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7 years ago

I finally have a dining table and chairs and wm ready to choose some fabrics! I have these 8 vintage black chairs that need new seat covers and I want to add some drapes in the dining room.

I have a semi-open concept in that the Dining room is in the middle between the living room (more formal-ish) and the kitchen/family room combo (more casual space).


I am going for a Tropical/British colonial/palm beach feel throughout my house. Thinking Tropical glam for the dining room.


What do do y’all think of this fabric combo?

Palm leaf fabric for drapes and black & white small leopard print for the chair seats.


Fabrics


Buy the Genevieve Gorder Hojas Cubanas Rainforest Home Décor Fabric at Michaels · More Info


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My mockup



Comments (11K)

  • 9 months ago

    After seeing that hook you up on the wall for towels I love it that you're going brass!

  • 9 months ago

    I think leopard hand towels would be lovely

  • 8 months ago

    Leopard would be fun, happy. Of course there is blue, navy blue.

  • 8 months ago

    Oooh! I also love the brass. Looking good! Fun!!

  • PRO
    8 months ago

    Love that unique towel holder. Love leopard anywhere. Good with kids because it won’t show opps!

  • 2 months ago

    Sorry to hijack this old post Pool but I had to dig up this post to find where all the nice peeps I remember from this site live and say hello. I was absent for a long time but have found recently more time on my hand due to some health restrictions. So I have been active and commenting a lot. But have to say people sure have gotten nasty on this site. There have been a few users who are just quite ridiculous and have been easy to ignore but My most recent encounter today upon logging in to find that a user whom has commented specifically to me (my business account) several times attacking me , telling me to go away and die etc because , well IDK what their hang up is. I have flagged those comments. But they have been following me from post to post and instead of directing their comments to the person asking for help has instead attacked any help I try to give. Okay then I saw them do it to another Pro on here :-( But today they emailed me through this system and verbally harassed me. So does anyone here know how to report this behavior? Other than flagging their comments. How do I contact Houzz about the threatening email I received through my business contact page on here?

    justcallmepool thanked pink_peony
  • PRO
    2 months ago

    Oh my goodness Pink, that’s terrible. I have been absent many months too so I haven’t seen anything. I don’t know how to report it, but hopefully someone who does will chime in.

  • 2 months ago

    I have Flo‘s email as well and I will email her your comment and maybe she knows how to get in touch with you herself. Stay tuned for messages.

  • 2 months ago

    I sent off the email to Flo. Hopefully you’ll hear something soon. 🙏 How distressing for you. Hugs… hang in there. I’m sure the situation will get resolved quickly.

  • 2 months ago

    Pink, I have emailed screenshots of your comment here and reported it as well to Emily. Hopefully she gets in touch… if I hear anything, I will let you know.

  • 2 months ago

    Thanks ladies.

  • 2 months ago

    Hey all, Thanks for the bat signal. @pink_peony could you please shoot me an email at emily@houzz.com with some details (links to where the comments are happening and / or profiles please) and some screenshots of the other comms you received off platform and I'm happy to take a look!


    In the meantime - this is for everyone - please do continue to flag things as you see them!

  • PRO
    2 months ago

    Ok. Thanks emily. This is Flo Mangan here. I just spoke with a rep at Houzz. But i think this needs your touch Emily! Thanks. Good Luck all. We must stop this awful stuff right now. Thanks for letting me know.

  • 2 months ago

    Excellent! Thanks Flo and Emily…Yes, we all need to be proactive about keeping Houzz a safe space!

  • 2 months ago

    OMG Pink! That's so disgusting. There is an account that always seems to degrade any of the Pros. Is it the same person who I commented back to in one thread after they were rude to you? That's who I've seen multiple times. What an as$hole


    But I'm also so glad to see everyone! :)


    I've had a light fixture for my green bathroom sitting there for months waiting for DH to hang it. I guess I'm going to figure it out myself soon.

    After it's finally installed I want to post a picture and figure out how to jazz up the white shades.


    I hope everyone is doing well!

