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Comments (11)I know this is an older thread, but I have to put in my two cents. In my opinion, its not the firebox that is the problem. It's the hideous tile that surrounds it. It looks like cheap, builder grade tile that would be on a kitchen floor, looking ugly there as well. You could leave the mantle as is or stain it a different shade of brown, and even leave the brass on the front of the firebox, but install a stacked stone look and it would look a thousand times better. You could paint the mantle black and install a white marble in place of the tile, or white mantle/black granite, white mantle/white marble, etc. There are so many stone and tile options out there, you should be able to find something you like. Google fireplace images, and of the million images that can pop up, I'm sure you will find something to inspire you. You will find, when looking at them, that its not really the firebox that catches the eye, but the tile/stone/mantles, that surround that firebox that make it look good or bad. I wonder what the original poster ended up doing?...See MoreNew house - classic 90s styling - need help!
Comments (38)Nice house! I think that golden oak and brass fixtures will soon make a comeback, because dark wood and silver/stainless have been popular for so long. I don't think the peachy wall color in your house looks good with the oak, though, because it makes the oak look so yellow. Before you paint the trim and window blinds, try painting the walls. Our walls are a pale khaki/green, so light it reads as a neutral, and it looks great with warm wood tones. I've also seen nice warm grays look good with golden wood. On the other hand, as much as I love wood, I think the bookshelves look odd in that spot, mostly because they appear to be floating above the baseboard heater. I think that would be the best wall for the TV, so you may have to change the shelves to make that work, or move/remove some of them. Can the dining room be closed off completely, with a big arched doorway? With such open space in the other rooms, it might be nice to have a more intimate space for contrast, and to have less sound bouncing around when you talk and laugh at the dinner table. Can the ceiling in that room be lowered? If not, I do like the grill idea suggested above for the openings to the DR. Lastly, before you shop for furniture I would make many copies of a to-scale floor plan and try moving little paper pieces of furniture around to make sure you can make it work before you buy it....See MoreQuestions for those who have painted 90's golden oak
Comments (16)We purchased a 1989 Cape that had been untouched since building. The layout and number of closets are fantastic! The adundance of draperies, mismatched floors, and the kitchen were AWFUL. Draperies were easy to lose, floors are slowly getting done, and the kitchen - well, it will take years to save for a full reno, but a coat of paint is a miracle worker! 1) Do you have any regrets Absolutely not! It made the space so much brighter and cleaner. 2) What did you paint - crown molding, kitchen cabinets, baseboards, door frames, doors only? Base cabs, upper cabs, beadboad on the back of the peninsula, beadboard wainscoting around the room, door frames, and a closet door. 3) What color or kind of paint did you use? Benjamin Moore Advance in White Heron. I discovered I adore the Advance paint. It self-levels, filling in pores and grain lines. It's not as workable as oil, but it's very different than acrylic wall paint! 4) What would you have done differently I thought I'd save some time and mess by NOT sanding the frames between coats. I did sand the doors. You CAN see a difference, but only when you open a door. The sanded door fronts are very smooth - the grain nearly disappeared. 5) Where did you start? i.e. finish a specific room and then move on, baseboards, crown molding, doors The kitchen was the focus, but now, we have some "spare" cabinets that were relocated to the laundry room. I plan to paint them aqua. I can't wait to buy more Advance! 6) What made the biggest impact Color. The original kitchen is fairly large - about 13x20, with half as the working kitchen and half as a seating area. The original counter is a rich blue-green Corian - and there's a lot of it! The original floors are unsealed whitish tile with white grout. The golden cabinets became white and I painted the room to match the counters (for now). From green and orange and beige and dirty gray floors, to crisp green and white - such a transformation. 7) How long did you devote to the project About 3 weeks, working 4-5 hours over 3-5 days a week. I had to clean everything with TSP, then sand everything (someone re-poly'ed the cabs to shiny them up for sale - ugh!). Two coats primer, two coats paint, touchups, sanding between each coat. Not to mention, I also painted the interiors of the uppers, as I still plan to buy glass front doors for those. 8) Any other comments you think are relevant I refinish furniture as a hobby - I love to see wood grain and bring an old piece back to it's original beauty. But I've become a white kitchen convert. It's SO EASY to keep it clean! The cure time is a full month, but 2 years have passed, and it still looks perfect....See MoreNeed help with a 90's all oak kitchen remodel
Comments (34)I am adding a natural gas line from my livingroom fireplace to my kitchen plus moving the plumbing lines and for my Washing machine and laundryroom sink plus having an outside faucet replaced that is on the wall where the new Washing machine plumbing lines will be placed. The estimate I got was $1200.00. I am in Central PA, so prices may be higher in other areas and I had gotten estimates that were far more expensive. The plumber I found is good. He has owned his own plumbing business for 30 years and has brought his son into the business. His explanation for some of the high estimates was that my work is a small job and many of the younger plumbers would rather do new homes and bigger projects and don't seem to want to do the small jobs on individual homes anymore. He told me he is trying to teach his son that you can make more doing a lot of small jobs than you can doing one or two big jobs where you have to bid so low that there is little profit. Finding the right plumber took some effort, but I got a reasonable price from someone I trust will do a good job. I have shopped hard for a good plumber, a good electrician and a good car mechanic since moving to a new city, but I have found all 3 and trust that any work I need done will be done right and at a fair price....See MoreRelated Professionals
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