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now THAT's how you makeover a piece made of beautiful wood!!!!

yup! what sarahjade said. all of your furniture/curtains/rods look slightly country'ish...so that probably takes away from the possibility of a modern look.

remove all the stuff on/surrounding it and replace the screen with a brushed nickel withOUT any scalloping on the top, etc...example:

http://www.jcpenney.com/jcp/X6.aspx?DeptID=71871&CatID=71871&Grptyp=PRD&ItemId=1990510&sisearchengine=182&siproduct=Google&cm_mmc=ShoppingFeed-_-Google-_-HomeDecor-_-Napa%20Contemporary%20Fireplace%20Screen%20by%20JCPenney&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=718711990510

if you're willing to repaint that deep red with a nice taupe...i think that would really modernize the stone fireplace as well. the stone is gorgeous.

i got my DIY streak from my family...i come from a line of carpenters, sewers, and make-do'ers..which is where a lot of DIY comes from.

so after i pick my family's brains, i head on over to Google...there are instructional videos for nearly everything...have faith in yourself and you'll do wonderfully in a self-taught setting!

my most recent finds:

4 dyrlund dining chairs at $17.50 a piece

&

taller than average geometric silver and chrome lamp for $7

so fulfilled =)

i am sitting in a dining nook where i feel something is amiss....this is it!!! thank you for the inspiration!

living in the inner city, i would not open the door under those circumstances. people just don't do that in Boston, and not in the suburb i grew up in either, for that matter...maybe New Englanders really are that cold.

i have some gunlocke chairs that have a very similar base (the way the seat is mounted onto the wood and the rear legs that jut out, as opposed to going straight down)...mine have tiny medallions inlaid into the wood (on the legs i think) that say gunlocke...they are barely noticeable, take a peek...maybe it's a gunlocke

two options come to mind:

1. Find a bunch of plastic vases/objects and spray paint them all the same color. Mod and durable.

2. Line the back wall of each shelf with gorgeous wallpaper/print and let that be art enough.

TEAL!

i always think of re-purposing them to serve as wall brackets to attach a shelf to. i feel like some kind of "rubber cement" would prove to adhere well, be waterproof, as well as removable if you're renting and need to restore it back to original form.

i have the same problem with old tile towel rod brackets in my shower...i'm thinking of cementing shelves on top of them to serve as a shower shelf.