Foyer Re-do with Christmas Decor

As usual, I am behind with my blog posts.  I have lots of pictures to share, but just haven't had the time or opportunity to blog.  So, I will start with the foyer.

A while back--actually I think it was maybe a year and a half ago?--I had an accident in the foyer.  My very large crystal chandelier fell from my 18-foot ceiling after 11 years.  For no apparent reason.  It just decided to fall.  

So began a foyer re-do.  We replaced the floor with black granite, had the walls re-painted, and changed the spindles on the banister from black to white.

The foyer before was a gold faux finish with a solid black banister and spindles.  After the accident, we had it painted.  Below are pictures of the foyer with the Christmas decorations.

The paint is now a warm taupe/silver faux finish.  The spindles are painted and decorated with garland, twinkle lights, and gold/silver/white decor.

The new chandelier is very different than the old.

The new floor is absolute black granite.

The floor reflected the lights from the tree and banister.

The tree holds white ornaments hand-made by my mother years ago.

I added silver mesh ribbon and other decor to my garland this year.

The foyer table vignette is pretty much the same, but I changed the candles from gold to glittery white.

A view of the top staircase and tree.  Since both my cameras are broken, I had to use my cell phone to take these photos, so the lighting is not the best!

Tried to catch a few pictures at night--

And, since it is New Year's Eve, a few celebratory tables from a few years back!

Wishing you all a happy, safe, healthy, and prosperous 2015!  Come back soon for my Christmas table settings!!

Happy New Year!!

Yikes! Glad No One Was Standing Underneath!

I can't believe I never took a picture of my beautiful chandelier in the foyer.  It has been hanging for approximately 11 years, and decided to come down.  This actually happened last spring, around May, and we have been dealing with repairs, insurance claims, and such since then.  The center pole was embedded in the floor, all the way through the sub-floor, and was not coming out.  We cleaned up all the glass, took it all apart, cut the electrical parts off, and dealt with the pole sticking out of the floor all summer.  Around September, we decided we'd better do something about it.  So we had the floor people out, and decided to re-finish all the wood floors, and install black granite in the foyer.

A new chandelier was ordered.  A painter was brought in, and we decided to paint the banister as well as the walls.  Our foyer is 18' high, so this is not an easy job. 

We moved out of the house for two weeks, and when I say we moved out, I mean we moved out.  Movers came in and packed everything in boxes, and loaded every piece of furniture on our first floor onto their trucks and took it to storage for two weeks.  Luckily, I didn't have to pack up the cabinets in the kitchen. 

The floors are all done now, and everything was unpacked, Christmas came and went and still no chandelier.  Then it came in.  Broken.  So we are back to square one.  The painter should be coming soon, and hopefully everything will be back to normal by spring.  Keep your fingers crossed.  I will post the "after" pictures when everything is finished!