Designer Dining Room Furniture

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"I have very strong ideas, and I’m pretty stubborn, too," said Adatto, 88. "But Jule has very good taste. So even though sometimes I would say no, the fact is that Jule and I worked well together on this whole thing from beginning to end."

The heart of the condo is the wonderful, light-filled living room whose windows frame extraordinary views of the entire New Orleans skyline. Special filters applied to the glass cut down on glare, thus protecting the many beloved artworks on the walls.

Views framed in green

The room’s color scheme is defined by the green Chinese carpet formerly in Adatto’s Uptown dining room. It determined the fabrics Lang chose to recover furniture that came over from the house as well. "Green really is my color," Adatto said.

So Lang chose sheer green shades for the living room windows.

"They give a little texture to the room, but they don’t cover up the view," she said. And even though they can be let down all the way, "I seldom do that," Adatto said, "because I just love the views."

Source: NOLA.com

Dining Room Decorating Ideas - How To Decorate Your Drawing Room

Good food is a pre-requisite of good life and dining room is one place that offers us the space to enjoy a sumptuous meal with family members and friends and discuss the day’s events. The formal family hub needs to be comfortable, yet cozy, so that it lifts the mood of every member, making the dining experience most sought after and adored. While most of the times, dining room is cornered in the living room area, it can also function inside a kitchen, provided the latter is big enough. However, one important thing that shouldn’t go unnoticed is that it should offer a pleasant view and feeling to the diner. This article brings in some real good ideas to make the best use of the space available for in a dining room and decorating it in a way that appeals to the diner’s sensibilities. So explore the ideas given below and get started to surprise everyone. This kind of dining room works well with newly married couples or nuclear families that stay away from the proximity of...

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