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| THE DINING ROOM WAS A DECORATING PROJECT - NO RENO. ABOVE IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE THE DAY AFTER CLOSING. NOTE ESPECIALLY THE UGLY OLD WHITE FAN WITH GRANNY SHADES AND HORRID FIBERGLASS DRAPES! MY OUTDOOR BISTRO SET WAS THE FIRST FURNITURE I MOVED IN SO I COULD BE SOMEWHAT COMFORTABLE WHILE I WAITED FOR THE CABLE GUY! |
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| THE DINING AND LIVING ROOMS HAD BEEN PAINTED AN OKAY NEUTRAL TAUPE AND THE CARPET HAD BEEN REPLACED WITH LAMINATE FLOORS BEFORE I BOUGHT THE PLACE. EVENTUALLY I WILL RE-DO BOTH OF THESE BUT FOR THE TIME BEING, WHILE OTHER MORE PRESSING PROJECTS LOOM, I DECIDED TO CONCENTRATE ON FURNITURE, FABRIC, LIGHTING AND WALL DECOR. |
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| SINCE MY OLD DINING TABLE WAS TOO LARGE FOR THIS LITTLE DINETTE I HAD A MAKESHIFT TABLE FOR AWHILE. HERE THE MIRROR AND LIGHT FIXTURE ARE NEW. |
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| FINALLY I BOUGHT 2 CUSTOM UPHOLSTERED BANQUETTE/BENCHES FROM BALLARD DESIGNS. THE SECRETARYS WERE KD FROM HOME DECORATORS. THEY FUNCTION WELL, GIVING THE BENCHES A BUILT-IN LOOK, AND ARE GREAT FOR STORAGE. THE CRYSTAL LAMPS ARE FROM HOME GOODS. |
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| TO OFFSET THE COST OF THE BALLARD BENCHES I GOT A BARGAIN TABLE FROM OVERSTOCK.COM AND RE-USED MY FAITHFUL OLD IKEA FAUX BENTWOOD CHAIRS. I THINK I MIGHT REPLACE THAT LIGHT FIXTURE AT SOME POINT. I REALLY LIKED IT - ALSO FROM BALLARD - BUT IT WAS THE FIRST LIGHT I EVER INSTALLED MYSELF AND I SCREWED UP! I CUT THE CORD TOO SHORT AND IT HANGS ABOUT 12" HIGHER THAN I'D LIKE! |
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| THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS ON THE TABLE. I WAS SMITTEN AT ONE POINT WITH A MOSSY TERRARIUM I SAW IN A MARTHA STEWART MAGAZINE. I GOT THESE GREAT GLASS APOTHECARY JARS AT HOME GOODS AND MADE MY OWN (YOU CAN SEE THEM IN THE WIDER SHOT ABOVE). UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS A DISASTER! THEY GOT BUGGY AND SWAMPY AND THERE WAS ALWAYS CONDENSATION ON THE GLASS..YUCK. I TRIED FAUX ARRANGEMENTS FOR A TIME BUT I KIND OF LIKE THEM EMPTY TOO. |
