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Lol at the doorknob in that girls room (now study) being decently out of reach for a small child.
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Southern Heel posted:I do have a small few questions however: How much use do you want to get out of that window ledge? I'd either do a simple shade hanging outside the frame, or a small curtain (possible even just cafe curtains) within the frame. Something neutral but textured for the shade, or sheers for curtains.
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BadSamaritan posted:Lol at the doorknob in that girls room (now study) being decently out of reach for a small child. Maybe it used to be a ballet school/witch's coven.
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Interesting observation - they took off all the locks in all of the other rooms (bathroom, toilet, etc.) and the door obviously had a peephole that has been covered by a board to check in. Dinosaur lamp is being toe punted over the railway line at the end of my garden at the earliest convenience. Not looking to get much use out of the window ledge - a current forerunner is a brass rod with a white sheer curtain. Infact, brass was going to be my go-to for metal trim; so I'm super happy to hear that it's come up independently. Thinking about it however, are cafe curtains a good bet? It would certainly look alot more delicate, but I'm on the 1st (brit)/2nd (us) floor. Do you mean that I'd have a horizontal bar in the middle of the pane? Unfortunately the window is already tiiiiny so I'm not sure about cutting that in half visually again would work? Walls: Light Grey Pipes: Boxed in or Dark Grey Radiators: Radiator covers in one of the two greys Trim: Dark wood skirting/doorframe/window sill Metal: Brass For lamp, I was thinking a floor-standing and shaded. I'm worried about EVERYTHING being in the grey/green spectrum; will the floor be enough to bring it away from looking monochrome? Are those Edison bulbs taking the theme a bit too far? Other than that I'm thinking of a couple of prints framed up on the wall opposite the PC desk, and that'll basically round it out. Southern Heel fucked around with this message at 10:40 on Feb 7, 2018 |
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Feb 7, 2018 10:24
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Nooo at least put dinosaur lamp on the curb for someone to pick up, it's amazing.
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peanut posted:Nooo at least put dinosaur lamp on the curb for someone to pick up, it's amazing. Yeah, at least weatherize and give it life as a party lamp to hang from a tree branch at night.
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Southern Heel posted:Not looking to get much use out of the window ledge - a current forerunner is a brass rod with a white sheer curtain. Infact, brass was going to be my go-to for metal trim; so I'm super happy to hear that it's come up independently. Thinking about it however, are cafe curtains a good bet? It would certainly look alot more delicate, but I'm on the 1st (brit)/2nd (us) floor. Do you mean that I'd have a horizontal bar in the middle of the pane? Unfortunately the window is already tiiiiny so I'm not sure about cutting that in half visually again would work? Cafe curtains can work even on tiny windows, so you'll probably just need to mock something up to see how you feel about it. I think the only thing you need to avoid is adding more visual weight to a small window on a small wall. If you have your heart set on curtains over a shade and don't want to fuss with a rod inside the frame, then go with a slim rod and a light curtain fabric that just covers the opening.
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Where do I buy an art for my space? I'm looking for something original and none of the local galleries have anything that strikes me. Am I just doomed to searching on Etsy or something for paintings? I'm not looking for a commissioned piece either. e: assuming I find a local piece, is it allowed to negotiate the price or is that in bad taste
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PRADA SLUT posted:Where do I buy an art for my space? I'm looking for something original and none of the local galleries have anything that strikes me. Am I just doomed to searching on Etsy or something for paintings? I'm not looking for a commissioned piece either. It's bad taste, would you want someone to negotiate what you get paid every time you do your job?
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PRADA SLUT posted:Where do I buy an art for my space? I'm looking for something original and none of the local galleries have anything that strikes me. Am I just doomed to searching on Etsy or something for paintings? I'm not looking for a commissioned piece either. Really depends on where you live. Outside of large or cultural cities it can be hard to find art galleries with stuff worth buying, depending of course on your taste. I'd have a hard time buying art without really seeing or "experiencing" it in person first though. Galleries often have fairly high turn over, just keep at it and don't think you need to quick fill wall space with art or anything, that's how you get walls covered with "an art". Also yeah, trying to talk down art prices is kinda gauche, specially if it's with the actual artist. Sometimes though if an artist likes you and you're buying multiple pieces they will give you a deal, but that's up to them and should not at all be expected or fished for. Baronjutter fucked around with this message at 19:55 on Feb 7, 2018 |
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PRADA SLUT posted:Where do I buy an art for my space? I'm looking for something original and none of the local galleries have anything that strikes me. Am I just doomed to searching on Etsy or something for paintings? I'm not looking for a commissioned piece either. Try http://www.minted.com.
