An After Back To A Before; The Conservatory Reclaimed

Dion: "I need my nap! No paparazzi!"
Cass: "The new tablecloth isn't ironed yet! No paparazzi!"

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Back in the dim, dark days of December, my long-suffering husband Howard took down the chandelier in our sunroom, to make room for a big fresh Frasier Fir Christmas tree.

You may remember this, as the lighting fixture came down and the big table was moved away:

And this?

And this??

Well, finally, just before we left for vacation in Florida last week, came this:

Let there be light!

And then, this:

Good golly, it looks awfully plain, doesn't it?

At the other end of the sunroom we have a little sitting area.

In our house, with all its old spaces and nooks and crannies,
it is the 10-year old conservatory that is the most popular gathering spot.

Probably because it is next to the kitchen.

See? On the other side of that half wall is the kitchen. Very handy. Too handy. . . .

But -- back to the non-holiday look of the room.
I have not yet gotten this pesky room right.
I've tried several (okay, many) furniture arrangements; none clicks.

Any inspirations?

Since it is Monday, you are invited to visit Susan's Between Naps On The Porch blog, for Metamorphosis Monday. Click! and go!

And while you are at it, visit The House In The Roses, for Show Off Your Cottage Monday! This is a fairly new blog party, but who doesn't want to show off some part of her cottage home? Again, click! and go!


P.S. When Howard and I were house-hunting a couple of years ago, at the top of his wish list was a garage.
At the top of mine, a sunroom.
There is no garage at That Old House. Now that is a long-suffering man. -- Cass