The brass and parchment shade or the blown glass chandeliers? The cranberry globes shown are beautiful and pricey. Trying to decide on budget for them. haha

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I had seen this one a long time ago and it is Visual Comfort. Still love it. Not sure if I hould go more contemporar

Gathering opinions?

30 " wide and 28" high

Dining room is 11.6" x 11.6"

I like the amethyst and gold one. Definitely a one trick pony with those colors but you only live once. haha Brass curtain rods.

Great comments! I think I am at the point where I have always had generic inexpensive light fixtures in the dining room and want something that promotes the China Hutch beauty without covering it.....as shown it sits on the far wall and is immediately seen when you enter the house! And I have not really gone looking at 'real' light fixtures and that will add to the mix too. Thanks for your honest input! Am cosidering all the thoughts.

For one light fixture I want to say under 800. And honestly if I can get the bling for the buck I want a lower buck. As I said earlier I am not doing this until February so in no hurry and I am pratical enough to know I have my limits. haha

Na, I posted another Review this morning. I went to Post a Review for Find a Pro? I submitted it but not sure where it went. This shouldn't be that difficult should it? haha Still trying to get the review somewhere!

No posting a review should not be hard at all. I guess you are leaving out a step or something....not sure.

For the Tech Lighting pendant lights, I will see what my cost is and maybe you can just call my source and pay them direct whenever you are ready to deal with lighting. For Tech Lighting my professional discount should be good but, usually my orders are for multiple items all at once and not just one item. It might be best to lump in the purchase for the dining table with the lighting improvements for the family room? That is what is so hard about this field. You realize the most saving by placing orders for multiple items all at once but, people like to design and problem solve one tiny area at a time. So, you pay more when you take a "micro" approach on purchasing. I don't know how to advise you other than to shoot for grouping your purchases if possible especially if you have any LED light fixture improvements to make in the future? If not possible to group multiple purchases then don't worry about it and now I am curious to see my cost for Murano glass pendants.

Ha Ha Ha! You sound like me! Maybe this, maybe that, so you are still on line for the cranberry pendants and you weren't impressed with my options! Yes, no, honesty here!

About the pendants for the dining room, no hurry, I can order them on your schedule if you are allowed to tack them onto an order that you are putting in?

Remind me again where to go to post a review. They must be somewhere?!

Just go to my HOUZZ Siegler Design page and to the right of my picture it says "review me". You just click on that and post a review.

I do still like the Tech Lighting pendants....how more red or more cranberry in colour they are is hard to say but, I do think the look is contemporary and "unfussy" and very, very pretty. Doing a sequence of 3 fixtures in a row is a clever and simple way to introduce a more contemporary vibe too, which is what we had been moving you toward all along. All along we KNOW you could have a beautiful "traditional" look (you've done it in the past!) but, you like many others as well as myself are developing this new aesthetic for a "relaxed" but, nice and classy and inviting vibe. This means looking at furnishings and techniques that may have in the past been regarded as "contemporary" but, if blended in the right way with traditional elements, can produce a really pretty space that feels "classy" but, is very, very inviting and relaxing and UNSTUFFY and even fun and cheerful! Now that is an interesting and very timely design challenge! As a matter of fact I have another design project coming up that I think will be just like this in its focus on relaxed but, classy and inviting. I think many of us are looking for this and we are going forward into new territory and its compelling to see where we could end up! Correct me if I'm wrong?

Back to lighting over dining table though....I do like some of the other fixtures posted but, then again I like many, many looks and products. So, I default back to the 3 red pendants for the reason I stated above. However, I do know that light fixtures can very much be about "taste" and "taste" as we know is subjective to each and every individual. That is why I often give a client 2 or 3 options I like a lot and then I give them all the standards to shoot for and encourage them to shop and look. Standards would be light level, size, proportion, colour, ease of use, product reputation, company reliability etc...

I can look for another light over the dining table idea for you in the future if you like. Just let me know? I am starting a very busy 6 weeks now but, I thank you as always for your great questions and design project which has given me as much food for thought as you say it has given you. I look forward as always to developing next stage of wall paint colours in the spring. I think we are Sympatico!

all my best,

Na

p.s. I still really love that project "Irvington Residence". The designers were calling it "easy going elegance". Its wonderful, wonderful living space and you picked a great project to encapsulate what you were feeling. Words can sometimes be a trap and be limiting when it comes to visual design and so I've learned to take in deeply what people say but, also, look below the surface and try to feel what they are after aesthetically. This process combined with photos is what gets us all on the same page hopefully!

