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Aircon - What a racket - and not even the Hotels!
I have read that if sleeping on the road side that the traffic noise is bad - try the first floor across the corridor - The air con from the building opposite is dreadful! As soon as we booked in we walked the short walk to Buchanan street Boots and bought some ear plugs...If this doesn't bother you, you will enjoy the location, modern decor and breakfast....
Do not use the website to book
Mine has been a terrible experience - not so much on the hotel itself (because eventually I did not stay), but on the web design and the way the management handles my complaint.
I made a booking using ichotelsgroup in May 2005 at this hotel. Subsequently I needed to change my itinerary and so I tried to see if my booking could be changed. Failing to find any restrictions on "change" (my rate plan is non-refundable), I therefore proceeded to CHANGE my booking to another date through the web. It was done successfully - the original booking was SUPERSEDED, NO warnings whatsoever have appeared, NOR was I ever asked to provide any credit card details for debit. The only difference I could see is there was an increase of GBP7 in terms of room rate.
Not until I received my credit card statement did I notice that another full night has been charged!
I immediately wrote to Holiday Inn, and was told that because my original rate plan was non-refundable and non-changeable, another night was therefore FULLY charged, NOTWITHSTANDING I indeed CHANGED my booking instead of making a new one.
I did make a mistake in missing out the "non-changeable" clause, but the fact that the web allows changes with the original booking superseded is unforgiveably misleading. It could have asked users somewhere in the process to check if their bookings are changeable. In fact, judging from my experience with bookings with other websites (e.g. venere), one could easily disable the "change" and "cancel" functions if the rate plan the user booked does not so allow. It's easy technically, given the user must enter the confirmation number and it is an standalone transaction. This web design is hopeless.
Another important point I wish to make is that I have NEVER been asked for credit card details throughout the entire change process. I do not see how they could legally debit money for this change transaction using the credit card I previously gave for my first booking. This is outrageous. I wrote several times to Holiday Inn and the replies are the same - we have given you a very good rate blah blah blah and therefore everything is non-refundable blah blah blah. They missed the point totally.
HI Express Glasgow eventually offered me a two-night stay (i.e. the original one and the changed one) for the money I did not pay but they charged. I asked if they could let me cancel my inadvertent change (I conceeded the first night, as that was my oversight) but they refused crudely.
Unless you have too much money to spare, DO NOT use their web.
As a humble traveller, I don't think I can use any HI service anymore.
Good for the money
I stayed here with a friend of mine when we were unable to get at a room at the 5* Hilton or 4* Langs Hotel. Although it was not our first or second choice, it was fine for the money. The rooms are pretty small, but very clean and functional. No bath, but a good shower. The staff were very friendly and helpful. Breakfast was nothing great, but perfectly acceptable given the B&B rate. The hotel is in an excellent location just a few minutes from central Glasgow and all of the pubs, restaurants and entertainment. As other reviewers have noted, it can be nosy if you get a room at the front, with sirens blaring all night long. If you're looking for a romantic hotel break or a special treat then this is not really the place, but if you want somewhere clean and functional to use as a base then you can't go wrong with the Holiday Inn Express.
Too much traffic noice
We had a room on 1st floor, facing a very wide street, with lots of noice trough the nigth. Get a room on the other side of the hotel.
Beds hard like rock
Payed � 52 double room incl continental breakfast.
Too far to walk there from the train station if you have a heavy suitcase, taxi will cost just � 2,00.
Great hotel for emergency vehicle spotters....
This hotel is very close to the shops, nightlife, train station and bus station, which is why we chose to stay here last weekend. However, what they don't tell you on the Holiday Inn website is that the hotel is situated on a very busy junction which seems to be the only route for emergency vehicles into the city centre. It was impossible to get a good nights sleep in this hotel Thankfully we were only there for two nights.
On the plus side, the continental breakfast (included in our room rate) was pretty reasonable and was served until 11am at the weekend. The hotel was clean and seemed well kept and the staff were pleasant.
If you aren't too bothered about your sleep, go ahead and stay here - the rate from the Holiday Inn website is good (about �52 per night) and the location is fab. If, like me, you apprecaite a good nights sleep, stay somewhere else - perhaps the Premier Travel Inn near Montrose Street. A longer walk to town, and you have to pay for breakfast, but nice and quiet!
