Bumping thread

Grover any chance you can show me what it would look like with no railing and pulling the left side of the steps a bit more to the left (towards the end of the window) i was just looking at greige color schemes and I’m feeling super over whelmed. looks like a darker warm brown with a light grey compliments and contrasts with each (went through your color schemes) so now im thinking... the silver traverntine for the top of the steps and the top of the porch with a more brown stack stone color for the pillar, and light post? Or should I reverse it? Make a darker slate for the top of the porch/steps and a lighter grey with warm tones for the stack stone? God... I’m going crazy

OK...so we have some more details. Excellent. Your style and the home's interior suggest transitional or traditional. That usually means a natural wood-look floor (like natural white oak, or maple, etc) would do very well in this home. It would mean a "like for like" replacement of what you have already. The carpet is very light (which means it is a non-entity when it comes to design). That means a natural (unstained) wood floor would look very warm and inviting. I will give a warning about sheet goods (carpet and sheet vinyl...like what you have): They hide TREMENDOUS amounts of subfloor issues underneath them. That's why builders LOVE them. These two products (like what your photos show) can hide the most atrocious substrates. Because of this, I would suggest a subfloor prep cost of $2-$3/sf. If I'm wrong and you can get away with $1-$2/sf then you have saved some money. But if I'm right, your subfloor prep is going to eat a significant amount of your budget. You can always work backwards to figure out your budget for the flooring purchase. 1. Subfloor prep: $3/sf x 2100sf = $6,300 2. Labour for vinyl plank install: $2.50/sf x 2100 = $5250 3. Budget left over: $15,000 - 6300 - 5250 = $3450 4. Budget for flooring material (including 5% waste = 2205sf): $1.57/sf

Great room & gorgeous floors! I’m on the NO don’t paint brick team. I’m wondering about the style of your home & thinking the brick is an integral part of it so I vote keep it. The granite caps / tops might have been an update though. I do agree change out the drapes to a much lighter color - match walls which look like a good shade for the brick. I would like the crown & base to be not such a bright white - maybe think about that. The rug is pretty & too bad it’s not a tad bigger. I think the rule is all seating legs either on or off the rug. I’d try pulling rug out into room farther & get all legs off it just to make rug more visible. Side table & lamps needed. I’m guessing those sofas are recliners so no coffee table will work? Swivel chairs would be great with a side table & lamp between. I’d pick fabric for the chairs whicheve style you get - a fabric with texture rather than pattern & pull a blue from rug for color. Don’t match colors of sofas as the contrast adds interest.I like the size & placement of the art on wall but it would be nice if the images were stronger so the art stood out a bit. Would one of them fit on left side of mantel? Or, in place of the huge clock? A console table or shelving / book case would be nice in the space under the clock - it would balance the TV & unit on other side, For the short term, I think replacing drape panels will provide the fastest & most impactful update.