Open concept home, what goes with the wagon-wheel chandelier?
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Comments (3)When we added onto our house (a first floor great room, and a second floor master suite) we moved our dining area into the former living room and I did just what you are thinking about - I have a sitting room where the dining area used to be. The spaces are not large - they all open to each other and the kitchen. We took the chandelier down from the old dining area and installed a ceiling fan. I have baker's racks with pottery, plants and baskets of table linens. I have a loveseat and a comfortable reading chair + ottoman in the space. I call it the "cook's nook". No t.v. - I refuse to have one in that end of the house. I have one of those compact Bose Wave radio/CD players and I listen to it all of the time. My husband built bookshelves under the overhanging countertop of the old breakfast bar - we took the stools out. I have my cookbooks and gardening books there, and can display pottery there too. So now we only have one place where we have meals, and that's at the dining room table. It's in front of the old fireplace that used to be the living room. We hung a chandelier from the cathedral ceiling in that space. There's a staircase in the room that goes up to the spare bedrooms. I have room for several large buffets, one along the staircase and one under a bank of windows. Overall, we love the repurposing. We have no "only use it a few times a year" formal areas in our house. It works very well for us. The t.v. is in the new great room. I can get away from it whenever I want lol. seagrass...See MoreLighting for Open Concept New Build
Comments (1)This might help for what your searching for : http://bit.ly/island_lights...See MoreHow much width do I need in an open concept casual dining area?
Comments (14)Okay, without having dimensions, I took a stab at it: - It's a large space, but it's very spread-out, and bigger isn't automatically better ... I'd divide it up like this: - Carve out a U-shaped work space in the middle of the large kitchen. This keeps all your functional items close together /easy to use. Within this main kitchen space, you can have 2 huge drawer stacks + 1 smaller drawer stack next to the kitchen for cooking tools + 1 chef's drawer to the left of the sink + 2 big super susans. - I'd do uppers only on the side over the range, which would leave the whole space wide open ... and with light and breezes coming from both sides, this would be a very pleasant space. - To the right of this main work space, you have either a cabinet run OR pantries ... with the refrigerator in the middle. Loads and loads of one-step-away storage ... and it's space you can step to without walking around an island. So super convenient. - Because you have so much length to the kitchen and because you value table-time, I'd add a bay window to the front of the house /add a small kitchen table for more intimate dining ... then continue the kitchen cabinets (but more shallow) for another huge amount of storage near this small table. - I'd us this by-the-small-table cabinetry as away-space for the kitchen. That is, I'd use this one-step-away counterspace for the things that clutter up /clog up the kitchen counters: the coffee pot, a bowl of fruit or a cake-under-a-dome. This away-space will mean that your real work space is always clear /ready for use. It'll also be a nice sight line upon entering from what I now know is the front door. - Because I think dishware would be stored in the cabinets /uppers by the smaller table, I moved the dishwasher to the front side of the kitchen. - This leaves the back-bar as a large, open space, which will function well as a buffet table when you have guests /will be using the larger table. - This whole layout can function in multiple ways ... the center is the real work space, yet it relates to either the small eating area OR the larger eating area ... or both at once....See MoreLight fixture to go with Wagon Wheel Chandelier
Comments (10)I don’t know if the size of this one would work, but I think something in this style would look great: https://www.lampsplus.com/products/hinkley-cartwright-19-and-one-half-inch-wide-rustic-brass-pendant-light__45d73.html Or: https://www.lampsplus.com/products/possini-euro-julian-22-inch-wide-rustic-bronze-drum-pendant__53x97.html...See MoreShadyWillowFarm
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