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I'm in the process of laying out lighting in my house and there's a tricky hallway I need to deal with. It's at the main entrance and staircase notwithstanding is vaulted ground floor to roof rafters, around 7m at its highest point. It'll have a large skylight in the door-side roof, but I'm wondering how to deal with lighting after dark. Should I not bother and just focus on floor-level lighting the staircase and downstairs hallway, or is there some clever or nice-lookin' thing I could put in? or just shove a couple of spots up there and be done with it?
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May 28, 2017 11:37
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Arachnamus posted:Was reminded of this when I came across a loft conversion photo: You'd think they'd make it so you're not looking into what appears to be the gap between inner and outer walls/roof when you look out this sort of window.
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May 28, 2017 11:37
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Baronjutter posted:Counter-top heights are an actual building code issue in some places. An architect teacher of mine was telling me about a situation where a dwarf wanted a custom kitchen made with like 2' counters so he could use them. It was his house that he fully owned, but the city wouldn't issue the permit, saying that the counters were too low and this was outside the range for accessibility. They actually used accessibility codes to gently caress with a little-person trying to build an accessible kitchen. The city wouldn't budge. I don't know how permits work where you are, but it sounds to me like the solution is to remodel two rooms at once: the kitchen, and some other room. Have a permit for the latter as a cover for the construction noise of the former. It won't be a problem until he sells.
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May 28, 2017 12:22
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Arachnamus posted:It's at the main entrance and staircase notwithstanding is vaulted ground floor to roof rafters, around 7m at its highest point. We have this in our stairwell (catalog photo). It's bright and elegant without being ridiculous.
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May 28, 2017 13:15
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For those who love generally interesting-looking houses House Hunting is the best tumblr. She always finds these incredible MCM time-capsule houses for sale    They're always super cheap and probably get "renovated" into boring HGTV clones shortly after But my favorite is THIS HOUSE       (selling for $215,000 btw, if I could stand living in Arizona I'd totally buy it)
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May 29, 2017 05:30
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And now you see why I like grayscale (I don't hate the Serape of Many Colors house, it's definitely considered, I would just lose my mind on like day 2 in it.)
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May 29, 2017 05:32
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I really like this ceiling, even though I know it'll make the room look dark all the time. The workmanship on that couch and coffee table also looks great. Everything else has gotta go. I wonder why they left the shades closed for the picture.
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May 29, 2017 05:45
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Why couldn't they make the tile area flush with the carpeted area? Why have a 2" tripping hazard?
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May 29, 2017 06:22
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Baronjutter posted:Why couldn't they make the tile area flush with the carpeted area? Why have a 2" tripping hazard? negative energy can't flow over trip hazards
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May 29, 2017 08:03
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I don't hate this. Apart from the dumb threshold which I would trip over all the time, I like the contrast between the rooms.
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May 29, 2017 08:47
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Baronjutter posted:Why couldn't they make the tile area flush with the carpeted area? Why have a 2" tripping hazard? I'm going through this myself at the moment. Issues in one are of the house can have knock-on effects in others when it comes to floor level. A leftover foundation slab that's 2" too high can be very difficult to trim back, leading to "we'll have to raise the floor in here, you'll have small steps down to the other rooms". If the owner didn't push back or didn't care maybe that's what they got. Or maybe they wanted visual distinction and didn't think it through.
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May 29, 2017 09:35
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Baronjutter posted:Why couldn't they make the tile area flush with the carpeted area? Why have a 2" tripping hazard? Arachnamus posted:I'm going through this myself at the moment. Issues in one are of the house can have knock-on effects in others when it comes to floor level. A leftover foundation slab that's 2" too high can be very difficult to trim back, leading to "we'll have to raise the floor in here, you'll have small steps down to the other rooms". If the owner didn't push back or didn't care maybe that's what they got. Ah! You want a tripping hazard? Allow me to introduce you to the midcentury concept known as the "conversation pit."   
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May 29, 2017 16:06
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House Hunting also found what may be the ugliest house ever, in Iceland of all places       "Scandinavian design" developed as a reaction to this house And they're trying to sell it for the equivalent of $1.8million US.
