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Comments (15)I would use solid 1/2" thick PVC beadboard (Azek, NuCedar, etc.) and paint it whatever you want. I think it's important to be able to change the color of the different elements of your house. Is the porch so large that cost is a problem? Will the siding be standard vinyl imitative clapboard? If so, you might want to consider an upgrade to NuCedar. If you want to paint it use the smooth version. Here is a link that might be useful: convincing PVC imitative siding...See MoreTell Me The Truth - Am I Crazy?
Comments (25)Newhomebuilder Thanks! Why don't you try it on a small window? Or get some cling vinyl and try your hand at that? If you like what you make you can stick it up and build the rest of the window around it. I have a cling stuck to my sliding glass door -- keeps folks from trying to walk through the glass. Patricia43 Thank you! Did you have to have the entire piece of glass removed? I've read that in time the color can migrate into the glass as glass is really a liquid, but I don't know. We're supposed to be able to just scrape these off if we change our minds and hopefully they wouldn't leave a trace behind. To me being "artsy" has always been a matter of wanting precisely what I want and it doesn't exist and I can't afford to hire it done. So I figure out how to make it myself. Necessity is the mother of invention, or maybe poverty is - haha. Jenn I'm glad you answered. I've book marked your site for future ideas as your home is so lovely. Thanks for your kind words! Why don't you try playing with the Gallery Glass? I'm glad you said go ahead on the antiques in my tract home. I did in my last house. I think it was a surprise when people came in the front door as it didn't look like the outside of the house. I don't know why I feel more awkward with it in this house. So much of my furniture for the other house was bought for it and doesn't seem to fit here. But I guess I'm going for it anyway. I wish I could make my big bulky bedroom furniture disappear and start over but I'm not quite sure how to accomplish that. Cactuscatie Oh, I'm delighted that you're feeling inspired now! That's great and I hope you'll start a new thread one of these days soon and give us some pictures. I'd really like to see what you're working with. If you like my window, you can just grab a piece of glass from a picture frame from a thrift shop and start practicing. You may find you're a lot more crafty than you thought and it feels good to say "I did that!" You have SO many windows to do I don't envy you, but I'd love to see what you end up doing. I think if you post pics folks can post pics back to give you more ideas that are geared to your individual decor and colors, too. As far as heavy curtains in Victorian homes, yes in cooler climates they used the heavier ones in winter, but they had just lace and lighter treatments for the hot summer days... so you can go either way you want and still be right in step with the period. Those big heavy treatments weren't for year 'round....See MoreI think my quartz sample is trying to drive me crazy
Comments (77)I think it might work great, but white is tricky since the white of the countertop won't exactly match the white of the subway tile/cabinets. A very light grey would be probably be easier to match, although I don't know if that color scheme would be as timeless as all white. We ended up going with no backsplash (!!) and just the light grey walls. But I love an all white kitchen - and I think you might have the not-quite matching issue with most countertop color options (unless you go with a darker counter, I guess)....See MoreAm I as crazy as my DH thinks I am? LR quandry.
Comments (32)I have not scheduled surgery yet and am ignoring the suggestion of having them both done at once. When I was a newly graduated RN I worked ortho for a year ( some disasters but hips have come along way) and my mom had a horrible hip replacement outcome, so I am putting it off for as long as I can. Don't wait so long you are too out of shape ... it's best done while you are still reasonably spry with muscle strength left for rehab instead of totally crippled and weak. And before you have wrecked the surrounding support muscles and tendons compensating for the pain and lack of mobility. (SO has a prosthetic knee, his brother has 2 of them, and another brother has a hip replacement he loves). Yes, it's come a LONG ways, even using 3-d imaging and custom manufacture of the prosthetics if needed. They can build a copy of the joint, figure out exactly how things need to be altered and dry-fit the prosthesis without ever lifting a scalpel....See MoreRoxana *** ZN 5 Indianapolis IN ***
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