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How do you feel about resilient flooring in bathrooms
Comments (18)We used a very high end resilient vinyl in our kitchen and have a good amount left over. It's a slate look of neutral colors with a tile pattern. People who see it think it's the real deal. Compliments are plenty. Anyway, we're now remodeling our hall bath and plan on using this same vinyl in that bathroom (thinking this wasn't right, I questioned another forum & the replies where all for it & why waste what can be used). DH will be tiling the tub area, and the rest of the walls are painted. He originally wanted to put a tub surround in and I talked him out of it. Certainly, we can tile the floor if we choose to, however, we don't care for tile on any floor. It's cold, hard, and just plain uncomfortable, not to mention a pain to clean. I remember when I asked on another forum here about using vinyl with granite in our kitchen remodel, we received more negative replies than positive. I began to second guess myself, but stuck with my plan and I'm glad I did. The end result is beautiful (& comfy too). I don't know what the homes have around here, but we remodel according to our lifestyle and not to keep up with the Jones'. After all, WE have to live here. I always do my best remodel/decorate with a classic style (I'm not trendy) so the "look" will be around for awhile. I think if the remodel is done well, surfaces and colors coordinate, and the owner likes everything, go with your gut. Her friends don't live there after all. The homes in my neighborhood are priced in low to mid $400K and I'm not above using an excellent quality vinyl. Now, if your client lives in a a very high-end/upscale neighborhood, I'd say, no vinyl. Hope that makes sense....See MoreHow do you feel about resilient floors in bathrooms?
Comments (3)Geography: Upper American Midwest I'm not sure where you're looking that you're only finding floors that "kinda cheap and ugly looking". Once you get out of the big-box home improvement stores (and even in some of those), there are some very realistic-looking patterns, even from the major manufacturers. They're not 99 cents a square foot, though. Thing of it is, at least up until the current housing-market collapse, most people were more interested in the look than the materials. Just look at the sales for cheaper patterns and origins of granite and the number of low-end appliance manufacturers that slapped stainless-steel finishes on their boxes. All that made the (desired) look much easier to afford; never mind that it was an imitation of truly-high-end granite and truly-high-end appliances. So if your client wants to put in a vinyl floor that merely looks like stone (and looks passably like what it's supposed to), and the house does not demand the highest-priced materials, who's to care? Don't ask, don't tell. :-)...See MoreHow do we feel about curtain lengths?
Comments (20)for the most part, i prefer to the floor or just above. i'm trying to plan draperies for the new house now but they will be nothing like what we had at the old house... when i did the downstairs at our first place we did puddled curtains. my bff is a decorator and has been in the business for a thousand years. he knows EVERYONE. so they were made by a woman he stole from a professional work room and expertly hung by two specialists who spent over nine hours at my house steaming, fussing and arranging the draperies. this was not a weekend job for them. they told me they had been at the douglas-zeta jones residence the day before. i paid them $500 (not bad considering the time spent) and was asked in advance to provide six different flavors of ben & jerry's ice cream. seemed fair to me. plus it was august, after all. when they finished, the drapes were perfect and glorious. everyone commented on them. they were stunning. and then, one day i decided to pull out my vacuum cleaner and do a quick once around. so i picked up one side of the drapes and vacuumed the floor behind and below. and then i tried to puddle them in the exact, picture perfect arrangement as styled by the ultra fabulous team with the ice cream obsession. i was heartbroken. it wasn't easy but after a long time (...who knows, maybe an hour?) i finally brought them back to an acceptable state. from that point on, i never touched them, they never moved. i vacuumed AROUND them, always careful not to disturb their perfectness again -until the day we moved. so, no more puddled anything for me. romans or to the floor. that's about as dramatic as i'm ever going again....See MoreHow Do You Feel About Your House?
Comments (88)I can empathize with your frustration. Having to deal with the well water is a lot harder than it sounds. Also having a spouse that is completely opposed to moving does not help. Sounds like he is attached to the house because of everything he has done to it. He may like the rural space also, but he needs to realize there are conviences of living in or nearer to town. A house is a financial investment and also where you live affects quality of life. I wonder if there is anything that annoys your husband about your current location. If it affects his quality of life and if you can find a house that is a good financial decision, maybe he will swoon. Maybe you can find common ground and get closer to the city without being all the way inside the city. I bought my house in a small rural town 30 minutes outside of the city. That is what I could afford, and I got a large garage and decent yard with it. I bought it with the idea it was a starter home. Unfortunately it was a sellers market when I bought because there was a large flood and a lot of people were looking to move. So I probably paid more than it was worth, just the way it worked out. I was SO done renting and dealing with a landlord, watching my money disappear into rent and not keeping any equity. Wife and I both commute for work. The commute is on a 4 way highway so it is fast and safe most of the time. We also have bad roads in the winter from time to time and its annoying but doable. I could not imagine living more rural than what I am because there is no way I would live farther than 30 mins commute OR live on a country road with no way to plow myself out to get to work on a bad snow day. I have done and continue to do a bunch to the house with the hope to sell in the future. It will be about 2200 sqft when I am done with the basement. I dont have plans on living here forever because this small town doesnt have much, we get everything in the city when we go to work. I think that people doing renovations always need to think of resale so they dont get too attached to their labor of love. I will definitely enjoy the house more as I get more projects done, but I wont be afraid to move. I have to do a lot of planning to do my renovations so I have everything I need ahead of time. It is hard for me doing renovations if I discover I need another part to justify driving all the way into town to get that, so I usually stop that job and do something else. It is also annoying for my wife to run errands on days off because she has to drive into town. My wife also feels isolated from the city, she grew up in the city and is used to just going to do something whenever. I grew up on a farm so I am used to waiting to commute although I can see living in town would be nice. We both like the house after the things I have done to it but there is always more that can be done to improve it of course. We have a good sized yard and a large garden. Wife likes to have bird feeders and we get plenty of birdies to watch. Yes the commute makes the house affordable and the taxes a heck of a lot less but it is a big time sink and an inconvience. It's all about balance, commute time or money. Some day we will get in the city, but we are both young and starting to get debt paid down first....See MoreRipped Jeans Construction
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