THIS OR THAT: BARN CHIC - TRAD VS. MOD DINING! (PLUS THE COOLEST STOVE I'VE EVER SEEN!)

A grouping of colorful glass pendant lights hangs over a round dining table in a barn home. (above)

Happy December!  I say this in a shrill voice and with my teeth clenched with a faux smile.  I love December normally.  I love the holidays, seeing family and going to all of the fun parties.  This December however is still going to be filled with all of those lovely holiday things...plus I begin the sprint towards January and all of the trade shows where I show the Nbaynadamas textiles and home furnishings collections to buyers in Atlanta and New York.   Oh so much to do in so little time.  Lots of new offerings, new designs, a big new booth at the New York International Gift Fair just two doors down from all of the big guys like Matouk and Sferra.  Yikes.  I'm scared and thrilled all at the same time.  Is that possible?

KS (who loves all things pink) is Associate Operations Manager for Nbaynadamas and she's helping a lot...but there is so much to do.  Oh did I mention I keep being thrown wonderful curve balls of great opportunities during this time...I want to accept them all but I don't think I can do it.  Can I do it all?  Can I?  Hmmm...

Need to motivate and just stay focused.  I am so enjoying this crazy ride of Nbaynadamas so I can't focus on the challenges of getting everything done...I just have to focus on the end goals. 

Sorry I'm giving myself a pep talk right here on the blog.  Hope it doesn't stress you out dear readers...hope it inspires a few of you to follow your dreams.  I hope you know that you can do it too...whatever you put your mind to...you can do it. You just have to do it. 

Go team!

Anyhooooooo....so much other stuff to talk about today...but let's start with these photos.  Two dining rooms...barn style dining rooms.  The one above seems to be in a fabulous barn converted into a home...the second is a modern style dining room with modern rustic touches.

Which dining room do you like better?  #1 - the dining room in the actual barn OR #2 - the modern dining room with the clear lucite zig zag chairs, modern farmhouse table, twig style chandelier and interior barn doors all barn inspired modern style.

Which dining room...THIS OR THAT?

Barn chic gone modern with clear lucite chairs, a long skinny farmhouse style wood dining table and a modern chandelier. (above)

Now onto this stove below...sorry for the zigging and zagging today...but that is the way my mind is working!  I LOVE THIS STOVE.  It seems like it is in a barn type of kitchen with rustic exposed beams and great reclaimed wood floors.  I can't tell whether the stove is vintage or a new design...an all in one unit with ovens, stove top, storage and more.  I love the lines the mix of the stainless trim and the white metal.  LOVE THIS.

Okay...so please comment and let me know what dining room you like best.  I'm thinking I like the first one the most.  Secondly, if anyone knows ANYTHING about this lovely stove or has seen anything like it before...please comment and do tell!

Happy December 1!  Happy Thursday!

xo
Coco

P.S. Last night was at dinner hosted by Luxe Magazine at some new restaurant called SUR here in Los Angeles (I later found the restaurant is owned by that Real Housewives of Beverly Hills lady Lisa Vanderpump...she was there before I arrived...my friend AM would be jealous if I had gotten to see her...I know, I'm not 10 and neither is AM but she still would have been jealous...!!).  The dinner was in honor of the opening of the Greystone Mansion's Maison de Luxe...a showcase showhouse where all of these fab California designers all did rooms.  Ran into many blogging friends like Nicole from So Haute, Paloma from La Dolce Vita,  Marisa from Style Beat and new friend Jennifer from The Peak of Chic.  Made another new friend Jennifer from Kravet. Then saw all of the chic designers who designed rooms at the Greystone Mansion including Mary McDonald, Oliver Furth, Wendy Schwartz and Kristi Bender from Wendy Schwartz Design,  Jiun Ho, Jamie Drake, Ron Woodson and Jamie Rummerfeld from Woodson & Rummerfeld and so many more.  What a lovely night!  Tonight we go to Greystone to tour the home and for gala reception.

P.P.S.  Gala reception opens a whole other can of worms...like what will I wear?  Think I will steal a black D&G dress from sis DS...gotta love having an older sister who is really kind and generous and who doesn't mind me pilfering things out of her closet!

P.P.P.S.  Was just spell checking and saw that I used the phrase zig zag or some derivation there of twice in this post.  Well now it is three.  :-)

P.P.P.S.  Forgot to remind you...the 25% off sale in the Random Stuff section of the Nbaynadamas Shop is still going on!  Select goodies are on sale...worth a browse I think!



Photos:  Bjorn Wallander

You have read this articlebarn / barn door / barns / clear chairs / dining room / dining table / farmhouse table / kitchen / lucite chairs / Magic Chef / modern rustic / round table / stove / THIS OR THAT / vintage style stove with the title THIS OR THAT: BARN CHIC - TRAD VS. MOD DINING! (PLUS THE COOLEST STOVE I'VE EVER SEEN!). You can bookmark this page URL http://nbaynadamas.blogspot.com/2011/12/this-or-that-barn-chic-trad-vs-mod.html. Thanks!

Write by: AN - Thursday, December 1, 2011