Happy Tuesday, y’all! Fall is definitely showing a tiny bit around our little city with just a few trees putting on the tiniest bit of oranges and reds in their leaves. With those changes, I’ve felt the need for some changes indoors myself.
Just one change in the dining room is bringing me a huge burst of happiness… Getting back to who I am with a change in our dining room chandelier is a must!
Unboxing the new chandy a week ago!
Ever since we moved to our Manor Home three years ago, I’ve been iffy about the drum chandelier. It’s okay and I know transitional is “in” right now and I liked it at first, but…
It was driving me crazy!
An advertisement came across my computer one day for Lamps Plus (No, this wasn’t sponsored; I wish!), and I casually clicked over to see what was on sale… And I have been in love with Kathy Ireland chandeliers ever since visiting my friend Kathy’s home in Escondido, California during our teas.
She had one similar to this one which had a carved wooden piece in the middle on the main pillar of her chandelier, which I loved. I think the candlelight cups on the arms were also of carved wood. I have never seen another like it available at Lamps Plus since… It’s a bummer when styles change and you can’t find a particular chandelier anymore.
Here’s a little video I shot this weekend and posted on Instagram:
I finally broke down and drove down to Lamps Plus in Arlington to see this chandy and fell hard for it! I love its Shabby Chic look. In fact, when it was delivered, it wasn’t shabby enough for me on the arms and pillar pieces, so I drove over to Home Depot to get some metal sanding paper.
After a quick sanding, which took about an hour, I wiped this chandelier down and then waited a week for Hubs to put it up for me. 😀
At some point, I might change out the plastic sleeves covering the electrical connections for the candlelights as there are more realistic-looking sleeves out there.
Now the dining area of our home feels “like home!” And I am sooo looking forward to adding some greenery for the holidays but for now I am not rushing anything. 😉
Yesterday’s tablescape post was the first of many as I am so excited to share this chandy again and again…
Just a few crystals hanging down from this chandelier repeating the sparkle from the hurricane lamps below.
Getting back to the basics around here! Feels good. Feeling the love… This new sparkler reminds me of the chandy we hung in the RV, too.
Happy Sunday evening, friends! We had a nice weekend working outside just tidying up some of the garden, pulling weeds out on the south side, cutting back the iris leaves (which were getting really untidy!) in the bed around the backyard oak, and tidying up the front flower bed…
Afterwards, I prepped the roast…
I stopped by the grocery on Friday afternoon and the butcher was just putting out several racks of roasts, so I said to him, “I’ll be happy to alleviate you of one of those!” We talked a bit more and I mentioned that this would be a perfect dinner for the weekend.
So glad I cooked this in the oven here this afternoon! It turned out perfectly…
Aunt Nellie’s Pot Roast
Take a rump or watermelon roast, poke it all over and rub in meat tenderizer (I don’t do this anymore, I just poke it with our meat fork and shake on salt, pepper, and Mrs. Dash seasoning).
Cook in a cast iron skillet in the oven at 275 deg. F., fat side up, for 1 hour.
After an hour, add 2 1/2 cups (or more) water to the skillet (spoon over roast several times), add potatoes and onion cut up. Turn up heat to 350 degrees, and cook for about 1 1/2 hours more ~ for a 3 lb. roast. Check at 1 hour and cook to your liking.
(***Add uncooked cut up potatoes when you first turn up the heat, then add the green beans ~ or a partial bag of carrots and peas ~ during the last 45 minutes.)
Make a delicious brown gravy with the cracklings in the pan, if so desired.
Enjoy!!!
What to do with the leftovers…
I cut two slices of the roast off and cut them into pieces for soup this week. I froze the rest of the roast along with some of the potatoes and green beans with a little of the juices for a future dinner.
Yum!!! First two good days of early fall with much lower humidity ~ perfect weather for indoor cooking in the oven!
