Things to Consider When Looking for Chandeliers for the Home

There are many different options to consider when going through an endless amount of different chandeliers or other light sources for a multitude of different rooms in your house. You need to think about what kind of style you are going for the room that one of the chandeliers will be installed, how big the chandelier should be, and what color the chandelier should be, among other countless options.

A great way to determine if a certain light source is the right selection for your room is to take a picture of the room and then compare different chandeliers at the store or online to better envision how it would look in your home.If you are looking for a chandelier for your living room or dining room you will probably want to go with something more classical, but a black chandelier is a perfect choice for a more modern home. Another perfect spot for a black chandelier is the kitchen. Black is a common color in many kitchens these days, so if your kitchen follows suite with the majority of the others, you'd probably find a black chandelier to be a perfect fit for your home.As you can see, choosing chandeliers can be an interesting task to take on when improving your home. If you remember to consider the style and main colors of the room where the chandelier will be going, you should be able to make an excellent selection for your home. Whether it's children's lighting, a grand black chandelier in the entrance hallway or a vintage light to put over the dining room table, you need to be sure that the new light source will blend in nicely with its surroundings. As long as you follow these tips, your new source of light in your house should turn out to be a greatly appreciated addition to your life.If you are looking for children's lighting, take a picture of your child's room and then take a look at it side by side with different pictures of your options. You may find that the shape of the choice in lighting is almost as important as the color. Many times a child has a certain theme going on in their room, so when you are looking for your children's lighting, make sure to keep that theme in mind. If they love baseball you can get them a giant baseball as the main light source for their room and really bring the theme to life. For older children, a black chandelier may be more effective, especially after they've grown out of toys and other play items.A huge aspect of making sure your lighting choice fits well in your room is the comparability of the colors involved in the room and the chandelier. A black chandelier is a great option for an entertainment room that has a large television and leather couches as it gives the room a contemporary, sleek feel.The first thing you may want to do is look at what the room is used for and what kind of style the room already encompasses. If it is a new room you are a lucky one because you get to allow one of the many chandeliers you have to choose from to help distinguish that room from other areas in your home. If you are looking for light sources for your living room, dining room, or other area that isn't used very often, you may want to go with a classier look. On the other end of the spectrum are chandeliers related to children's lighting.

As you can see, choosing chandeliers can be an interesting task to take on when improving your home. If you remember to consider the style and main colors of the room where the chandelier will be going, you should be able to make an excellent selection for your home. Whether it's children's lighting, a grand black chandelier in the entrance hallway or a vintage light to put over the dining room table, you need to be sure that the new light source will blend in nicely with its surroundings. As long as you follow these tips, your new source of light in your house should turn out to be a greatly appreciated addition to your life.

Fort Lauderdale Weddings Begin and End With the Elegant Spaces and Legendary Services of The Ritz-Carlton, Fort Lauderdale

Contemporary sophistication and traditional elegance with a personal flair are the best ways to describe weddings at The Ritz-Carlton, Fort Lauderdale. From the mesmerizing views of the Atlantic Ocean when walking through the foyer to custom culinary menus and signature cocktails, there are very few additions you will need to set the stage for saying "I do."

