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Only thing better than a pink tile mid-century bathroom is a mid-century bathroom with naked lady wallpaper. This is totally going to go into my thesis that I will never write about how MCM was an architectural response to the repression of sexuality in the 40s/50s.  (If this is NSFW let me know and I'll link it lol) Rest of the house is neat too, and gloriously untouched since 1962      Of course there is also a pink tile bathroom upstairs. 
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Is that a giant hourglass, or is it just a regular hourglass on a table that's just out of frame?
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Jan 27, 2018 21:34
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Hourglass table, my nan had one and it lasts 30 minutes. you flip the whole thing when you are playing your amusing 1950s party games such as “p for purple” so that they stay amusing and don’t drag on for chuffing hours.
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That wallpaper (actually the whole house) loving rules. Of course, I was also just looking for Gustave Courbet prints for my walls, so my taste is questionable. I also like pretty much all of the bathrooms on the last few pages. If I had place of my own I'd definitely look into doing a bathroom all pink or having avocado fixtures.
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Jan 28, 2018 01:19
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Maybe millennials could afford houses if they didn't spend all their money on avocado fixtures.
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50 Shades of Mid-Century Pink Bathrooms/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/6124237/Downstairs_Bath.0.jpg)      This one's definitely 
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Love em. Especially that pink and green one.
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I don't think I could get past the 'public restroom in a nice restaurant' vibe in this one. Something about the sink & countertop combined with that floor.
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Haifisch posted:I don't think I could get past the 'public restroom in a nice restaurant' vibe in this one. Something about the sink & countertop combined with that floor. The house it comes from is straight out of a David Lynch film       
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Holy poo poo. That all completely rules (except for the lovely panel ceiling lights, I hate those to hell)
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So, approximately 2/3 of our basement is finished, and that 2/3 is half den. Due to some water damage we had to rip out a chunk of carpet and I replaced it with faux wood, as I don't like carpet anyway but wanted something waterproof in case we have another issue. I would have replaced more of the carpet but the underlying slab is graded toward the back of the house, and only the den area has a leveled subfloor and I didn't want to get into more construction. I'm sort of kicking myself about that right now, since it would have been a fairly straight-forward DIY project and we could have used some self-leveling concrete to get rid of the irregularities in the already-completed portion, but that's another matter. Anyway, as my parents and my in-laws are likely to be spending a good amount of time with us, I'd like to partition off the room a bit more. Here's what we're dealing with from a few angles.    Not well visualized -- on the far left of the first picture and on the right / off-frame of the latter two pictures, my weight bench and dumbbell set are pushed off to the side to free up living space, and beside the bathroom door (seen on the last picture with the outside door beside it) is a floor-to-ceiling mirror array for when using said weights. As a result, any divider has to be able to be moved out of that area. Additionally, the cheap speaker stands are only temporary. What I'm thinking of doing is putting some shelving (maybe only 18" to 24" wide) on either side of the column so the speakers have a place to live. Then I'd put a track on the ceiling for floor-to-ceiling blackout curtains that could be pulled out to separate out the den area. Alternatively -- and I almost hate even to say it -- would this be a place where hanging door panels would be appropriate? Not goddamned reclaimed barn doors or anything.
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You could also mount a soundbar as your front speakers, it would look better than having shelves hanging off the column. Or, try putting the speakers above or under the TV. The fundamental problem is that column is too small for such large speakers and there’s no easy way out. I think it’s going to look funny from the other sides of the column. That space isn’t wide enough for your setup. At a glance I don’t think a hinge door would be a good idea, but I’m having a hard time visualizing it. e: might try putting the speakers on the credenza too
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This is for orgies. tetrapyloctomy posted:
Heavy curtains are the ticket here, they'll pull open towards the central pillar and sit behind the speakers as they are now, no changes needed.
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It kind of reminds me of a family room in a hospital as it is now, personally I would add a really big houseplant in a big pot on the floor, bring some life and colour in to it. Failing that, a cat.
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Magikarpal Tunnel posted:Holy poo poo. That all completely rules (except for the lovely panel ceiling lights, I hate those to hell) Yeah, suspended ceilings/grids of fluorescent lights do not belong in a residential setting.