I posted the Review as you explained and it said it will take about 24 hours to come up? I didn't post any pics at this time as there are no Afters to compare with the Befores!

I do love that Irvington Residence! I am so glad it popped up and can be a North Star so to speak. I love that the whole house is a great mix of styles.

Note the blown glass lamps. I can see one of those on my Foyer table no problem! haha

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The study is great and has inspired me to do our office in something charcoal. I have a small bit of I believe a Shumacher fabric in a charcoal linen with a white bird pattern on it. Was thinking a valance over the 7 x 3 foot window or throw pillows on the sofa sleeper or a chair cushion on the offiice chair......lots of ideas drifting in and out!

Where do they find all of those awesome table lamps!

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Yes Irvington home is so nice! I just love it. Study is comforting in coloration. I think charcoal walls may help for focus on deskwork but, note the light coloured desk, floors and ceiling so all is not dark only walls and even bookcase is medium tone. Thanks for review! I think they notify me once that goes through and I am hoping for another "best of Houzz" for 2016! hooray!

Oh I am hoping you get Best in Houzz 2016!

I do see the lighter desk, probably some outrageous stone product, but simple cream works too, right? And the wood is rather a distressed antique finish that looks like they put it over the existing cabinets in the room. I was thinking the tall frosted glass door floor to ceiling cabinets sold by IKEA for an inexpensive vibe in the room.

When my hubs had heart surgery at the Cleveland Clinic we went to the Art Museum and bought a print to celebrate the surgery! So I have this lovely Renoir print of a young lady in a grey and ivory dress and I want to hang it in the office as Hubs made the final selection on the prints we were looking at!

Any idea where the pale blush lamps came from in the dining room? I would love something like that, one only, on my entry foyer table. Help! And not necessarily blush either but some hue that works with the house in entirety. Hint, I like those glass lamps! I have read the whole site for Irvington Residence question/answer to no answers. The designer has other projects so I will peruse them and see if any more of those lamps pop up with info. If I start saving my $$$ I can hope to order thru you? Contracts and everything? Interesting.

I have another post for my back hall bathroom that needs oomph. For economy I am keeping everything except a new look shower curtain and light fixture. It is titled Very small guest bathroom. I know you are busy, but in 7 or 8 weeks when your project is done you will have to check it out. I even think I double posted and cannot figure how I did that!

Thanks, Na, you are indeed Sympatico!

I think Uttermost has a lot of glass lamps and so does Curry & Company, two companies who I like a lot for interesting home furnishings so, check them out. Also, you can check out Ebay for a "pair of Murano glass lamps". They can be expensive but, now and then I've seen a "deal" and they are the real thing as far as Italian glass lamps and I am always intrigued by them and come very close to bidding a couple of times!

Wonderful! I will check it out completely!

Did the Review turn up? I will endeavor again if it hasn't gone thru?

I love Uttermost; when I sold furniture we used that company a whole lot and they have wonderful products I think. Very stylin'!

Did the Review materialize?

Also stumbled onto this pic that showcases the three light pendant over the dining room table. And I think the dining room is pretty cool but actually do not like the light fixture chosen for the room, but really like the three light presentation. It is unique and I think will set my dining room apart.

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A walk thru living room with a baby grand piano! Look familiar? Actually we had a narrower arched opening between the foyer and the living room and got rid of the Spanish Look and opened it up to 6 feet wide!

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So will there be a large mirror in the living room to reflect the windows across from it?

Opinions needed please. I am still in the planning stages for my living room and dining room because I am away from home for the winter, but still thinking about what would be nice.

My question concerns a print I purchased 20 years ago that has sentimental attachment to me. I still love the print, it will work in my living room color wise, but not sure if it will be too much or if I should repurpose the ornate frame, or reframe in more contemporary style Tetc. or just let it go? Size framed is about 37 tall and 48 wide and will hang over the coral velvet traditional love seat.

Frame is ornate gilt and bronze with floral carving on corners with a velvet apricot liner inside the frame. Opinions?

Floor plan is shown above at April 3, 2015 @ 1:57 AM

These are the fabrics for the items in the living room.

