Shine a Little Light

Shine a little light on me!
Who loves a chandelier?? 
Me, me me~my hand is raised high!

The first chandy we had in the house was in our dining room.
It's rubbed bronze and even though it's 10+ years old,
it's still a favorite!

Talia Chandelier

I decorate it with ornaments and beads every Christmas!

When we fixed up Maddie's bedroom over 11 years ago
 (is it time for a re-do?)
we found this most adorable one from Pottery Barn!
So sweet and girlie - just like sweet M!

Chandy in Maddie's room!

The Mister and I had been chatting a bit about

changing our foyer lighting fixture.
We both had our own ideas as to what would work

in our nearly 100-year old house!

I was leaning toward a vintage crystal chandelier

from a local re-use store - Out of the Box.

The Mister was leaning toward a flush-mount glitter ball!

Seriously!  

A Vegas-looking glitter ball in our traditional old house???

What had he been smoking?????

Well, once I explained to him the error of his ways

and we visited Out of the Box Together,

he saw the LIGHT!

And he loves it too!

Bye bye glitter ball!

Hello lovely vintage crystal chandelier!

Sneak Peak - Dining Room Light

I've been working tirelessly on a little project. Well, I guess you could say (and I think Mr. Tennis has said) that I've doing more than my part to stimulate the economy! Yes, after living in our lovely, older home for the last 15 years without doing a whole lot, I decided some changes needed to be made. So I had an on-line consultation with Rhoda of Southern Hospitality. Not joking when I say that both Mr. Tennis and my son kind of scoffed at the idea, but really she has given me some great ideas and suggestions!

Many of her ideas are still being put into play -- this redecorating stuff takes a while! But, we just got a new chandelier for the dining room and I love, love, love it!

I had thought about spray-painting the old brass one, but when this new one was on sale and I got an additional discount, I could not resist. While many people can make the spray-painting work, Mr. Tennis spray-painted an ugly lamp about a month ago that he bought at TJ Maax a couple years ago. After his efforts, it became an ugly black lamp, so you can see why I'm too confident about our spray painting abilities.

More changes afoot in the dining room -- new curtains to be put up, rug into place and some other little touches. Also, new seat cushions on the chairs. Have spent the last week removing over 120 staples per chair to remove the old fabric! Oy! I need to start the recovering process -- keep fingers crossed!

It's been fun and I'm so thrilled with the way it's shaping up. Stay tuned!