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WrenP-Complete posted:Anyone have any recommendations for brands of ergonomic recliners? I know there are companies that make made-to-measure things but I think my price range is going to be more ready made. What do you mean by "ergonomic"? Like you want a recliner that forces you to sit straight with a correct posture?
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Understood. If we remove the piano from the equation though, i'm not sure any more usable space is reclaimed. Certainly we both love the idea of a working fireplace centrepiece, but the fact is typically we are watching movies on the TV so need to orient around a screen which can only go in one of those inglenooks (or one of the walls where I've placed the dining table), and the fireplace itself limits where any other seating can be placed. Do you have any suggestions for a more elegant layout? Certainly eager to take advice on fewer things.
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Southern Heel posted:Understood. If we remove the piano from the equation though, i'm not sure any more usable space is reclaimed. Certainly we both love the idea of a working fireplace centrepiece, but the fact is typically we are watching movies on the TV so need to orient around a screen which can only go in one of those inglenooks (or one of the walls where I've placed the dining table), and the fireplace itself limits where any other seating can be placed. Fireplace and TV in the same place is usually tough to do because they both compete for the focus of the area. I've traditionally seen this reconciled by mounting the TV above the fireplace, or splitting the TV and fireplace into two separate areas, something like two chairs and maybe an end table between them by the fire, and then a couch with TV elsewhere. It's hard for me to say from the images, but these are the layouts that I first saw in the design: * Couch with it's back to the window, chair floating somewhere nearby, maybe framing the fireplace. * Two chairs in the corners, angled inward, thinner couch/loveseat near the fireplace. * Couch facing the fireplace, chair on the side angled inward, TV above the fireplace. * Two chairs framing the fireplace, piano near the window. If splitting the TV and fireplace, I see the dining table being in the windowed area near the top of the drawing, and the couch and TV going to the left, closer to the door. If a thinner couch, float it to face leftward, put the TV against that wall. If that doesn't work, put the coach against the wall by the door, facing upward, TV in the opposite area.
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Blakles posted:No matter what, it sounds like nobody thinks putting the microwave above the range is a good idea. Never a good idea, because then you're stuck with lovely room-recirculating hood options that are often quite low, instead of a real hood.
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PRADA SLUT posted:What do you mean by "ergonomic"? Like you want a recliner that forces you to sit straight with a correct posture? Yep, pretty much. I have a condition where my body is fusing my spine together slowly, so something adjustable is good.  My doc says you can adjust most chairs to work and that I don't need to spend a lot of money, but I've heard that there are companies that specialize in this sort of thing and I was just curious to see what's around.
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WrenP-Complete posted:Yep, pretty much. I have a condition where my body is fusing my spine together slowly, so something adjustable is good. :black: My doc says you can adjust most chairs to work and that I don't need to spend a lot of money, but I've heard that there are companies that specialize in this sort of thing and I was just curious to see what's around. I'm no doctor, but I kind of feel like "spine fusing together" is something you might pay the extra for a custom job. If a doctor will say you need it, doesn't insurance cover part of that? Might you be able to grab a reclining ergonomic desk chair from Herman Miller or someone? My Aeron reclines like a lounger, and I know they make others that do. It won't look like a grandpa recliner, but it might help your back.
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Liquid Communism posted:Never a good idea, because then you're stuck with lovely room-recirculating hood options that are often quite low, instead of a real hood. Almost all microhoods can vent out the back or out the top. They're generally still not as good as a dedicated hood vent, but they don't *have* to be set to recirculate.
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Tricky Ed posted:Almost all microhoods can vent out the back or out the top. They're generally still not as good as a dedicated hood vent, but they don't *have* to be set to recirculate. I have a microwave above my stove and it vents out. It's not as good as a dedicated hood, but it's good enough for most use. I wouldn't count on it to vent stir fry or something though.
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I have a old man recliner from Argos for Mr. LC. It looks like a enormous regular chair but with a higher back. The ones from specialist disability shops look like something your grandad would have, but chain stores tend to do them in more normal fabrics and colours at a fraction of the cost. There are two types, the expensive electric kind, and the normal pull a lever and use your own weight to move it kind. I would suggest you look at the electric powered ones as you do put quite a lot of pressure on your back with the manual ones - they are more designed for hips. Also look into your sales tax laws, in the UK if it’s for disability use then you don’t get charged VAT or can claim it back.