About The Ritz-Carlton The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C., of Chevy Chase, Md., currently operates 76 hotels in the Americas, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and the Caribbean. More than 30 hotel and residential projects are under development around the globe. The Ritz-Carlton is the only service company to have twice earned the prestigious Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, an award that originated in 1987. Its purpose is to promote the awareness of quality excellence, recognize quality achievements of companies and publicize successful quality strategies. The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company won the award in 1992 and 1999. For more information, or reservations, contact a travel professional, call toll free in the U.S. 1-800-241-3333, or visit the company web site at www.ritzcarlton.com . The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE: MAR).Image Available: http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/frame_mw?attachid=1680839Add to Digg Bookmark with del.icio.us Add to NewsvineFull on-site wedding planning and coordination services, Neutral and subtle colors in all of our spaces, which provides a perfect canvas to host your wedding, and Spectacular ocean views from our ceremony and cocktail reception spaces.We are also pleased to offer:At The Ritz-Carlton, Fort Lauderdale we offer a wide range of specialty items -- welcome baskets and bridal party gifts -- and an array of distinctive amenities to help personalize your event. Additionally, our Fort Lauderdale wedding planners can connect you with preferred vendors and provide expert guidance in selecting floral design, catering, photography, lighting, décor and other features of your celebration.Our wedding advisors are well versed in current wedding trends and traditions -- cultural and religious -- as well as proper etiquette and will ensure that your event is flawlessly executed, no matter how small the detail. To start planning your Fort Lauderdale wedding and reception, visit http://www.ritzcarlton.com/en/Properties/FortLauderdale/Meetings/Default.htm .Media Contact Michelle Payer The Ritz-Carlton Hotels of Miami and Fort Lauderdale (786) 470-3424 Email Contact

Media Contact Michelle Payer The Ritz-Carlton Hotels of Miami and Fort Lauderdale (786) 470-3424 Email Contact

Frankie Vaughan deserves better

The Savoy Grill is a famous restaurant in a famous hotel and it knows it. Although it is managed by Gordon Ramsay, with his TV horns and tabloid nightmares, it is still reeling with self-importance, an elderly debutante who once jumped on John Wayne in the loo. The view is of a taxi rank and a queue of tourists in sports jackets being shepherded by a man dressed as a penguin. But still the very name is awe.

It deserved better.Mother has egg mayonnaise.I order burnt English cream with rosemary shortbread.I didn't know aubergine could do lustre, but now I do.We are almost too sad for pudding, even if the Americans look overwhelmed with joy. We watch them leave - to do what? Go to the Caprice? Watch CBeebies? Discuss the Laffer Curve?The other diners seem to be American. Americans love the Savoy, because it was the first London hotel to go en-suite, and they remember and give thanks. Many of them are under ten but still in suits, miniature Lehman Brothers drowning their sorrows with lemonade. So this is a sexy restaurant filled with children, and photographs of the stars who used to come here.I feel bad for the Savoy Grill and the smiling dead diners on the walls.It is artdeco glossy now, gloomy and sexy, with chandeliers and lustrous walls, which are possibly aubergine.The Savoy Grill, Strand, London WC2R 0EU, 020 7592 1600.The menu is Olde British, stiff and very big. My mother disappears behind it so it is now a talking menu. Puddings and pies, and a lone Caprese salad (named 'heritage salad' for those who hate Italians) kidnapped from a room with more light. The waiter is a real Frenchman, from the south he says, and he looks after us too tenderly.I imagine the Savoy Grill splitting in two.It is pale and smooth and it tastes of nothing.It needs lumps.It's OK, she says, but doesn't finish it.Steamed steak and onion pudding is adequate but not delicious; the sauce is too thick and sour. Where is the spice, the fun, the cartwheeling?It is supposed to come with crayfish, but mother can always improve on menus.Mashed potato, which in food terms is a slut - it will jump on anything - has been on a quest to make itself as uninteresting as possible and it has succeeded.If she dreamed of mayonnaise so fluffy and yellow it stares in the mirror with wonder, it didn't come. She asks aloud if it came from a bottle. The waiter overhears, crumples, breaks. My pork, veal and pistachio pie is loaded with salt, and too chilly. The quail's egg is a lump of brine.I can't think of much else to say about it, except it reminds me of Truman Capote weeping at the end of his life.It needed lumps; vegetable chef, step away from the blender.It is an exhibitionist, a date restaurant, for late-night negotiations with lovers. And I am with my mother.If you can't make good mashed potato you aren't a good restaurant, even if Frankie Vaughan came once and liked it. The cauliflower cheese, meanwhile, is undercooked. Mother has salt-marsh lamb and leek pie.She zaps the crayfish like a F lash Gordon baddie. The egg arrives on a bed of stringy leaves smothered with electric pink liquid.It's fine, but the dish is too shallow, so it feels joyless and incomplete. My spoon grates against the bottom.I always think this is a mistake, as if Frankie Vaughan ate here once, but now they've just got you.It lies on the plate like an accusation; no, a divorce. Then she lays down her fork and says, 'This is pub food.'The refurbishment is done and the piles of brown leather that made me think of camels have gone.

