All different styles, each with sculpted logs & crackling fire! In the picture see also my beautiful new Lalique vase.

I just love these chairs — they go equally well in a contemporary or traditional dining room. As always, there are a number of different tables and chairs that go together, so you can pick the look that suits you best. The side chairs are only 8 prims, and the arm chairs 10.

This set has beautiful wicker, and the cushions are tintable — and the table rezzes a cheese & fruit plate with wine, or chips and salsa that gives a chip for the left hand and a margarita for the right. I also have a lounge chair that matches. The set of four chairs and table are only 15 prims without the appetizers.

I have two new Dinner Party II dining rooms for 8, two new ones for 4, and a new contemporary one for 6 — each with new chairs. I have also made a bunch of great looking new vases and planters — out on the back patio, where you can pick plants and flowers to put in them. Lots of other smaller stuff as well — come take a look!

I think rooms of all one style can be very attractive. But if you have looked around La Galleria, you can see how I like to create dramatic flair by mixing a variety of styles to create a look that is really exciting. Don’t allow yourself to be boxed in by the “matchy-matchy” mentality! Diversity in home decorating, as with everything else, is just more interesting than homogeneity.

If you like it, it will “go” with pretty much everything else you like, and create an environment that truly reflects your unique taste and creativity. Go ahead an put that Egyptian relief plaque or antique rug with your contemporary sofa! Put that black lacquer console with your traditional sofa — it goes with just about anything, and nothing adds a touch of drama like Asian accessories.

That said, I would like to introduce my new line of seating, created in collaboration with my brilliant and talented partner, the misnamed Idiot Winn. The pics are some examples of knockout rooms created around our Nine Labs line of seating:

• Touch seat after sit to change sit.

• Hold Touch 1 sec to adjust sit. Move pole to adjust position. Click Save, Next, Done.

• Touch arm to change texture.

• Touch back to get cuddle menu — STOP to remove balls.

• Tintable any darker color:

COFFEE TABLES THAT REZ CANDLES AND CHEESEPLATE

I have all kinds and all styles! These are great for entertaining guests — the cheese and fruit plate gives cheese on cracker for the left hand and a crystal wine glass for the right.

NEW LOVER’S PICNIC!

Celebrate your love with a picnic just for you and your lover!

Food items include:

* Chips and Salsa plate that gives a chip for the left hand and a Margarita for the right.

* Fruit and cheese tray that gives a cracker and cheese for the left hand and a glass of wine for the right.

* Fried chicken, potato salad, and cole slaw that gives a chicken leg and a fork.

* Cheesecake that gives a slice of cheesecake on a plate for the left hand and a fork for the right.

* Cherry pie that gives a plate with slice of pie for the left hand and a fork for the right.

When all done, cuddle, kiss, and rez a campfire to gaze into together!

Touch the center of the blanket to rez animation balls.

Touch the edges of the blanket to change textures.

Touch the picnic basket to rez food items or campfire.

Touch food to receive fork or food and drink items with eating animation (sit on balls first).

Touch wine bottle in basket to get a goblet of wine.

The blanket and basket are 22 prims. Rezzed items various, but I kept it pretty low.

DINING

I have several pretty new Dinner Party II dining sets — touch the table top and choose dinner or dessert for 2, 4, or 6, along with wine, glasses, cups, coffee, bread, salad, etc! When you clear the table, rez the centerpiece.

You can now buy two food boxes to add to the Dinner Party II sets — one is steak, baked potato, salad, and French bread, and the other is lasagna, salad, and a roll. These are for place settings for 2, 4, or 6, rectangular tables only. More boxes are planned, but these are a start!

Most items in the store are now sold individually, but you can still get the set discount –if you buy a complete set — 6 or more chairs, table, rug, two other pieces of furniture — you get a refund of $500, so even if the sets are not boxed, you still get the set discount. There are signs in the store explaining how to get the discount. Just IM me when you have bought a set and I will refund!

BARS

I have two new bars — one a Tiki with a detachable covered deck, so it can go indoors or out (and a matching patio set is available), and one a Soho in gleaming steel and granite. You touch the top of the counter and they rez various bottles and drinks, and when you touch those, you get one to sip!

They come with lots of linked copyable glasses and bottles, and a copyable matching stool. The Tiki comes with a lighted ceiling fan and the Soho with two hanging lights. I also have my original “Cheers” bar that looks like an upscale pub, and comes with a stained glass surround.

RUGS

I got a new rug shipment in — some really pretty ones, especially Aubussons! My rugs have two prices: if they are the highest resolution that SL allows, and will stretch to any size without getting blurry, they are 98L; if they are lower resolution, they are a little less. I will not sell rugs that have too low resolution to look good in a normal sized room arrangement.

There is a (short) story behind La Galleria’s move to its own island. When I started getting low on prims and thought about getting my own sim, I told myself that I could not have a sim of my own until I had used the prims I had wisely and well.

I made myself get rid of anything that was not selling (no matter how much I liked it) and I looked at everything in the store very carefully to see if I could improve it. And guess what? There was a lot I could improve! So that’s why I am so focused on upgrading and updating – it is a way to keep creating without using more prims! In fact, a lot of the updating was finding ways to cut prims.

But finally I ran out of prims. Now that I have prims to spare, though, I have discovered the value of making good things better and I intend to continue.

Have it Your Way

I am very aware that many of my customers are artists for whom their home is their artistic medium. They have a passion for creating a beautiful environment. This is why I like to offer lots of options, and have signs all over the store saying so. For example, I use a lot of light fabrics because they can be tinted any color. (Much of the wood can be darkened or lightened as well.) This is also why I have not boxed up all the Dinner Party II dining sets — so people can mix and match tables and chairs of the same woods. (And I have been known to change the pillow fabric or even the fabric on the entire sofa or chair.)

Coming Soon

I started out making the Dinner Party tables with either lasagna or steak dinners, but soon I will box these up so that whichever one is not in your table, you will be able to buy and add to it. It’s a pretty simple procedure. Next will be another dessert besides cheesecake. I have several but have not decided on one. Options for the Hostess tables will be next. And eventually I will have more for the Dinner Party tables: Greek, Asian, Tex Mex to begin with.