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I have a recliner that must be designed for fatties, my weight can't hold it back. I keep meaning to take it apart and see if I can take some tension out of it.
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cakesmith handyman posted:I have a recliner that must be designed for fatties, my weight can't hold it back. I keep meaning to take it apart and see if I can take some tension out of it. Eat more pies.
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cakesmith handyman posted:I have a recliner that must be designed for fatties, my weight can't hold it back. I keep meaning to take it apart and see if I can take some tension out of it. Some do have tension knobs built in for easy adjustment, they are just hard to see when the chair is in a normal position. You either have to get down on the floor behind the chair, or flip the chair forward so you can see the mechanics.  
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Am I reading this wrong? He now has 504,000 followers? I think her post worked...
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Thread, I need bathroom tiling advice. This is a downstairs / guest bathroom, quite small, about 3sqm footprint. For the floor my current plan is to match up the lines of the 600x600 mid-grey tile which is in the hallway outside the bathroom but switch to simple matt white, keeping the same light grey grout. This is probably fine. For the walls, probably similar but smaller, any thoughts on tile size and layout that work well in a room that small? Cheap and simple are the name of the game in this room. Not that any of you are likely to recommend subway tile but I'll nip it in the bud now just in case; it would be anachronistic if it wasn't so worn out, since the London underground uses different tiles to NYC. Edit: here's a photo of it's current building site incarnation:  There'll be a soaker tub and shower in the back, toilet and sink on the left. Edit 2: completely unrelated but that plaster on the back wall is original to the property around 1908 (it has hair in it for binding), is the only plaster to have survived the renovation so far, and due to a quirk of fate is going to stay there as there'll be a stud wall in front of it to hide all the plumbing. Jaded Burnout fucked around with this message at 15:59 on Dec 3, 2017 |
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I like tile/busy wall paper on the lower half, and simple color on the top. Does that bathroom get a lot of sunlight?
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Jaded Burnout posted:Thread, I need bathroom tiling advice. If you're concerned with anachronism, what would be the most period- and location-accurate decor? If it's not too expensive, it's always good to renovate in the style the house was built in. A more modern tile or wallpaper would possibly be too large of scale to look "right", for lack of a better word.
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peanut posted:Does that bathroom get a lot of sunlight? None at all. vonnegutt posted:If you're concerned with anachronism, what would be the most period- and location-accurate decor? If it's not too expensive, it's always good to renovate in the style the house was built in. A more modern tile or wallpaper would possibly be too large of scale to look "right", for lack of a better word. Well, that's a tough one for a variety of reasons. That bathroom didn't exist when the house was built. It's not so much period accuracy I'm bothered about as the entire house has been redone in a modern style, my comment was more about that particular fad.
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If there's no window, I would focus on bright colors and wall space for mirrors.
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I was wondering if I could get some help picking out an area rug (or two) for my bedroom. I'm a single guy and definitely fit the stereotype of wanting to go straight for unpatterned grey or beige all the time, so I want to get out of my comfort zone somewhat. The room is fairly large and could fit a 5'1" X 7'6" in front of the bed and a 4' X 6' on the side (or one big one going underneath the bed?). I kind of like the overdyed/distressed look (something like this: https://www.wayfair.com/rugs/pdp/mistana-elson-ivory-blue-area-rug-mtna3395.html?piid=22734814) but wonder how short-lived that trend will be. Here are some pics of the room for reference:    Any input is appreciated!
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Moss green, possibly a traditional persian pattern (I like quilts too because I'm a monster.)
