homemaking with loojie

Monday, August 27, 2007

Target furniture

Huh. It looks like the chairs and barstools I loved at Crate & Barrel are sold at Target for nearly half the price.

Brown leather parsons chair

Brown leather parsons bar stool

I'm also thinking good and hard about this table. It sure is pretty for such a reasonable price.

Labels: bar stools, chairs, dining room, table

Saturday, August 04, 2007

Dining room chandeliers from IKEA

At the total opposite end of the spectrum from the $3000 Murano glass chandeliers...here are the cutest things in the bargain basement:

RIST -- love the globes! Circles are good energy. My favorite.

HÖRBY -- the bendable arms could give it all sorts of character.

KRYSSBO -- unclear whether these arms are bendable though.

UPDATE: I checked out these fixtures in person at the IKEA in College Park. Sadly, they all looked...cheap. Bummer.

Labels: dining room, lighting

Monday, July 30, 2007

Murano glass chandelier

Now this could enliven a dark dining room set!

This one is neat too, but may not have enough color.

Labels: decor, dining room, lighting

Too much slick leather?

I am besotted with these Crate & Barrel bar stools. But if I wind up with three of them in my kitchen, would it then be overkill to kit out my dining room with matching chairs? (Remember, there's no wall between the kitchen and the dining area.)

Labels: dining room, furniture, kitchen