<p>I am decorator challenged, and my H is worse. If it were up to him, we’d have perhaps a calendar on the wall, and all walls would be white. Anything still serviceable is not worth replacing…</p>
<p>I believe I have convinced him, though, that the lighting over our dining room and breakfast room tables need replacing. So, I need suggestions. Bearing in mind that this will probably be the last time I get to replace them, give me some ideas of a timeless light fixture.</p>
<p>My dining room has old (as opposed to “antique”) furniture. I have a split pedestal heavy wood table - lots of leaves, and badly marred surface. Gets a lot of strange looks from people, but I love it. Looks great with a tablecloth, and fits lots of people. But I usually leave it uncovered, because when not hosting people, it is a utility surface. I have a tiger oak side board that had belonged to my grandmother. In one corner is an old desk, in another corner is my music cabinet. Right now I have a shiny brass candelabra type chandelier. Suggestions???</p>
<p>My breakfast area is open to the large kitchen and huge vaulted-ceiling family room. My decor is early Salvation Army / late K-Mart. Joking … mostly. But again, a real mishmash of things. White kitchen, oak floors. White countertop of whatever material was in in 1997. (I actually like my countertop a lot, but I know it would be a negative if we were to sell, as it isn’t stone.) Table is oak and white. Right now I have the old bevelled glass chandelier someone criticized earlier. House was built in 97 and everything is original. Suggestions???</p>
<p>It is absolutely unusual that I am able to convince my H to update anything, so that fact that he has agreed to replace the lights is a major step, but I have to act quickly before he changes his mind.</p>