Great value & location
Just back from a 2 day Christmas shopping trip & stayed overnight at this hotel with my 2 teenage daughters. Superb value @ �52 per room per night including continental b'fast. Room was small but very clean & comfortable. Staff were friendly & we could leave our luggage which meant we could make the most of our 2nd shopping day. Location is excellent - short walk to Buchanan St Bus Station for the airport bus. Also convenient to main shopping areas such as Buchanan Galleries, Suuchiehall St etc. I would certainly stay here again - good value, good location.
One man's poison (bad hotel) is another woman's....
We nearly didn't go this hotel at all, because my husband had booked it 'blind' on the internet, and when I checked on Trip Advisor to see the comments they were not good - to say the least!
However, after staying at the hotel for 2 nights earlier this week, we're wondering if the people that left the previous comments were staying somewhere else!
The staff could not have been more courteous, efficient and helpful and the room we had was very nice (albeit an 'executive suite' at higher cost) - but we were shown the standard room we had originally booked and it looked fine too, if a little small.
It's true that it is noisy outside if the bedroom windows are left open but for CCF (convenience, cleanliness and friendliness) it would be hard to beat - in our opinion!
Great Location and Helpful Receptionists
I've stayed several times at the Holiday Inn Express on West Nile Street, Glasgow and am just back from a trip there.
The location is great. The hotel is located a short walk from Buchanan Street Bus Station where you can catch the airport bus. It's also close to Queen Street Railway Station, Sauchiehall Street, and other major points of interest.
Now, due to its location, it can be very noisy, especially at night when sirens seem to be blaring forth constantly. If it's not the traffic noise, then it's the constant construction that seems to be taking place.
Request a room at the back of the hotel, away from the street. At least the construction usually stops at night, so you could get more sleep.
Rooms are small, but very clean. People at front desk are extremely helpful. You can leave your luggage in a room next to Reception, something which is always a plus.
When I'm staying in Glasgow, I always stay at this hotel for you can't beat the price nor the location.
Superb value in Glasgow's Theatreland
Sparkling clean, very comfortable and clearly very well managed - superb value budget hotel so convenient for all Galsgow's highlights. Spoilt for choice right on the doorstep for seriously good food, with the hotel's own excellent bistro adjoining - and famous La Bonne Auberge virtually next door. Look no further in Glasgow for a great hospitality experience from a great brand. I'll be back!!!
Good value hotel
This was a nice hotel, clean, and comfortable. However, the Holiday Inn Express implies that you must do certain things yourself such as transporting luggage, and delivering room service. It is a good place to stay based on value and cleanliness.
It is located about 12 minutes from Central Station and the main promenade areas and 5 minutes from Queen Street Station.
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The never-ending LR story
I'm going to try to keep any posts about my LR project on one thread, here, rather than posting on each element.
Where we last met our heroine, she had selected a sofa and sofa table. Next up, armchairs. These chairs should be a pair (there are three other orphan armchairs in the room).
Must be slipcovered.
Must be on casters or swivel (TV viewing)
Prefer exposed legs for airiness
Cannot be ungainly enormous
Must have adequate depth for a throw pillow
Must coordinate with Thibaut Preston ottoman (shown below in smaller size)
The choices are below. I am leaning toward the second one on row 2 (dontcha love the white matelasse, as an aside?). Can it fit a pillow?
I also like the blue one, which is a swivel, but are the arms too narrow for comfort? I like the casual aspect of it and it can definitely take a throw pillow (the back cushion I could do in a contrasting fabric). But I was trying to get something on exposed legs, to make the room feel more open? You see these from the back when you come in the front door.
They all come in slipcovers, though I cannot vouch for the accuracy of the photos. The matelasse does look slipped to me, enlarged on my screen.
One complexity is I like a fabric that I think you can only use on something skirted to the floor, ie bottom left in this photo (different colorway)
Yes, I agree I wouldn't want to create a "closed" look. One designer in describing legs .vs. skirts said the upholstered pieces tend to "float" and not feel heavy. Adding one or two pieces that are skirted may be enough to break it up and create visual interest. Here's one article I found-
Here is a link that might be useful: Combining Leg Styles
This post was edited by arapaho on Wed, Feb 5, 14 at 13:42
Have you seen the Calvin chair from Calico Corners? The arms remind me of your sofa-elect and the back pillow could be upholstered in something different. You could slip the chair and get the pillow in a different blues fabric and use it outside on top of the slipcover.