Setting the table with fall in mind
I went looking for placemats for a casual dinner for Mr. Ethereal and myself, since it’s just us two anymore. I found these cute round pumpkin mats in my stack in the laundry room closet. They are reversible and I think I found them at HomeGoods back several years ago.
Paired with my favorite white plates, antique lace and linen napkins, and the newish white-handled flatware I picked up at Judithof Botanic Bleu‘s sale last December, I love this fun dinnerware combination for our tablescape!
The soft hues of faux bittersweet pair well with the pale greens of dried panicle hydrangeas, golden wheat stems and dried roses…
The hurricane lamps were still sitting out from this spring mantel post, so I pulled them into our tablescape. I really like the soft glow they give off and the tarnished brass look of the candleholders!
I liked using them so much that I have been using them on and off the mantel all summer. Really, they have Christmas trees on them but from far away you really can’t tell. 😉
Another photograph of the little mini bouquet of dried pretties!
And as promised…
A sneak peek at the new chandy! Hubby hung it for me late this morning and suggested I run out and pick up tacos for lunch (Taco Bell is about a mile or so down the main road). So while I went by our Walmart grocery and rounded up a bag of Idaho spuds for tonight’s dinner, then went through the drive-thru for tacos…
Mr. Ethereal worked his magic taking down the more modern drum chandelier and installed this pretty more-antique-style chandy which I love so much better!
And this was our delicious pot roast dinner… Served with roasted russet potatoes and green beans cooked in the same water as the roast.
You’ll just have to come back Tuesday to see the rest of the chandelier! 😉
Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.
Welcome to this week’sShare Your Style #316. Happy Wednesday to you all, dear friends! 🙂
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***SYS is getting out a tiny bit late today because… A BIG box with Bright and Shiny came today!!! (Okay, really more Chippy White…)
Of course I had to snap a few pics… 😉
Can’t wait to share!!! XD
And, I am sooo inspired by all the fall posts coming out (and the fact that this weekend was just the tiniest bit cooler) that I am looking for fall posts now… If you have some fun ones in the works, do link those, too!
As for myself, I’ve moved more garden items into the shed and have been cleaning everything before it gets in there. Three mice were living on the hutch, so it was sprayed and wiped down with disinfectant before it ever got carried in last week. Now it’s just wiping all the other things. 😉 And I tweaked the SYS logo pic just a bit for fall… Still loving the dried roses in the background.
Here’s what I shared this past week atFrench Ethereal…
With fall weddings in the works, I just had to share this fun post by Michelle at her new blog Wedding Soirées Blog by K’Mich. My son and daughter-in-love had their first dog in their wedding photos… Luna loved being with them and I think she knew it was special… (So doggone adorable, don’t you think?!!) Dogs in Your Wedding Doesn’t Have to Be Hard
I love Sargent’s work and have several of my own from others who painted in this style. This group of painters were called The Pre-Raphaelites. Here is The Soul of a Rose, my personal favorite print bought on my birthday one year, and one I have as a greeting card ~ which was taped up as “art” when we were living in our trailers, you may recall. Love love love this ethereal style of art they captured in these paintings!!!
Thrifting Wonderland is back with this pretty apple post ~ Fall’s Almost Here Table Setting. Love the apple plates and of course I love the silverplate!!! I have the same Rogers Bros. pattern. <3
Newcomer Jennifer of Curated by Jennifer shares her fun fashion find in this post ~ Floral Set by Faithfull the Brand. Love it!!! Welcome, Jennifer!
Lynn over at My Journey Back shared this adventurous post on finding a good dog park in her post ~ The Dog Days of Summer. Cool post! And isn’t her Staffordshire terrier cute??!
And because we all love a good find… Tara from Stilettos and Shiplap went looking for a nightstand and… came home with these!!! {Be still our French-antiques-loving-hearts!} ~ French Vintage Friday: It All Started With a Nightstand…
Thank You so much to everyone who linked up this past week. A special thank you to everyone for always promoting Share Your Style on your blog and on your social media channels! I do see it when I stop by and I appreciate the love. 💜
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If you’d like to follow my Share Your Style board on Pinterest I’d appreciate it, thank you! I do post all of the featured posts from each week’s SYS there plus usually other photos from those posts to my boards.💜 Thanks so much!!! If you are new to French Ethereal, I hope you will think about subscribing to my blog.
