Update on Pink Chairs, and a New Chandelier

It's a little hard to photograph my dining room because my house is small and there are windows and doors every where you point the camera... you can find this chandelier without shades for $99.00 on ebay, it is actually crystal,... I'd really like a gorgeous french lead crystal chandy with rusted chains, but they cost $8,000.00 dollars, or you have to wait until you find one for a steal, and I was tired of waiting... and I LOVE this one, I never had a chandelier before, and i'd never not have one again!

I was experimenting with wrapping some tattered ribbon around the shades... I really like tattered ribbon, ....actually the "ribbon" is that silky part I ripped from an old wool blanket...

is it just me, or is it hard to photograph a chandelier?

my friend says the each little square on these cane backed chairs is hand tied, i thought that was interesting...

I painted this table a creamy white with left over paint...
I always have leftover paint

As you scroll down, you'll see the original wall color when we moved here. This was the next phase with the walls painted "canvas natural" by Ralph Lauren, The black dining table is from Target, I'm sure it's probably particle board, so I have no problem painting that!

This is the color of the dining room and kitchen when we moved in... I did kind of like the color, it was very warm, but no other color really worked with it, and Jennifer from http://theoldpaintedcottage.com/ suggested I paint the living room and dining room and kitchen all the same color so it would flow... she was right of course!

I took the mantel down, because it was off center, ( see the electric panel box there on the side?) and the chandy was off center and the table was off center... etc... I removed the meadow painting which I love... but it works fine in my bedroom.. then I stole a mirror from my bedroom and hung it in here to reflect the chandelier... I think i might have too many mirrors!, I have all the paintings i could ever want for walls, and I hang mirrors.... !

Here is the dining room with the new pink chairs. They are beautiful frenchy chairs and I really like them alot although I was looking for something a little bigger. I actually wanted some cane backed chairs I could paint white like the chairs in Ms. Mustard Seed's dining room which are amazing. You should go look at her blog, she's cool. I don't think I dare paint these white... dare I? hmmmmm... it's possible I need a daintier table to go with the chairs... GAAAAHHH! it's the ripple effect again! the whole process is never ending isn't it? ! Anyway, I included some photos of where I started, where I went with it, and where I ended up for now.....

uh oh, i just previewed this post, and it is loooooooooooong, I'm pretty sure i must be horribly boring, and my decorating skills aren't even in the same league as most of you guys...
oh well, ...
hugs
cindy