I like the second chair in the first row - although I'm not 100% sure I like the pleats. Looks generous and welcoming, casual but not sloppy. Simple lines that complement the sofa's lines but aren't matchy. Legs echo the ottoman legs but again are not too matchy.
The blue chair's arms look downright vicious.
Can you sit in any of these chairs to try them out - or does comfort not really matter?
I ask this because I have two arm chairs which I picked out because of size, shape and the fabric options. I hate them. They look nice but are very uncomfortable to sit in for any period of time. So, I acknowledge that some times, the look of a piece is more important than the comfort - which is what happened to me when I ordered my two chairs. They will be replaced at some point because I now want to be comfy when sitting in the chair so the seat width and depth, arm height and overall cushion softness are things that I will analyze much more closely next time.
With that said, while I like the 1st chair in second row, the low arms make me think it would be uncomfortable to sit in without feeling like you're falling out.
I like the white matelasse chair or the tan one above it in the first row.
The furniture placement in your diagram can make a room feel smaller and closed off. I just moved my sofa that was in the same place as yours and it opened the room up and gives it a much larger feel. So in your layout, that would mean moving the sofa across from the FP and flanking it with your two chairs. That forces the TV to move to either side of the FP which might be a sticking point.
Carole, as was mentioned in a different thread, it has been my experience that no one carries furniture anymore! Or much of it. The store I am working with only has the blue one, with knife arms. I may go try it out.
KSWL, I actually do not want to copy the sofa arm. One, it wont be comfy and two, it isnt an element i particularly love. As for depth, the top right one is 1" deeper (22) then the matelasse (21)
Zen, LOL. Why I am not matching the sofa, do you find the rounded back discordant the the razor straight back of the sofa?
Arapaho, IMHO, what you suggest IS what makes a room feel smaller and closed off, too funny.
I do not like walking into the backs of large objects. To me, when you enter the room, the large object should be as far away as possible. Same with a bed.
If the sofa were opposite the fpl, in my mind the LE would seem 4-5 feet narrower?
The layout shows the direction most people will enter from; in fact it is mostly the lower left corner here.
KSWL, hmm do you think an inch matters? I thought the flat top looked better w the top line of the sofa (I know, sorry, I am picking and choosing what part of the sofa to echo, but maybe not ignoring it).
The ottoman will be one ottoman, 48x16. I am ordering it, fabric TBD. As soon as I saw it I was done.
Mtn, I hear your point and now understand the flow better. My room is long and narrower like yours but my sofa is now against the wall (where your FP is). It did have it's back greeting everyone who entered which closed the room off (where your chairs are). So there is a big difference. My FP is also at the end of the room (where your screened porch doors are).
Scratch my previous suggestion :)
My apologies for the diversion and I'll return to your subject matter - chairs!
This post was edited by arapaho on Wed, Feb 5, 14 at 14:36
I don't think the rounded back of the top row right chair is discordant with the straight back of your sofa. The rounded back is echoed by the curved arms (back sides? no idea what to call those) of the sofa - and will be even more perfect with the two chairs placed as you have them.
I like both chairs in the right hand column.
Just FYI swivel chairs don't usually have legs.
I don't know where you saw the ottoman mtn, but Thibaut launched an entire new line at high point of which it was part. Lots of photos in this blog linked below. One of the wallpapers / fabrics is an aqua modern take on chinoiserie toile that is too wonderful, South Sea, I immediately thought of,your house--- it also comes in navy, in a gorgeous pink, lime green, etc. for some room in your house it would be perfect! Of course, I always thnk that and then people recoil in horror at the bright color or the pattern, lol. But there are also lots of coffee tables and side tables that have a vaguely Moroccan influence that you might like.
