Decorating with flair!

[Nyboy]

Got to love a little girl that uses the word sophisticoted !!!

 

[Nyboy]

The bulbous legs on your dinning set scream 1920s, so antique !!

 

[catjac1975]

The color does look great in the photo. Maybe go for that. Kind of like a coral pink. Looks nice with the adjoining room.

 

[catjac1975]

Love the lighting fixture.

 

[Smart Red]

Got to love a little girl that uses the word sophisticoted !!!

Gypsy says, "Thanks, @Nyboy!"

I say, she is not a "little girl" to anyone but her grandma. She is a fun and lovely young lady of twelve.

 

[ninnymary]

The value of my old pieces is the pleasure I get from looking at them and using them. If refinishing them makes them more attractive to me, then I'm going to refinish it. What are the chances of anything I own being some valuable discovery at Antiques Roadshow anyway?
Just about the same as a snowball in the Hot Place. (And I'm not talking about Texas. )

Thistle, I'm with you. For 35 years I have argued with my husband about painting our dark wooden trim to white. He resists because they are "original". Do I care about "original"? No! I just want white trim because it would look fabulous with my gray walls.

Mary

 

[Lavender2]

I have to go with the paint peeve, beautiful wood should not be covered up.

The new owners of my grandmothers 1920 colonial home painted all the gorgeous wood white. The beautiful maple kitchen, built in book shelf and hutch in the breakfast nook, everything... it was sad and ugly. Two years later they were selling the house.

@Smart Red , I'm afraid I would be no help with your updating, I like the looks of an antique dining room. I would probably paint it boring beige, look for an antique looking lace or sheer curtain, and that pretty chandelier would be staying.

 

[Nyboy]

@ninnymary I read about a product you paint on the woodwork before painting. It makes stripping the paint off later very easy if you ever wanted to go back to wood.

 

[Nyboy]

Some orginal woodwork was ment to be painted. High end woods where used on 1 st floor public rooms. But upstairs private rooms would use much cheaper wood that was then painted.

 

[baymule]

OK, for you paint the dining table people..... cringe........ I was pointing out that Red could clean the furniture with Goop hand cleaner, preserve it's integrity and have her dining set look all shiny new again. Much easier than strip, sand, refinish anyhow.....