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Big City Drinkin posted:I was wondering if I could get some help picking out an area rug (or two) for my bedroom. I'm a single guy and definitely fit the stereotype of wanting to go straight for unpatterned grey or beige all the time, so I want to get out of my comfort zone somewhat. The room is fairly large and could fit a 5'1" X 7'6" in front of the bed and a 4' X 6' on the side (or one big one going underneath the bed?). Do you just not like color that much, or are you worried about picking something you'll end up regretting? Your room is so spare you could get away with putting something really wild on the floor and it'd look great. But if you want to go more conservative I'd still lean towards more color than not, either something low-pattern with in one color (an over-dye would work) or a dense pattern withe two. Some ideas in blue because that's what the stripes in your comforter look like. https://www.wayfair.com/rugs/pdp/highland-dunes-codey-hand-loomed-aquakhaki-area-rug-hlds6379.html, https://www.wayfair.com/rugs/pdp/fab-habitat-estate-hand-woven-blue-indooroutdoor-area-rug-fht1408.html, https://www.wayfair.com/rugs/pdp/bungalow-rose-fiora-ivoryblue-area-rug-bgrs2646.html
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Get some art for your walls that has color in it, then get a rug that coordinates with your art. Like  and  or whatever suits your taste. (  )
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there wolf posted:Do you just not like color that much, or are you worried about picking something you'll end up regretting? Your room is so spare you could get away with putting something really wild on the floor and it'd look great. But if you want to go more conservative I'd still lean towards more color than not, either something low-pattern with in one color (an over-dye would work) or a dense pattern withe two. Some ideas in blue because that's what the stripes in your comforter look like. https://www.wayfair.com/rugs/pdp/highland-dunes-codey-hand-loomed-aquakhaki-area-rug-hlds6379.html, https://www.wayfair.com/rugs/pdp/fab-habitat-estate-hand-woven-blue-indooroutdoor-area-rug-fht1408.html, https://www.wayfair.com/rugs/pdp/bungalow-rose-fiora-ivoryblue-area-rug-bgrs2646.html It's not that I dislike color; I guess I'm just very unsure of my ability to pick something that (a) I like and (b) would be considered acceptably fashionable by most. I know the default line is "get what you like and who cares what other people think!", but like most people I do care somewhat for what others think and don't want to embarrass myself. But you have some very nice suggestions that I wouldn't have considered on my own, so thanks for that (I like the third one especially). And yes, the duvet cover has blue stripes, so I was thinking of matching that. Rabbit Hill posted:Get some art for your walls that has color in it, then get a rug that coordinates with your art. Do you think that the room looks too barren without any art? I would agree, but the walls on both sides are plastered-over brick, so it'd be a pain to hang anything unless there's an easy way to do it that I'm not aware of.
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Big City Drinkin posted:It's not that I dislike color; I guess I'm just very unsure of my ability to pick something that (a) I like and (b) would be considered acceptably fashionable by most. I know the default line is "get what you like and who cares what other people think!", but like most people I do care somewhat for what others think and don't want to embarrass myself. But you have some very nice suggestions that I wouldn't have considered on my own, so thanks for that (I like the third one especially). And yes, the duvet cover has blue stripes, so I was thinking of matching that. Honestly, as long as you don't pick out a rug with My Little Pony on it or something, you'll never be embarrassed by your choice in rugs, simply because most people won't care. Pick something in a color (like blue, as you mentioned) to draw out some of the other furniture and run with it. Art, similarly, should be chosen based on personal preference (but, again, maybe a painting in a subdued dark frame like your mirror and not a poster for 2Fast2Furious sticky-tacked to the wall). As for hanging art, you'd be surprised at what you can hold up with command hooks--they make some that basically replicate a nail sticking out of the wall, even. I wouldn't trust them to hold up a bigass expensive oil painting in an ornate frame but a lovely print in a simple frame is well within their weight tolerances.
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If you're stylistically aware enough to know what overdyed rugs are, then you're probably okay to decorate on your own tastes. Nobody is going to come into your place next year and go "ugh this is so 2017" unless your friends are the Mean Girls so just follow your gut.peanut posted:Moss green, possibly a traditional persian pattern (I like quilts too because I'm a monster.) This would be nice.
