yay or nay to wall pictures? too busy?
tinker_2006
5 years ago
I second guess every decision... The walls have been blank since we moved in a few months back.I just hung these pictures and I'm not sure if I should keep them or keep it blank. Thoughts?
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erinsean
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Comments (2)I think you might be able to control some of the color of the glass with a careful selection of light bulbs. Some bulbs are more yellow/gold and some are more bright white....See MorePlan for my backyard: yay or nay?
Comments (5)I agree with Yardvaark's comments. I am also concerned about the landscaping (or lack of) around the raised deck. In the first photo, it looks almost like a fence barricading the house from the rest of the yard, and in the last mockup you have added a pair of tall everygreens at the stairs, crowding them (at least psychologically) and interfering with the view of the yard. To help reduce the appearance of the house being fenced off from the yard and to nestle it into the surroundings, I would put a bed with shrubs and groundcover, well-edged to keep out grass and mulched until the groundcover fill in to reduce weeds. You want the shrubs to not create another wall, so resist using another row of all the same kind of tall evergreen. Use something more mounded in shape and that will stay well below the level of the fence around the deck, preferably something that flowers such as medium height rhododendrons or panicled hydrangeas. Or do a mixed shrub border where you have a variety of flowering times and foliage color, including some evergreens. Whatever you choose, be sure to make the bed deep enough to allow for the ultimate width of the plants (plus a foot between the fence and the shrubs to allow for maintenance) Choose ones that won't need much if any pruning to keep them with your desired size to reduce maintenance chores. Any shrubs near the steps should be low, or plant some long-blooming perennials or annuals for color near the steps....See MoreTrapezoid Window - Yay or Nay?
Comments (27)"If it's west facing forget about the windows because that will bring so much heat into the house in summer as well as afternoon glare, it will be uncomfortable." Wouldn't the trees help with that? In the summer, the trees will be covered in leaves, so the light from the west would be diffuse. In the winter, the trees are bare, but one might appreciate the light and the extra heat. Perhaps it depends on the location. Those trees are quite close to the house. I admit, I like a trapazoid window. I think every house should have something a little off the mainstream to make it unique. A trapazoid window looking into a bank of fluttering leaves would seem pretty special. It's whimsical and would really bring nature in. I'm not sure about placing it that high though because then it looks uninentional to me. I get the need for privacy, but maybe a triangle window with a full sized rectangle window below it which you could put a blind on for privacy when necessary? A triangle window would still be cool and it would be a celestrial triangle window....See More**opinions please** brick "look" porcelain floor TILE ...Yay or Nay?
Comments (35)@SJ McCarthy Everyone has been super helpful and either the brick is a look you like or you don't which I get but no one has mentioned the brick against the wood laminate except you. The washed grayish brown brick looks completely fine against my existing wood laminate - I included a picture with my floor and the brick tiles and there is nothing wrong with it. The reddish brown brick suggested here is also a washed looked and something I am considering. Both the brick I selected and the tone that was suggested are warm. You say that I am trying to add a very warm floor to cool tones, but how is that wrong? You can mix gray/white cool tones in the same room as warm tones so I am not following where you say that is an issue. I see it all over Pinterest and HGTV with gray walls and orangish brown wood floors and the same toned wood in bamboo shades and baskets so..... And yes, I am saying I want a floor to add warmth due to all the cool tones. Most people select wood floors to add the warm element. I am in a situation where I can't add wood floors so I need another option. I have looked at silver travertine, brown travertine and everything in the middle. I've been to 4 flooring stores. I do not like the look of travertine because I see too much orange in the options that would go with my color scheme. I appreciate your suggestion but I spent $4,000 on the laminate I have throughout my downstairs 3 years ago. It's not going anywhere anytime soon....See Moretackykat
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Nidnay
5 years ago
groveraxle
5 years agoThey look fine, though I'd rather see art on the mantel instead. Maybe not this art, though. It's a little bland.
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