VERY charming!!

What a cozy, warm and elegant room! :) Great idea to try the rug in here -- it has the perfect colors! :)

I really like the room. The rug is great.

I find the table a little discordant, but it is hard to see how it reads in the room vs the close up aerial shot. And something with fond memories is never really discordant ...

thanks tea...we have had the rug in here before when it was the DR but that was with the light maple furniture..so a completely different look. I can always change it out again LOL !!

mnt..you are right..it is impossible to convey how cozy it feels to have the gate leg out in the middle. I tried like 10 pics and none get the right colors and feel..sigh...also I am NOT the best at photos !

The gate leg lives on the wall under the still life..to the right of the door as you enter the room. That was where the tile table was but it never looked as good there as it does in the light by the window. The only time we move the gate leg is at supper and then we put it back. I would love to be able to have it out all the time but I just can't find a way for it to work. Would have to get the Pembrokes out of the room ...

Thank you for your thoughts...it helps to see things through others' eyes..and you are so right about find memories . c

just a thought -- consider hanging a flat round basket in that space just above the sofa -- just under the middle artwork ... it will bring the arrangement "down" to the sofa ....

Lookin' good C!!!!

Such vibrant blues in the tile on the table and the glassware--love!

tea...I have thought for sometime that it needs something there...I have a lot of baskets ...thank you for the suggestion ...this room is not finished....

thank you cat...the sun is shining on them at present and it is delightful. c

Beautiful room TR, and I just adore your fireplace!

I absolutely love your house! Always have, but I particularly like the changes you've made. Everything just looks so interesting and cozy and conducive to pleasant evenings just staying in and reading and relaxing.

I love everything you've done, your furnishings are so settled and comfortable feeling. I could walk right in and feel at home. I love a home that feels so inviting and yours certainly is in that category. Put on the kettle, I'm on the way over lol.

What a beautiful, relaxing room. I like the collected over year feeling. Love the wall color rug and table.

Love your color scheme and the warm, comfortable, understated, unpretentious, and collected look you have created.

thank you GV...it is a gas coal Victorian and puts out a good bit of heat and ambiance :) With the portieres it keeps it nice and toasty !

sunny you are so kind...that is the feeling I am going for in the room/house. I certainly have an eclectic mix...aka inherited bought over 40 yrs ...bunch of stuff ! We do a lot of the relaxing reading as we don't have a TV.

yaya...thank you ...you picked words that express better than mine what I am trying to achieve here. I will get the kettle on !

gmp: thank you !! It is a Martin Senour color Real Navy..we put it up 10 yrs ago and I still love it !

Lucky what a kind and generous thing to say ! Thank you.

I have moved the center pic down above the sofa so it is the lowest in the group...looks way better..not sure why I hadn't thought of it before...thank you tea !! We moved the predominantly navy still life over to the angled wall near the blue/yellow tile table...now the eye picks up the relationship ...thank you mntrd !! ( that is the table she was referring to I think ) . Took the pic from that wall and placed it over the gate leg table and put a small Oriental on it that picks up the colors in the silk screen. Then DH and I brought in the old SInger sewing cab that I refinished and placed it under the 3 prints and a rug and a wooden bowl and we are good to go. I believe I can call it done...!! Thank you all ...will post a done pic tomorrow. c

Lovely room!! It says sit down, relax and enjoy....!

What a nice cozy room to sit by the fire and enjoy dinner. Good call bringing in the leather wing back chairs.

loribee..thank you !! I am sitting in front of the fire now...

Holly,,DH has some pretty good ideas :)

Very cozy room, another great job!

Love this room! I particularly love the combination of the rug, the wall color, the sofa, and the wingback chairs.

thank you tinker !! I am trying.

pricklyperar....thank you ...I like it too glad DH had the inspiration cause I wouldn't have mixed these chairs in to this room :)

I love your beautiful home.

texan thank you ! It is a pleasure to share on this forum as there are so many delightful homes and they are all so different. Makes it lovely to get new ideas . c

I really like the "collected, evolved" look of the room. The thought of moving the gateleg table and eating dinner at it is so romantic to me.
I have a nice rug, chairs, gateleg an fireplace.Just need to find a husband and I could have dinners like that too!
As far as the light...I don't know a real solution but I have a light in my dining room that is on a retractable cord. It is from the 50's and not the most attractive but I love how you can pull it up and down....So fun. The little things amuse me.

Gorgeous room!

Just occured to me also that I have a friend who has a three story foyer with an a chandelier that goes up and down by a switch to clean....She told me that she used to lower and raise it just to entertain herself!

Lovely and that leather chair by the fire looks like a great place to curl up with a good book....or a stuffed with turkey nap tomorrow!

anninthedistrict...I have been thinking of something along those lines. we have one in the kitchen that is a pulley from England. Need to think on this !

As to a DH..hmmm...mine is really a good one :) after almost 42 yrs he is a keeper for sure. I do hope that if you are looking you find someone as amenable as he is to moving furniture !! thank you..what a sweet post.

island it is 2 leather chairs by the fire ! so we are doubly lucky !! I will find out tomorrow how good it is for curling up. We plan on surprising DD with dinner here in front of the fire...unless it is 72 like it was today..then we are eating out by the pool !!!!

I love your room - and the inherited, acquired over the yrs look. The colors are great too.

Is it an old treadle machine? love those - I learned to sew on one as a little girl. Can you post the pic if it is?

desert...thank you !! I am really loving the colors in here too..it is a surprise each time I walk in , as is the other room...my eyes are re-opened to the possibilities.

Unfortunately it is only the case...the machine was gone when I bought the old table. I refinished the table ..someone had coated it with dark stain and they ruined the veneer. I tore the veneer off and cleaned and cleaned. Wish it did have a machine in it. I don't sew but it would be cool. c

this is the dark stuff they had put on it :

veneer removed as much as possible and some of the stain removed :

all done except cleaning the black metal ( don't have a closeup pic of finished):

Love the colors, love the blue glass.

They do make counter-weight chandeliers that adjust up and down for rooms that are multipurpose, but they may be too modern for your space....

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We used to have one of those ugly wall mounted things that everyone had in the 60s with the metal shade and the arm went over and the weight hung down by the wall...but they worked great for being able to adjust the light over the table....

What an inviting room! The colors are wonderful and it looks incredibly comfortable---- IMO the two most important features of any room. I know you will really enjoy it this winter. Happy Thanksgiving, c!!