Confused and Running out of time
I'm renovating my house and don't know what style I want or what to do with the mixed style I have now. I like the beach scene as well as traditional. Most of my furniture are dark wood, grays red and blue. My accent colors are blue, gray, red and yellow. Also I have a stone fire place. You will get a better ideal when looking at the pictures I posted. I have purchase some items for the master and guest bathroom. The fixture in both bathroom will be chrome and vanity or dark cherry wood. Floor and wall tile will be tile posted and the accent tile is also posted. I need help choosing wall colors, flooring and tile for the remaining rooms. I want to keep my beach pictures and accessories. Help please before I loose my mind and my husband decides to pull some of his bachelor item out of storage.
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Comments (8)First of all, pictures are worth a 1000 words. Please post pics. Second, I think you probably have a moisture issue with the soil in particular. Fans and warmth/sun should help that out. I am not real familiar with your soil mix but that could be a problem. Plants love compost if it is properly composted. But compost that isn't broken down well enough or made up of the wrong materials is not good. If you have water in the pan or basin after watering, then that is likely the ultimate cause of the soil being so wet for so long. But I think you are on the right track in that the real problem might be the water left in the pans. Those 4" pots are wicking that water up constantly and the roots never have a chance to dry out and breath. Water the plants, then place them in a basis or open shelf that is dry, when they get dry, water them again. You can water bottom up or top down, that is not the issue. You can check the moisture content of the soil by poking a wooden stick, dowel, popsicle stick, etc into the soil. If it comes out clean, you likely need to water. If it has soil particles stuck to it, the soil has enough water. Oh, in case I forgot to tell you, pictures are not only important but very much appreciated on this forum. Bruce...See MoreAppliance decisions - time running out. Desperate for help!
Comments (4)We have a 36" Kitchen Aid side by side, front water/ice dispenser which is over ten years old. It's worked great with nice layout. It's never required service other than replacement of plastic water hose with copper piping to ice maker/water when we first got it. I just cleaned the refrigerator coils by taking off the bottom vinyl cover (after I unplugged it of course). Had not done that in too long so dust was on them which I gently shook off with a pastry brush on a rigged long handle, allowing the dust to go right into the awaiting pre-set narrow vacuum hose. The stainless steel front does not hold magnets which means the gauge of SS is thicker. We also have a ten year old Kitchen Aid Dishwasher. I just checked it's filter, cleaned it out of minimal stuff and since we have hard water, ran a half cup of CLR (calcium, lime, rust) remover in a normal wash and then a second rinse (follow directions). I've never been too impressed with the machine's quietness, (55 decibels or more). I wasn't thinking decibels when I bought it: try to by one with a filter as has been suggested and lower decibels. I'd buy a Kitchen Aid refrigerator and dishwasher again. Good luck....See MoreRunning out of time need help
Comments (2)Many dining display cabinets have built in lighting so you need switched outlets behind the cabinets for wall switch control of them. Your husband probably does not like glare which is different than "real bright". You need to make sure the lamp (source of the light) is concealed from him over task areas that require a high level of light for food prep and clean up. The light level should be adjustable to allow for in kitchen entertaining when the prep is done. Over islands that typically means recessed, quality recessed, lighting. You can have small decorative pendants also. Do not use fixtures with the lamps at ceiling level or with lenses at ceiling level. Living room lighting around the walls would be wall washing or accent lighting on art. Usually done with recessed fixtures. A good lighting plan needs time to develop. Your lighting designer would need to learn about you, your hobbies, your collections, budget, etc. Lights up in trees aiming down is often called moonlighting. There are a few different types of fixtures. The size of the tree canopy, height, and how open the structure is helps to determine what to use, how many watts are needed. Similar info is needed for up lighting to choose appropriate fixtures....See MorePlease help me? :) Exterior paint color scheme.....running out of time
Comments (9)It is interesting to me. I thought I liked it as is, but the pictures you posted are fabulous lukki. I love the green. I would probably lean towards cream though too. I just find it jarring to have the front so different than the rest of the house. I actually do not like it at all, yet have somehow ended up in that kind of house twice in a row! the one i Have now has brick on the entire front and then White vinyl siding on the other three sides. Why? why? :)...See More
5 years agoIf you plan to replace the floor in the kitchen, I hope you can find something that looks like a barnwood floor? I am not crazy about the woodlook tile, just walking on it makes me think me legs will hurt? LOL, and I really like the barnwood color of flooring in the laminate pieces and the woodlook tiles... There again, it is about your budget, but I think the gray ish tones of floor would make your counter and kitchen look very very nice. If not that, than you might look at some flooring which is a blend of black and white tiles, would give you a retro theme, but black and white plays very nice with your gray counters also, but not all black...tooo dark. A 50/50 split is very cheerful and there is likely some tile or wood look flooring that would be very pretty. **Another family hue that might be pretty would be a soft blue color with your gray counters. You can bring your beach sea salt color walls to the kitchen too and that is a very nice combo with your gray counters and white cabinets.https://www.houzz.com/products/armstrong-architectural-remnants-salt-air-12-mm-laminate-flooring-sample-prvw-vr~42559386?m_refid=PLA_HZ_42559386_186111947
https://www.flooranddecor.com/porcelain-tile/meridian-slate-gray-porcelain-tile-100190156.html?pp=0
Just doing a search for "sea salt color laminate and tile flooring" brings up many options, online, but you can go to a place like Floor and Decor or Nebraska Furniture Mart or many other places maybe in your area and see the real thing too. You have a variety of choices to make in your home, I just focused on the kitchen flooring for now, because I really like your kitchen counters/cabinets, just not with that flooring. :D
pondskipper thanked redsilver- 5 years agolast modified: 5 years ago
Thanks everyone for your comment and Ideals. Rita The panel will be replacing with Sheetrock. I'm not sure what color to paint it yet. I was thinking of painting each room with an accent color wall behind the beds. Not sure about the flooring you posted. I'm trying to coordinate the kitchen and laundry rooms floor with(see first photo I posted) the fireplace in the family room. Would the same tile for the bathrooms look too busy for my kitchen and laundry room. Redsilver my counter has a brown background speckled with blue black gray and white (see photo below) however it looks more grayish than brown. The cabinet color would work as flooring color for other areas of my home if it a shade darker. Nice photo you posted Rita. My sofa is gray and I have a blue are chair in my living room also. It gives me inspiration. My mind is a little relax now that I have read all of the comments. Woo Hoo!!!!!!!!!!
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