Here is a link that might be useful: Lisa. Mende Design
First, I do love the matelasse fabric! The first one, second row just says 'flop down right here and stay awhile' to me. It looks very comfortable. The 2 on the first row look, I don't know, kind of skimpy or something. Maybe it's the way the slipcovers are depicted on them or there is too much leg showing. The blue one is nice, but I don't think the bottom cushion could be all that comfy; I'd be expecting it to whoosh out from under me if I sat in it. First perceptions.....
Wow, kswl, you find the most interesting things!
KSWL, I will have a lot of asian elements, but I am trying not to do full on Chinoiserie. My aim is more, Sea-Captain-and-World-Traveler-and-collector-of-global-curiosities.
That may mean a melange (or mess) of Chinoiserie, Ikat, Suzani, Moroccan, and my antique Delft tiles, oh with some modern thrown in.
Okay, I do know the admonition about leggy rooms. So let me try this version. All of these are skirted. Functionally, they don't have the casters the others did but they swivel (yes, Sue, I didn't think you could have a swivel with legs). The other plus is I could use the fabric with the border design (bottom left corner, post at 13:02, in an off white and blue colorway).
I like the top right one.
PS Arapaho, it's all good, this is my consolidated LR post. : ) Anything LR goes here, which will cut down on my threads.
Oh no, raise your hand if you are a "leg man"! LOL
I agree with Peegee, but, OTOH, I don't want to be "restless" .... and, I can get a swivel if I go legless... and I can use that cool fabric.
Anyone else like the cool fabric ? (see my post at 13:02), chair in bottom left
Caminnc, that looks like a Cisco furniture display at Market and it looks like the sofa I'm considering for our playroom!
Mtn, I'll join you in the "I prefer exposed legs on my chairs" club. I also like my beds with exposed legs. You can vary the height/width of the legs so there is no restless leg syndrome in the room! I did have to give in on the 2 armchairs in the guest house (man cave) as DH wanted swivels and those had to be skirted ... not a single skirt in the main part of the house, other than the ones I wear!
I like the second chair in row 2 (first picture). None of the chairs in your 3:57 PM today post do anything for me. I feel as though they would always look wrinkled....
LOVE the ottoman!
What are you doing for a rug? I still rather lust after the over dyed pink one.
Chispa, do you like the swivel? It makes me scrunch up my nose a little ... dangerously close to Barcalounger territory. But I can see the benefit; I do occasionally nod to function!
Old bat, that is my favorite too. I just need to decide between my favorite chair in a vacuum, vs lowering my leg count and getting a little swivel action...
I still have a crush on overdyed rugs! But with this direction, ie all the blue and white patterns, I plan on a boring textural thing ... something on the seagrass sisal continuum, inexpensive, and custom sized.
I'll believe the inexpensive part when I see it :)
I am hopeless at visualizing unless I see something. Suggest grouping together all the final contestants into a single file/olioboard and living with them as your screensaver for a week or two.
Have you posted your inspiration picture(s) for this room?
Mtn, honestly I haven't sat in them since they were delivered a few months ago. I usually sit on the sofa if I venture into the man cave hi-fi mecca! I'll have to go check tomorrow, but if I remember correctly they don't freely swivel, they have a return point, which doesn't make sense to me. DH moves the chairs around for optimal listening, so we probably could have skipped the swivel.
KSWL, Joanie from Cote De T says no, it draws attention to the wrong thing. I just heard saw that when I was learning all about seagrass! Like most things, I think it depends. Maybe up the stairs?!
Chispa, Well now if it were me, Id say I can't go check the mancave right now because we have about a foot of snow and ice.
OldBat, I think you are teasing me! And I have posted that poor room a million times. Even I am sick of it. I think I will amend this post to add a photo album with all the relevant stuff. Since of course there is nothin' y'all would rather see!
No to the blue and the 1st one in the second row, the one with the separate seat cushion. Too many separate slipcovers to deal with.
I apologize if this has been covered in other threads, but have you considered moving the two chairs by the window to the left of the fireplace to be centered on the large main window with a larger game table in between?
Like this, kind of
I think that's a good idea. You mean like below?
It's certainly a viable permutation. I think we will be able to decide things like that in person (we have only spent one weekend there, and before that we were in it for 20 minutes once, and then for a few hours for inspection!). I haven't really focussed on occasional tables etc since I think we have things we might use.