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May 29, 2017 20:17
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Scandinavia is still really loving into small-print wallpaper, apparently. There was a Finnish(?) goon building his own house awhile back, and that was like the one element everyone hated but he insisted on, saying it was normal there.
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May 29, 2017 20:46
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Eh, the current interior trend in Sweden is white. White everywhere. As bright as possible. Maybe with something like a single black pillow or a grayscale piece of art on the wall for accent. If you have more than two contrasting items you're an interior design rebel.
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May 29, 2017 20:53
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Question: Does anyone actually put chairs in their bathrooms, or is that some weird staged-for-pictures-only thing? I ask because it seems bizarrely common:         I'm struggling to think of what the purpose is other than having another thing to stub your toe on/clean every week/generally get in the way. The best I could find is that it's 'breaking down the boundaries between rooms', but that's completely batshit. Who wants to spend more time in a bathroom than they absolutely have to? Bonus hideous wallpaper I found along the way: 
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May 29, 2017 23:21
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Collateral Damage posted:... Apart from the dumb threshold which I would trip over all the time, I like the contrast between the rooms. I can't tell if y'all are joking. I go through 2+ liters of liquor a week. I'm drunk all the drat time yet I can't imagine tripping over a tiny threshold like that, especially given how the colors contrast. The bigger issue is that it looks dumb. It's not a big enough elevation difference to really separate the spaces, at least not more than the color difference. It's juuust big enough to murder the elderly, and that's all it's good for. Honestly it feels like the architect wanted steps, and the builders just wanted a flat floor, and they ended up at a compromise where everybody loses. Or slab issues, as others said. I still kinda like the decor though. Haifisch posted:Question: Does anyone actually put chairs in their bathrooms, or is that some weird staged-for-pictures-only thing? I agree, it's weird. But there's so much weird poo poo going on in those pictures I keep getting distracted. Why is there a moss wall? Why does that one bathroom have a sputnick chandelier? They feel like some alien was given the pieces and made them into rooms not knowing what the room was for. It honestly feels pretty cargo culty. Edit: wait, is that a loving fireplace?! 
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May 30, 2017 00:23
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I am Very Glad I don't have to clean around all those stand-alone tubs. Fireplace but no standing shower lmao. The chairs are to fill empty space and a classy place to throw your clothes.
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May 30, 2017 01:04
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Haifisch posted:Question: Does anyone actually put chairs in their bathrooms, or is that some weird staged-for-pictures-only thing? My bathroom is barely big enough for the standard fixtures you'd expect to find in a bathroom. No way in hell do I have room for a chair.
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May 30, 2017 01:13
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Blue Footed Booby posted:I can't tell if y'all are joking. 
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May 30, 2017 01:16
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This one is extremely creepy. I can just imagine the man sitting in it, leaning forward and steepling his fingers as he instructs the lady in the bathtub.
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May 30, 2017 01:19
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Collateral Damage posted:I'm all big toes. I'm jealous. Your toenails must be very sturdy.
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May 30, 2017 01:38
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It's me, I am the terrible person who likes the Arizona colorful fiesta house, AND the Reykjavik grandparents house. It's just so loving grandparent-y and comforting. I'd stay in it on vacation, but maybe not live in it for a long period of time. Chairs in bathrooms make some sense when you don't want o put clean clothes on a filled towel rack or wet, dirty countertop. That's all though. I don't imagine many would have the room for a chair in a small bathroom, so a smaller clotheshorse makes more sense.
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May 30, 2017 01:48
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Orange plastic . . . headrests? Whaaaa? No soap dish though. your soap has to sit on a plate on the floor.
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May 30, 2017 02:09
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is that soap or a bottle of moonshine and a whole brick of deep-fried scrapple?
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May 30, 2017 04:45
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I wonder what they used for the off-camera light source to the upper left
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May 30, 2017 05:01
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I guess I'll defend the bathroom chair. The designs featuring one are evoking a spa setting. These are bathrooms you do linger in, and do more than just shower and brush your teeth. The chair is meant for doing beauty treatments that take a little time, like a facial masque. Also so your sugar daddy can stare intently at you while you bathe in moonshine and scrapple, I guess.
