Help with studio apt floor plan and colors
Elyse Conway
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student 1st apt away from home Need help with kitchen colors please.
Comments (64)Sheen? You don't want gloss for your walls. With white appliances and window/door trim, you can take your pick of colors for the wall but do remember ... If your apartment is small, lighter colors of paint are probably a better idea since darker colors can visually shrink a room. That said, an accent wall in your bright bold favorite color could be a good thing. As you decide what color(s) you're going to paint your rooms, think about how well the color(s) in one room will blend with the colors in the adjacent space. (To state the obvious, beach colors and goth will not blend well.) If you and your girlfriend are on a tight budget, you might want to experience the adventure of checking out nearby Habitat for Humanity Restore Stores. One HfHRS near me frequently has cans of paint in different brands-- some actually full and others nearly full -- where someone bought more than they needed and donated what was left of it. Spring and summer are the seasons for building and rennovating so you're likely to find construction items through fall. The larger stores will have more room and more stuff. If you don't find anything of interest on the first visit or two, do a walkthrough occasionally. [ Just before the holidays, it seems you can find a lot more interesting furnishings (perhaps its people wanting to upgrade before their relatives visit?). You might also try the larger GoodWill stores and nearby charity thrift stores. When you walk through, do so with a critical eye -- think of it as visiting an urban museum -- and don't get in the habit of buying things you don't actually need.] A bit of unsolicited advise -- stuff to consider: When furnishing a small space, remember to buy furnishings that are of a smaller scale. A round table with a pedestal and chairs with legs that are mostly vertical -- as oppesed to splayed -- are less likely to be knee knockers, groin jabbers and/or toe stubbers. Small lightweight items and/or items with wheels are much easier to move about, including for cleaning. Taller storage pieces (tall chest of drawers vs. low dresser w/mirror above) will get you more room for the amount of floor space used. Getting the most use out of what items you do choose to furnish your place is another good idea -- his/her lockable wood two drawer filing cabinets as bed side tables and/or living room end tables can help secure items when y'all have nosy visitors: it has been said that every party has that one guest that opens the medicine cabinet and a few unlocked doors. Tables with shelves below can provide storage but take more dusting. A used hutch w/glass doors (top part of a china cabinet) can be used as a china cabinet and/or double as a tv stand and/or a bookcase and/or a curio cabinet w/less dusting than displaying collectibles on open shelves. Less time cleaning means more time for enjoying other things. Let us know how your project turns out; good luck to the both of you....See MoreBlack studio apt.
Comments (9)This is almost 2× the typical price of most of the units of this sort, so they are trying to recoup the cost of the renovation. This is probably someone's pied a terre. I don't think most people are going to want to pay this much for a unit in what is mostly student housing. There are other pied a terre in the building but most people invest minimally in their units. I think it's going to be a hard sell....See Morerefreshing music studio room, some help with paint colors and windows
Comments (16)instead of wood blinds, why not do the woven wood or bamboo? With your floors and wall color, I think it would look a lot better you don't have to do the drapes Here's your wood blinds. yuk. and the woven woods/bamboo do you like lighter, natural? here's a natural bamboo/woven wood, your paint color on the right, sage accents, some textured items. very nice here's a grayish green wall, bamboo blinds, jute area rug, leather and charcoal sofa. Or, a bit more drama? You may want to do one of the walls in a black/white trim and the woven woods. see how nice it looks? paired w/this..... sexy! your wood floors, these items, black wall, white walls (or the soft gray) would look great. or try a nice warm charcoal gray I love Kendall Charcoal and have it in my own home something that works w/the grays: Cellular blinds,, or something like the Pirouette blinds are also nice The ebony wood blinds are kind of cool though. if you do this, I'd do black window trim and a lighter wall color....See MoreStudio apt Old Colorado City - Reno
Comments (5)Am thinking you could continue using white. One option would be to go with white walls to give a lift and diminish the contrast of the cabinets in the kitchen. Would also consider painting the hutch white, especially if the extra storage is needed, it would reduce the contrast in the kitchen. You could then leave some wood element, the table and the other piece (chest of drawers?). This then frees you up to consider new bedsides, in a white and wood combination. If the bedsides had silver hardware, that could work with the silver in the bed. It may not be necessary to replace the bed, use large European pillows to reduce the visible black in the bed head. Bed linen, could now become a colour point, bringing in a sage green. A softer colour, or a pattern from which you can pull a colour for lamp shades. A pair of tall lamps, and voila! A new home!...See Moreeverdebz
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