I know the weekend we did spend there, DH and I read the newspaper in those two chairs to the left of the fpl and I kind of liked the nook feel and the view. But a game table is always a good idea!
I don't think it changes my current quest (trying to select the items in pink), but thanks for mentioning it!
Yes, that is what I meant. I like it. I gives that corner more breathing room and it draws attention to that beautiful, large window.
Looking at the picture I posted again, which coincidentally has a very similar sofa to yours, I think the chair in the second row on the right is most similar to the chairs in the picture and would look very nice.
At times, seems we are traveling the same decorating path, though my little lakehouse is minuscule compared to yours. I, too, am looking for 2 slipcovered swivel chairs. I'm waiting for a few samples from Lee, but just got Serena's email today and may go that route. I like that Serena's Lee furniture is 8 way hand-tied where Crate and Barrel's is not.
May I ask if you are buying through an ID, or where else you're finding the Lee?
BTW, finally got my French cafe chairs. I have never received an online purchase so well packed. S & L definitely earned my repeat business.
Just for the heck of it, a bunch of unskirted swivel chairs.
Here is a link that might be useful: Milo Baughman
Late again. But. I love the slipped chair with the matelassé cover and the gorgeous legs! The matelassé chair says to me, " I am a family heirloom chair too comfy and wonderful not to use here at the beach house"
I think the chairs slipped to the floor are too ordinary for a world traveling, collecting, eclectic sea captain.
I do love my slipcovered chairs with skirts for my house however.
Having the best time viewing your beach house threads!
Hi Cooper, you are kind! I love the matelasse, too, but I think I am heavily influenced by the fabric, and I am not using the fabrics pictured. It is between that chair thought and the top right swivel skirted chair.
Glad you are enjoying the project. It's starting to overwhelm me ..
Suero, I am not sure if I have the nerve for those!
Thanks. I love Lee's site because it is so easy to search and compare. Our local Lee dealer is a store I like a lot, Lillian August, so I went there and have a sales associate helping me, largely in an order-taking capacity. I am not sure what her training is but I do not want to use an ID qua ID. I've never found one whose work I really like and find to be differentiated, and who doesn't automatically choose the most expensive when something else will do. For certain things, I am willing to spend whatever it costs, but that need not define every element of every room in one's home, KWIM?
Hi everyone,
Here's a new mockup I did with the chandelier, which i decided to buy. It also has the sofa table, the antique delft tiles we are using on the fpl surround, and the area rug style (it will be custom sized).
Here is another mockup from another angle.
This shows what we plan to do in the fpl area to tone down the panelling and darkness.
1) delft tile over the brick (IRL our tiles are antiques, and much paler and simpler)
2) there is a wood panel insert over the fpl, we will replace it with aged mirror
3) mounted on the mirror will be two sconces. I am delighted to have found a replacement for these sconces, which were IIRC 3800 each
And instead will get these, from the UK, all in more like 400 each:
They are on the hokey side but I like them...
This post was edited by mtnrdredux on Sun, Feb 16, 14 at 23:47
I also bought the sofa and chairs and ottman. I am getting them all in an off white duck and will slipcover them (except the ottoman).
Here are the fabrics. Unforuntately the photos from the Quadrille site can be a little off, I will have to snap a photo of the samples, gives you a better idea of how they work together.
I am not positive I want to use the petite navy zigzag on the ottoman; but I am sold on the Batik on the sofa body, striped rectangular bolsters, and probably a plain linen pillow on each side too. The chairs will be in the paisley.
If I dont do the ottoman zigzag, I might do this with a navy welt:
Whew, sorry about the gazillion posts, but Photobucket was acting up so I couldn't fold it all into one.
I need a lamp on the sofa table. Do you like any of these (would you introduce any aqua? The thing about the Chinese ceramic is that I, sadly, don't like any of the inexpensive ones (believed me I have looked at them all), and it is too precarious a spot for a precious one.
The rooom is really coming to life; it looks clean, fresh and inviting.
I'd say no to the aqua. Of the remaining three lamps, #3 (the turtle lamp) or #4, but is 4 a little too matchy?
Have you spent any time looking at Wildwood lamps? I seem to recall a fair amount of Chinese ceramic bases (price range 300-500 I think).