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May 30, 2017 05:22
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Blue Footed Booby posted:I can't tell if y'all are joking. I go through 2+ liters of liquor a week. I'm drunk all the drat time yet I can't imagine tripping over a tiny threshold like that, especially given how the colors contrast. Hold my beer and watch this:  This is either what someone thought of as a really baller bathroom or the worst one room apartment.
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May 30, 2017 06:37
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I also think that for a regular person who'd use that space, you'd possibly have some sort of storage where the chair would be. Or a storage chair. Since they look messy, just chair. I'd totally use a chair in the bathroom for dealing with leg/feet grooming but I'm still in the 700sqft apartment part of my life.
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Tiny Brontosaurus posted:moonshine and scrapple
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May 30, 2017 07:37
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Bathrooms by Lego?
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May 30, 2017 16:24
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I have some kind of stomach bug and I'm addicted to the house hunting blog. 
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May 30, 2017 16:27
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While having a soak in the tub last night I figured out what the bathroom chairs are for: cats. One of mine spent at least 20 minutes of perching on top of the garbage can staring at me intently, and she probably would have enjoyed a nice comfy chair instead. Unfortunately there is no room for a chair in my bathroom unless I replace the garbage can with a bar stool. But if you're going to have a hundred square feet of bathroom space you might as well have a cat chair in there too.
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Jun 1, 2017 03:33
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So what you're saying is that if I make overpriced chairs patterned with fish skeletons and paw prints, I can make millions selling them to overindulgent cat people(whose cats will then refuse to use the chairs).Facebook Aunt posted:But if you're going to have a hundred square feet of bathroom space you might as well have a cat chair in there too.
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Okay, after thread discussion, I can sort of understand a bathroom chair, but... is that a bathroom window seat? With a built-in cloth-covered cushion to catch every splash and stain? Between that and the goddamn fireplace, did that space even begin life as a bathroom? quote:Is the middle orange bit supposed to be a magazine rack, of all the goddamn things? "Yes, this luxury lounging tub will definitely need a magazine rack for all your favorite vintage Newsweeks. The toiletries can be left to the valet seated nearby. You will have a chair for the valet, won't you? It's considered gauche to let them sit on the floor these days."
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Jun 1, 2017 07:40
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Say it with me: "Spa-Like Retreat." Everybody wants a spa-like retreat, in their master suite. Who'd have just a bathroom? Plebes, that's who. They also want a gourmet professional-style kitchen in which to warm up their take-out, which will be the heart of an open concept layout with good flow for entertaining. I suppose it's better than my last apartment's bathroom, which was essentially set up as a hallway. It was bigger than the kitchen and almost as big as the living room. 
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Jun 1, 2017 07:51
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Tricky Ed posted:I suppose it's better than my last apartment's bathroom, which was essentially set up as a hallway. It was bigger than the kitchen and almost as big as the living room. Switch the toilet and sink, and add a little more sink/countertop space, and this is our apartment bathroom. I like it fine, but it's kind of comically large, and I think may also be bigger than our kitchen.
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Haifisch posted:Question: Does anyone actually put chairs in their bathrooms, or is that some weird staged-for-pictures-only thing? My retired friend has a large black leather lounge chair in her master bathroom. She has it there more as a joke than anything, so much so that for Christmas a few years ago we bought and installed a disco ball over the toilet in the same bathroom.
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Antivehicular posted:Okay, after thread discussion, I can sort of understand a bathroom chair, but... is that a bathroom window seat? With a built-in cloth-covered cushion to catch every splash and stain? Between that and the goddamn fireplace, did that space even begin life as a bathroom? It could be an older house that was remodeled. Old houses often have just 1 or 1.5 bathrooms. They could have cannibalized one of the bedrooms to make an en suite bathroom and walk in closet for the master suite.
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I need a ~5x7 rug that works with this and a Geek Chic Envoy Coffee Table. (Nothing else out-of-frame that would influence the decision, the room is pretty bare). I like this FLOR rug but I'm not sure about piecewise rugs. I like that it's simple, geometric, and asymmetrical.
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