The Savoy Grill, Strand, London WC2R 0EU, 020 7592 1600.

Moscow State Circus set for Town Moor show

IT IS billed as one of the greatest shows on Earth and has just arrived on Tyneside.

Now it is their own European Events Corporation which takes the historic circus on the road.Also on stage will be the breathtaking Stalkions - three men and two women performing pyramids 30ft in the air on the legendary high wire.The circus has visited Newcastle several times in the last decade but not since 2009 and thousands of spectators are expected to flock to the event.The circus will be in Newcastle from August 26 until September 4. For tickets, call 0844 856 5555 or visit www.ticketmaster.co.ukAnthony Anderson, along with partners John Haze and Paul Archer, bought the rights to produce and promote the circus last October from a company called the European Entertainment Corporation.A cast of Russia's circus performers from the world's most famous travelling act has taken over Newcastle's Town Moor. The newly-devised show, by the Moscow State Circus, includes Yana Alievia on a revolving aerial chandelier.The Moscow State Circus rose to world acclaim during the Soviet period, when acts from many Russian circuses united to tour the United States.WORLD FAMOUS Performers from the famous Moscow State Circus practising for the show, being staged on Newcastle's Town Moor

WORLD FAMOUS Performers from the famous Moscow State Circus practising for the show, being staged on Newcastle's Town Moor

Basketball: He is Fabulous by name - and he is Fabulous by nature; FACE TO FACE Eagles player-coach lands SportNewcastle award

