Table looks beautiful and in great shape. Excellent find. Pillows on the Alorium site are awesome. Are you planning to use them all or just pick a couple of favorites. My favorite is the third one.

I'm going to use them all. I ordered two in each color.

I asked her to cover both sides and flip the fabric to the reverse side of the first one, Highland Court Leopold Poppy Red Modern Animal Spots. I know it won't have a fabric finish on one side, but these pillows won't receive every day use. I don't think it's a problem. DH really liked the darker side, I liked the lighter side. We have a compromise.

I've got two more chairs at the upholsterer that are being covered with a Sunbrella Posh Salt herringbone fabric. My designer friend suggested that I use the Sunbrella whenever I was using such a light fabric.

Once I get the chairs back from the upholsterer, I'll do a chair switching exercise throughout the house. We'll see where everything ends up. I'll post some pictures.

I'm totally jealous of D2D's blue chinoiserie find. I need those ginger jars.

The foyer lighting fixture arrived this week. While I like the shape and size, I can't say that I am thrilled with the finish. The listing pictures would lead you to believe that it's a much brighter gold. In fact, it's an aged gold that tends towards copper.

I couldn't send it back, I had it all unpacked. So, I thought I would try some rub and buff on it to brighten it up a bit. Next weeks project.

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The pillows that I ordered from www.aloriam.com arrived this week. I ordered some inserts for them from Pottery Barn. I really like the pillows. They are custom, but I asked to use the inverse side of one of the fabrics on the back side of the pillows. This means that I have another choice of design for the same price. DH has been playing with the proper combination. The good news is I don't think he can go wrong. All the combinations seem to work. The dogs have their own ideas. The no dogs on the furniture rule is being constantly violated.

Yep gold rub and buff. Easy project. Agree it needs more gold but that base will be pretty and give some dimension to the fixture. Dogs are beautiful!! Pillows too. How do you control that long dog hair? Have you any art you could either couple with the bird or exchange for wider art? Even adding tall sconces would help balance the width of settee and end tables with area above settee.

Also lower art to about 6” over top height of settee. ;)

A little mock up for you. And idea board

Those wall sconces are all from Ballard Designs.

Thanks Flo. Yes the art will be lowered when we paint the room. I agree that the wall behind the sofa needs something else. I'm actively looking for that something else.

Dog hair, two collies. Usually the sofa is covered with a sheet. That helps. I also own two vacuum cleaners. Honestly, DH generates more mess than the two dogs.

I've ordered a three pack of Rub and Buff with three different golds. Flo, do you have a favorite gold tint?

Good news, DH googled the proper height to hang art work. The answer is 57" or the center of the piece at eye level. We proceeded to have a lively conversation about rehanging a lot of these pictures. Sanity seems to be winning. After a demonstration with the measuring tape, he admits that they are too high. The compromise will be to hang them around 60". It's better than they are now. Patience is a virtue in a marriage.

Love love your fabulous new pillows homechef! They make all the difference on your sofa. I am surprised at the light fixture, I would have thought more gold as well. I did use Rub and Buff on my son’s bath bar in Antique Gold and it was a brown gold finish, not shiny at all. Go lightly with the rub part, you can always add more if you need it.
Your room is really pretty! Love it all. And yep, a little lower for the Art. Men always do it too high, lol.

Pillows look fabulous and they all do go so well together. Are they the quality they seem to project on the website. Love the doggies...so sweet.

Seajay, Yes, they are very good quality. Check out her website. The fabrics are very high end. Instead of cutting a square, she uses a pillow pattern that allows the pillows to fill the cover. She also uses an invisible zipper. I've got some other "designer" pillows that are sold at the Mart and they aren't nearly as good quality. She provided swatches and that was invaluable. Reds are hard. It took 11 swatches to get the right colors for three. Aloriam Pillows

We hung the foyer lighting fixture. We brightened it up with Rub and Buff finish. We were trying to get rid of the copper tint that wasn't in the online pictures. It turned out very nicely.

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On to the next project. I really hate these sconces in the staircase. I need suggestions for replacements. You can see the foyer light and the black wrought iron spindles on the stair case. I would prefer something simple, timeless, classic. I'm thinking gold or black and gold. Single bulb. Please offer suggestions.

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What is the projection of the current one? Do you want to keep the same size depth wise?

I thought this was interesting. https://www.kathykuohome.com/Product/Detail/51986-Hudson-Valley-Tate-Mid-Century-Modern-Silk-Drum-Shades-Aged-Brass-Left-Sconce

Too contemporary? https://www.kathykuohome.com/Product/Detail/18238-Regina-Andrew-Natural-Modern-Regency-Brass-Ring-Shade-Sconce?utm_campaign=

This can be found for less in other sites (although this is where I bought my media console and they have fabulous customer service). https://www.scenariohome.com/collections/wall-sconces/products/regina-andrew-hanging-teardrop-sconce-gold-leaf

They look to be 10"H and 7"D

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I would not want them to project out much more than this. They are on a staircase.

There are two single candle sconces on this staircase.

With your gold in entry, i think gold sconce might be best.

