Okay....finally I got back.....yesterday I printed the ideas, and played with it some last evening!!! I call my style boring...ummmmm I mean traditional, but due to the fact of my Dad building antique repros, it may slide a little toward country! Mostly I guess you could call it functional!! Sooooo, here is what I did..... on the top shelfy layer, I have (R to L) a lamp with a fox figurine peeking around the base...center are a couple of rusty iron birds ala Nell Hills....far right a red plate with a golden pineapple on a black stand. Down in the "sink" part R to L, I have a matching lamp on two small books (placed a bit to the outside left from the one on the top shelf)...a squirrel figurine sitting on a limb nose to nose with a snail. On the right side under a cloche, I have a beaver fiurine...he is sitting on a pile of logs he just chopped down!! All of the animals are in brown tones and just seemed to look "fallish".... Over the entire "scene", I have a needlework of an old barn...framed in black. I think it looks pretty good thanks to you!!! I have taken a couple of 35mm pictures and hope to get a disc made so that I can post the pictures. Again my thanks....Judith, you never give yourself enough credit!!! Luvs, I would really be thankful to see the Christmas deco if you find the picture!!

Yes, it would totally make sense to remove the sconce but I’m not ready to give up on it just yet since we just bought it! I didn’t realize it would be problematic since there’s been a sconce there since we moved in, but this shape is not easy to work with. I agree a bell shape would definitely make it easier to put something underneath! I should have mentioned that we are in the process of painting the yellow interior to gray and white, and are going for a rustic-glam look. This wall will be dark gray. We will eventually change the bannister too.

This hallway is wide enough to furnish with a stand alone hutch. Additionally any artwork would help also.

New home and I’m learning how to decorated this entry space. I’m happy with the top, but open to suggestions to make it better! For the table top, not sure what to add... maybe a lamp, lanterns or some sort of lighting? One thing or multiple things? What do you think?