Words on the Wall for Workout Inspiration?
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Comments (4)We, too, are thinking about working on our basement. It is partially finished, we built the house 10 years ago, and have so far put in and office, bathroom and bedroom. But we have a large area that we'd like to have as a rec room for our pool table, dart board, air hockey table....etc etc. Just a game room I guess you could say. One idea I saw once, that I'd like to incorporate somewhere in ours is a built in fridge. A friend of ours had finished their basement, and in one section, they had an unfinished area for storage, a tool bench, etc....closed off from the finished part. But in there, they had a fridge, where the door opened up to the finished part, so from the finished part, the fridge was built into the wall. It really was quite neat. We are going to have an unfinished area too, where our utilities are, and I'd like to include a fridge there, having it built into the wall into the finished section. Angie...See MoreLayout help/words of wisdom please?
Comments (12)Regarding your original question, I think white cabinets and dark countertops would be great. I did this in the last place we lived - the kitchen was a different shape but also quite small. I have photos of it somewhere - I think on 3.5 disks - I will see if I can find the external drive and post them. Personally I love the look of white cabinets and black counter tops (since you don't have kids you can even go with painted). I agree with bmorepanic about the pocket door - we are putting some in and it will really make the space seem less cramped. And with michellemarie about putting a 24" depth cabinet above the fridge. You could store cooling racks, cookie sheets, etc. above the fridge. Or you can put a pull-out tray in there and just pull it out so you can access the whole space. Your garage is off your kitchen - are you able to use it for storage? My mom lives in CA and uses an extra fridge and tall cabinet (Ikea I think) for extra food storage (Costco etc.) and it works great. Can you remove the soffit above the upper cabinets to gain some additional upper cabinet space? Depending on how much space you need under your sink (will depend on how deep your sink will be, do you have a garbage disposal) you can do an inverted sink base. This is where you have a drawer on the bottom and all cabinet on the top (no pull out shelf)....See MoreIf Wall Words aren't dead yet, this will kill them.
Comments (3)I have one of those black wooden plaques that quotes Homer Simpson, "Remember, as far as anyone knows, we're a nice normal family." It might be fading from style, but I think it's hilarious and smile every time I see it on my bookshelf....See MoreInspired by Shades: what do you do with your smaller homes hallway?
Comments (12)Eld: first of all, thank you so much for your thoughtful suggestions! You are really educating me here. It never occurred to me that anything other than white would be the solution to a dingy looking area. But what you said makes perfect sense. Funnily enough, I was actually going to use Light Navajo White, because that is what I just used in my kitchen. Because my house is so small, I really want to use the same colors and materials throughout everything except two bedrooms and the bathrooms. So same flooring, paint colors, etc. in the library, LR, eat-in kitchen, and hallway. I thought it would help the visual flow of the space and unify it, while at the same time making it look and feel bigger. The light navajo white says it has a hint of brown. It is definitely not a super white white. Do you think it would work in the hallway? Also, Eld, yes, the door on the right in the picture is the back door of the house. It's actually located about in the middle of the length of the house. The hallway, if you measure starting at the Sterilite drawers on the left, is just over 16' long. There are three other doors off it besides the back door. The main bathroom is just before the laundry on the left, my room is on the left just after the laundry, and Joy's room is at the very end. I completely agree that better lighting would make a huge difference! Murraysmom, thanks for sharing! I love water colors! Your little hallway sounds peaceful, with the softness of a light green and the painting. I don't know if you've seen any of cpartist's colored pencil art--she posts on the kitchen forum and sometimes here as well, but her drawings are so gorgeous! She is to drawing what Shades is to glass mosaics. My dream wall would have a large cpartist work of flowers in a vase hanging up and Shades' glass lizard climbing up the wall! Eld, hahaha! Every time I write your name, my stupid phone changes it to either "Elf" or "Elderly!" If I missed any when I proofread, my apologies in advance, lol!! :-) Chris, if that mural is to cover up a "design mistake," then I say Praise the Lord for design mistakes! My comments are glowing because I truly love your art!! And I'm so glad you have this "therapy" to work on while you're caring for Joe in the sunset of his life. You are one strong woman, and I am so inspired by you. :-) If I get really industrious in the next few days, haha, I'll post a floor plan of my house. But I'd love to hear more stories about all your hallways or other awkward spaces you have or want to decorate! :-)...See MoreRelated Professionals
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