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Jilly
last year
I love the little roof. :D

This makes me miss Steak and Ale.
bpath
last year
Makes me nostalgic for the ’60s and ’70s.
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So happy to see more joining in! Thanks mac. You lead a charmed life weather wise. To add to the "fun" yesterday the power went out for about 6 hrs. It is a good thing I heat with a wood stove as well as propane. shaxhome I wish our weather could even out between the two of us. I would happily give up some of my cold to off set your dreadful heat. We actually do get to 40 the odd time if you include the humidity. In our summer the humidity plays a large role. Gorgeous pics all! jekeesl I enjoy photographing moths & butterflies too. I had no idea any butterflies bit. The closed wings of a Red Admiral. So many patterns in this dragonfly. Tree frog - one of my favorite critters. Pulsatilla Rheum p. Atrosanguineum breaking ground. Tradescantia The very common Agriope aurantia.
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BEDROOM RUG. Pattern or no pattern for and Color Scheme????
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I just went back to HomeSense and picked up two more rugs. They are softer blends. I agree with you. The bright teal is actually just a pillowcase I took from my stepson for now. But I have a soft blue teal sheets and my drapes have a greyish teal as well. Ill see if these work... hard to see but one has a bit of teal in it the other is more of a stone blue... I wanted the others to work because one of the rugs was over $1000 and marked down to $150!!!
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Stair carpet... pattern or no pattern, that is the question.
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Is it overkill? Depends on the pattern in the rest of your space. I love bold pattern, staircases included.
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Ok to mix patterned chair with patterned rug?
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Mixing patters is great, but the shape and scale of those two are too similar, which is why you might be doubting it. Any other patterns that chair comes in? If it were me picking, I’d look for a really graphic floral, a toile, a pinstripe, a Buffalo check, something that looks much bigger or much smaller than the design on the rug.
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Fori
last year
There is so much there it kind of works for me. If everything is wrong, nothing can be right, therefore nothing can be wrong.

I guess it's a wet bar, like in a basement (with great windows) or something like that?
nicole___
last year
Z-brick and wood paneling....that would be a tear out for me...
palimpsest
Original Author
last year
It looks like a split entry raised ranch with a walk out basement, so sliders opposite this area.
bpath
last year
Why do you think raised ranch, and not split-level?
jojoco
last year
Once upon a time, this was the cat's meow.
Fori
last year
Anyone know what the wooden panel on the wall is?

And is it just me or does the tile floor look newer, almost as though someone very deliberately chose to preserve this little bit of fun?
palimpsest
Original Author
last year
I think the wooden panel is just another layer of decoration. The floor is newer, I think. There are several multi decade layers of patterns in several rooms, like they just Added and never subtracted.
palimpsest
Original Author
last year
The windows on each side of the front door are at the same height on both floors, and only the entry seems to be split from the the other floors, in the street view.
palimpsest
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last year
bpath
last year
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Ah, i see. Here in northern Illinois, it’s called a raised ranch, California ranch, or split-entry raised ranch as you said. And that camper would look much better parked in the bump-out of the driveway.
Allison0704
last year
Makes me think "Quincy's Family Steakhouse." It's quite the mix.
blfenton
last year
It's not the pattern on pattern that bothers me but rather the Brown on Brown (on brown) that is so depressing that bothers me.
User
last year
I LOVE IT. If that was in a basement, I would 100% keep it, and you better bet I'm putting a huge avocado green shag rug in there. I love a 60s/70s rumpus room.
ilikefriday
last year
I usually really like pattern on pattern. Mixing the same color family misses the mark for me in this case.
l pinkmountain
last year
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It's like having your own personal time machine bar in your basement!! Definitely to be appreciated by a certain generation, or lovers of that era . . .

My aunt and uncle had a Tiki bar and game room in the basement. I always wondered if the people who bought the house from my late uncle kept it as a time capsule. It was a fairly tasteful version of that kitschy vibe. It was never meant to be a serious room . . . we had lots of fun in there back in the day . . .

Do they still sell wagon wheel light fixtures and barrel keg chairs? One can't go halfway . . .
just_terrilynn
last year
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All it needs is a little paint and a Crafts- Man lol.

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