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There is a small area in my house where the staircase leads to the second story.  The kitchen, dining room, and foyer all feed into this area that consists of a radiator and a few hooks for coats.  It's basicly a short hallway with a stained glass window. Actually the window is on the landing going to the next floor but it is a nice focal point for this area. I had the design altered slightly from a picture I found at the library. This window was orginally stained glass as was the tradition in this neighborhood. However, it was removed by previous owners and replaced with amber plexiglass. Sorry, no picture. You would have loved it. (lol) This is taken from the second floor looking up to the third floor.  You can see part of the stained glass window on the left. The stairs are open to the third floor and wind their way to the top. The one wall opposite the stairs is mostly taken up with the radiator.  It's nice to have a mirror on this wall to reflect what lig

For those of you who missed the decision making process on what fabric to use in the foyer, you can read about it here . Most everyone was in agreement on using the bark cloth, pinch pleated drape that I had purchased at an antique mall. I knew I did not want the pleats, so they were ripped out first. The single drape measured 141 inches wide.  It was constructed from three widths of fabric and was wider than I needed.  It so happens it was also shorter than required.  My plan was to hang it between the window and the door at door height.  I ripped out one seam and used that one width of fabric to cut two pieces to add to the bottom.  Getting all of this to line up was a bit of a feat.  It is not absolutely perfect all the way across but close enough not to be noticable.  As you can see in the above photos, it was also lined.  That meant doing all this twice, although, no matching was required for the lining which did make it easier.  My plan was to us

Just to refresh your memory, this was my first attempt at lighting this room. I followed that up with this. The next change looked like this.  Then came the current desire to remodel. I looked for replacement chandeliers at... Arhaus                                                                               Habitat Restore on line.. and my own stock pile. None of these seemed to be what the room called for. Then I found a pair of lights I really liked at a resale shop called The Refind Room. There were some quirks with overhead lighting in this room.  The existing chandelier was centered on the room but not on the fireplace.  Because I plan for the fireplace to be the focal point I needed it to be centered. Some adjustments were made and then all was well.    No worries...this picture does not reflect the end of this story. This is what is missing in the previous picture.  However, they were in serious need of a degreaser Next