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Comments (11)Lots of people have hardwood in Houston. It’ll be fine, especially since you are using it in adjacent rooms....See MoreHelp! Want a foyer/Entry in an open concept home!
Comments (37)Take what follows as worth what you paid for it. (Ha...) My very first starter home was a tiny cape cod, where the front door dropped everyone on the far end of the living room. Words fail to describe how much I hated that. I spent years trying to create a nice first impression, a nice foyer, out of that stupid entry. I loved most of that house, it was a great first house - but I never solved the problem of not having a nice front entry. It sounds like you care about something similar too. Some people care, some people don't - that's the beauty of life, different things matter to different people. If you're building a brand new home, and are lucky enough to be building it at the beach, then you really should take advantage of this to know what you want, and to get what you want. Within reason, of course. :-) But a nice foyer is certainly a very reasonable ask. Not seeing the entire floor plan and things to scale, I have no idea if a pretty table will work for you to delineate some space. Just bear in mind whoever said upthread that will need a lot of room to work is 100% right, and honestly it would not work for me. However I am not you. I am just imploring you to think carefully about what matters and what doesn't - lest you spend a shocking amount of money on a new build and then end up like me, spending years hating one of the most important parts of the house....See MoreOpen Concept Home Build Wall Color Selection
Comments (1)The conventional wisdom is to choose a neutral that "works" with everything and that leaves your options for other colors wide open. For me there are some neutrals that work okay with most everything, but they may not be the best with the colors you love or in some cases they may not even be okay. My favorite colors wine reds and purples. Those neutrals that they say work with everything usually greige (gray/beige with green undertones) The neutrals with pink or violet undertones (taupe or violet gray) are the ones that most people steer you away from, but that look great with my colors. My sister loves olive greens and golds and orange reds - classic fall colors. - Greige is great in her home. My sister in law loves cornflower blues and peach. Greige looks muddy with her pastels, a light, clear cream or a light gray both work well. I am in my 60s and I can remember when we struggled with picking colors for our first homes and buying things through the years that were the popular colors of the day. At some point we all landed on the colors for in our home that are actually the same color families that look good on us. I am a winter (dark hair, ivory skin tone) and look good in bright, clear colors, Susie is a fall, (brown hair, olive skin tone) and looks great in muted greens that make me look like I died a week ago. Lisa has blond hair and blue eyes and skin that tans as soon as she walks out the door. Spring pastels look beautiful on her. We all ended up filling our homes with the colors that make our hearts sing, and apparently we are vain and the colors that made us feel like a 10 when we were young make our hearts sing. So what are your favorite colors? What colors make you feel like a 10 and what is the best neutral background for those color? What neutral color do you want surrounding you when you sit on your sofa in your favorite outfit while entertaining your friends?...See Morerug styles for open concept home
Comments (11)Your new rug looks awesome. I’ve recommended that rug to a few people here, glad to see how it actually looks in someone’s house! I think all of your rugs are fine together, and much more interesting and attractive than a bunch of plain ones. I agree with everything Mrs Ted said. We’re outliers — most on these boards get antsy at mixing colors and patterns. ;) If I was going to change any rug, it would only be the entry one. I think a plainer one there would be a nice bridge between the dining and living room rugs, and they’d stand out more that way. Your kitchen runner is so pretty … I’m another who will always have a rug in my kitchen. Your lights are not too small for your table, I don’t understand that comment at all. I think the oversized lights shown as examples look ridiculous. That’s a strange trend I hope is over soon....See MoreAbigail True
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