More is better and at Christmas time it was a free for all adding faux pine boughs and later I thought to use these dangling pearls.
Those pearl garlands?
They are found in the wedding section at the big craft stores!
My friend Kathy had hung some around her powder room
mirror and I thought they would look lovely hanging
off my chandy!
🙂
Our current chandelier dressed with acrylic and glass Christmas ornaments.
Dried Queen Anne’s lace flowers would look nice tucked in among silk flowers if you want your chandelier
to have a summertime look.
Hanging rose garlands such as in the previous photos above
replaced the wintertime greenery and swans.
This past year I had just been researching chandeliers for our
RV glamper home and ended up having to return
the first chandelier I found.
It was just too heavy for this spot but Home Depot had this
light-weight acrylic beauty and for the money and
only 6 lbs. of weight
it was the right choice for us!
Here’s the link in case you are looking for a light-weight
chandelier for a spot in your home ~ it is 24″ long x 22″ wide
if I remember correctly ~ and it has six arms.
Would you believe not all the pieces are even
hanging on it?
Nope.
We forgot to add the acrylic piece over top of the
bottom chrome bowl.
Actually without that crystal style piece it looks
a little more contemporary and that’s
the trend nowadays.
Happy accident!
🙂
My usual workspace ~ comfortable, bright and pretty and functional!
Since more than likely we will still be in our little
RV home this next Christmas…
I already know that greenery will be happening and that was
partly why I wanted to hang a chandelier here
in our fifth-wheel.
Hubby thought I was crazy, btw.
I glamped up the barrel LED light in our last trailer.
The only thing different about putting up a chandelier
in a trailer -vs- a house is the amperage is different
so you need 12 volt bulbs instead of 120 volt
household lights.
Camping World helped me find these 12 volt chandelier
light bulbs and I am thrilled!
No need to rewire your chandelier either.
The voltage runs through the wiring but it’s very low
so getting the correct bulbs did the trick.
🙂
I am working on a new craft that will change the look of our chandelier for summer so look for that soon. Funny that I just bought the supplies to work on this project when the suggestion came to talk about our chandelier! 🙂
Apparentlythey were invented to keep critters from
wandering into Dutch homes and kitchens since screen doors
weren’t yet invented and though they were created in Holland
they were really a bit hit here in America.
Here’s a neat article on Dutch doors for you to check out.
Solvang is a great little town that after you’ve parked
you can pretty much walk everywhere to dine and shop.
Here Kathy is leading us on a quick tour around to see
a few other shops.
Oh, and there are a number bed’n’breakfast
places and hotels in Solvang to stay at, too.
From here we drove back to Kathy’s lovely home but
before we go here are a few last photos of Solvang and one
on the way driving through an ethereal allée of trees!!!
***
Our headline photograph from above, again ~ here you can see the lovely ethereal blouses and some of their beautiful white on white antiques and vintage goods displayed
The next day afters spending the late afternoon having
tea and cherry scones for a snack instead of dinner
{We were still full from lunch, really.} and then talking until
late in the evening about decorating and all the
things Kathy and her husband Ken have been updating
For me it was chandelier heaven!Each was unique and
other than this next really large one ($995 on sale) and
another really beautiful French chandelier
most were in the range of $120 – $350 or so.
Colorful candles, mugs, pretty jewelry, curated clothing and unique chandeliers all for sale along with spoon rings ~ Posies has something for everyone who comes through their doors for a visit.
Here is the chandelier {above} that I decided to purchase
after looking at many and deciding on a number of pros and cons
for each one.
A sweet brass chandelier like we had at our last house painted a lovely creamy white and doctored up with lots of
hanging crystals.
