Revere Pewter and Drop Cloth Curtains - Yum!
I finally got around to hanging the drop cloth curtains in my DS's room and I just love the look--esp. with the walls which we painted Revere Pewter. The color contrast is quite subtle and emphases the nubby texture of the drop cloths. I am just amazed at this economical option for WTs--though I must admit I did splurge a tad on the black rod (from JC Penneys) and rings (from Lowes).
This picture shows the colors most accurately:
I'd like some feedback on the lamps I am considering. I think I've made my choice between the two, but would like to see what others think before returning one of the sets. This room right now functions primarily as my 18-year-old DS's room, though he'll be going off to college (out-of-state) in the fall at which point it will do double duty as a guest room while he is away at school.
Option 1:
Option 2:
Bedding above is for DS. When guests come I plan to switch over to this bedding.
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Comments (28)Sugar Plum! That is a lovely room, and the drapes are fabulous! Adding that striped fabric was genius! Did you use a ready-made tab tape, or did you just sew strips of fabric to the back? A tab header is my second choice if the pinch pleats don't work out. FYI, the big 12x9' dropcloths made by Trimaco sold at Walmart and Amazon don't have a seam, and I think they're a hair cheaper than the ones at HD and Lowes. The canvas is 7 oz. weight. Leafy, the trick to dying a huge piece of fabric like that is to wash it several times first to remove all of the sizing, follow the directions on the dye exactly, and make sure that your washer is big enough for the fabric to move around in the dye bath. Maybe do one panel at a time? I wasn't planning to iron, I really like that nubby linen look that the canvas gets when it's just washed a few times and dried in the dryer. I made slipcovers ages ago for our large futon chairs, and the fabric just gets better and softer with every wash, and there hasn't been any stain (even gel ink) that I couldn't get out of the fabric. I'm making these drapes for the craft room, There's a bay window that is just a thorn in my side. I hung a large rod straight across it, which doesn't look bad, but finding a nice neutral, heavier weight washable drape has been an issue. The window faces southwest, so I tried blackout curtains, but the foam backing has washed off in places, and most of the lined drapes are made of a fabric that is more formal that what would look right in this room....See MoreMakeover for combo DS/Guest room update (lots of pics, incl RAF)
Comments (14)jlt37869: The rod I ordered is in ORB; but looks black. I wanted it to coordinate with the black on the task lamps. Glad to hear you like them as I am trying to give the vintage pieces an edginess too it so it doesn't look old-fashioned and frumpy for DS when he is there. fripper/ghostlyvision: Sorry I didn't explain better; RAF=Howard's Restore-A-Finish which I used along with their companion product, Howard's Feed 'n Wax to seal in the restored finish. It's a product that can be used on older furniture where the finish is still intact, but it has some surface scratches, water rings and years of dirt and dust. It cleans and perserves the existing finish and can often be done instead of stripping and refinishing furniture. work_in_progress08: DS was fine with his existing room; though for most part he's more preoccupied these days looking forward to going to college. He did say that the bed is much more comfortable and I think he is happy that I have found a way to display his pottery (or at least the best pieces). There are some of his early attempts from 1st semester that I have boxed up and plan to talk to DS about tossing it or donating it. They seem to have unlimited access to clay and some pieces are BIG! I'm not sure yet what to do about the desk/hutch or when to phase it out; hence why I had been considering if I should gel stain it darker. My younger DD has a kneehole desk and it's great for storage so a similar one should work just fine for summer and laptop use, etc. At some point, I just would box up the trophies, but some of them he won recently up to a few weeks ago; so the time is not yet. Long term though, I feel the artwork has more meaning to have out as it shows his creativity. dlm2000: Thanks for the support for this project. Small spaces are often a challenge to decorate as I've experienced with all my three kid's rooms; but they can still be made to look nice and comfortable. I suppose I should just sell the torchiere on CL at some point as it's more a mission style which I don't have in my house. I have a whole garage full of stuff now I need to sell on CL which I should do next. The headboard is rather low-profile which I knew when I bought it and was one of the things that attracted me to it for when it goes below the window. I even bought a low profile boxspring for this bed, but it still sits up high as the slats start a few inches higher. Bonus is, more room for underbed storage. Which I forgot to add, the more boring part of the room make over is that I added two under bed storage boxes to store both the guest bedding plus his old twin bedding which goes on the aerobed for when he gets displaced from his room. My brother and mom may be visiting this weekend for DS's 18th birthday so I'm anxious to hear what my brother thinks of the new bed as I typically have him sleep in this room and at 6'2" I don't think he found the old twin too comfy....See MoreHelp finding porch curtains :)
