Help - Neighbor's addition (cross-post w/ Building a Home forum)
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Comments (3)Existing second floor plan....See MoreBathroom Reveal, Thanks to the Bathroom and Remodel Forums!X-Post
Comments (6)Lovely! I like the classic white tile and porcelain and how you used furniture pieces in the bathroom. I love that the storage at the end of the tub has pull-outs that can be reached from the toilet. Your custom sink and backsplash and counter are unique and beautiful. Yours may be the first bathroom sink I have seen in which a small or medium dog could be washed! That is a good thing! I showed your pictures to my DH because I am thinking of classic tiled walls with a chair rail for when we redo our bath in a couple of years. He liked it! I was expecting him to say, "too old fashioned." He did not, he said it looked nice. From him, nice is a compliment. He even liked your rows of listello. I was just at the Tile Shop's site the other day looking at the Hampton tiles because someone was selling some on Craigslist. I am hoping to do as you did and get what I can cheaper there, and fill in the rest from the store. I can see that you worked very hard to secure all of your materials - and then cut the floor tiles to size and culled the Hampton tiles, too! You succeeded very well in getting the look you wanted while saving money along the way. Congratulations, and thank you for the pictures and great detail and supply list....See MoreCross post on Decorating Forum
Comments (25)Marti, I thought one lady on the Decor forum had done the trick, so I held my tongue for this long. Imagine that! :) But I cannot puzzle out the dimensions of your 3 piece shelving unit, so cannot totally tell if my idea might work. What I'm thinking is this: Leave the entertainment shelving unit to the LEFT of your hallway door. But push it over to the corner. No problem with the switch that way, is there? That will leave you a long blank space adjacent to the hallway. I suggest that you hang multiple pictures of same size same orientation (all landscape oriented and not vertically oriented.). Then on the opposite side of the doorway, on that same wall, if you have room to butt the two open shelving units side by side, they will fit there quite nicely. I suggest that you BULK UP the open shelving units with more STUFF. If you have some short and wide artwork, put it behind some of the decorative dishes. Put some books standing upright, and some big books stacked flat too so you need NO bookends. Then, ACROSS THE TOP OF ALL THREE SHELVING UNITS, put some big baskets or ornamental boxes, maybe two per shelving unit. And in the middle over the doorway itself, put a large round or fan shaped ornamental object....could be wrought iron which is suitable to your decorating style. And do not think you must smoothe your walls to lose the "Ponderosa" style as you call it. How about thinking of the way Tuscan walls look? They are stucco, and they have what is called "broken" color, which just means it is not a flat and single-tone color. I'd consider something a little like a soft tan on the walls. But I've never had to deal with really high ceilings before, so that color advice should come from someone more knowledgeable. If you really like the blue furniture, I do think tan would be a good choice with that. Using natural colored basketry, maybe wrought iron (but not the old Spanish trail stuff, keep it more real looking)too. I'm guessing that your DH would like the wrought iron. But honey, you have to live there too, and should like what is going on in your house. If you have framed photographs of your family, or of vacations, whatever, put them on that console table behind your love seat. If you hang any art work on the wall that goes behind the upholstered chairs, be sure to keep them LOW. Also, lower that painting above the mantle. Move the object now beneath it to the LEFT end of the mantle, and leave the clock where it is now. Remember, paintings are to be hung at EYE LEVEL. If the mantle painting is even just stood on the mantle itself, the top of it would help lead the eye cleanly across the entire wall from window to window, I think you are hanging curtains soon, right? So plan of hanging the painting so its top is the same height as the curtain rods. Think about getting some bulky rods, and having the curtains hung by the huge grommets, because that will give a strong horizontal look to a really vertical wall (nice fireplace) The rods could be black metal, of course, or the dark wood same color as your mantle finish. Whew, I'n not going to reread this because I might try to change something and lose the whole deal. I don't think you need to do a lot of expensive stuff to your living room, but oh my that is a LOT of space to paint !!!!! How in the WORLD do you get up there to PAINT?...See MoreYour experience w pillow top mattresses? Cross Post
Comments (29)When I was in the market for a new mattress, I went to Macy's and found one I liked. It is a pillowtop. The saleslady asked if I wanted a full size box spring or half. I had never seen such a thing, but told her a full size. When it was delivered it was so high I couldn't get up on it. I made them take it back. I also wrote a letter of complaint because I felt the saleswoman should have pointed out that none of the mattresses on the showroom floor had the full size box spring. I had never seen one before and I thought she should have pointed out the fact that I would need a ladder just to get into bed. There was no difference in price between the full and half box spring. My mattress does have a crater in it and is too heavy for me to turn. I don't like it, but I can't just go out and buy another one so soon. :(...See MoreJoseph Corlett, LLC
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