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Inspiration: Nadia Tolstoy's Dining Room

6-3-inspiration.jpgSince we're talking about dining rooms this month, we have to re-post another favorite. Ever since we first saw this photo in a book ages ago, we've loved it. The whimsical circus-type lights, the industrial pendants, the vintage poster, the huge table, the vintage chairs, the Jielde lamp...

 
 

It makes us wish we lived in a funky old apartment where we could do something similar.

Image: Sasa Antic via emma's design blogg

(Edited from a post originally published 06.03.08)

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Love all the lighting, love the chairs...wish I could find some like that.

Who is that in the painting? It looks a bit like Norma Shearer.

posted by greer on June 3rd 2008 at 3:38pm
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Damn what a great shot....nice twist of elements.

posted by hdtex on June 3rd 2008 at 4:14pm
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Love it! The circus lights remind me of Pete's Candy Store in Williamsburg.

posted by wig3000 on June 3rd 2008 at 5:24pm
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Love those chairs! What are they? Ali

posted by SFali on June 4th 2008 at 3:29am
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Apparently its just me, but I really think the bulbs and the way the light fixtures are installed over the table look silly and unfinished. Just my opinion.

posted by GlamGirl on June 4th 2008 at 4:29am
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yeah, it's just you

posted by duckumu on June 4th 2008 at 4:34am
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no, it's not just you.

posted by jick on June 4th 2008 at 4:54am
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I like it!

posted by jooly on June 4th 2008 at 5:06am
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No, it's not just you, Glam Girl.

I love the other aspects of the room, but I'm not digging the circus lights. It gives it a "we got these at Urban Outfitters and put them up for our beer bash" sort of feel.

posted by Birdy on June 4th 2008 at 6:09am
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i love it too. has a lot of character.

posted by The Sale Rack on June 4th 2008 at 6:37am
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What's not to like?

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posted by t8 on June 4th 2008 at 10:13am
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I am imaging those pendents at night and sitting around the dinner table the feel would like lets play doctor, not liking it.

posted by LoriSF on November 13th 2008 at 9:55pm
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The chairs and tables are great. The two lights above the table give me seem too close to peoples head and would give me a sense of claustrophobia.

Ideal for a pool/snooker or card table but not so sure about a dining room table.

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posted by mafan on November 13th 2008 at 10:37pm
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This is beautiful!

posted by amelie de lune on November 13th 2008 at 11:47pm
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I'd love to the the rest of this house!

posted by nicolezh on November 14th 2008 at 1:55am
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"I am imaging those pendents at night and sitting around the dinner table the feel would be like lets play doctor, not liking it."

What's not to like about playing doctor?! Haha, kidding of course...kind of.

Anyway, I really love this room and bet it feels calm at night, but I think I'd like the pendant lamps even more if the wires were a little cleaner. But overall it looks great!

posted by Erin Lang Norris/Yellow Canoe on November 14th 2008 at 9:09am
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I love industrial accents with a herringbone parquet floor. And white walls, and tons of light. But the colored lights are, for me, the best part. I have been dying to figure out how to do this myself with some mercury-dipped bulbs. Does anyone know how to daisy-chain surface-mount wall sockets like these?

posted by Eric D M on November 14th 2008 at 10:48am
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This can't be a US apartment. I love those floors, the windows, the portrait and of course the colorful lights.

posted by SydneyBristow on November 14th 2008 at 12:29pm
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This is a beautiful dream. I wish we could see the rest.

posted by AustinSarah2 on November 14th 2008 at 7:02pm
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Where do you get those multicolored "circus" lights?

posted by liquidmusic on November 14th 2008 at 7:49pm
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Is anyone else having issues going to emma's design blog? I used to be able to go to her site, but in the past couple of months it hasn't been working.

posted by lolax on November 15th 2008 at 9:45pm
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Just realized it's only not working with Firefox, but it works in IE.

posted by lolax on November 15th 2008 at 9:47pm
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