Cottage basement design help!
Marni T
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Comments (9)MeMo I was thinking the same thing. A different paint color to give it a bit more cottage charm and stand out a bit more. Yes,the earth tones are nice, I love earth tones, but on the outside it tends to blend in with the ah...earth. I like the idea of a path perhaps flagstone going from the sidewalk right up to the front door. I also like the idea of the plants around the patio for privacy and a bit of a grassy area where you have the hose but I also think that if you did a path going up to the front door that a small plot of grass an the otherside would be nice as well. I would then fill in with flowers, shrubs, and roses all along the edge of the yard in curving beds with low plants along the path way on either side. If you are afraid of plants swallowing up the house keep the taller plants to the right and a bit in front of the patio and med.and small along the front yard. A fence and arbor are also a good idea like moonphase said. Oh and if your not going with the tropical cottage look then I would (if it were me) take out the palm and in the space between your front windows (hidden behind the palm) put a trellis with a climbing rose up it. Even if you are going with the tropical look I would take it out as it is low and blocking the house. Put in maybe some taller palms if you want a tree there. Meghan...See MoreWilliam Poole Design- Calabash Cottage- Help Please!
Comments (160)Here is ours. I believe this discussion has maxed out at 150 posts. See the link to Part 2 of the Calabash Cottage below the picture. Here is a link that might be useful: PART 2 - Calabash Cottage This post was edited by -Bryan on Tue, Oct 28, 14 at 8:15...See MoreHelp with "worker's cottage" floorplan design
Comments (23)Well, I've been over to kitchens and got a bit of advice. A couple people are urging me to knock down the wall between the kitchen and DR and put in an island, but I suspect you Old House people would scream in agony over that one. :-) Based on their input and yours, I'm now thinking along these lines: -Keep the chimney. That'll avoid having to spend on a new furnace and water heater for now. They're perfectly functional, just not maximally efficient. -Surgically remove the sink cabinet but leave the others in that plane. Slide a range in there (assuming it's a 30" opening; didn't measure). Use that exercise to see if the boxes can be removed from the wall. They do have backs on them, so I'm not sure it's a lost cause. -Move the doorways to the center of the room (no one has yet given me a good reason not to other than it's a lot of work) -If we can cleanly remove them, take down the cabinets over the existing range spot and relocate to the window wall. -Buy new base cabinets for along the window wall -Build new wall cabinets to fill in the rest of the window wall, matching/mirroring the relocated ones. -Add shaker trim to the old doors and maybe drawers. I've found some reasonably priced unfinished RTA cabinets at kitchencabinetdepot.com. I'll carefully prep the existing and paint the whole shabang in some creamy white color. FWIW, I priced out all new cabinets at Lowe's and they came to about $9K, $1500 of which was trim. The same set of cabinets from KCD (no trim) is $3500. So theoretically, with some elbow grease and used appliances, I might be able to pull off the kitchen for $5K, even with all new cabinets. But I'm determined to meet the challenge and be as tightwad as possible on this, so I'm going to try for maximum re-use....See MoreNeed help in basement design-placement of LED lights, bathroom design
Comments (5)You may have already thought about this, but dimmer switches will make whatever lighting scheme you decide on more flexible. Also, think about where furniture will be before placing the recessed lighting. 18 months ago we moved into a 25 year old house that had a finished basement (also with some windows, like yours). While they at least had dimmers on the recessed lighting, the placement of some of the cans was puzzling, even considering where they had their furniture when we saw the house before purchasing (the previous owners did the basement fit-out). I like the one room that has cans in the four corners and a central fixture which is a semi-flush 3-light (the cans are placed about two feet from the walls). The result is that the room is lit very evenly without the use of any table or floor lamps. I use the room for an office so I have a desk lamp for task lighting. Even if you don't use the other part of your basement, if you finish it so it could be used for a family room it will be good for your resale value. The next owners may want to put their teenagers down there with a big television. :-) I love the idea of the full bathroom. That is something I don't have in mine....See MoreElaine Doremus Resumes Written
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