Are you sure about the gold sconces with the silver hanging light? They seem a little discordant.
I am loving following your posts. It's going to be a beautiful room.
Re: the lamps - does the second from left have some gold tones in it? I'm wondering how a mostly silvery tone (like the turtle lamp appears) will look with your sconces so maybe the second one would mesh better.
I just love the blue and white with the dark paneling...that is such an excellent choice. I'm so glad you're having fun mixing the patterns as well. The zigzag on the ottoman looks fun.
If you want to introduce the aqua, do you have other places in mind to use it in the room too? If not, then I'd let it be....though it certainly is very coastal.
I like 2 or 3. Love the turtle really, would love to know the source on it.
Love how all your fabric choices are coming together. Personally the mix of gold and silvery tones doesn't bother me at all. You're not looking at bright chrome, but rather soft-silver, which picks up gold at angles. IIRC that pendant chandy is a soft-silver finish too.
I thought about mentioning this in your vacation thread. There is a really fabulous furniture store in Charleston/Mt Pleasant that you should consider visiting.
It's enormous and the entire store has a fresh coastal vibe. It's easy to find and worth a small detour. Around here it's unusual to find a huge store completely devoted to the style. It may be redundant for you but I thought it was worth a mention.
Here is a link that might be useful: Celadon
Deee, I was in there on Saturday! Saw a lot of the fixtures that I've been looking at online, IRL there.
Actually, I thought about posting this for mtn to look at, pic taken Saturday in Celadon. The base is gorgeous mother-of-pearl.
The shade is one of those horrid plastic placeholder lampshades. Interestingly, Celadon has quite a few lamps with those awful shades, yet they don't have a selection of shades. Charleston Lighting though has an amazing selection of great shades, but a rather stuffy collection of lamps.
Solution is to buy lamp at Celadon then take it over to Charleston Lighting to choose a great shade.
Mtn, this is probably a bit too on the shiny side for your room, but it reminds me a bit of your #2 choice above.
EDIT- this lamp was at Candelabra in Mt Pleasant. I was in both stores on Saturday. Sorry for the confusion
Here is a link that might be useful: Candelabra
This post was edited by mlweaving_Marji on Mon, Feb 17, 14 at 8:47
MlWeaving, that's a really nice lamp. I am not sure why, but I don't think I want a perfect round; perhaps it is too modern?
Dee, Thank you! I am indeed hoping I can find some things for the house on my travels.
Ml Weaving, a few places sell the turtle shell, in both silver plated and gold plated versions. I put a link below
Here is a link that might be useful: Turtle lamp source
Oldbat, Thank you!
Discordant is my theme, LOL.
The chandy is silver and gold, but it is matte and tiny bit distressed. I had always planned to lighten up the fpl wall with antique mirror, so that brings in silver again. And I just have an indefensible crush on the coral sconce. I think it can work, and I also think it means my lamp can be silver or brass. Thanks for the tip, I will go look at Wildwood!
Pugga, Thank you! I'm taking a lot of risks so it's always nice when someone likes it. The chandy is silver and gold, so I think it's ok.
Annie, Thank you. Yes, I could use an aqua throw, or use aqua pillows on the (white duck) chairs in the inglenooks.
I think I am going to look at some brass choices, too.
Just wanted to say in response to your post at "Sun, Feb 16, 14 at 23:45" that I love how you are pulling everything together. I love your sofa, your fabrics, etc. I like your chandelier too!
For the sofa table, I like the Chinese ceramic on the far left photo best. But all of them would look great in your room.
Since you have a number of more "traditional" elements in the room to reinforce that late 19th-century sea captain's parlor theme, you could at this point mix in some more modern, contemporary lamps on the sofa table, just to keep the room eclectic.
Or (although this might be too theme), there is this "tea caddy" lamp at Wisteria:
Seen in context on the Wisteria website:
I'm also a huge fan of this chandelier and hope that someone uses it to good effect on Gardenweb:
Yes, I agree that the tea caddy lamp is probably too casual.
What about going real vintage/antique for the lamps on the sofa table? Maybe something that looks like an old oil burning lamp?
Or, for faux vintage, check out the House of Antique Hardware.
Or, for a lamp that feels like a mermaid, this one from Currey and Co?
