Blank Slate: Hall & Stairway in need of a new light fixture & art
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Comments (29)You have a wonderful home. Lots to work with. I'm not much good at this but I do see a plan. It is possible that someone else has suggested this and if that is the case then I am in agreement with whomever it was.(I get confused with all reading, I am a hands-on kinda person) I like the couch in front of the fireplace, placed at the same angle. I was wondering if there was room to offset the couch away from the carpet, and place the armoire in the corner. Is there enough room to place the loveseat in front of the armoire? The armoire is very visually heavy and if it can be placed in the corner it will balance out with the light coming in from the window. I was also picturing the mirror over the fireplace with a red painted frame. If the armoire doesn't have room to be placed in the corner and has to be placed somewhere else where it still looks heavy, you could put a large oblong fairly low white container and place somekind of white arrangement with a trailing white plant that would bring your eye back into the room towards the fireplace. I don't know if this will help or if it works in decorating. When I was in photography, a rule I was taught to read a composed picture. You would look a picture and read it from left to right, just like you would read a book. Anything that is/was placed in the upper right hand corner would create tension and that is where your eyes would go. That wasn't always a good thing because it would take you away from the "focal point". Since you can only view the fireplace room from one direction, I hope this may help. Have fun, don't stress. Oh and as for the oak. I have natural pine and I have found that the darker, grayish shades of paint seem to look the best. Since green is in the family of the complement to orange, I would stay away from green for paint. It will only make your oak trim stand out more....See MoreLA Art Teacher Needs Exterior Design Help!
Comments (12)Thanks to everyone for joining in! Being a homeowner has been quite the adventure!!! Here are some pictures of my house when I purchased it back in 2009....and it's a little painful for me to look at because - as you can see I removed a LOT in the front yard since 2009, some of it good and some of it probably bad. In other words, even if I thought it looked dated and was trying to give it a newer look, it still looks finished as compared to what I have now. The metal awning was first to go - it was like looking through metal bars and losing it made the good light in the south facing LR spectacular light. Still, front of house lost some architectural detail, and looks rather flat and bare now, I think. Also took out the hedge, the gas light fixture (slow leak) , about three Bottle Brush trees that were never tended ( still have a 100 foot Canary Island pine in the front of my yard near the sidewalk street and a 30 foot Bottle Brush) along with the concrete pathway. Remember I had no intention of completely LOSING the concrete walkway, I was just going to repurpose it into urbanite, re-lay it and take it from 1950 into the next century. But guys abandoned me!!! This last pic is looking out my front window - you can see how deep my front yard is, and the enormous Pine and Bottle Brush near the street and sidewalk. Lastly, here is the old roof that I just replaced a few weeks ago with a new Cool roof per LA's new saving energy requirements. The right side of the picture shows my attached garage which forms an L shape in the front yard. BTW, I was thinking of staining or painting the brick chimney to blend with the new gray roof....See MoreNew bathroom - Need help with wall art
Comments (28)There are lots of great suggestions here. I love the idea of the black towel ladder and the shelves above the toilet Personally, I support the idea of art on your walls and I love your pallet. I understand the comment of selecting art/pictures via colour scheme. but I am going to suggest a different way of thinking about choosing art for your bathroom/ home. It may take time tho, to followup on my suggestions if you consider following them. I would just like to add that I grew up in a home that was filled with beautiful art. My parents could not afford the 'real' thing so my Mom cut beautiful pictures out of magazines, framed them inexpensively as she could, and hung them in groupings on our light pained walls. First your bathroom pallet is calm and restful. It will not compete with most art that you choose, but instead will create a back drop for the art. I see art as a relationship with you and the art. Art is personal and meaningful. I would scour art galleries and their artists on-line and in your area to see what type of art appeals to you and your husband. ( see note below) After finding out what you like, you may purchase a piece from a gallery, furniture store, an art auction ( fun!!!!!) , or grad shows/sales for art schools. ( I paid 300$ for one pice that I bought from an art school sale,) or painting guilds. If the art talks to you , it is is a sign that it belongs in your house. Good art stands on its own and does not need to be expensive and also just needs a neural backdrop to show it off. You have the neural. Generally people are consistent in choosing art they relate to, so the pieces you choose will have some consistency. What matters also is the space and placement ........you have to place your art. For above the towel rack, I would suggest a piece no wider than 5" on either side the of the towel rack and no higher than the top of the mirrors. If the art is wider, then it will not be "supported" and then it will add tension to the room. I'd suggest placing a piece of art between the mirrors . I would suggest that it be higher than the light switch, slightly lower than the lights in the light fixture and 4"to 6" or so from the edges the mirrors. I'd also put an art piece above the toilet. But that is me. I don't mind living in an art gallery look. If you are considering art just because you think might be a suggestion , but you love clocks, I think you should choose clocks. If you love clocks tho, than you would be following your heart and then I'd suggest you look up clocks on Houzz and see what people are doing as they decorate with clocks.I'dd recommend one clock between the mirrors, : fram the mirrors. and a grouping over the town rack and then place shelves over the toilet. CB2 has clocks, Chintz also had great clocks. Note: My contractor's wife said she and her husband had different art tastes, so I worked with them by listening to what they liked in art and looked for art on gallery websites. Long story short. I sent them images art that combined what they liked and they ended up choosing a piece that they both loved. On the other hand you both might like the same art or one of you might not care so you would have an easier task. I have a framed batik under glass, a stretched giclee canvas and a framed under glass relief in my two bathrooms and have has no issue with moisture from the showers /tub. If you don't put art between your mirrors I would recommend framing them. food for thought...............See MoreNewly painted bannister. Need help with stairway art.
Comments (2)Thank you Beverly - yes, the walls do have a tinge of yellow, especially when the lights are on. You can see the difference in the pics I posted. Changing the wall color isn't an option right now as we just installed a new a/c ($$$) and painted the exterior. So I'm just looking for ideas for the wall art to fill up those blank walls!...See MoreRelated Professionals
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