Comments (53)This is how it looked about 4 years ago but last year we took down the 4 x 6s and put those columns that are not real wood in their stead, because wood will rot at the base on concrete and ours was beginning to do that after a few years, so we replaced them with columns, and I cannot find a picture of that, but I will try to do that later. You can kind of get the idea here, however. Actually there are 4 columns. I think they are placed very 8 feet as the porch is about 23 feet long. So just imagine about 8 more feet and instead of 4 x 6's, columns that are painted white and look like wood but are not. They are something we got an architectural supply place. This white lawn chair showing (that looks like it is in the flower bed, is not, but is in another covered area) which is about 15 feet away but I was the photographer here and I am not very good at it and sometimes objects in my DR show up in my bedroom pictures. (LOL)....See MoreTonal decorating --- am I the only one?
Comments (11)I'm glad I'm not the only one. I've been thinking and reading more posts, and I realized the colors I love are everywhere in my life--cars, art, clothing. My favorite color is green, thus the olive green walls and two green vehicles. My favorite artist, Waterhouse, paints in deep rich tones. Kees Lover - your friend's decor is the type I would also admire but would drive me nuts in my home. My failed turquoise experiment was enough to tell me I can't live with that kind of contrast or bright color. ellendi - I hear you! Substitute green for white and brown for beige and you've got my house. LOL gracie01 - Thank you! It's good to know I'm not alone :-). Allison - What a beautiful room, and I love what you've done with your daughter's house! I've discovered if I try to decorate on purpose, I fail. If I go with what I love, it works. I always had a style visitors commented favorably on, and then last year I started trying too hard and ended up with a bunch of stuff that wasn't right. It was a costly mistake and I won't do it again, at least not on that scale. teacats - I'm drooling at the thought of dark plum leather. You're speaking my language :-D. It's hot here, pretty much most of the year, so I too crave cool decor. dainaddele - Yes, the third color is what bothers me, too. One color in various tones (in my case, green) and then neutrals of brown and cream and black as accents. sis3 - I wouldn't want to compete with water views, either. I think in that case I'd probably stick with very muted tones and not even go as dark as I have, though the green color on my walls tends to make them disappear next to a window. When the curtains are open, it looks like the trees and greenery outside are inside. That's probably what you're going for with the water. I know my neighbor, who is a decorator, finds my style very frustrating. I've had the same taste since I was a child. My childhood bedroom was green, cream, and white and my teen bedroom was dark green, cream and brown. regina - I agree, it's easier to go tonal. With my decor, if I find an accessory I love and it's in the right tones of green (more yellow, less blue), I can just buy it and it will fit right in. I had a heck of a time trying to integrate turquoise and red--in fact, I failed miserably....See More
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Les: I really like those gunmetal ones--if the finish is more of a grayish black as you described and not a bronze. I couldn't quite tell from the picture, though. I'm thinking about ordering to try them out since I'm not too crazy about the bases for option #2. What type of shade would you suggest? The ones like option #2 or something different? I was drooling over some burlap ones at Target,but my gut feel was it'd be too much texture layered with the drop cloths. I was thinking of just a simple column type base, found some in a bronze that I like the shape, but not a black and I'm very leary any of bronze finish since the closet door (which is to the left in pictures) is trimmed in nickel. I also am very intrigued by chess lamps, like this one from Lamps Plus, though a bit more pricy than I wanted to spend: http://www.lampsplus.com/products/black-chess-table-lamp__n2919.html
moonshadow: I'm flattered about your blog comment. I don't think I have the creativity/vision for that necessarily and would probably drive my family nuts with decorating and staging (wait, I think I already do that ;)) I really enjoy this forum, though, and the support and feedback I get for my decorating projects. Like last week, when majority told me what color to paint my hall bath, I just went out and bought it because I knew consensus would be a good choice. Unfortunately, there is no lamp consensus, so I'm feeling kinda stuck right now if I should choose one of the above or keep looking.