  • 2 months ago

    I had to go find the thread you were talking about to even remember who that was Pool! No it isn’t that person. ;-/. At least I don’t think so. I can’t seem to find the user that sent the email now. Did they start an account send me the email , got no rise out of me then close the account down? It seemed to me this user may also be another user on here that gets very defensive with a lot of PROs as well as other posters and is very pushy about their idea and thoughts being the only correct ones. That user told me I needed to go away and not come back. I flagged that comment . But the “language” in the email felt like the same language that person used but under a different name that isn’t coming up now. But thanks for coming to my defence ! I really don’t understand the dynamics on this site anymore. I’ve been absent awhile. It’s bizarre to me why everyone can’t comment and stay in their own lane with the goal of helping the person asking for ideas and help. There is no idea that is “wrong” It seems like there are a lot of people here now that focus on attacking other peoples ideas instead of focusing on the issue at hand and what the poster is asking for . To me the more ideas the poster of the thread gets the better. Obviously not everyone thinks like me and I guess feels threatened by that idea. I ignore but not when the comments and then emails become threatening. Ugh!

    justcallmepool thanked pink_peony
  • 2 months ago

    Pink, it is possible that a user on here, created another username and account solely for the purpose of making rude remarks, and then deleted it. Especially if they realized they were going to get tracked down. 😑 hopefully they are gone. However, you now have Emily‘s email address. If it happens again, take screenshots you can email as a photograph.

  • 2 months ago

    @liasch they must have because they do not come up in a search at all unless they were already removed for their actions 🤷🏻‍♀️ good riddance !

    justcallmepool thanked pink_peony
  • 16 days ago

    Hey friends!

    Is anyone around today? I’m hanging shelves and art in my girls rooms while they’re at camp. And I could use some help lol

    Also, I want to spruce their bathroom up and change a few things. My goal is either Sept for their bdays or Xmas. I thinking of starting a new thread for that. But stay tuned.

  • 16 days ago

    This is where I am now. The big art may be too high. I’ve hung it three times lol

    But she wanted the picture ledge low and below big beauty.
    The green tape is where I’ll hang the ledge after I moved the art up.
    The other two had the whole composition lower.

  • 16 days ago

    And then on this wall next to and over her bed I want to hang her other stuff.
    Is there a picture ledge trim I could install across the wall to make it easy to change the art out?
    DH says tiny holes are no big deal but it’s the figuring out the layout that is work for me!

  • 16 days ago

    Oops photo

  • 16 days ago

    And some nightstand suggestions bc these tiny things suck so bad 😂

  • PRO
    16 days ago

    Funny I am working on a little girls room right now and she has the same bed and a matching night stand (PB Kids)

    My memory isnt serving me very well because I thought your girls shared a room for some reason?

    Can I ask is that door with the back pack the entry into the room or does that lead elsewhere?

    You know I have ideas but that door being near the head of the bed struck me as odd especially if its the main entrance into the room.

  • 16 days ago

    Just don't put any shelves above the bed they'll be climbing up there to get their things where the art currently is hanging that red one hang that above their bed that will look nice there and where the red Arc is currently you could put shelves there are you keeping your wicker?

  • 16 days ago

    Hey Pool! Loving your inspiration for the girls room. Do you want to hang the art, and are they paper art? Or do you want to set them on a ledge, kind of are they like painted on little boards? I found this if you wanted to hang them. Or you would need a thicker ledge to lean them up there but with a little clips they could change them out?

  • PRO
    16 days ago

    How about this for hanging art and changing as desired.

    https://share.google/a3QdILNlMEev1TxFE

  • PRO
    16 days ago

    Here’s look. I would put red art over head of bed and hang lighted feature on long wall. Good to see you back!

  • PRO
    16 days ago

    OPPs.

  • 16 days ago

    I like these heights the best. I would probably even raise both…the art and the ledge…2-3 inches. Would that relate well to your window trim?

  • 16 days ago

    Hey guys thank you for coming!
    These are unframed canvases. So the string and clips won’t work.
    Sorry Flo and Alice! Got any more thought?
    In my head I’m thinking a shallow picture ledge running across the wall width up away over her bed.

