What color will help break up all this brown?
iamtiramisu
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Comments (8)Forgot to comment on the basketball thing. The tent is in their backyard - and they never parked the car there until the tent was in place. Our hoop is maybe used at most 3-4 times a year and only by my daughter and one friend so I know the tent wasn't put there as protection. Their fence is in awful disrepair as they cut down their own trees and they fell all over the fence. Their fence is broken and the plastic tent hides the broken pieces; which may be the reason it is where it is. You can see one of the broken parts in the picture. The tent actually blew into our yard once (it was kind of funny) and it took me and the neighbor forever to gather the peices. Facing our yard the fence is only broken, street side it's sagging and they nailed on any salvagable peices for a very "interesting" look. Heather...See Morehow do i break up the all white tile look in my small bathroom
Comments (7)I like timeless tile schemes also, like your all white...and have learned from experience and too much analyzation of inspiration images that texture and layers trump color for impact. Break your white up by using shadow as a color- variences in tile depth when trim pieces are added (chair rails, bullnose, baseboards...) break up the flatness of simple field tile. Adding a horizontal line with trim at a traditional or non-traditional height and/or changing the direction of the subway for some portion of the room- breaks it up and keeps your options open for adding color to less perminant layers in the room. Also, you're right on about adding a bit of color between the floor and walls- I don't think matching wall base tile to the floor border tile is the best solution...keep the plane-change-line sharp. If you use small hex for the floor, consider a contrast by inserting a grey hex every 1/2 foot or so (the wide-spread polka dot effect will open the area too)or add the grey hex as a 3-4" solid or checked floor border around the entire room. Since there will be little color contrast on the walls, a contrast where floor meets wall is warming because it grounds the room. This is fun, huh? kat...See MoreHelp breaking up a very long wall
Comments (15)Thank you for the replies! I had some unexpected travel for work and had to disappear for a bit, but I'm so glad to read all of your thoughts. Yes, if you stand at the projecting wall from the pocket office, at the edge of the living room, you are under the arch. Likewise, if you stand with your back to the range hood, you have a straight shot to the fireplace through the arch. Right now we're assuming that we will use our existing furniture (at least for a while, until we get a feel for what we want, and our 8 month old outgrows her high chair). We have a 4-seat circular table, no expansion. Actually in storage I also have a 6 seat rectangular table, solid slab style. We considered an expandable pub table with wings, especially since I'm 5'11 and hubby is 6'4 and we like the seat height, but -- in my mind, it's awkward with the tall island (pictures don't show it, but the island is about 6" taller than counters). Should the table sit lower than, or equal to the island? Or does that not really matter? I wonder how different it will look once we hung window treatments - how much that might help break things up. As for a banquette - we had not considered that. There is a recess on the opposite wall, designated as a place for a buffet in the model pics. We have been looking at different house models and floorplans for a few years and this is by far our favorite, with the exception of the kitchen! My husband loves it, but to me it feels like I'm in a "rectangle" of kitchen, and it just feels off to me. Hard to describe. And unfortunately I have very limited pictures. The model pictured above sold, and the next one won't be finished with construction until September so I have no way of taking some better pictures. We aren't likely to begin building ours until spring, but I'm trying to figure out if this room/arrangement will bug me indefinitely, or if there's a way to "fix" it! As for changes - yes, we are planning on a larger deck with a second level that will extend toward the other side of the house and provide cover for the walkout family room (in the bottom level which isn't shown on the floorplan). We are adding a floating garage, and that whole floor will provide the family room, my husband's home theater room, another bathroom, small storm room (we live in the midwest - tornado central) and a lot of space that is yet undefined. We will add a pass-thru between the garage and pantry. We will likely use the pocket office for something else (possibly our recycling station and vacuum/broom/mop/etc. depot) since we need a much larger office space - we've considered turning the formal dining into the office since we'd never use a formal dining, and it's separated from the kitchen. We're also going to add bull-nosed corners, and are up in the air about stain vs. painted trim. I like woodgrain and tend to think that painted trim is a fad, but then again - we have stained trim now and I hate it. Whew! Sorry for the novel. :) Anything that I didn't answer?...See Moreplease help with all this brown/beige/almond!
Comments (35)Cabinet fronts date the room. Would replace w/ white or cream, slab fronts in place of those dark dust-catchers, repainting the frames, and no need for the TOWELS lettering, people know. I think the rest is fine really for now. I had a really ugly top to a living room bookcase, a “planter” top. I wanted it off! Woulda required a lotta other work beside and behind where it was. Designer said we hadda lotta other things needing done first. He was right. The rest of your room is clean, serviceable, light, and really quite soothing. Just change the cabinet fronts and trash those letters. No need to chase trends. Onward!...See Moreiamtiramisu
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