Too many lines going on at the same place, indeed. Best remove the chandelier alltogether, for it competes with the beautiful railing of the stairs. If you do need an extra light source, than follow Maureens idea of a table lamp. If you do not need the light, just leave the vase with the flowers in the middle of the table and place nothing else on it. Also remove the two dark framed pictures and leave that wall bare. All the attention will go to the flowers and the beautiful stairs, where it belongs. It might look empty at first, for you are used to something there, but give it a week and my guess is, you don't want to go back. We cannot see the picture on the other wall, but what I can see - the white frame - is not good. Maybe the other two pictures can go there? On the left of the stairs it seems like you have 'decorated' underneath the wrought iron pieces. Remove all such 'decoration' for it functions as nothing but clutter. There's just one thing I'm not sure of: the lighting on the floor seems too bare to me (obviously that's possible). I wonder what it would look like if you would hang several curvy wrought iron lanterns there instead. I'm not sure of this though. Something like this: It is far enough from the staircase as to not compete, but hopefully complete. What do you think?

Flo, I wanted to show you what I ended up doing with lighting fixtures. These are E.F.Chapman Flemish sconces and a foyer fixture that I found at Ballard Designs. The sconces came with shades, but my DH has a thing about shades and I in this application, I think he may be right. But, don't tell him:) This is the dining room fixture that I also found at Ballard Designs. It is a twisted wire style and the foyer fixture has some twisted metal, too. Here is a view of the dining room fixture from the foyer. The lighting is difficult. I tried to balance my more formal style with the rustic plantation plain style of the house. I followed your suggestion and used the dipped candle style bulbs. I really like them. Thank you for your help for talking me off the ledge. I'm getting geared up for the interior painters next week. I've declared war on the green. It's all going to be warm white. Thanks, again.

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Can you do a 3 x 5 at the front door to fill that area (niche)? If so then I would find a compatible runner to cover most of your hall (in same direction as 3 x 5, of course) What are your measurements for width and length for hallway,,.room to room? Also, do you want to have a monochromatic look such as you now have, or are there colors you can "borrow" from the other rooms for the runner?