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Comments (14)My switch plates are more along the lines of pixie lou. What ever is the decor of the room. Our kitchen has brass plates to go along with the brass/gold tone of the fixtures. Down stairs bathroom switches will be ocean themed(once I find some I like). Upstairs baths will be Victorian looking. Our bedrooms are mostly the plain white plastic. I have seen clear plastic ones where you can place a piece of fabric or wallpaper behind it so as to match what is on the wall. It is all up to your personal preference. As long as they are the same in the individual room, i don't really think it makes a difference. NancyLouise...See MoreNeed help with 4-wire GFCI outlet + switch / outdoor light
Comments (9)I thought I replied to this post earlier today, but I guess it did not go through. The wiring for the receptacle and the light beyond it sound similar to what I have run across a couple of times in my house. If the power is running to the light switch, then they may have run 14/3 from the switch to the 1st outlet and used the white/black pair to power the receptacle, and the white/red pair passes through the receptacle to provide power to the light that is beyond. The only odd part is that usually you only need 14/2 from the receptacle to the light to make this work, but you said they had two reds nutted together in the box. You can use a similar scheme in reverse if you have power at the light, then 14/3 from the light to the receptacle, and then 14/2 running to the switch. The red wire is just used as a traveler that passes through the receptacle to provide a switch loop from the light switch to the light. I was very confused the first time I found this type of wiring scheme, since it looked like I was working with a 3 way switch circuit. However, it seemed that it was just a way to save running one more 12/2 cable from the light switch to the light. Bruce....See MoreAny Help for Stairs w/o Spending Small Fortune?
Comments (12)OK, some other paint notes: The ones where the spindles are the same color as the wall, but the railings are in contrast, really downplay the spindle shape--that's one idea. So maybe paint the spindles the same color as the wall (and in matte, perhaps; certainly eggshell), and paint the railing to match the gloss white of the woodwork. The newel would be best in the railing color--and you don't love that newel. If taking the knob off the top doesn't tame it enough, it might be easier to replace than the rest of it. And cheaper--an unfinished solid square post, primed for painting, is $40 at Lowe's. https://www.lowes.com/pl/Stair-newel-posts-Interior-railings-stair-parts-Stairs-railings-Building-supplies/4294512335 Personally, I might go with a newel post with a little more detail so it doesn't seem like such contrast to the spindles. Those are under $100. (plain wooden balusters are only $4.13 each--the labor would be the biggest thing. I'd be SO tempted to try to unscrew that newel post and see how the balusters go in, to see if I could actually replace them)...See Morefloorplan- please help! where to put stairs?!
Comments (27)Yes Mark, he is. He has primarily done commercial work though and is not as practiced in residential. Perhaps that’s not good, although I had the mindset of “everybody has to start somewhere.” Maybe our project isn’t the place to do so. Bingo! Find a residential architect who's work you've seen and like. This looks like someone played tetris to put the rooms together with no thought as to how they work together. And a HUGE Secret? A talented architect does NOT work one floor at a time, then paste on an elevation and they don't then just stick a staircase on after "designing" the first floor. A talented architect thinks in 3D and designs the house for the site at the same time thinking in 3d including the staircase which is seen as another "living space". To see what I mean, take a look at architectrunnerguy who is a member of this forum and you'll see how it's all designed together at the same time. Not piecemeal like your "architect" is doing. BTW: architectrunnerguy works remotely....See MorePatricia Colwell Consulting
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