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I have but I have never commented on it as if the advice would be relevant to the poster 3 years later. I figured it was oversight on your part as it would be odd to expect the op to be around to take advice at this late date.
I'm a retired Art Instructor and designer, I did this to my mobile., with very little money, under 2000$. Its become the talk of the area, people stop and compliment me. I'm very pleased with the final product. I included 1 " before" and several" after" pics.
Hard to beat the Eames Lounge chair!
I want the Flemming Lassen The Tired Man.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinson%27s_law_of_triviality
Geez! Glad you were home, ladma!!!
PV, I don't see a darn thing wrong with that bathroom as it sits. Very nice!
Remember me telling you about the $1,400 water bill last fall? Having decided it was somewhere in the irrigation, we shut that whole system down and waited for dryer weather to hire someone to look for it. So, they came yesterday. It's no surprise, now, that in walking the entire 1/3 acre we never saw evidence of such a massive leak.
It's under our flagstone patio. The one we had redone last year. Sigh.
Duckie, do you think the patio redo caused the leak?
Resurrecting an old thread here, but I'm going to have to say the worst advice we got was from ILs:
"This is a good house, I think you should buy it, we like it."
They convinced us to walk away from two homes that we really liked that we're closer to my husbands job but further from "home". still regret it. (We brought parents along to the second or third viewings of homes)
Fixing up a dream/forever home we were okay with, fixing up a starter home has turned into a mess of calculating what will help us sell and get an ROI on. If they're not doing the work, or living there, I'm not listening to personal opinion.... next round will only "listen" to about technical issues from my grand pap or father in law on the second viewings.
Many years ago I was instructed to rip out the vinyl in the kitchen and breakfast nook, replace it with ceramic tile, and extend the tile into the den. Ok, the vinyl had to go, but the tile was a BAD choice ... too shiny, always cold, and hurt my back. Worse, it made the den look like a bathroom. I had a young child and a dog at the time, so I suppose the idea was that tile would be “practical,” but after six months it looked awful and after a year, completely dated... and my back hurt. I didn’t like having to put rugs down in front of the sink. Far more hassle than it was worth.
Additionally, the tile increased noise levels. Nothing to absorb the sound of the TV or appliances. Putting dishes away made a racket like a bowling alley.
That house was sold two years ago and torn down.. I want to say,”thankfully.” And who gave me the bad advice? My mom.She was a wonderful person and a domestic goddess, but I never shared her taste for “modern”, which to me looks institutional.
Do what you want, not what your family members want. Sometimes even mom is wrong.
So would you still like more comments/opinions/advice on the rest or do you feel happily done for a while?
Hopefully we'll do more this summer,so I will be back.
We make our own butter. Doesn't keep long so it stays in the fridge. After 3 days it is made into ghee.
Two days ago I poached a large chicken breast, intending to make at least two meals of it, just for myself. After cooling it in the poaching liquid, in the fridge, I cut off a large chunk and added some unsalted, organic butter that had been sitting on the counter for at least a week. As the chicken was already cool, the butter didn't melt. VERY interesting flavor! I usually use the "counter butter" for just-cooked vegetables and toast, so of course it melts immediately. Now I understand why some of you prefer cold butter on toast, for example. Good butter has a wonderful flavor, even when cold. Thanks!
We all have attics, but they are uninhabitable.......no way you could keep them cool enough to tolerate being up there. I use mine to store some things that aren't temperature sensitive, like the waterproof luggage box that goes on the luggage rack on my SUV and old pottery and such. Attics here are used as an insulating barrier between the 100+ degree heat indexes and our air-conditioned homes......have to keep the air circulating up there in the spring, summer and fall.
Love it! Now i know what it is I don't like about the house I'm buying (at least the outside. I'll be looking for more ideas for the inside) I have lots of ideas now!
Turnkey does not mean leaving all the stuff. Turnkey is more like the link that ronzdezines posted. Turnkey gets you extra money. On the other hand, leaving the property loaded with all the stuff shown in the subject property is likely to get you much less for your sales price. No one wants old accessories/stuff/junk. The very first impression when looking at the photos from a consumer point of view is clutter. That is not what you want to convey. If you don't take on the job of decluttering, it will show up in your sales price.
What we do here when a seller is not able to declutter is bring in the professionals. Sometimes that means we have to bring in the liquidators first to clear out the excess stuff. Then stage it so it shows well. I'm a Realtor 35+ years. I understand your dilemma.
By the way, your example of selling your own custom home with custom high end furniture and décor is not the same as selling a condo with pottery barn furnishings and items left behind by the seller. It is an apples to oranges comparison.
Because he is a relative, it may be more difficult for you to see the items that don't belong. In that case alone it is worth it to you to bring in a professional stager to get the property up to speed.
Those pots of yours have really filled out beautifully. Good choices in your pots! ; ) Good times we had with that! LOVE THEM! What is that super bright green plant? Do you know the name?
Army, why don't you come back to Houzz? Your dilemmas were so much fun!
One thing I did do that took some time....I sealed every single grout line. It keeps dirt away & since mine is a dark grey, I can now scrub with comet & such & not bleach out my grout. With white grout...bleach is good.
I would take some precautions by having a floating vanity and other storage up off the floor hung off the wall. I am assuming that this is more than just a powder room due to all the exposed piping. Paint the concrete floor. You can even paint a colorful rug design and seal it. In the last pic #6 is a rustic type bamboo wall divider that you could use to screen off that corner where all the pipes congregate near the sink (for example). Use either ship lap type siding or other lap type siding on the walls to give that rustic/beachy look. Warm up the room with towels and hooks for pool robes etc. Here are a couple of rustic inspirations
Jayne--I am so glad you have not done anything--I think it is great as is. I would update the faucet with a sparkly new hansgrohe bauloop faucet and add some industrial towel hooks from restoration hardware on the concrete walls. Hang some fun beach towels, put a plush, comfy floor mat down and you are good to go! I LOVE the CMU walls and keystones 1X1 floor tile.
I know this is old but I had a friend that used an old parachute as a ceiling in their basement. Maybe some neat fabric to cover the ceiling. They paint it white and the pipes black to play up the industrial.
Go to the Ben Moore site and load up your photo into the visualizer so you can narrow down the paint selections. Then get samples before you commit to painting the entire bath. :)
This is definitely NOT a disaster. The granite and tile go perfectly together. Try a very calm neutral like light beige that is cool rather than warm. It won't compete with the counter and tile and will tie together your cabinets, tile, and granite. Accessorize the bathroom with colors to your liking with rugs, towels, accent pieces. ENJOY your reno - sympathizing a lot with that horrible feeling of finishing a project and not liking the results....
OLD POST. 2015
FYI Peace Lily is not a fern; it's a lily! Your mom may be on to something regarding menopause. Nurturing children takes up most of your energy thus far; later you can transfer that skill to other living things. Perhaps you can get the lily and assign another family member to care for it such as one of your children. The plant will thrive and the child will take pride in a new skill.
Paint the board and batten siding and limewash the stone.