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Ginger Chew
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Comments (61)Ppbenn, the wallpaper is "peonies" from tempaper. It is not standard wallpaper. Its a self-adhesive wallpaper, aka a giant sticker. I don't know how it would take water color bc of the finish. But, Tempaper sells a product that is plain that you can decorate. So maybe? Tempaper has a website with faqs, and they would likely answer questions too. It's a sm company/neat story. Good luck! I am sure my kids will paint ours soon. I've already wiped up pen and pencil. Marker and paint are likely not far behind. Fwiw: hanging this is just slightly different than regular paper. The back is very sticky. That is great if your flat walls meet crisp edges of the even/level ceiling. With my old wavy plaster walls and old wavy plaster ceiling, covered in tons of paint, a standard wallpaper likely would have been easier to hang because it would have been more forgiving to stretch, move and slide. But, this paper was worth the effort. And removal will be so much easier, though I have no plans to do it anytime soon. Fori! I remember you asked questions about the smeg. I hoped you would pull the trigger before me! I will try to remember to post a more thorough review after we use the speed oven more. I want to try to bake, heat a frozen pizza, and grill fish or meat. Then I'll post again. In the meantime, as I mentioned above, we have abused the oven feature on the smeg everyday for more than a month: reheat french toast, warm left overs, cook chicken fingers, spring rolls, eggplant parm, roast veggies and chicken, make nacho chips and cheese. It just gets hot so much faster than my 30" Berta gas range, which isn't particularly slow to get hot. And I think/hope it has to be more efficient to use the small electric oven than the larger gas oven. (?) And the mw is in use everyday, reheating my coffee, cooking frozen broccoli etc. The mw performs well, as I would expect. We have not baked, used the grill function, or done any speed/combo cooking. But to be honest, the combo features were secondary. I am not very good at following directions and I usually never use the pre-set options on anything! If and when I bake, it's usually in batches; I imagine I would usually use the range to bake and the smeg to cook dinner. I will use the grill function; hope it works well. We decided to take the leap, or be the guinea pigs, bc we only had so many spots to put a mw. The best spot was prime real estate, below the counter. To give up cabinet drawers, I wanted an appliance that would do more than mw. I cook, a lot, everyday and on holidays. A second oven was really attractive. Obviously I didn't have space for a wall oven. I don't even have space for a countertop convection or toaster oven. So we looked at combos. Since I only have 24" my choices were limited. The reviews on the Miele were really good. But it didn't sound like $$$$ better for how I would use the appliance. And I didn't have that extra $$$$ to just get the Miele bc it's the Miele. Really, my biggest concern: yes, my kids play with the knobs. But i can't blame them. It is cute....See MorePainting my maple cabinets?? Modern Farmhouse vibe desired
Comments (31)I lived with my kitchen for 9 years being afraid to paint, after reading so many comments about only having done professionally. I did spend over 22 hours in my small kitchen; doing a good job is paramount. In regards to durability, after 9 months I had to use a q-tip to touch up a scratch near two handles twice. I love my kitchen and wish I had painted it years ago, even though the cabinets had a nice stain and were solid wood. All that to say, I suggest you live with it for a few months. Start keeping inspiration pictures and you may be surprised that your ideas and taste change. Based on the layout and size and also openness to other room will make a difference as well with decisions. In the meantime, some upgrades may be enough. Hardware, rug, and lighting and collect ideas for these as well and consider your living room‘s style and colors in your decisions. A good place to start is with a backsplash. My son just added subway and it made a huge difference. It goes with anything and provides a blank slate for rest of choices....See MoreOK Houzzers - suggestions re this small living room
Comments (65)I agree that the lone chair needs to be invited to the party. How about moving it towards the entry-way, with all 4 legs on the rug, angling it towards the other furniture, and I agree a small round table would look great. I like when every piece of furniture has a flat surface nearby for a beverage, book, or place for eye glasses to set on. I agree that the room keeps getting better and better. One last hint, an interior decorator once told me every room needs something green in it. Can be as easy as a plant or a vase and up to a throw pillow or piece of furniture....See MoreWhich color do you prefer for lower kitchen cabinets?
Comments (78)I didn't read all the comments so I might be repeating something. When considering colors etc. you need to look at the layout of your kitchen. Just looking at other kitchens doesn't help with visualizing yours as a whole. Most kitchens with cabinets other than white or a light wood have a good amount of contiguous cabinets. You have two areas that will break up the color in a small space, the range and the dishwasher. If both were stainless that would be less of an issue. But then you have the refrigerator area. It looks like they are ceiling height, or is one an oven stack? Two issues I see are: 1. If you go with all white cabinets, will they be matched to the appliances? If not, make sure the whites blend well, not look like they are trying to match but don't. 2. If choosing blue lowers make sure they look cohesive to the eye, not a blue cabinet here, a white dishwasher, more blue cabinets, a white range, a small blue cabinet. Since the range is on a different wall it's less of an issue as far as what your eye sees. I'm not saying it won't work, you just need to SEE IT on your own kitchen. If you go with blue lowers, then would you go with a white backsplash? If so, then you will have three whites that need to blend. I think photo shopping the colors on your layout will help with the color issue, especially on the refrigerator side. But also see if the breakup of color by the appliances would bother you. Unless the dishwasher is already ordered, you could panel it. I have some opinions on the material choices if you are interested....See MoreGinger Chew
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