When considering buying a chandelier, there are a number of things to think about in addition to style and whether you like a more modern or a traditional type of chandelier.
Eloquence’ Albertina chandelier shown here in a silver finish.
Here are just a few of the things to consider:
Size for your location
Will this particular size chandelier look too big for
the area you will be hanging it in or will it be dwarfed by
the size of the room?
There is a trend now towards oversize lights and I saw
plenty at High Point Market last month!
Width and Height
In the top photograph, I’m measuring how long the incoming
Saint Mossi five light chandelier will hang.
It will be a little big for the space as our
dining area is rather small here in the fifth wheel
but
from the Pinterest photograph
you can see that most of it is clear glass
with some silvery chrome parts which
hold the chandelier together.
With all that clear glass and crystals it looks light and airy
as opposed to how a darker bronze or black finished
chandelier would look in the same location.
I did look at those options, too.
🙂
Crystal, Glass, Acrylic or Metal?
Real crystal chandeliers are very heavy and need a lot of
hidden structural support to prevent
this type of chandelier’s weight from tearing itself out of its
ceiling mount.
Rock crystal chandeliers have the most sparkle and fire and
are quite expensive ~ Swarovski Schonbeck chandeliers
are a very lovely modern version
which you might like to have
in your home.
I was looking for some of their crystal’s fire
in whichever “chandy” I was
going to be putting up.
🙂
Cast glass chandeliers have cast crystals and parts which are
machine cut and faceted letting them sparkle
when sunlight hits their lights.
Less expensive than mined crystal cut by hand
they are a good alternative and a good buy giving off a
wonderful glow and sparkle
without the expense.
Acrylic chandeliers are sturdy plastic alternatives which are highly economical and practical. I looked at one version yesterday at a big box store almost identical to a glass chandelier I was looking to purchase online, except all of the parts were acrylic plastic. These chandeliers are fun to have at birthday parties on the back patio and just to have hanging outside year-round. If an acrylic chandelier falls and or gets damaged replacing it is easier on the budget. They are also a perfect alternative for children’s rooms, too, as are many of the sweet metal chandeliers available on the market today.
Metal chandeliers can be molded into all kinds of shapes and often are fashioned with real-like metal leaves and flowers. Thin metal chandeliers can have small parts easily broken off so this is another thing to consider as you are looking to purchase a “chandy.”
Why I chose the Saint Mossi chandelier (originally)
I decided on this glass crystal chandelier because it is ethereal looking to me and would be mostly clear glass. Also, it wouldn’t be overly heavy and would still have the fire I love in its cut glass body, dangling crystal pendants and in its hanging swags of . There’s nothing wrong with the acrylic one I found and I liked it for the weight.
{four pounds less than what I purchased} I’ve could have picked it up yesterday and almost did. Weight is certainly a concern in here as is movement when the RV will be on the road in the future but for now this place isn’t moving anywhere.
I could have rehung the acrylic one with cut glass crystals myself as I have on both of our previous dining room chandeliers but I decided for almost the same price I could get the more sparkly version without having to spend more money later adding more crystals. Plus, the Saint Mossi is on sale now…
All the more reason! 😉 I’ve linked it below for you in case you’d like one of your own. See my affiliate profile HERE.
Here’s a really good article on the Lamps Plus website talking more indepth about what I’ve shared today plus much much more. Oh, and just a corner of something hanging up in the window next to me as merry and bright begins…
A spring chandy update:
After all that the crystal chandelier came in and…
Inside the little instruction papers that came with
said that the area to hold it must be able to hold
100 pounds {of force}…
Here in our Prairie Home in this particular spot
that just isn’t an option
so…
that chandelier had to go back.
🙁
Our final chandelier ~ an acrylic version from Home Depot!
Happy ending
After much thought I knew the answer to the burning
chandelier question: go back and pick up
the 6 pound acrylic chandelier from
Home Depot.
