers of bookshelves on the long wall facing the window with a diining bench-banquette between them, like an alcove. I would put the sconces and the painting in the alcove. At the far end of the room (where you now have the painting./sconces), I would tuck a coffee /tea service in the window corner. In the alcove near the kitchen, I would have a sideboard-like storage unit to hide laptop, printer, router,, and deep enough so the top could be used as a serving buffet, and a wine rack. Just some general ideas of the elements, not the colors or measurements This last one is nice if you were willing to place the painting on the wall nearest the kitchen. You don’t need a purpose built banquette You can also create a simple banquette by buying a long upholstered backless bench and then having an upholsstered back rest made (like a thin horizontal upholstered headboard) and attaching it to the wall. This is actually a corner entertaiment unit but could be useful in the kitchen-end alcove And yes, I would put wine over it!