New Old Sconces for my Dining Room

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ2PTQWEFxwjB43sEM2NyoTJUXnARyJyyYSNQys7zc27OUc_NGY2o7ozeGz7LJjjzYWuH9Q43BZ8AltTTYXNupBNeFlMPV4i1Xq_44aUwjcZQmr9FsXgI74_pGNs7AW8kIFcwBoD77-NQQ/s1600/P1130117.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683404226975979922" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ2PTQWEFxwjB43sEM2NyoTJUXnARyJyyYSNQys7zc27OUc_NGY2o7ozeGz7LJjjzYWuH9Q43BZ8AltTTYXNupBNeFlMPV4i1Xq_44aUwjcZQmr9FsXgI74_pGNs7AW8kIFcwBoD77-NQQ/s640/P1130117.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width;" /></a>A while back I bought 4 vintage sconces for $40 a piece from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/Plaire?ref=seller_info">Plaire</a>, a terrific esty seller. Two have been hard wired for our bathroom reno and these two (with new cords) are now adding some much needed accent lighting in my dining/library room. Originally I thought of hanging them but now I like them just on the mantel.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfcy_jQZFnJ6zOgoQ7fSWR1uB-5uREDfEnSDh2BciD3KY3_YaXvaVwyTH_d9K8mMGi3UlMTqdbvAIjEUowsDeV-LA3Mw64fSmHm-Oe0b5mS9oqFaLq42HHtIU18rFmq9b6E0Jrkn1asQhU/s1600/P1130119.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683404085417836914" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfcy_jQZFnJ6zOgoQ7fSWR1uB-5uREDfEnSDh2BciD3KY3_YaXvaVwyTH_d9K8mMGi3UlMTqdbvAIjEUowsDeV-LA3Mw64fSmHm-Oe0b5mS9oqFaLq42HHtIU18rFmq9b6E0Jrkn1asQhU/s400/P1130119.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" /></a>A little bit of brasso and windex did the job (or enough before it got too tiring to keep polishing!)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ksLNfsOs5F6RXwp2JKYRAbCMH1izbdnY1Kjg73BjpzqCANqtr7IoDCwZVcDt7JglpjrmkXtVWKCzULBAxpOQJdMC7ZIYw_OKGtSGuIorWIszdhDXXHn7PDIEPIIG8XQrd-xITH5ccpn5/s1600/plaire.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663333443056278130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ksLNfsOs5F6RXwp2JKYRAbCMH1izbdnY1Kjg73BjpzqCANqtr7IoDCwZVcDt7JglpjrmkXtVWKCzULBAxpOQJdMC7ZIYw_OKGtSGuIorWIszdhDXXHn7PDIEPIIG8XQrd-xITH5ccpn5/s640/plaire.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width;" /></a>

New Old Sconces for my Dining Room

A while back I bought 4 vintage sconces for $40 a piece from Plaire , a terrific esty seller. Two have been hard wired for our bathroom re...

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Jill Sharp Brinson's Home for the Holidays