It is a lovely alternative and for the price and the weight
it certainly is a good option for our little home.
Sleek modern outdoor furnishings for anyone who likes edgy and angular with just enough curves and sparkle to keep those who prefer more curves comfortable.
I knew the company had begun as a store
carrying antique and vintage
hardware for restoring old homes and
to use on furniture
but
Restoration Hardware has evolved
now carrying specialty furniture
for indoors and outside.
Walking into this room which leads into the garden, the wonderful earthy smell of leather is sooo inviting! Wouldn’t this be a lovely library and dining room in your own home?
I loved talking with the sales staff
about the shop and the furnishings within!
I found out that they are interior designers, too,
and they are there to help with your
room design needs
and will help you create
a curated lived-in look.
Here I was trying to capture the three chandeliers for you!
Sorry this is a bit dark ~ this is actually lightened up for you. Photos today were taken with my iPhone 6.
Restoration Hardware paired these two very
simply framed mirrors for a bathroom scene
set with a more ornate
old buffet turned into a lavatory cabinet.
Love it!
I also love the soft neutrals flowing through
all of their pieces ~ very masculine
but soft enough for that
feminine touch.
This too has been edited and lightened to see the cabinet’s detail. Love, love the marble top!
One final view of the back gardens…
sigh!
🙂
So what I came in for
In the form of just tons of old rusty crusty hardware and door knobs
though no longer found in the shops anymore are still available as beautiful reproductions online {I checked! ;). These shops are wonderful resources to find a classic piece to grace your home or garden ~ just ethereal!
(I was not compensated for any of this ~ just purely fun visiting!)
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Earlier this monthI talked about going back in time a bit to share some of the places and photos from places we drove by and through last summer.
Open prairie out in South Dakota
more silos on a midwestern farm
There is something really inspiring about wide open prairies on a warm summer’s day which makes me happy and leads to creativity! {This is when I tend to sketch things and write down ideas to share in the future.}
It may not be everyone’s cup of tea but it is mine.
Hay Bales {rolls or bolls} ~ I love how alfalfa and hay can be baled or rolled and this was the first time I realized how pretty hay rolls can be. Neatly stacked side by side, or just fresh-cut and ready to be moved nearer the barn ~ ready to feed to one’s livestock during the upcoming winter. One can also smell the sweetness of the hay!
I’ve since seen many hay rolls with our move to Texas and they are now sometimes “ordinary,” but I still like seeing them moved about. Around here, hay rolls are sold to locals for their horses, cattle and goats. The farm behind us has several rolls which are currently getting smaller and smaller as the angus there eat their way through those hay bolls.
Farmhouses and churches ~ anotherof my favorite things bringing inspiration to everything that I do! My favorite color is white and this lovely building fits the bill perfectly. With its grey roof atop the main sanctuary and above the little church bell cupola, this building had me at hello!
sideways hay rolls!
“Work and pray, live on hay, you’ll get pie in the sky when you die. “
— Joe Hill
Wide open spaces and rolling hills ~ Another favorite with wind sweeping through grasses sounds sooo delicious! Don’t you just love the sound of wind making trees creak in a wood or just whistling across an open moor or prairie?
I love walking in the wind and as long as I am bundled up with a thick, warm sweater and a coat to block the chill I am outside walking! Our Yoda loves to be outside in the wind, too, his hair and ears blowing back behind his face as he heads into the wind.
Our trip across all those states may have been a busy two weeks but it was one of the best vacations we have ever taken. This was one of the first trips my husband has been able to go on in a long, long time.
Happily, he was able to see attend our son and daughter~in~law’s wedding and enjoy this road trip with us.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter and Justine Chapman ~ Amy, our daughter, at far left in lavender
Some of the other posts I shared were about the
Midwest wildflowers
Shopping at Magnolia Market ~ The Silos
and antiquing at
Second Impressions
and
Finders Keepers
are worth checking out especially if you are planning an upcoming trip across the midwest.
🙂
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