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Need Opinions, Bathroom Vanity Function vs Style? (pics)
Comments (15)If you will be using the area every day and the vanity is the main storage cabinet, by all means go with the Kraftmaid. Bending all the way down to get into those sliding doors would get old, quick. Pull-out shelves inside would make it much better, though. KM has a few darker glazed finishes that are very rich looking. We went with the white foil with beadboard in the kids bath and even though I don't use them on a daily basis, I LOVE them! We upgraded to the soft close and every drawer opens completely -- no more digging around the back for things. We changed the false front drawers under the sinks to tilt-out's with full stainless steel baskets... those fit toothbrushes, floss, toothpaste and much more. If you have great knobs and/or pulls, some people seem to notice those and not the cabinet themselves. I've had people not notice the beadboard because they were so drawn to the knobs....See MoreStyle you love vs. style you have?
Comments (9)I'm at the same party. I'm never sure what to call my style, other than eclectic. Our (sort new) 5yo cottage is all very me. I've added a good bit since the tour shots were taken (linked below). It's not a house, but a home. I love contrast (light walls, stained doors/windows/trim), textures (wicker, painted pieces, antlers, old leather). Been bringing in lots of old, soft wood (yes, wood can be soft!), leather, interesting objects - not to fill a space, but because my body craves interesting objects. I don't bring anything I don't absolutely love home. I shop local antique stores, antique stores when I travel and etsy. Etsy be bad, and bad is good in this case! lol Our great room may seem "formal" to some, but it is relaxed to us. We actually used the den and living room in our last house daily, and that living was way more formal (camelback sofa, wing chair, etc). I have a thing about antique architectural etchings. They are everywhere. Even the bathrooms. Many of them have bridges/water. I'm a Cancer, and I have a thing about water (and about "home" in general). Guess that's why I ended back up on a lake! lol Great thread! Here is a link that might be useful: my home...See MoreForm vs Function :)
Comments (28)Respectfully, even with an actual kitchen space and familiar KD such details can still get overlooked, for those of us shorter than average height. Unless your KD is shorter than average height too. Taller people just don't get it because they aren't our height. They just aren't. And by taller I am meaning average. Heh. Most folks think I'm crazy when I tell them that yes, those dang airplane seats are ALSO a horrible atrocity for me, they think it must be fine because my knees aren't hitting the seat in front of me like theirs are. And they are right on that point, but they just don't experience the back issues that comes from ill placed lumbar and arms that are too short to rest comfortably on the arm rests. Go look online for stylish fashionable foot rests for under an office desk and you'll see we shorties have little options. Adjustable height desks? Only go one way-- taller. NOT shorter. Drawer style micros? Considered that but if you already have back problems (due to conforming your too short stature to a too tall world) then leaning over to get stuff out is the last thing you want to do. If you're lucky you have a good physical therapist who's taught you all the yoga poses for any movement requiring bending -- operating a drawer micro would be like the moves you have to make to unload a dishwasher without throwing out your already unhappy cranky back. A back made miserable by sitting in chairs too high at desks too tall and in sofas that are way too deep without piles of pillows -- yet your feet are still dangling regardless. Sorry for my cranky rant, that I am typing while laying flat on my back which is not happy at the moment. And yes, I know it's just as hard for the taller outliers too.... who will have to do even more contorted deeper yoga poises to reach into that micro drawer (that's why the trend has raised ovens up on to the wall, right?)....See MoreKitchen remodel - drama vs. functional
Comments (22)@cpartist The old kitchen was awkward. It had a wall with 3 windows to the north, doors to a bedroom and a bathroom on the east wall, a door to the porch on the south wall, and a doorway and access to the back of the built-in in the dining room on the west wall. This plan shows a change for a bedroom access in the lower right corner. The dining room was also overburdened with doors, windows and doorways. In the dining room there is a door coming in from the entry/vestibule on the west wall and almost a full wall encased opening into the living room. There is a door into the 2nd bedroom on the south wall. The east wall is filled with a doorway into the kitchen, a Victorian arched brick mantled fireplace (which someone blocked off and put in a freestanding woodstove in front of), and the built in cabinet. Finally, the north wall of the dining room is a bay shaped bump out that is over half of the wall. Definitely a room that was only intended to have a table placed in the middle of it and lots of circulation options. In the plans for the bathroom we close off the former kitchen access to the built-in but (of course) keep it for the dining room, It will go from over 20" deep to a still very usable 14" plus. There will have to be some changes to the drawers that pull out from either room and shelving reworking. The two windows above the sink are replaced with a single awning style window over the toilet - still thinking about what sort of glass that obstructs the view I might chose. I was considering a pedestal tub, but hate squeezing my arm and cleaning tools between my current clawfoot tub and the wall to wipe everything down. So am going with a built in tub with shower. It is not the spa bathroom of my dreams, but I really wanted a laundry room. So to the east of the bath is the water heater closet and a laundry room with a bit of storage for brooms, vacuums, my folding kayak. (I don't have a garage.) The 3rd bedroom looses a little sq. ft. and the closet moves to the west wall. The 2nd bedroom is in the lower right corner of the plans. The original closet of this bedroom was made into a 1/2 bath that was accessed by the 1st and 2nd bedrooms, a Jack and Jill 1/2 bath. I am moving the access to this bedroom from the dining room to the new hallway. We will also wall off the access to the 1/2 bath from this bedroom. The closet that replaced the original that became the bath is a DIY plywood monstrosity on the north wall and will be moved to the east wall and will take space from the old porch. Hoping to improve the bed placement choices. There is a short hallway between the kitchen and the dining room, which is not what most people do. We looked at making a galley kitchen along the north wall and stretching that all the way to the back to access the backyard that way. But that involved moving 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. That was way out of my budget and would have been an over investment. This way there is the small sacrifice to maintain the original character of the more formal front rooms of the house that have coved ceilings and an abundance of 6" Art Deco influenced window/door/casement trim. The vestibule/entry, the living and dining rooms are the only rooms with coved ceilings. Very Victorian in having such formal rooms for guests. The previous owners went very Victorian in decorating the front rooms with flocked wallpaper, anaglypta wall paper (painted Marilyn Monroe lipstick red), very dark staining on the trim. The bedrooms all have the same trim but none of the other Victorian touches. The kitchen and bath are very plain in the trimmings with just ~ 3-4" wide, simple wood trim. I am trying to modernize the decor of front rooms with a more subtle nod to the past that blends the boundary between old and new. Thanks for asking!...See MoreRelated Professionals
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