    Alternatively I have one painting I have a frame for which can/will go over her bed. Then the others on a ledge or in a loose collage left of that.

    Pink! You know I love all your ideas! ❤️
    Yes 🙇🏻‍♀️ that’s the entrance door to the room.
    Go on and hit me with all your ideas but be gentle. I’m trying to combine their wants with mine haha.

    Kjoy is that my photo? If so then that’s my current rendition. Even higher huh?

    I haven’t found screws with small heads yet to attach the orange shelf. So I’ll take a look.
    Thanks yall!

  • 16 days ago

    Well DH came home and started helping hang things before confirming location. Thank goodness I had checked it was level! Geez men

    And this is where we are. The ledge won’t be moving but I can move the art up or down. Or sideways.

    I suspect she doesn’t want the bench anymore. But she begged for it and doesn’t want to say it now haha.

  • 16 days ago

    He also finally installed the new light fixture in my green bathroom.
    I want to get some ribbon and make a trim around the shades.
    One bulb is different. Can you pick it? Hehe

  • PRO
    16 days ago

    Looks great. Bulb on far right?

  • 16 days ago

    Bench put at end of bed? He just wanted to be done with work!

  • 16 days ago

    Guess since the ledge was installed it’s too late to move the bed. But really I would have moved it across from where it is so it’s to the left of the window. Then gotten a desk vs a night stand to do double duty as both to right of bed and in front of window. Using the U shaped stool as the seat.

    As far as the art I wouldn’t use any ledge or anything. I would put them in a gallery wall right on the wall. You can use 3M strips if changing them often is going to occur.

    When my kids were young I upholstered one entire wall using square bulletin board tiles covered in fabrics. This took them through high school. They could hang anything they wanted on it without worry of damage. Sports medals, art, memories, prom flowers, posters, concert tickets etc. those walls saw it all. I never worried about what went up. It was there to do with what they wanted.

  • 15 days ago

    Oh yes I had the bed on the window wall for awhile but neither of them liked it there!

    I think they felt exposed with the door open idk.

    They have separate rooms but share a bath. Which I want to work on bc I’m tired of them being my bathroom!

  • 15 days ago

    I think I've remembered the bed over there but when the bed look nice on the striped wall and their furniture on like the big bookcase wicker on the light switch wall and they could still have their art beside the bed like you have it?

  • 15 days ago

    Ledge and bathroom look great Pool!

  • 15 days ago

    Happy I am not a fan of the current bed/furniture placement. But it’s what she wants right now. Bed by the window gave her viewing of the LR tv in a mirror so she would watch it instead of sleeping.

    I’m down to hanging art over the bed. I have this one piece framed and others will hang the canvas only.

    I’m thinking hang the framed art over the bed and canvases above nightstand for easy access to switch out.

    It’s a mess in here so try to ignore lol

  • 15 days ago

    Amazon nightstand

  • 15 days ago

    You could get her upholstery bed are you could get her a storage bed

  • 14 days ago

    Happy thanks for the suggestion. But they will be keeping these beds until I die lol


    Those are cute kjoy! I'll see how wide they are. They definitely need something bigger than the current ones.

  • 13 days ago

    Pool if you wanted to you could stack crates for their nightstands and paint them any color you wanted or let them paint them? It would have some storage and not be too expensive either. Probably turn out to be a good size.

  • 13 days ago

    It looks like storage and stuff is a challenge and for those reasons I would maximize the width of the area beside the bed and do either a three drawer chest or a two door cabinet there. Something where stuff can be stored behind closed drawers/doors out of site.

  • 13 days ago

    This one matches their bed and comes in a couple colors https://a.co/d/03NU6rQO

  • 13 days ago

    Another option that comes in a few colors

    https://a.co/d/0fhr1V59

  • 12 days ago

    Thanks pink! I like the first one the best. And definitely drawers over cabinet shelves.

    Kjoy I like those but I need wider and better storage.

    They wanted something small last year so bought these very cheap. I got tired of looking haha
    This is where I ended on her room.

  • 12 days ago

    Well her room is a mess already so I’ll try for a pic tomorrow