tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141972872292928899.post3136174917993929301..comments2023-10-17T22:38:03.481+11:00Comments on My Pear Tree House: If it's Christmas it must be time to wheel out the red dining roomJanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02475155333546477042noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141972872292928899.post-47257527737029285252009-12-14T13:06:51.421+11:002009-12-14T13:06:51.421+11:00Oh I'm just about to build and yes we are havi...Oh I'm just about to build and yes we are having separate dining room, but it has a door way opening onto the kitchen. There will be no breakfast nook etc, so it'll be used all the time. I was thinking about doing it a deep red but I've seen another picture of a colour hard to describe that I think I might go for instead.<br /><br />I like the look of yours and that fab light fitting!<br />xxxdebra@dustjackethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02397055465607649038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141972872292928899.post-88950750188819606402009-12-14T02:09:06.016+11:002009-12-14T02:09:06.016+11:00Hi, Jane! It's good finally be able to catch u...Hi, Jane! It's good finally be able to catch up on some of my blog reading! If we ever close on this house that we are trying to buy, we will also have a formal dining room and I'm actually looking forward to it. Yes, it's old fashioned but I can't wait to have a room for elegant dinner - even if it will only be a few times a year. Oh and as for the chandelier, I don't think you need to worry. Ours was an antique and it turned out that the fittings had become worn and rusty. I absolutely love yours. It's a very similar style to the one we had and bravo on the bold color choice!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141972872292928899.post-48095671929404770902009-12-13T17:19:16.943+11:002009-12-13T17:19:16.943+11:00The idea of a dining room/library sounds appealing...The idea of a dining room/library sounds appealing. Have you seen A Bloomsbury Lifes blog? She has a dining room with a wall of books...even if it is a wallpaper treatment...it's pretty awesome. Love your red room. The color red encourages the appetite.karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16749464659476217501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141972872292928899.post-85772412206537126232009-12-12T12:22:35.551+11:002009-12-12T12:22:35.551+11:00I love all white..but those red rooms are stunning...I love all white..but those red rooms are stunning ...especially that chandelier. My in laws had a red dinning room...it was fun.koraleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06871934650817154453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141972872292928899.post-32228921053258202032009-12-12T00:58:13.535+11:002009-12-12T00:58:13.535+11:00HI Jane
Well firstly I love the leadlight in the d...HI Jane<br />Well firstly I love the leadlight in the door and the Murano Glass chandelier.. both gorgeous..<br /><br />I think Mise's idea of fresh white walls and keep your red accents sounds like an idea .. and only a can of paint to give it a trial..<br /><br />The red is perfect for Xmas.. although must be a little hot?<br /><br />Hope your week has been good to you.. xx JulieJulie@beingRUBYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10424920655462727594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141972872292928899.post-27864308035879155212009-12-12T00:46:45.985+11:002009-12-12T00:46:45.985+11:00Jane, I love the idea of using the dining room mor...Jane, I love the idea of using the dining room more-double duty-add some bookcases at some point. Use the table to keep open design books for inspiration-for A desk maybe. GTP.Gaye Tapp at Little Auguryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15115534755711063462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141972872292928899.post-18900487795614120682009-12-11T19:30:57.631+11:002009-12-11T19:30:57.631+11:00Hi Jane,
Well, our house sounds very much like you...Hi Jane,<br />Well, our house sounds very much like yours. Ours is late Victorian/early Edwardian and we have a separate dining room too. It is also used for high days and holidays. We have a room next to the kitchen which the Victorians called a breakfast room an we eat in there most of the time. Our dining room is grey with an oak table and French cross back chairs. There is an original cast iron fireplace and plantation shutters. ( up until a year ago we had curtains exactly like yours). I think that we felt that we needed to slightly update our house so we have painted a couple of rooms off white. ....but I still love the look of yours and don't think you have to change it. Maybe we should both use it a bit more.I bet it looks wondeful at Christmas. XXXXJacqueline @ HOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06154045482594773377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141972872292928899.post-42613974673352965102009-12-11T16:49:00.172+11:002009-12-11T16:49:00.172+11:00I'm with Mise on this one. But it is a gorgeou...I'm with Mise on this one. But it is a gorgeous room as it is though. Perhaps you should go out of your way to use it more often because it is just habit that rooms are ignored. Your dinner guests would be flattered. I know I would be!!brismodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18169335258762403261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141972872292928899.post-52380283399893536662009-12-11T10:51:49.176+11:002009-12-11T10:51:49.176+11:00Oh, I know what this dilema is. I live in a feder...Oh, I know what this dilema is. I live in a federation house on Sydney's North Shore and have a formal living and a formal dining room. We have lived in this house for 3.5 years and while the lounge gets used in winter, it has a working open fireplace, we have used the dining room only once. It is a beautiful room and has some gorgeous things in there, but I truly have seelpless nights over the fact that it has only been used once. We also have a study so can't even use it as a study. I can't believe we bought such a huge house!!Engraciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17091993412893932424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141972872292928899.post-46877816437439705152009-12-11T08:58:26.158+11:002009-12-11T08:58:26.158+11:00"We are also not much into food set in aspic,..."We are also not much into food set in aspic, gaiters, sideburns, pointless colonial incursions, whooping cough and tesselated tiles, so the points of difference continue." I read this fine sentence three times, and, just like Oscar Wilde, will be passing it off as my own one fine day. And what does the verb "to smoosh" mean? <br /><br />About the dining room, I think it's super to have a separate one, as a neat haven to which you can escape with a book and some delicate biscuits and no one thinks to look for you there. But I would paint it a sunny chalky white, and add colour with the existing curtains and chandelier, which are beautiful.<br /><br />And yes please to a post about the Parisian bill.Misehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01784548726623938608noreply@blogger.com