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These give me a feeling like a flashback to a previous life in which I was murdered.
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there wolf posted:This was pretty much my childhood, and dealing with the increasing density from expanding suburbs was interesting. Yeah, the 15 acres I grew up on is lots in a subdivision now. One of my uncles sold the property after my grandparents died. there wolf posted:Mine was a classic pink and black from the fifties. That pink, black, and white looks good to me. I'd never do it in a new house, but it's got some striking contrast. Liquid Communism fucked around with this message at 19:26 on Jan 29, 2018 |
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Liquid Communism posted:Yeah, the 15 acres I grew up on is lots in a subdivision now. One of my uncles sold the property after my grandparents died. 32 acres and it's now an elementary school. Hold out long enough and the state comes with a checkbook.
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An article on the historic Wrigley Mansion in Chicago. Definitely take the photo tour. http://abc7chicago.com/realestate/chicagos-historic-wrigley-mansion-sells-for-$465m-/3003534/
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Pigsfeet on Rye posted:An article on the historic Wrigley Mansion in Chicago. Definitely take the photo tour. That's nice, but I can't help feeling that if I could somehow afford a $5+mil home I wouldn't want to have to gently caress with something on the Historic Register (like one of those Frank Lloyd Wright homes that haven't been touched in 60 years). It just seems like way too much extra hassle if you want to do any modernizing to the place.
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8one6 posted:That's nice, but I can't help feeling that if I could somehow afford a $5+mil home I wouldn't want to have to gently caress with something on the Historic Register (like one of those Frank Lloyd Wright homes that haven't been touched in 60 years). It just seems like way too much extra hassle if you want to do any modernizing to the place. If you can swing $5m, you can afford to hire the people who can modernize something like that while keeping it in line with the original style.
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Also presumably people who would buy a $5m listed building would not want to modernise it, or they'd buy/build a modern building.
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Why does the public's nostalgic butthurt get to stop the owner of a private residence from installing an IH stove? If "It belongs in a museum!!!" then make it a museum. I like pretty buildings but I'm also very sympathetic towards residents who want a comfortable and functional house. But ya basically normal people won't/can't buy those places anyway, hail satan.
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peanut posted:Why does the public's nostalgic butthurt get to stop the owner of a private residence from installing an IH stove? The UK government agrees with you: http://historicengland.org.uk/advice/your-home/ But as to why it happens in the first place, this is their broad mantra: http://historicengland.org.uk/advice/constructive-conservation/conservation-principles/ The historic world is seen as on par with the natural world, i.e. it's a finite set of irreplaceable things and you have to be careful about destroying part of it.
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Funnily enough, when you posted this one in the crappy construction thread I thought "Doesn't that belong in the ID thread?", then I saw why.
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Yeah, there’s always crossover between these two threads, but that one was too good for this thread to NOT cross post. 
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Don't poo poo where you eat! 
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 I know this post is from a few pages back. I am just wondering if anyone can tell me specifically what style of hanging lights these are called where the wires are anchored into the wall and the lights dangle down? Thanks
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IKillForPie posted:
wire track lighting or, apparently cable lighting
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I thought that was pendant lighting? 
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:I thought that was pendant lighting? well, those are pendants hanging from the wire track system ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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That's awesome though thanks, gives me enough to do some research 
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How is a house built in 1890 such a perfect 1970s time capsule? I think that was the only time when carpeted kitchens were remotely acceptable.  Naturally the bathrooms are carpeted too   seriously these fuckers loved their crazy carpets   Only $65,000 though and at least you know there's nice hardwood floors underneath. The setting is a tad depressing however. Comes with a free dilapidated old garage, they just built another garage and driveway right in front instead of paying to demolish it. 
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Really, the biggest downside is it's in some tiny rear end town in the middle of loving nowhere.
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Imagine cleaning that. Not just the carpets, but all that brick in the splash zone for various cooking surfaces.  I'm also more amused than I should be at the two-chair microisland.
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I'd like the kitchen more if the work triangle wasn't so absurdly acute.
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I can't imagine those are real bricks in the kitchen given the ratio of brick to pug, so maybe it's a more easily cleanable finish? Maybe?
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