Getting My Parlor Ready

So most people probably would not want a black and white living room with Victorian red and white furniture, but I am not everybody, and I am sure there are others like me whom would dig it. After painting over the stairwell though, I decided to get a little more creative. What about black floors?! Why not! So this is basically my next DIY quest. I have the black and white stairwell, I have the cool re-done Victorian red and black throne chair, and heck, I even got the flippin $5,000 Enviro pellet stove to go with the whole allure of the room. I'm likely going to do what everyone else on every forum suggested not to do... I am painting my wood floors a high gloss black and finishing it off with a super high gloss poly finish. These babies are going to shine, and I will be sure to share the before and after shots. But for right now, here is the stairwell, which I think came out beautifully.

This was not the only project I had taken on. My dad gave me an old lamp which I knew would fit into my parlor just perfectly.

However the old lamp looked sort of dated, so I took it upon myself to go ahead and give it a facelift. Hours of back breaking labor went into this sweet chandelier. Here is the progress photos as I worked on the lamp.

The Before, The During, and The After.