I like Flo’s suggestion because the square base echos the square shape of your foyer lantern. Also, I think your existing one light sconce looks too small and not weighty enough, so I think you could consider a two light for that location. I like gold for there , but any gold might need to be “adjusted” with R&B as you did your foyer fixture.

This open lantern style would coordinate well with your foyer fixture, also.

...gold with a touch of black, single light

I've got a couple of candidates. I do prefer a candlestick type of arrangement over the lantern selections. Thanks for the suggestions niccidhg. Flo, I'll follow your suggestion to select a gold type of finish.

Here are the two I am considering. DH has approved both.

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I like both. The longer one seems more flush but maybe it’s just the image.

I like your first choice but throwing this out there. A little less depth at 6” and a bit more light in the staircase.
https://www.houzz.com/products/ef-chapman-cross-2-light-wall-light-antique-burnished-brass-prvw-vr~129493099

Depth is a question? Probably need to stay 6” or less. Especially on stairs.

Did you decide? When I was looking lynartist suggested looking at ADA compliant sconces as they don't tend to stick out as far as other sconces.

No, I am still mulling it over. I hit the monthly antique market today and blew my money on some more Chinese vases and an adorable pair of blue and white Foo Dogs.

I came across this affordable option if you are considering https://www.bellacor.com/productdetail/hinkley-3670cpg-tress-champagne-gold-one-light-ada-sconce-2117702.htm

Molly, The Hinkley Tress Sconce seems to be the winner. DH gave his vote of approval. I ordered two.

They are a nice transitional style and don't project too far from the wall. I have two other stair cases that will need these, too. Two is a start. Plus, they will be here soon enough for installation before some overnight guests arrive. Winner!

Beautiful. Good choice.

Very nice. Great dimensions, too.

Great, can’t wait to see them installed. :)

They let me out of the asylum and I went to the monthly big antiques market. You have to keep me away from the Chinese importers of porcelain. I picked these fellows up.

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And, it got worse. There is a gentleman from North Carolina that has a preserved floral arrangement business. He brings a selection down each month to Atlanta. The decorators mob him. I picked this up for the sideboard.

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The new sconces should arrive next week.

Great finds! The orchid looks amazing and I love it’s maintenance free. :)

You amaze me!

Homechef59 your home is beautiful. The wall color and trim look so smooth
And warm, may I ask what are the colors and finish. Also love your foyer
Pendant is that bellacor lighting. Thanks

Anna, It's a Capital Blakely fixture.

I don't have a color of the current walls. The previous owner didn't leave me any samples. That's the next big project. I'll will be painting it SW Creamy. The walls will be satin gloss and the trim semi-gloss. I've done that before and it works really nicely. I'll paint the walls of the dining room SW Naval.

I would love to wallpaper the dining room. But, that is a bridge too far for DH.

Maximum gloss on walls eggshell. Satin is too much for walls. I guess to each his own.

I've been busy. We received the sconces that Molly found for us. DH installed them. He loves the fact that they don't project too far out from the staircase wall. They are simple with just a hint of Asian influence.

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Everyone, and I mean everyone, told us that our art work was hung too high. DH Googled the proper height of artwork. He had to admit that everyone was right and he was wrong. DH balked at rehanging the front parlor. Or, as I call it, the She Room. I told him that it could wait until I found the final wall elements. I found them.

Flo, told me that the wall behind the settee needed an additional element to fill wall. So, I bought two small Chinese vases from my guy at the monthly antique and design fair. (He knows my name, which means I've been hanging around too much.) Then, I went looking for two sconce shelves to set the vases upon. I took a chance at the antiques show and gave a guy $18.00 cash for two gold shelves. It was all I had left in my wallet after lunch. They turned out to be too small for the vases. Oh, well. I got DH to hang them below some plates that were already hung up.

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I found two larger shelves for sale at Ebay. The price was right. We hung them up. Old holes in the wall have to be filled and the room painted. We lowered the height of the picture to the suggested height. Here is the final wall arrangement.

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Here are the $18.00 shelves on the other wall. I've got them. Why not use them?

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Here is the other wall with the lowered picture.

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Homechef, your home is so beautiful !

Gorgeous! Are those some of your Aloriam pillows?

Looking good. Beautiful home. My only suggestion is see if you have something smaller for the shelves than the platters that would be better. The platters are a bit too large for the supports and space. Beautiful platters, no doubt. Just a scale issue. ;)

Molly, Yes those are Aloriam pillows. They are very well made.

Love those pillows!

Flo Mangan is correct about the scale issue re: platters and decorative brackets.

And really there are too many brackets to close together on adjoining walls.

Why not 86 the brackets on either side of the mirror and just hang the platters without the brackets?

You can find a place for the brackets in another room, such as the dining room or a bedroom.

Another suggestion you can take or leave-

I know people love, love their blue and white porcelain.

But you don't want your shelves to look like a Chinese porcelain import store.

Is there any way you can introduce a little more of YOU in there and at the same time introduce some variety and texture?

You did marvelously in the rest of the room.

Reveal

Here is a link to the final reveal in a separate thread.