Those interiors you posted are really interesting. So, colours or furniture or accessories may or may not be your taste but, the space planning, proportions and configuration of items with other items is very good! I love you found that room with a piano. Great example.

On the art, it is charming and easy to see why any mother and home creator would relate to it. I tend to like to "modernize" a mat and frame look if a room is getting modernized. I am doing that right now with some Asian art for a client. The frame is totally modern. I will try to do a little mock up for you to look at! That will be interesting. Glad I checked in today which I do now about once a week.

Na

Na, I hope things have been going well on your projects! But nice to hear from you!

That was what I was hoping to hear; that the print is large enough to go over the love seat and since I have it and love it it would be wonderful to repurpose it in the room. Thanks!

Picture of both rooms........! a nice visual for space planning and balance.

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Carolins, so good to hear from you and I did see you on the boards a bit ago! I am so happy that your problem was related to the computer, too, instead of something else; you can fix computers with a little time. I miss your engaging and thoughtful responses to the Design Dilemmas!

Of course I still have the floor plans! And after seeing the Liester Weatherstone pictures above and it is the same exact plan you drew up, I feel that yes, this is it! So nice to see it executed; love the matching cabinets as it takes the eye thru the room so nicely. Something to consider for my living room? I don't think they would fit? I just do not know? Interesting to think about? And the dining room has the three lights and a tall hutch behind the table just like my set up! This is so reinforcing to me.

I hope you will chime in whenever you feel so inclined. I still have a whole house to fluff and fill; thankfully all the structural work is done, but we do have a new window to install in the kitchen/great room and a backsplash to install too. Lots to look forward to!

Thanks for you interest as I love all your comments!

Oh that is a super photo that shows both rooms! Thanks for sharing. I'm sure art can work over sofa. Here is sketch of idea of SIMPLE more modern frame style with matt choices.

Having issues downloading visual but, will keep trying!

Proposed dining room by Naomi of Siegler Design; looking forward to doing this.

On the subject of modernizing traditional subject matter art....

Thinking about a dark color in the dining room......

Green

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I like this dining room chandelier? Opinions?

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Existing chandelier; looking for something simpler. Opinions?

In design school we learned to start with concept development. I find that helpful with clients now. There are always going to be pieces that catch your eye-- and illicit that " oooooh I like that" response. That's why you look at your concept, and ascertain if the piece fits or not. You have stated from the beginning that you want a look that is "now, not then". So apply this question to your choices:. Do you think this fixture fits your concept? Is it "now"? It might be pretty, and catch your eye, but if you want to move in a certain design direction then you need to frame your decisions based on your concept. Having followed your posts somewhat over the past year I think there is a middle ground between the red pendants previously posted and this traditional looking fixture. You are looking for updated, fresh, not really modern, and not old style traditional.

Tricky! haha

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And what I want the Chandelier to fulfill is not blocking the Hutch which is probably the only stand out piece in the whole house! haha

Good point on concept; I do like the light because it is wide open and has a contemporary feel. Plus I like that the shades are covered for a softer look in the room.

But you are spot on for the design style that is being sought after.

Which curtains in living/dining room. Suggestions? Top pic shows existing sofa floral Bergere chairs end table and carpet.

The below curtains pics are all budget friendly. Opinions

Stripe from Target

Embroidered linen from Target

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Floral embroidered natural linen

My own fabric that could have curtains made. Floor to ceiling panels in dining room and living room.

Living room and dining room Windows on right side.

Rose/brick velvet for sofa

Possible paint colors for foyer living and dining room.

Opinion greatly appreciated.

Making design decisions is so back and forth! I posted some pics of possible curtains for living room dining room due to economic reasons. And I might still consider them but the samples I am buying are not giving me the look I think the room should have.

So I am back to plan A with the floral fabric for curtains in living room and dining room. And will reupholster the chairs in the stripe fabric and go from there. Sometimes you feel moments of panic.

Hopefully this week I want to make my paint boards with possible colors as shown in the post above and see how they actually look in the rooms with sun light and night light! Onward and upward! Thanks for listening.

I love the gold stripe curtains!

Thank you Davisgirls8. You are very helpful!

Which rug pattern for living room?

I am glad you like the bold stripe taupe curtains. I keep looking at them and think I should order them for the living/dining rooms.

Which carpet would be nice in living room. Have it cut and bound so it fits into 11.6 x 18 foot room with one foot showing wood floor all around the perimeter of room.....opinions please.