Well, this is one thing I am not going to add to my "worry - will this work list". Mentally I will crack if I have to now worry if my china will match my walls, drapes, etc. My china is white with silver, pinky mauve and light (sycamore) green. I have light green on my walls now, but do plan on changing the wall color - If my darn old china doesn't match - so be it !! I am not going to buy new china that I use 3 x a year nor paint my walls to match it...I am rebeling on this one, ladies....LOL

To use poly or not on the chairs. You will get conflicting views on this. The thing is that home painted furniture is not as hardy as factory paint (not always but a lot of the time). So, to me you have to assume that you may need touchups at some point. The oil base poly will change the color a tic but will add a bit of protection. If you do the poly I would not use a spray due to that pesty overspray that makes it over all not as a professional looking in appearance. Not to say it canâÂÂt be done right with a spray but there are a lot of little tricks to it so you donâÂÂt have some areas with more sheen than others. You will have more control of that with manually applied poly. You will have to very fine sand in-between coats of poly whether you spray or manual paint. If it were me I would allow a good cure time, very lightly sand and recoat the chairs again in paint and skip the poly if you are concerned with hardiness. Or, just have a few extra cans of paint on hand if touch ups are needed and be done with it.

Thanks, Tina. I had forgotten about Rhoda's pretty dining room. She lives about 90 miles from me and we have talked by email before. The lamp(s) I'm considering are 20 inches tall, not as tall as Rhoda's. I think I will either use them on the mantle, which has a large clock in the center, or either in the guest bath. The lamps have a dark brown shade and the monogram is a tannish-gold color. I guess what I'm trying to decide is, if I get one to use in the guest bath, later on I will wish I had gotten two, if I decide to use them on the mantle. OR, could two be used on the bathroom vanity if the vanity is rather long?

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