{"id":269,"date":"2010-05-25T16:16:01","date_gmt":"2010-05-25T20:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.promiscuousassemblage.com\/?p=269"},"modified":"2010-05-10T16:16:15","modified_gmt":"2010-05-10T20:16:15","slug":"dining-room-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/promiscuousassemblage.com\/index.php\/2010\/05\/dining-room-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Dining Room-II"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_274\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-274\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/promiscuousassemblage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DR-22.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-274\" title=\"DR 2\" src=\"https:\/\/promiscuousassemblage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DR-22-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/promiscuousassemblage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DR-22-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/promiscuousassemblage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DR-22-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-274\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View I<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_273\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-273\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/promiscuousassemblage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/dining-room-mantel1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-273\" title=\"dining room mantel\" src=\"https:\/\/promiscuousassemblage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/dining-room-mantel1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/promiscuousassemblage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/dining-room-mantel1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/promiscuousassemblage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/dining-room-mantel1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/promiscuousassemblage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/dining-room-mantel1.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-273\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">As one can deduce from photos in the previous post and this one the dining room requires a discerning eye to see past the now firmly jettisoned wallpaper( ick! see View 2)\u00c2\u00a0 and 70&#8217;s Victorian sconces stuck into the classic molding.<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ideas have been flooding in and this is what I&#8217;ve determined I would like to do to.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I had long admired a huge silver painted ornate mirror at a friends&#8217; house nearby.\u00c2\u00a0 They have since moved and that mirror has been stored for a long time, too big to fit their new house.\u00c2\u00a0 In my mind&#8217;s eye that mirror was HUGE and when I asked if the mirror was for sale I suffered a bit of agita while I waited to hear the dimensions.\u00c2\u00a0 But my particular house god was smiling on me that day and the mirror turned out to be the exact width of the mantel and height, well, that was perfect too as it will reach all the way to the ceiling.\u00c2\u00a0 But now, there&#8217;s the problem of the molding protruding above the mantel, see in particular View I on the left.\u00c2\u00a0 My contractor figured out the that molding could be nicely recycled and fit the top portion of the missing molding on the wall (again see View I).\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Amazing !<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">That patched up wall closed up a former sun porch<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">;\u00c2\u00a0 the newly enclosed breakfast room is on the other side.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Back to another architectural detail and another look at the southern end of the dining room:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/promiscuousassemblage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/ceiling.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-247 aligncenter\" title=\"ceiling\" src=\"https:\/\/promiscuousassemblage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/ceiling-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/promiscuousassemblage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/ceiling-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/promiscuousassemblage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/ceiling-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/promiscuousassemblage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/ceiling.jpg 1944w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">That big radiator is going to be deleted thanks to the soon to be installed radiant heat. This will allow a French door leading to the outside in place of the middle window.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/promiscuousassemblage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Picture-20.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-275\" title=\"Picture 20\" src=\"https:\/\/promiscuousassemblage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Picture-20-141x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"141\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/promiscuousassemblage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Picture-20-141x300.png 141w, https:\/\/promiscuousassemblage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Picture-20.png 326w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 141px) 100vw, 141px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">This beauty was found at a wonderful reclamation resource,\u00c2\u00a0 <a href=\"oldegoodthings.com?phpMyAdmin=Lfcwsd5yG4WzVc8F-GlWfPSQBG1\">Olde Good Things<\/a>,\u00c2\u00a0 the source for my apothecary cabinets.\u00c2\u00a0 They were able to come up with a single door that was high and wide enough for the space.\u00c2\u00a0 And why would I want to do this?\u00c2\u00a0 I think it will give the dining room a greater feeling of openness, and a graciousness, as if the room were flinging it&#8217;s arm out to the great outdoors.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As one can deduce from photos in the previous post and this one the dining room requires a discerning eye to see past the now firmly jettisoned wallpaper( ick! see View 2)\u00c2\u00a0 and 70&#8217;s Victorian sconces stuck into the classic molding. 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