Finished Foyer

Foyer chandelier has been installed, and all finishing trims have been cut, painted/stained, and glued in place! (Last Blog Post About Foyer ) Other than gluing down the baseboards and putting the furniture in place, the foyer is officially completed.

This is where we started from: the Before photo.

Manufacturer's picture of room

This is how it looks now:

Chandelier lit up. looking right into the room

Looking straight thru the room into the music room

Chandelier off and camera flash on, some furniture loosely arranged

Plant on the center table is temporary until I can find something else

Camera flash off, just relying on sunlight coming in thru the window

The plant on the center table has caused me such issues. I have gone thru 4 plants for the spot and none of them have been "it". First one was multicolor Falcon flower arrangement in an aged urn. Very pretty but colors were busy for the room and the vase was not elegant enough. Next floral arrangement was too dramatic/stark colors: slick black vase with white and red roses. Absolutely gorgeous flower arrangement but wrong for the room. Got a temporary black and goldish tan vase filled with white flowers off of Etsy. It has been the place holder for the past year or two, but still not quite right.

Then I attended the Philadelphia Miniaturia show this past weekend and fell in love with some flower arrangements by Ma Victoria Heredia from Spain. Bought 2 of them. And although they are both exquisite and the right colors with pretty vases, they are too small for the space. I need something larger. The one does look pretty tucked away in that back corner though (but that is not where it will ultimately stay).

So I grabbed the white vase greenery arrangement out of my stash to stick on the center table temporarily. It is the right size/height of the plant I want. Just not the colors/vase I want. And I will continue to search for the "right" floral arrangement for the spot.

Baseboards aren't glued in yet. But everything else is finished. My friends are coming in a couple of days to see the mansion so I am glad I got this room done (and the Butler's Pantry is looking fairly put together too, which is nice)!