Thanks so much everyone for the great responses. bobo - I wish I had pictures! The great room is chock full of items we're storing due to the remodel, so that won't help, but the existing chandy is over a very nice mahogany pool table. The layout of the front entry is loosely based on my inspiration photo below (which is more country, I know, but it's what I love). Our entry will be wider, and will have double front doors almost exactly like the pic posted below except they will also have a 10' wide custom transom above the doors and sidelights, and will be stained a deep, warm brown. These doors are very rustic, but fit the exterior of the house perfectly. I plan on using a hutch, grandfather clock, etc., in the space (and maybe even the stacked oval boxes, if I can get away with it). The floors will either be wood as in the pic or similar to the stone in our kitchen, also shown below. The arch between the entry and great room may have pillars and a beam in the same stain as the front door. Uxorial - I really like your chandelier and love your log home! Auntjen - your antler chandelier is obviously very special, since your father made it for you. I'd love to see it. kitchendetective - Arte de Mexico has a store very close by and they do have wonderful items. Their furniture is beautiful although perhaps a bit more rustic than the style I'm looking for (I'm more of a country farm table and hutch person), I did notice they had great lighting choices. It's been awhile so I'll have to visit the store again. littledog and okmoreh - you said exactly what I meant to say! I want my home to be decorated in the style my dh and I find appealing - elegant rustic meets early American country (he's the rustic and I'm the country!) but don't necessarily want to decorate in objects that labeled a definitive style. It's easy to cross the line and get "campy" with rustic decorating - which can be fun but not the look I'm aiming for :) I do find antler chandeliers done right to be beautiful pieces of sculpture, so hopefully I'm on the right track! To those of you who commented on Premier's statement - I wasn't offended in the slightest as reading his/her comments on other posts over the last few months caused me to immediately disregard his/her post on this thread! Inspiration photo for furniture layout Entry doors Possible flooring

Probably wood. You will need to have the areas that are NOT covered in tile to be assessed. The subfloors need to be assessed for deflection ratings. Tile is REALLY heavy. Like super heavy. So heavy it can crack under it's own weight. The area that is currently tiled is probably fine. Are there any areas that have cracked or loose tiles that feel like they are "popping up"? The carpet would be considered "very light". Which means the subfloor underneath doesn't have to be very strong. Which probably means it is as thin as code allows. Tile needs a very STIFF subfloor. Carpet needs nothing but 'hard'. You will need to have your VERY SKILLED installer do a subfloor assessment to reach a deflection rating (there is a document that carries these ratings...and it has to do with joist distance + thickness of subfloor). A carpeted subfloor is often VERY poor. I hope you have already seen the "worst case scenario" quote for a FULL SUBFLOOR revamp to ensure all floors are even AND thick enough to carry the tile. Please look over your quote to ensure it contains this option. That's just about all I would worry about. Ignore the hardwood direction. You will be removing it sooner rather than later. Set out the tile in ONE direction and keep going. The wood doesn't matter because it isn't staying.

They take up so much room on walls. People somehow think they are saving space, but they are costing themselves space. No art, or light switches, or anything else, can go where they stack. But you’re still required to have outlets there. So if you have to plug anything in, it gets super awkward, and even dangerous, as you risk pinching the cords. If you choose to have moldings, the doors project from the walls even further, and admit light and sound even more than standard. If you choose to not have moldings, then that’s an expensive whole house upgrade. Because choosing molding every where but behind the doors is cheesy looking. The only positive is the no door swing impacting either room. That’s it. The heavy duty soft close is the only way to go if you do choose them.

I recommend recessed lighting in the kitchen area and, since this is a new build, consider electric setup for under cabinet light that operates from a wall switch or actually have that lighting installed now. You can hardly have too much lighting in a kitchen area. But to your question: I think the three lights you choose would look very nice. In my last two houses, I have had recessed lights and pendants in the kitchen, and chandlers in dining and living - all adjacent open spaces - and it looked great. In my current house, you can actually see the foyer chandelier at the same time. Like you I went with same finish for all. Especially as one grows older, the chandeliers plus supplemental lights are nice to have.