Welsh Dresser: It's Here!

As some of y'all might remember, I bought a Welsh dresser a few months ago without telling my sweet, long-suffering husband.  Here's the STORY.


Since it's being delivered today, I decided it was time to tell him.

OK, I'm kidding.  I already told my husband and he took it with a surprising amount of aplomb.  I guess he's gotten used to having the whole house turned upside down on a regular basis.  

So now the fun part begins: styling it.  One thing that's obvious to me in the above photo is that I need to get a new overhead light fixture.  I'm thinking maybe a lantern?
Nothing too big.  But I think it needs to be more substantial than the little chandelier that's there now. 

The following photo is from the blog Cote de Texas:  

Joni replaced the ceiling fan with this ultra-cool lantern. 

 Any thoughts?

I have lots of majolica that's stored away, so I'm going to unpack it and see how it looks on the dresser.  Here are some photos from Pinterest that I found of majolica: 

OK, I know what ya'll are probably thinking.  A little majolica goes a long way.  However, most of the above photos have Staffordshire mixed in with the majolica, along with books and other bibelots.  And I have plenty of all of that, too.

So I'm off to start unpacking all of my junk wonderful treasures.  Will post photos as things progress.  

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