Lamps are so much fun because of the sheer variety.
Here is a link that might be useful: House of Antique Hardware
When I say I think you could get away with something quite modern, I was thinking of a lamp like this with clean lines:
Too much blue?
Very sweet. But more bedroom than living room?
I love this beach-y lamp that also manages to feel almost Victorian to me because of the rattan:
(All from Currey and Co.)
I love those blue fabrics that you have chosen and am so envoius with how they are all blending together. I love that tortoise shell lamp, but I also like the one that francoise selected. Take that for what it's worth because I tend to the casual anyway.
Francoise, I really like the bamboo Currey one, but I had nixed it because I felt it was too tall and skinny for the spot I think...
Thanks, Kellie.
I have a new round of lamps I found and will repost.
Suero, I like the pagoda one! I am not sure it it's too skinny though. Somehow, the fact that the table is so long and skinny lead me to think I need a fat-ish lamp?
Love the aqua lamp and the one next to it (mother of pearl?), also the tea caddy lamp, which i do not think is too casual in the least considering all the upholstered pieces will be slipcovered. Tole is a historical reference that would be perfect for your room, and that aqua is a wonderful, fabulous accent color to go with the blue and white! Not crazy about the faux bamboo, which looks like a mixed metaphor with a switch. You could also do heavy clear glass ginger jar lamps with sea glass pieces filling them up, maybe not in the living room but somewhere.
A little off topic because it is a bedroom, but this room from Houzz reminded me a bit of your eclectic ship captain's living room:
Traditional Bedroom by Sharon Architects & Designers Rafe Churchill: Traditional Houses
I like the lamps.
The one next to it is a very interesting acid etched mirror. I think it looks sort of gourd-like or sea urchin-esque. You are the first to comment on it, KSWL, and it was one of my faves. However, I thought at first it was metal. I don't want to spend more than say $500 for anything breakable, given the precarious location (see link fwiw)
I have a new round of lamps to throw out there.. I do like the idea of the glass ones, evoking glass floats a bit. And the pierced nod to Asia. The tricky thing is, on one hand, it should be somewhat casual, but there are certainly some formal aspects.
Here is a link that might be useful: cool finish
Suero, you are so kind, I was just doing the same thing!
I am starting to like the white, to my surprise. The room I am copying has a lot of painted white items, a trunk, radiator cover, etc. I think my room needs more (my moodboard is missing the white asian-inspired TV case)
Anyway lamps in situ:
From the new round, #1 and #4 are the clear winners for me. And love the lamp I thought was MOP, very cool almost industrial finish.
I know there's almost universal praise for the turtle shell lamp, but I think it is just too obvious... Sort of like a rooster lamp in a French Country room....bet u can guess how I know this :-)
I like all the new lamps you posted. I do especially like the white lamp -- it contrasts nicely with the sofa table. And adds texture, but not color, to a room that already has a lot to interest the eyes. It also reinforces the white and blue theme.
The polished nickel chandelier with black shades I posted above on Mon, Feb 17, 14 at 14:35 is part of the Jasper collection made by Hudson Valley Lighting.
Glad you like it!
mtnrdredux -- glad you found your sofa table lamps. Can't wait to see more of your beautiful sea captain's beach house.
Here is a link that might be useful: Jasper collection Hudson Valley Lighting

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Seriously, you could not get a better location, it really is in the
heart of the royal mile and only 5 mins walk from the railway station.
The staff are the most helpful, friendly and accommodating people -
nothing was any trouble, they let us check in to the apartment earlier
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Maybe he has more of them. He makes very nice decals, he is very quick shipping, & they came undamaged. You can't ask for more than that. LOL
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Nice job on the chassis, she turned out great. Funny these old fairlanes are one3 of my favorite cars and I havent built one yet!
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Thanks Craig, I have been wondering where you've been hanging out. I just joined here, so far I like it very well. Yeah, I kind of got burnout on all the venting too. Good to hear from you.
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Are you challenging superstition or religion?
The latter seems more likely.
Unless of course you're out there arguing about the existence of ghosts....
I have also argued about ghosts, psychics, mediums, alternative medicine, conspiracy theories, and other things that people support irrationally.
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Good luck!