Hi again, and thanks! Yes, one of our 'maybes' is to do a sort of Edwardian type thing and do the chair rail about 30-32 inches down from the ceiling, which we've done in four other rooms in the house, one my office, one the grandbabys' nursery upstairs, one our breakfast room, and one another upstairs guest room, with the contrasting paint below/paper above. In the nursery, my husband did a treatment with 1 x 4's and inner moldings under the chair-rail that went up about 5.5 feet, that so mimics the look of Victorian/Edwardian nice paneled wainscoting (complete with tall baseboards) that you have to look CLOSELY to see the inner panels are sanded down drywall under the paint. (You gotta love HGTV). Plus we did paint that whole lower wall with a paint you'd use over wood, a nice semi-gloss. Back to this 1970s paneled room....so currently, I'm leaning towards taking the 'recipe' that someone gave me earlier in this post for the glaze/paint/water, test the matching bathroom paneling till I get the color that works, then do the lower 2/3 of the walls in the big room, and then on the top -- either texturize and paint or do wallpaper liner plus a nice 'Edwardian' looking wallpaper. Whatever we do, I will post a pic when done! You all are a great source of ideas and help - thank you! Keep those ideas coming! We aren't going to start this till we complete our master bed/bath, so we're a month or so off!

Hi,If the pieces arn't broken you can use them to patch. Buy some cheap 1x2 cut 2 pieces about 3" longer than the hole then slip the inside the hole and secure them with a couple of sheetrock screws then secure the patch to the 1x2.Get some quick drying patching compound that dries in about 10 minutes ( it is dry and mixes with water)also get some paper joint tape. Cut the tape longer than the seams of the patch then put the four cut tapes in a bucket of water to soak. Mix the mud and apply to the joint then take the wet tape and remove excess water and apply to the joint use more compound if needed. Never put on more than you want to sand off. When dry scrape off the high edges with your tapping knife. apply second and third if needed when you are happy with the joint apply the texture. If you have a knock down texture mix up some joint compund and apply it to the patch with a plastic bag you dab it on. Let it set but not harden, take you tapping knife and gently drag it across the patch. If the results are not to you liking remove the texture with a wet sponge. The firt pach should be in a place where it won't be seen so you can get it down. Good luck Woodbutcher

Thanks! I ended up ordering this one by Stanley from furnitureland south. Belfort had it for $1900 and it was under $800 at furnitureland. http://www.furniturelandsouth.com/shop-furniture/stanley-portfolio-barrel-queen-sleigh-bed-128-13-52 But I'm super appreciative of this website! I need quite a few more pieces--coffee table, sofa, chairs--and I will see what I can find on here. :)

The structure is new. We had him build an addition on to our house and add this bathroom. I'm pretty sure I know why the surround is out of whack from the studs, in the contract we specified that he add backing to the tub structure to allow us to add grab bars in the future and to have something to screw the shower door into so it is not just attached to the fiberglass. I expected him to add a stud on each side where the shower door would attach so he could screw into that, and I expected he would glue/adhere plywood on to the back of the fiberglass tub surround before he installed it to attach the grab bars according to manufacturer instructions. He did neither of those, he screwed a piece of plywood between the studs and the tub to attach those, which is moving the tub flange away from the wall by that thickness. So now that that is all there, is there a way for this to be finished and not look like crap? I wanted to get opinions before I discussed it with the contractor because we have complained several times about the quality of his work and I want to know if this is fixable before I bring it up to him.