Mixing brass & copper in the kitchen - yay or nay?
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Ceiling fan- Yay or nay?
Comments (26)All this discussion, did I miss where someone mentioned climate? It is a factor. For instance, here in the South ceiling fans are never outre, except perhaps among a subset who keep their houses sealed up and the HVAC running practically 24/7/52. For most of us, they perform a very important function and thus are very appropriate. Flgargoyle, I'm in Georgia and have a fan over my island, 9' ceiling. It's not at all hard to keep clean, and it takes some while before it needs me to climb on the counter with paper towels and spray cleaner. Note that this is the first time it's occurred to me to wonder what the bacteria count up there in between cleanings might be, but I won't be taking a swab to have it tested, or of the ceiling for that matter, because if it came to it I'd absolutely choose cooking with open windows, breezes, birdsong and an occasional Imodium to the alternative. Especially since we don't seem to have a problem. The biggest problem I am aware of with it is that it'll blow my onion and garlic skins all over the kitchen if I start chopping with it on high....See MoreMixing metals, yay or nay?
Comments (19)All good thoughts! Particularly the comment about doing nickel pulls instead of chrome but alas they're already installed. I went by a showroom earlier and the satin brass is quite pretty (though the polished brass looked really yellow). The salesman said brass was huge right now. Saw some satin brass doorknobs that were gorgeous but pretty sure I'd regret doing those. Ugh decisions. This house will never be done. I'm not sure if I can commit to the brass. Unless there was another piece that anchored the brass choice I think it might seem too random. Maybe if I did the stools as someone pointed out......See MorePVC "Vinyl" Gutters in New England - yay or nay?
Comments (10)You can either catch it up top where its easy to clean, or catch it somewhere in the downspout which you have to take it apart and find the blockage. Kind of depends on your roof, how high it is and if it is easy to walk on. If it is high up and steep slope then your kind of SOL. My house I am able to walk on my roof and clean em out. I just put some gutter worm in the downspout and clean those out periodically. There are also these downspout guards you stick in the downspout to keep them clog free. Each require periodic cleaning. Otherwise I take my cordless 40v blower up there and blow the gutters out. Various gutter debris shields out there. I cant really recommend because I haven't used them. There is also a gutter style that allows you to flip the gutter over and empty it out that way. But best gutter type is the seamless steel. Strong enough you can pretty much hang from that stuff and it looks nice and doesnt leak or catch debris being seamless....See MoreQuarter sawn oak-painted uppers yay or nay
Comments (145)North Iowa here.. What no one on this thread understands is there are no "green spaces" here. We have Habitat ReStore. We have Menard's or maybe Lowe's or Home Depot. Iowa people help each other all the time. Craig's list has junk. I did a kitchen gut 10+ years ago with Menard's hickory cabinets and laminate counters. No back splash. Existing Vinyl floor. Used my just fine white appliances. My house was built in 1880 so no open concept here. My kitchen is a room. A small room by comparison to almost all kitchens on here. I had a handyman who worked cheap. I had known him for at least 30 years so when I left for work I knew he'd deal with whatever came along. He was gone when I got home and I did clean up. I also did the gutting of the old kitchen; dead mice in the light fixture but he warned me about the potential so I was prepared. Maybe I was very, very lucky but I got a great kitchen for $10,000. I don't know what inflation would do to that price today. Compared to what I started with I now have a palace. You are a long way from final plans and I think you will do just fine. It takes a lot of price comparison shopping to get there. And shopping on eBay and Menard's sales. Don't over look the consignment shops. If you do Menard's cabinets wait until they have the 11% off. If you visit the cabinet people there regularly and tweak your layout, you will find people you really like and who like you and they will tell you when the sales are coming up. You can also make your own laminate counters for cheap. I didn't do that 4 inch backsplash thing and even though I didn't do any other kind of backsplash, I'm glad I didn't add it. Right now I have wallpaper but I'm thinking I might tile some paneling that's cut to fit so that if I get tired of it I can pull it off and put something else there....See Moreottosoks
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