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Big City Drinkin posted:I was wondering if I could get some help picking out an area rug (or two) for my bedroom. I'm a single guy and definitely fit the stereotype of wanting to go straight for unpatterned grey or beige all the time, so I want to get out of my comfort zone somewhat. The room is fairly large and could fit a 5'1" X 7'6" in front of the bed and a 4' X 6' on the side (or one big one going underneath the bed?). Maybe something abstract in blue and grey? https://www.raymourflanigan.com/felix-blue-and-gray-area-rug-171110073.aspx
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Big City Drinkin posted:It's not that I dislike color; I guess I'm just very unsure of my ability to pick something that (a) I like and (b) would be considered acceptably fashionable by most. I know the default line is "get what you like and who cares what other people think!", but like most people I do care somewhat for what others think and don't want to embarrass myself. But you have some very nice suggestions that I wouldn't have considered on my own, so thanks for that (I like the third one especially). And yes, the duvet cover has blue stripes, so I was thinking of matching that. Don't let out of fashion be the enemy of passion, bro. But seriously, you're not spending the thousands of dollars it would take to buy a truly timeless rug, so run the risk of someday looking down and thinking "it's time for a change." I bought a rug off Letgo, found the colors to be a lot more 90's bank lobby than in the photo, and dyed it something else. You can change the rug, you can get a new one, you can defiantly hold onto it out of love for years and lapse back into fashion and be a trendy old. If you're legitimately worried about your taste level, do a little study on design and color theory to give yourself more of a framework, otherwise just get what you like. There are less wrong decisions than you think (if you avoid the novelty theme section of Wayfare.)
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You also really don't need a rug there unless you want one. That floor is gorgeous and it'd be totally appropriate to have it on display instead.
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Big City Drinkin posted:Do you think that the room looks too barren without any art? I would agree, but the walls on both sides are plastered-over brick, so it'd be a pain to hang anything unless there's an easy way to do it that I'm not aware of. Is it your house or do you rent? If the former then any old hammer drill will happily chew into some basic-rear end bricks, stick in some rawl plugs and you're good to go. That poo poo will hold up a sofa. Or as elsewise suggested you'll probably do fine with a hook thinger that just takes a couple of simple screws or nails into the plaster.
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I will need redecorate my whole house. I took advice from this thread and I'm looking towards the natural colours of broadly these shades: https://www.sherwin-williams.com/pr...arts-and-crafts I'm thinking of the taupe, or pewter for the kitchen (shown as is, obviously):  It feels like the wood is such a huge part of the real estate (and won't have a tempering balance of white woodwork as elsewhere in the house) that I need to go with something relatively pale, especially given how dark it looks with the breakfast are through the arches lit up with sunlight constantly. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. No other colours are planned, downstairs there are only two other rooms - a wide hall (a lighter shade of taupe) and a living-diner (maybe a light olive green)
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Southern Heel posted:I will need redecorate my whole house. I took advice from this thread and I'm looking towards the natural colours of broadly these shades: https://www.sherwin-williams.com/pr...arts-and-crafts This thread hates neutral colors because it reminds them of ~millennials~ and their hipster apartments in the city. Either would be fine but I’d consider straight white too. I don’t think you need much color with the woodwork. I don’t know how it would go outside of it, but I manage it in my place with furniture and rugs. PRADA SLUT fucked around with this message at 17:29 on Dec 6, 2017 |
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Ahem. I hate neutral greige because it reminds me of boomers and gen x-ers in the suburbs.
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Southern Heel posted:I will need redecorate my whole house. I took advice from this thread and I'm looking towards the natural colours of broadly these shades: https://www.sherwin-williams.com/pr...arts-and-crafts I have no advice yet but I'm curious about what year your house was built. What's that room the fridge is in? A sunroom situation?
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OK well any meaningful suggestions would honestly be very appreciated? The room is half light (the breakfast area) half dark (the main kitchen) with both strong (wood) and neutral (tiles) colours so any sense of obvious choices is completely out the window for me. I don't like the yellow, don't want red and I think I will have green in the living-room and greige in the hallway. This won't be permanent - we are looking to knock down that middle wall and make the back french doors (in the breakfast area) bigger. WrenP-Complete posted:I have no advice yet but I'm curious about what year your house was built. What's that room the fridge is in? A sunroom situation? The original exterior wall is where the arches were, over the years sheds, lean-tos and then a full extension were added. The previous vendors replaced corrugated roofing with that triple wall polycarbonate and opened up the doorways, and 'finished' it. It's still not wholly a legal extension (mostly due to the roofing) but it'll do for now until aforementioned big work in a few years. Southern Heel fucked around with this message at 19:32 on Dec 6, 2017 |
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The biggest problem in that kitchen are the tiles from 1991.  you are going to have to match to those tiles or replace them or it’s always going to seem slightly odd.
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