Advice needed for a faux lightweight "glass brick" project
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Comments (13)walkin: You are so kind. I'm in so over my head with this paint project. What was I thinking? I must have been having a Martha Stewart moment. You know when you get this hair up your you know what and think "I can do this". Well at least now I know painting is not a career option. I was following your post about your DS. I hope all is still well. I went through a similar situation when my DS was 5 and poor thing had to endure 2 spinal taps within 10 ten days. It's the worst feeling to be so scared and helpless as a parent. I'm so glad to read he's back to his old self. On a happier note, isn't it a great feeling to walk into your re-designed rooms and just smile? I'm so happy for you!! Please post pictures!! I still get a kick walking into my family room. Enjoy!!! yayagal: I would rather get a root canal w/o novacain before calling him back. I just wanted him out of my house, he was beyond creepy and gross. He came highly recommended, I later found out the recomnendation was 5 years old. Oopss!! You are so sweet to reply and thank you for your kind words. I'll post pictures of the newly painted PR (give me a few weeks, due to painters lead time) ASAP....See MoreNeed fashion advice
Comments (26)Since it's a very casual knit dress that "appears" to have weight, I love the idea of black tights with a higher, mid-heel, dressier boot. While I'm a big shrug wearer with short sleeve tops/dresses (for warmth) and to alleviate added bulk where it doesn't belong, I'm not liking a shrug with your knit dress. You could get away with a waist length cardigan and just button the two middle buttons to accentuate a waistline, but the neckline of the cardigan should be rounded not squared, IMO. Details, details. Not sure what the event is, but something to consider is wearing a piece that you can take off (hence the sweater or jacket), in case you get warm as oppose to a long sleeve top underneath. But, without knowing your build type, it's tough to put together to ensure it looks polished on your frame. I'm very particular about things fitting the right body type form head to toe, but that's just me....See MoreNeed some help/advice for kitchen lighting with beams
Comments (9)You can look for families of lights... You will have pendants, flush mounts and wall lights all coordinated.... And you can keep the soffits if they style nicely like these: Or tear them out and put lighting on top of them if you don't want the taller cabinets to go to the ceiling with crown: Are you working with a kitchen designer? They should be able to put the plans into their design program so you can see the space 3 D. This is important - there are a few changes I would make to the plan... I would strongly urge you to get a full 36" lazy susan in the corner. I have seen the 33" ones and they are not great. Most garbage units are 21" wide ( there are a few 24s) - you don't need t balance the lower cabinets when you turn a corner on each side of the stove - just balance the uppers - the island blocks that visual anyway. Your wall cabinet all the way left of the hood and the pantry right of the ref. will need to have a filler next to them or an odd overlay on the door or extended style - the contractor needs some forgiveness to install level. Even though you are doing a counter depth ref. you should do panels on each side. or the pantries need to be 27" deep.... Just some suggestions! Good luck! Looks great so far!...See MoreWindow advice needed-1938 home
Comments (74)Thanks for the help here. The deal started by my friend (their neighbor) telling me to look at the house. They never put it on the market, but I asked to have my realtor involved and then they said that they would also need to involve their realtor. Our realtors agreed to split 5% instead of the typical 6% since they wouldn’t have marketing costs. I offered the price they asked for plus the 5% realtors fees on top. Their realtor thinks they would list the house $18K higher than our agreed upon price, but the seller has told me he thinks her price is too high. My search area is very small and there is not much on the market in the area. I wouldn’t say it’s strongly in favor of the buyer or seller—but there aren’t a lot of options for what I am looking for...4-5 bedrooms, 2500-3000 sf, within 5-10 minutes of everything we do, and no major reno to do. As much as I like this house, I feel like what I offered originally was close to the top of what it was worth. Adding new windows to the cost of the house would take the price up to a point that I don’t think makes sense for the area. It would be the most expensive house in the neighborhood by far. There aren’t a lot of comps for this house because of its age and the fact that it’s on three lots, but I think paying for the windows myself puts me in a bad position should I need to sell. I have asked for nothing else from the inspection report to be done and so far have offered their asking price and added on realtors fees as each realtor became involved. They haven’t given up anything. I think that they could at least come back and negotiate. They told their realtor they were also concerned because my house was not yet on the market, but they’ve known all along we have been waiting on them (2 weeks to accept an offer, 1 week to allow us to schedule inspection, 2 months total of this process during which they went ahead and got a bridge loan and bought a house almost twice as expensive as their current one. They close on it in two weeks.) We have told them that I would list my house as soon as we were done with the offer period. I also have a potential buyer already who plans to make an offer on my house anyday, but has been waiting to know what I decide about the other house. I think it’s very possible that I can sell my house before it is listed. The whole thing has been exhausting and very drawn out. Their realtor is difficult to work with (maybe mine is too, I don’t know—she’s good to me). And I may soon have an offer on my own house and nowhere to go. I keep watching listings to see if anything else pops up, and so far, there’s nothing....See MoreRelated Professionals
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