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_K7qo1L0ODJoBknvAnZtKr7RIO0313SKs2jW7DtZI7bgxyoQDJsiuzcAeDSiXwTGTwAw_XkOzC9iN2ohuRfhQOJU_H2pKoq-bWaen-cS-4JnSq0jDGfLpLUSWpOdqaNj0cDnF1Lfgb0-M/s1600/atlhol1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682627125185653394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_K7qo1L0ODJoBknvAnZtKr7RIO0313SKs2jW7DtZI7bgxyoQDJsiuzcAeDSiXwTGTwAw_XkOzC9iN2ohuRfhQOJU_H2pKoq-bWaen-cS-4JnSq0jDGfLpLUSWpOdqaNj0cDnF1Lfgb0-M/s640/atlhol1.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width;" /></a>You probably remember Jill Brinson's home from the Dec 2009 cover of <a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a> or the great <a href="http://www.cotedetexas.blogspot.com/2010/01/style-plagiarism.html">post</a> Joni of Cote de Texas wrote breaking down the style elements. Well <a href="http://www.atlantahomesmag.com/article/cool-yule">Altlanta Homes & Lifestyles</a> in now featuring her home decked out for Christmas and it's a real treat.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4TokkXLaAoJoMW2K-ARfApWpmyh_B9OOB2A52iHZgAMEXf-atTvgJ5Ql9UIXINZSePMdUezfMsl0bhtWRKfqxhENppBsCZ2LfMdAfo-leQUI3_gpFkw8_8tXp8ut-BnxlBaHrpzLyAMIm/s1600/atl4.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682626520605969698" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4TokkXLaAoJoMW2K-ARfApWpmyh_B9OOB2A52iHZgAMEXf-atTvgJ5Ql9UIXINZSePMdUezfMsl0bhtWRKfqxhENppBsCZ2LfMdAfo-leQUI3_gpFkw8_8tXp8ut-BnxlBaHrpzLyAMIm/s400/atl4.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv3V8jv8-hfj7iVhptPtgHv716hH4n1KiWsBNJpDyCTF7h_800WONpVJKUG4Qwau3uISXenQMMVJ_3XGP0gjLhP_q2ZYqUcAHVAqX2nElFd0xxO-vS3U1puVy9GhZsoS2w1gN1u1tEc52L/s1600/atl00.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682628385510775682" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv3V8jv8-hfj7iVhptPtgHv716hH4n1KiWsBNJpDyCTF7h_800WONpVJKUG4Qwau3uISXenQMMVJ_3XGP0gjLhP_q2ZYqUcAHVAqX2nElFd0xxO-vS3U1puVy9GhZsoS2w1gN1u1tEc52L/s640/atl00.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib-zVTkGoE-ldpFfpVg3vYxQEgeYmWIlvpAERIlIekxhPAczegLZ7ZmOzntdGdkZRcbHZiq46_QXWnOqxXk72tMEB-mc_fVlpvi2G6FiGVzZntPQrw-mSlCtQ84PUHlcNwz2WRcNx2QXxs/s1600/atl2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682626214759642786" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib-zVTkGoE-ldpFfpVg3vYxQEgeYmWIlvpAERIlIekxhPAczegLZ7ZmOzntdGdkZRcbHZiq46_QXWnOqxXk72tMEB-mc_fVlpvi2G6FiGVzZntPQrw-mSlCtQ84PUHlcNwz2WRcNx2QXxs/s640/atl2.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width;" /></a>You may recognize these mirrors, they're from Suzanne Kasler's collection for Ballard Designs.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2fXhRDju0r8K4bXDRpUChnR8KuOPPoeps-sW9x_SOQMc-dQ7WtIhtVlPdjhkfGly0W1IBqIkrK2U6WKGkySqS9yQekhNXkhxP3YZpyH864-H0rwAsCR95yAriW8ANuvNIsseSDRiDg99x/s1600/atl3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682628602760851714" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2fXhRDju0r8K4bXDRpUChnR8KuOPPoeps-sW9x_SOQMc-dQ7WtIhtVlPdjhkfGly0W1IBqIkrK2U6WKGkySqS9yQekhNXkhxP3YZpyH864-H0rwAsCR95yAriW8ANuvNIsseSDRiDg99x/s640/atl3.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width;" /></a>For more images go <a href="http://www.atlantahomesmag.com/article/cool-yule">here</a>. (Photography by Bill Brinson)

Jill Sharp Brinson's Home for the Holidays

You probably remember Jill Brinson's home from the Dec 2009 cover of House Beautiful or the great post Joni of Cote de Texas wrote bre...

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From the Stacks: Understated Dining Room

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLbT8J5gAZNWTMictAkkS33LwwQIhzjf0J2SEs84trM6SB93fcc8R2lJR9HPaThJ3Up9UheEp_vZ3kkE8O90h0A_6RStoB6t1NO6UqS1HZJQHMyD2AJmN8jL4dWrXrXXiNWaJt0WCgp4K9/s1600/1998lr.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681152526891646194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLbT8J5gAZNWTMictAkkS33LwwQIhzjf0J2SEs84trM6SB93fcc8R2lJR9HPaThJ3Up9UheEp_vZ3kkE8O90h0A_6RStoB6t1NO6UqS1HZJQHMyD2AJmN8jL4dWrXrXXiNWaJt0WCgp4K9/s640/1998lr.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width;" /></a>This tear sheet is a little worse for the wear but the beauty of this simple and elegant dining room still shows through. Great symmetry with the urns and round platters on the stands but I'm also noticing how easy it would be to find <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">thrift-store chairs</span> similar to these and paint them. <div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">(Source: Decorating May/June 2004, designer and photographer not known)</span></div>

From the Stacks: Understated Dining Room

This tear sheet is a little worse for the wear but the beauty of this simple and elegant dining room still shows through. Great symmetry wi...

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