Byline: JOHN GIBSON

Throughout its long history, Hotel Utah hosted a plethora of formal banquets, with many an important speech delivered in the mezzanine meeting rooms.In his moment of triumph last night Fab's thoughts turned to his older brother Devine, who was shot dead as lawless gangs fought for territory on the streets, and to his younger brother Calvin Jnr back in America who likewise was a gun victim but thankfully survived.More than tidy for a man who began life on the wrong side of the track enduring abject poverty, squatting and soup kitchens, gang warfare, murders, and the Ku Klux Clan before basketball came to his rescue.Inevitably, Flournoy has been personally honoured - eight winner's medals as a player being accompanied by the BBL Coach of the Season awards in 2004-05 and 2005-06 and now, in front of his sporting peers at a glittering black-tie dinner, the ultimate accolade a city can bestow upon a sporting hero.CAPTION(S):Fab could easily have gone their way, maimed or even killed by the gun that ruled their world."The Bronx is no longer my home and neither is America," he insisted. "My home is here in Newcastle. I live in the city centre and play basketball in the city centre.Today, the LDS Church maintains restaurants and offices in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building. Yearly Christmas displays enchant visitors. Banquets may be arranged there, a chapel is available downstairs, and the building's Legacy Theater has regular free showings of the movie "Joseph Smith, the Prophet of the Restoration."In years past, a circular counter served soup and salad to downtown office workers who popped in for lunch.The Sports Personality of any year it could be argued. What kept you waiting Sport Newcastle?Anyone with memories of the Hotel Utah is invited to share them on the Deseret News Internet site.Some Utahns, however, remember it as a bastion of segregation that allowed black employees but no black guests. Even famed perfomers in town to present programs to huge audiences were barred from the hotel's elevator. That racism was overcome decades ago and the hotel was fully integrated.In 1987 it was decommissioned as a hotel and a great surge of renovating and updating began. Reopening in 1993, the structure began a new life as the Joseph Smith Memorial Building."We are a community-driven club and we're intent on putting down deep roots so that the sport flourishes year by year.Photographs from the Deseret News archives, selected by Utah history expert Ronald Fox of North Salt Lake, document the story of the Hotel Utah. Besides those in the print editions, other photos are posted on the newspaper's Web site."I know I'm hard as a coach but then I'm hard on myself. I want us to play in a certain manner, to go about our business right.On the day we met he had got up at 7.30am to attend a school assembly promoting basketball, had then dashed to weight training with the team which stretched over one and a half hours, spent a similar length of time with me in a city hotel, dashed to a second school assembly over lunch, took Tyne Metro College for two hours training, held a meeting of the Hoops4Health community programme which visits 132 schools in Tyne and Wear, and took Eagles training which is from 6pm to 8pm when the players are lucky or 8pm to 10pm when Fab wants them to study videos either of their last game or their upcoming opponents."I know a coach is judged in any sport by the trophies he wins, but if we do things right, the way I want to do them, then success will automatically follow."When it comes to egos the only one there is room for is mine," he smiled. "I'm the only chief, the rest are Indians. I lead from the front but I do it by example."Of course winning every trophy available to us in 2006 - League Champions, Play-off Champions, BBL Cup and BBL Trophy - was making a rod for our own backs.Yet here he was Britain's most successful basketball coach, a rounded man with a burning drive for perfection who, having seen abuse of the body and spirit at first hand, lives the cleanest of lives neither smoking nor drinking nor eating red meat.Fond recollections remain in the hearts of many who stayed in the hotel, visited it or worked there.A rooftop restaurant offered spectacular views of downtown, Temple Square and the Salt Lake Valley, while concerts were performed downstairs."The club is bigger than me and bigger than any player. It is paramount to what we all do.Sources for this article include recollections by several Utahns with long memories, articles in the Deseret News and the paper's Mormon Times, an article by Heidi Swinton in the Utah History Encyclopedia and history-oriented Internet sites.Flournoy didn't even want to become the Eagles coach in 2002 when approached by owner Paul Blake, but eight trophies with anything up to another three likely this season tends to suggest he was wrong to hesitate.A remodeling project about 35 years ago added a ballroom and two new wings.The Eagles have soared to eight trophies in the last four seasons under their demanding player-coach."The Falcons have lost Jonny Wilkinson for huge periods of time, Newcastle United the same with Michael Owen, and we've had our fair share."In the 1960s, a young woman was first exposed to that strange pink soup, cold borscht made from beets with a dollop of sour cream, in the downstairs restaurant. Visiting dignitaries met reporters for interviews in that restaurant, including Russell Peterson, former governor of Delaware and then-chief of the National Audubon Society. In the restaurant, an aquarium large enough to house a pod of killer whales fascinated diners.That Fab cares about his sport and his club is revealed by his staggering work load.For a time, while remodeling work was carried out at the LDS Church's Family History Library, 35 N. West Temple, some of the library's resources were shifted to the Joseph Smith Memorial Building and patrons roamed the stacks, doing genealogical research.Or he could have become bitter and twisted by the Ku Klux Klan activities he witnessed when at university in America's notoriously racist deep south.HONOUR: Flournoy receives his SportNewcastle Sports Personality of the Year award from Tim Lamb last night"To do the clean sweep takes luck and a good deal when it comes to injuries as well as talent, experience, tactical nous and the like.Thousands of couples spent their honeymoon in the venerable inn. It was a place where young people worked and interviewed for jobs or dropped in just to lounge in the plush easy chairs and watch the bustle of visitors going in and out through the lobby's revolving glass doors. Waiting to check out, or just relaxing, guests read newspapers in the great entrance room. College students waited tables or washed dishes in the restaurants.As a 1993 Deseret News article reported, "breathtaking," "exquisite" and "inspiring" were breathed when the building was reopened. "Visitors to the Joseph Smith Memorial Building are likely to be touched with nostalgia immediately upon entrance to the lobby," it added. "Efforts were made by architects and artisans to remain as loyal as possible to the Hotel Utah's original interior design."This campaign is going the relentless way of the others - Fab's Eagles will play Guildford Heat in the final of the BBL Trophy on Sunday, their fifth successive appearance in that particular final, and are lording it on top of the league."So when I demand more they cannot say 'well, you do it.' I do." Fabulous Flournoy arrived here as a player in 2001 and has never left.A marble statue of Joseph Smith, more than 9 feet tall, graces the lobby."I work as hard behind the scenes as I do in the gym or on the court on match days.

