OT: any suggestion on carpet for bedrooms and stairs?
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Removing carpet in bedrooms -- replacement suggestions?
Comments (3)That would cost way too much!! We put pecan flooring which was not the cheapest and we like it a lot. Just hard to find a match. Plus I kind of like breaking it up a bit. Are you familiar with travertine? Is it used much in bedrooms? I was thinking of the 18" x 24"....See MoreAny suggestions for this bedroom?
Comments (23)I never thought of it as not being girly enough. Patty, don't feel bad for saying that though, I asked my DH and he said he thought it looked like a guest room! :-D However, I am going soldier on and go with what I have started. Right now its pretty much devoid of any decorative stuff, and I'm hoping as we start getting some of her dolls in there, pictures on the wall (I have some fairy pictures I'm going to frame out of a book), maybe some display shadowboxes on the wall, it will feel more like her room than a guest room. I was hoping that if I give her a pretty framework - then she will be able to personalize it as she gets a little older with artwork, objects on shelves, etc. Right now I have some pieces waiting to be hung (that I picked out) but she will be able to change those if she shows an interest. Below are two examples of the style of print fabrics I would like to aim for, to make the room more airy. The off-white bedspread is staying, and although you can't see in the pics it is sort of a matelasse fabric with a paisley / boteh shape on it. I also will be changing out the pine IKEA plant table - its temporary. Forgot to add that the room was just painted SW Dover white (a warm white) and that will *not* be being changed any time soon! :-) Where the white bookcase is now, I was planning on finding some inexpensive piece on Craigslist, a vintage vitrine perhaps, and I could line inside the doors with shirred fabric, to help get some fabric at this end of the room. Or a cupboard that could hold things. Or even a larger bookcase if all else fails. Pam, your daughter's books are so neat, I'm impressed :-) that slanted piece really helps - they have one at my kids' preschool. The bed in the middle of the wall is definitely more asthetically pleasing (and perhaps easier to make), but in a small room I feel like it just eats up too much valuable floor space :-( I thank everyone again for the input, and I'll keep posting my progress (it'll be slow unfortunately, as my mom and I will be doing the sewing ourselves, and I'll be hunting on craigslist for inexpensive vintage furniture). Oh, and the first thing my daughter did when she saw the rearrange is to go dance around in the big blank space on the rug :-)...See MoreCarpeting only on the stairs- Why just the stairs?
Comments (25)If you've ever fallen on stairs, both carpeted and not - you would want carpet on them. I hate carpet and have wood everywhere but carpet on the stairs. When I was building my house I did a lot of research and discovered the bulk of it recommends carpeted stairs for safety. I considered wooden stairs with a runner, but I've had that before and found all the nooks and crannies were horrible to clean. And I've had a 1920's era wooded staircase (two sets actually - one for the family and guests and the second hidden one for servants that sadly didn't come with the house when we purchased it) - had to add these rubber stair treads on them so they weren't so slippery for my older relatives which sort of ruined the beauty of the wood. rubber non-slip stair treads...See MoreDoes anyone have any suggestion for a beautiful bedroom area rug?
Comments (2)Thanks I was thinking cream. Maybe a silly question but how do you vacuum a shag carpet?...See Morechicagoans
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