bama12: I ended up using a lot of steam with iron on the linen (hottest) setting. Another trick, is to remove from dryer slightly damp.
juddgirl2: That is my reservation as well.
awm03: I'll snap one at night. I think the morning sunlight also looks good:
roch3: I'm just wondering when the manufacturers will catch on to how people are using them and jack up the prices like 10x!
Valerie Noronha
13 years agoI had also purchased these swing arm lamps from Lowes. I think what is throwing me off about it is the shade--but if the base works I could always replace that as the lamps were only $35 each.
Here it is in the room with the shade from option #2.
This shade doesn't fit correctly so I'd need to purchase something similar that uses the harp. This lamp is considered a bronze finish. Do you think it looks OK with the black rod and the closet doors trimmed with nickel? I do like the swing arm feature as I think it'd work better for reading in bed which my DS does.
Valerie Noronha
13 years agoI am liking this option #3 more and more--which is probably why I bought them in first place a few weeks ago, only the box picture didn't look that great. It's essentially like the chess lamps I was looking at from Lamps Plus without the name. I went ahead and assembled and put on the existing shade--it's doesn't look as bad as I thought it would. I really like the texture of the fabric, still not so crazy about the shape, but for $35/lamp and I'm all done....not to mention I won't have to figure out how to box this lamp back up.
What do you think?
Closeup of shade material:
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13 years agoles and awm03, I'm so glad you like option #3. These lamps seem to just go with everything else without drawing attention to themselves. I noticed that immediately when I would walk by the room with the door option--the other two--esp. the desk lamps, made more of a statement, but that's not the look I'm going for. As the room is small and my DS still uses it, I don't want the decor to be too in-your-face or overpowering in relation to his stuff. Does that make sense? DD2 said it looks like a "hotel" room. She is so funny, I can see the decorating itch has skipped from me over DD1 to DD2. The only thing with these lamps are that they are fluorescent and I couldn't get the bulb to snap in place fully. I could jiggle it so the light would turn on, but it would shut off with any jostling movement. I'll have my DH check it out tonight when he returns with my DS from their college tour.
awm03, here are the nighttime pictures:
With flash:
Without flash:
I also had this rug around the house as I bought for my DD1's room and ended up not using it. Do you think it works here?
It would definitely need a rug pad to keep in place.
Next month, my SIS and her DH will be arriving to spend 3 weeks with us (one of which we will be traveling together). Then my changes will be more in terms of functionality. I plan to move all DS's clothes to the hall closet as he will be sleeping in the FR. Then I need to get a suitcase stand (perhaps two) to put in closet for their stuff. It won't be so spacious as the other guest rooms on this board, but hopefully they'll be more comfortable than they would have if I had made no changes. At first DS missed the floor space when I changed the bed to the larger double, but now he says he likes the extra sleeping space. As for his old bed, I sold it two days ago on CL to coincidentally enough one of the teachers at DD1's school. I was trilled about that! Especially, as there is a good chance he will teach her history class next year.
Any other suggestions how I can make the room more comfortable for them, that DS can "live with" at same time?
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