HONOUR: Flournoy receives his SportNewcastle Sports Personality of the Year award from Tim Lamb last night

..black chandeliers

FOR maximum impact in any room, just add one of these dramatic black chandeliers. In the bedroom? As the star of the show in the living room? Or hung low over a table in the dining room?

It would suit them all but how much should you pay? If you go to Heal's (www.heals.co.uk, 0870 024 0780), you'll have to find pounds 725 for their Jet Black nine-arm chandelier. If you're prepared to live with just six arms, fewer strings of beads and droplets, then you can pick up a similar light for just pounds 105 from Dotmaison (www.dotmaison.com, 020 7923 7840).

The old Hotel Utah has long, storied history in S.L.

For thousands of visitors throughout most of the 20th century, the Hotel Utah was an ultimate haven for guests, an elegant white wedding cake of a building with restaurants serving savory dishes, comfortable rooms and a great chandelier, plush lobby and mezzanine.

"I don't even like to give them time off for Christmas because that's in the season." Fab plays it the only way he knows. Tough but fair."That's the only way to develop basketball and develop the Eagles," insisted Flournoy."That's one thing being player-coach does give me. I run quicker, train harder, do more bench presses and squats etc than any other player. Or at least as many.A New Yorker who at 35 years of age is reaping the rewards for abstinence by still playing at the highest level."If I'm honest it's not about winning trophies but about playing in the right manner and what we do Monday to Friday," Fab told me."My whole world outside of my mam and my family is right here which is why I'm so passionate about pushing the Eagles to the very forefront of basketball."Perhaps his mother Lucy had an inkling how life might turn out when she christened him Fabulous!As one of the world's grand hotels, it was a temporary home-away- from-home to U.S. presidents and movie stars, performers, Supreme Court justices and at least one astronaut. Three presidents of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints lived there: Presidents David O. McKay, Spencer W. Kimball and Ezra Taft Benson."Overall running a club is 24/7 and 365 days a year, which is what I tell players when I talk to them about signing.HE WAS crowned Newcastle Sports Personality of the Year beneath the Civic Centre chandeliers last night as those called Fabulous ought to be."It's one of the reasons I still wouldn't recommend anyone becoming a player-coach. In reality it's simply too much, especially on match nights when I must make all the instant decisions on tactics, player use, and the like while still playing myself and looking after my own game.The 10-story structure at the northeast corner of Main and South Temple streets dates back to 1911, making it among the oldest surviving commercial buildings downtown."Yet you can bet on Newcastle always having injuries to key players. I don't just mean us, I mean all Newcastle clubs."As a result last season was looked upon as a bad year because we only won the league and reached two finals! But I don't judge our progress and development exclusively on one season's results."That's recognised as a fact. When I got going I was the only player-coach in the country but now we've had all our success there are four!"I get a lot of stick for being relentless, but if I see things going wrong not once or twice but three times the screaming and the shouting starts.Fab Flournoy from the Bronx ghettos of New York has transformed Newcastle into the capital of basketball. No longer the jokers but the kings who have all others jumping through hoops."I want to build a dynasty at Newcastle. I want them to become the Manchester United or Real Madrid of British basketball, a club which has permanent stature and not a spurt of trophies which then dry up. Fleeting success is not a legacy I want.

Anyone with memories of the Hotel Utah is invited to share them on the Deseret News Internet site.

Author: Joseph Bauman