What she said! If there is any way to keep from putting one single thing over that window, I would keep it bare and sparkling. It's just beautiful.

I love what you have so far! I'm not an expert, but I'd go for simple white panel drapes in a really nice fabric: silk or maybe linen. I don't have any specific suggestion for rugs, but I think the right rug would really complete the space.

I love this room, and everything about it.

A spectacular pattern rug would look so good in the space. I can see sheer drapes on those gorgeous windows. I would paint the ceiling a pale color for extra drama.

SO PRETTY! I love it as it is.

Can you leave the beautiful windows without curtains? The room is beautiful but quite ornate, so simplicity at the windows might be the better way to go. If you do a rug, and I don't think you necessary should, look for something beautiful in indigo and gold or indigo and high contrast pattern, possibly modern, to add a bold contrast and surprise element.

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I love your room. I think a modern rug would be a very nice counterpoint to the traditional look. There is something compelling about having a very modern piece mixed into a very traditional interior- a tension is created that keeps the room lively.

When all the elements are this formal, I would hesitate to put one shock element such as a modern rug into this room. A quite large Oriental, but not a floral, something with more of a geometric, tribal feel, would be my choice. However, a simple floral repeat pattern would also work. Once your rug is in place you can then assess whether you need window treatments. If yes, choose a thicker fabric in off-white done in simple panels, which will give added warmth and softness to this room without adding any sense of business.

In looking at your photos again, one element that strikes me as not being quite right is the light fixture (which should by the way also be lower) which somehow seems top obviously yellow and new as compared to the mirror, for instance. A more elegant fixture, with crystals, and a more subdued metal color, would seem more compatible with this very elegant room.

My dining room with the original dark blue Persian and the later version with a more geometric Oriental.

Beautiful room! I love English tudors! I would also suggest pulling colors from the wall when choosing a rug. Once you choose the rug, you could either pull colors from it for the drapes or hang beautiful jacquard or linen drapes in a cream, ivory, or off white color.

Here are some examples of modern rugs I had in mind:

All from the The Rug Store.

Hi Michelle-

Love your room, and the blue walls are a brilliant touch!

I would definitely choose a lighter curtain, and if you want you can sew on a trim with blue in it. The trim can be a band of sold blue on the hem on the bottom, or a thinner band of blue on the edges, or the trim can be a pattern such as the Greek key pattern or any other pattern you like.

You can do it in white or off white, and how tight a weave is up to you.

If you use bright white tablecloths, off white curtains may not look right, it's up to you.

What I like even better would be if you could use the fabric that is on your chairs, or the background color of the fabric on your chairs (is it gray or silvery?) and if it is the the sold grey or sold silvery you can still add the blue border or blue stripe.

How smart that is, grey or silver with a deep blue detail!

What would also dress up your room are small clip on shades on the bulbs of your chandelier.

They come in many colors. There is white, ecru, also black lined with gold.

You can also keep you eyes peeled at re-sale shops and estate sales for a great crystal chandelier, too.

I can't judge distance in the photo, but chandeliers over the dining table should be hung 30 to 34 inches over a table with an 8 foot ceiling height. If your ceiling is higher than 8 feet, mount the chandelier an additional 3 inches higher for each foot of ceiling

For a rug, you have the choice of going either modern or more traditional.

For a traditional rug, I would go with a handmade rug, either a woven nomadic or tribal rug, or a hand-knotted rug such as a Persian.

A Persian that has a lot of blue in it but also a lot of other colors is a Kashan, and it would look just smashing in this room. You can get some large authentic Kashans for not exorbitant prices.

These are Kashans-

This is a new Turkish kilim

Another idea if you would like to give your dining room a fresher look would be to swap out your current mirror for a starburst/sunburst mirror, they come in many different sizes and frame types, with the frames in differing proportions to the central mirror.

Here are some options to think about-

You can also add a large floor plant such as a kentia palm, and put it on a clear acrylic square to raise it up. Every room needs some life!

The platter that is laying flat on your china closet can be displayed nicely if you purchase an inexpensive plate easel in which to set it. There are very simple wood and acrylic ones for a few dollars. There are metal ones too, but they might scratch the plate.

From your photos, it appears your navy walls may be a bit too dark and contrasty for the bright light of the window. Have to be careful with how much light the blue gobbles up. I have posted some blue rooms that have more bounce so you can see the difference. I lightened your room in the image.

I have lowered your chandelier. Should have been placed about 30" +/- over the table and the art would look better if it had been framed with linen liners so it has more depth and you can see the images more easily.

Perhaps adding picture lights over the art will help

The mirror over the sideboard might have been a more grand proportion if it had been vertical

Select a blue and white pattern for the seats of the chairs.

fabric for the chair seats?

The floor could use a rug with some blue

For the walls, you can
also look around for paintings you like, or for ceramics to hang on the wall.
See if you can find things that relate to each other that you can hang
together, and please, no cliche cheapo blue and white ware.

The plates can be vintage china, or more
rustic majolica, whatever you like. They don't all need to be round. Different
shapes and sizes are interesting too. The pottery/china are especially useful
for you to hang near the radiator where art might get damaged. And remember,
you are going to hang it, not eat on it, so if it has some crazing, it doesn't
matter, no one will see it that close up, ditto for a chip on the back. It just
means you will get that better a price!

Another thing that will keep your room
transitional and hip and fresh versus stodgy and stuck in a time warp is the
art and how it is framed.

Rather than a poor quality oil done by a third
rate who knows who framed in a gaudy gilded grandma frame, why not go for
broke and get a sizeable poster of something you love-love-love in a
contemporary frame.

(This is assuming you can't afford to pay a
contemporary artist to produce an oil or water color for you. If you can, then
go for it!)

For example, you can get a poster and have it
mounted appropriately at an art/frame store, then get a sizable mat and a good
sizeable metal frame.

I love the Dutch Masters still lifes of
flowers and fruit, the works of Jan Davidsz de Heem, Rembrandt, Jan van Huysum, they would be great framed-

If you have a sense of humor and a young friend who is a genius with photo shop, or you can pay someone to do it, why not put your face in a famous work of art?

Who would you like to be?

A queen? A gypsy? A courtesan? You can be any of those in your very own "portrait," courtesy of modern technology.

Think of the portraits of Madame Pompadour, Marie Antoinette, the portraits of women and scenes with women by Renoir and so many others, and just pop your face in one. Maybe where the face is small so that you won't even be noticed, it will be your own private joke.

Hand-knotted Persian rug -- leaving 12 - 18 inches of bare floor around the room -- enough to push chairs back two feet without leaving the rug. I like Beverly's rug with the white and blue to balance the white ceiling. Pretty cove ceiling!

Lower the chandelier. It's OK, just too high. You may need a new chain and electrical cord unless you kept the overage.

Sheers for the windows. I'd inside mount. The room reads 'heavy' enough without drapes.

Remove the mirror. For one thing, it's hiding the detail on the wall. For another, I don't want to watch myself eat. For a third, it is too fru-fru for the furniture.

I didn't read any of the comments. I'd do curtains in a Jacobean print:

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Lower the light fixture, get a Persian rug and white sheers for drapes. End of story!!

PS...LOVE your room!

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