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Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

The dining room face off has ended with a resounding - move the goddamn hutch to the other side.

So here it is.

I did think the hutch looked better on the other side of the door – but I can admit I was wrong. I’m not totally psyched about the needlework fruit bowl art, but I will eventually find something that will work better. The lady portrait was way to large to fit in the area next to the door and has found a new home elsewhere.

Some folks thought it might be nice to turn the table the other way – door to door. The dining room is pretty shallow and doesn’t allow for the full length of the table without intruding into the living room. Oh well…that table is pretty big.



Now I just need beautiful things to display on my pretty pretty hutch.

But now that I look at things I am starting to yearn for something more minimal, more dramatic, very sexy, and less mid century. Dammit.

Dining room face off

Monday, April 20th, 2009

Old dining room


VS.

New dining room

In a no holds barred battle for layout superiority. Thoughts?

CH-CH-Changes…Part Duex

Thursday, March 26th, 2009

As part of Spring Cleaning/Barterfest ’09 I decided to change out the thrifted bubble lamp for something a little more exciting.

Above is the dining room before with the $6 Nelson Bubble Lamp. Although I love this lamp, it was originally intended to be a sconce. It was a little under scale and a little too white to really pop.

Shazammm. Hello darling, welcome home.

This vintage baby was found at Amsterdam Modern during my recent trip to Los Angeles. Definitely visit Ellen if you get a chance – the place has an AMAZING selection of imported vintage pieces at pretty reasonable prices. I know I’ll be back.

It has a really neat feature – the lamp has a pulley system that adjusts the lamp shade up and down to customize the height.

Here it is finally installed in the dining room. I love it.

This is the other addition to the dining room that I actually bartered for. Its GORGEOUS, and I can’t wait to fill it with beautiful serving ware and pottery!

I do miss the vintage portrait, so some rearranging might still be in order…