Good plan and Julie makes a good point too about seeing samples with light shining through. You have it all under control.

Hey Mary. Hope all is well. Merry Christmas and many blessings in the New Year.

Seajaygerns so glad you posted on Mary’s thread....the notification gives me a chance to wish her a wonderful Christmas too!

Hope you both had a very Merry Christmas! Also wishing you a happy and healthy New Year!

Haven't forgotten the dining room. Thinking I'll have more options for the botanical prints in the spring.

I was thinking about your Marym0113 over the holidays and wondering if you were enjoying your beautiful dining room! Hope they were great and 2018 has wonderful things in store!

Thank you Flo, we did enjoy the dining room. Still have a few things to finish up and I will post pictures when it's complete. I hope 2018 is a wonderful year for all my Houzz friends.

Hello ladies, hope you all had a wonderful Easter! I haven't been on Houzz for awhile due to my father-in-law being ill. Just an update on this room, we did install the darker woven shades on the whole first floor and they look beautiful! I will be ordering the yellow botanical prints (four) for the wall, waited till spring for maybe a better selection. I realized on Easter Sunday that I definitely need to work on the table! Any suggestions for color of tablecloth, napkins, chargers?

Hello Mary!!! So nice to have you back.

Good a Morning and a Happy Easter to all!

so nice to hear from you Mary:).....hope things are better for you father-in-law...family caring for family it is always a blessing to have each other....can’t wait to see your woven shades..they can really make an amazing difference and enhance every room...let me put a bit of thought into your table decor and get back with you:)

Mary - I knew you were an "angel" and helping family is a blessing. It was such a glorious day here and our Church's outdoor egg hunt for the kiddies and the open air service on our large amphitheater here was so inspiring. It usually rains! So we were truly blessed. I'm sure we will all have dozens of table ideas for you. bbl

Hi Mary. So glad you’re back. We missed you. Sorry to hear about your father in law. Hope he’s on the mend. We had a glorious Easter here in the south and so ready to welcome spring. Can you post a picture of the dining room with your new shades.

Hey Seajaygerns! So glad you had a wonderful Easter. Here are the pictures you requested. I raised the rods as high as I could without altering the curtains. Please disregard the hooks for the plates on the left side of the window, they will be repaired!!

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That looks amazing!!!

That looks great. I might cozy them up just a bit. Windows look great. Your work on the drapes is spectacular!

Thanks for the pics. The shades look perfect with the tone of the furniture and your floors. Good job! I love the jars and candles on the table but somehow I would like to see something underneath to ground everything together. I’m just not sure what. A tray would have to be so large. Was wondering about a mat of some kind.

What do you ladies think about rattan tray.

Mary can you pull the jars and candlesticks close together:))

Mary it looks just beautiful! The woven shades are so wonderful....I am so happy for you.

So for tabletop with your white dishes...do you want to go formal or something more informal?

I always use placemats no tablecloth what do you prefer Mary...your wood table is so pretty hate to cover it up.

Julie, we are a very informal family! I use placemats all the time so they'd be fine in the dining room also.

Seajaygerns, love the rattan tray but I'd have to move some of jars and candlesticks, that I love.

As long as the candlesticks and the jars have little felt feet, your table surface is protected. With the grouping, I don't think you need anything else. If it were a smaller grouping then I probably would like a tray as we discussed a while ago. It looks clean and pretty as is, just cozy the grouping into a tighter group.

I just ordered these placemats for myself in navy blue..so adorable!:))....the white glass chargers from zgallery would be a little bit of contemporary added to the tabletop so unexpected...crisp white linen napkins...I have two different napkin ring sets depending on the event...the wicker is for a more casual setting and the silver is for a bit more formal....adding the touch of yellow will be a very nice accent with all the blue in your room.

I have all the info for you just let me know I can post it if interested..all very budget friendly!

I’d love the info Julie, thanks so much!!

HIE. Love the yellow placemats especially if Mary is going to go forward with the yellow botanical prints on either side of the window. I found some navy things that I'll post later. I think moving the jars and candlesticks closer will be perfect solution.

You can use my discount code...8AD86 at checkout.

No code for these from Zgallery....

Another setting in blue and white...

A word for all on the Houzz Trade Program. They have changed things up so those of us in the Program have to provide the buyers email then Houzz will email a personal code to the buyer. More cumbersome but apparently some in the program were abusing the program so now we all suffer for the actions of a few. Sad. Julie, call your Houzz Trade Program rep or email and they will help you work thru this. Just went thru this with a client last week.

Sometimes it’s fun to keep the placemats simple and go wild with different napkins. Sometimes I’ll use a different color napkin at each place setting, for that seasonal color scheme. Plain navy is one that would be a basic color to build from.

Thanks Flo I have received info on that...

Too many options, of course I like them all! Ordered the prints today, I think I'll wait till they come to decide on the setting.

Oh the prints! Can’t wait to see them...will add a charming touch for sure and break up all the blue a bit...no matter what.... I would keep the placemats on the lighter side nothing to dark...

The botanical prints should be delivered today! Should they be centered on each side of the window? How high and how much space in between the frames? Want to hang these only once!

Oh that’s exciting! Probably best to hang centered in the space between outside edge of drapery and other wall. A bit of “art” to this. You might tape templates up on wall the size of prints and test out various positions. Remind me how many prints are in the group?

Centered on each wall....about 3” between them when stacked...taping it out does help with the visual for sure:)

Oooh can’t wait to see them!

There are four, two on each side of the window Flo.

Any rules regarding height?

Well.....best if middle of grouping is about 60” from the floor...I would start there.

What HIE said is on the money.

Julie, can you post the website for pieces in the blue place setting please? I’m leaning towards the blue but not sure yet. The prints are hung on the right side of the window, they look awesome!

How pretty Mary. Looks perfect.

They do look awesome!

I had to repair and paint the holes from the plates. Want to let the paint completely dry before I hang the left side. Now to decide which setting, I really like the blue charger with the white plates. I may actually finish this project soon!!

So pretty!

Mary..they look so pretty and add a charming touch too! I love the yellow!:)) I can send you my DISCOUNT CODE for items on Houzz just send me your email to zmom40@aol.com

Hey Mary. Think that the paint might be dry by now. LOL.

Haha Seajaygerns, yes it is!!