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PRADA SLUT posted:Where do I buy an art for my space? I'm looking for something original and none of the local galleries have anything that strikes me. Am I just doomed to searching on Etsy or something for paintings? I'm not looking for a commissioned piece either. If you're looking for canvas prints I've gotten a few things from iCanvas.com. They have a decent selection of stuff, they're well put together, and are usually running a deal. Society6.com also has a lot artists who use them for canvas prints. Edit: I'm a moron and didn't see you say original. Ignore me.
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PRADA SLUT posted:Where do I buy an art for my space? I'm looking for something original and none of the local galleries have anything that strikes me. Am I just doomed to searching on Etsy or something for paintings? I'm not looking for a commissioned piece either. Some galleries (even large public museumy ones) will let you rent or buy pieces from their collections. I’ve seen prices from about $500 to...more than $500.
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There's a solid gold toilet up for grabs if you just want to borrow art.
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Cafe curtains are the easiest. Extendy rod and a hand towel, boom!
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I've seen some neat art on ebth.com, the only downside is that it takes them weeks to ship things.
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PRADA SLUT posted:Where do I buy an art for my space? I'm looking for something original and none of the local galleries have anything that strikes me. Am I just doomed to searching on Etsy or something for paintings? I'm not looking for a commissioned piece either.
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Just to confirm, do you mean the bottom half or the top half of the window being covered? i.e. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Curtain-Sq..._72%3A419153031 or https://www.amazon.co.uk/Voile-Curt..._72%3A419153031 ? With regard to fixing, I just assumed I could get brackets to screw into the inside faces of the window portal and have the bar sitting in them, but I can't seem to find any obvious sources. Is there a particular name for it?
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Southern Heel posted:With regard to fixing, I just assumed I could get brackets to screw into the inside faces of the window portal and have the bar sitting in them, but I can't seem to find any obvious sources. Is there a particular name for it? In the US they call them "closet rod flanges", in the UK they go by "rail end sockets" or "rail end supports": https://www.screwfix.com/c/security-ironmongery/rail-supports/cat841014
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First colour is up, and it's looking good. I painted the pipes for now in dark grey (I appreciate I can box them in later, but painting them with a little sample put from Wickes has meant that they're no longer scabby copper and yellowed plastic) and have ordered some radiator covers to collect later on.  Now I'm in search of some prints to hang - I think like this room could do with a matched pair to hang on one of the long walls. I was thinking of going with framed line-drawings (architectural plans, etc.), but I'm worried about ending up TOO staid. While I'm after a fairly classical edwardian look I don't want it ending up looking like a grandma's spare bedroom. Is it carte blanche to go with crazy colours on prints/paintings/posters? For ex. broadly contemporary with the house and the colours would be something like this: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Edwardia...6cUam3dJ9BtmR_Q but while the hazy orange would look great on a white wall, I'm not sure it wouldn't just push the muted colours into drabness. Southern Heel fucked around with this message at 14:00 on Feb 10, 2018 |
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Southern Heel posted:I've also got don't leave us hanging
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For how awful grey and orange are together, see: McLaren F1.
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I like it, something with trains or patent illustrations would work too.
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Pictures of naked people
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sorry thought this was google
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The thrilling conclusion that nobody in the thread cares about : we painted over the red wall and replaced the dining room light with a fixture that we liked more. Before:  After:  We ended up using cloud white. Next is removing all the 40 year old carpet for some new laminate.
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A massive improvement frankly. On the question of dining room lighting I've nearly finished walling off the dining room and living room and I want to change the light in there, currently it's a pendant shade, I want something downlighty but without direct glare from the bulb. A large globe bulb with crown mirroring would be okay in the right shade but there isn't much choice in 1000-ish lumen 4000k led bulbs. Any suggestions?
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Is that lamp hanging at face height?
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I think it's a weird perspective thing - look at where the picture's being taken from relative to the floor.
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Magic Hate Ball posted:Is that lamp hanging at face height? It's about 6 feet off the ground; it's going to hang above our dining room table.
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cakesmith handyman posted:A massive improvement frankly. Since the most common usage for those is ambient and not primary light, yeah that's a hard ask Here is the thing you probably already found that doesn't meet either of your requirements  https://www.1000bulbs.com/product/172306/MAX-76530.html 2700K / 700lm
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Thinking about it, since LED's don't get all that hot, just buying a clear LED in the temp/lumen you want then using krylon chrome on it is probably a reasonable thing to try.
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I have considered both that and buying some silver nitrate and depositing silver on a suitable bright led globe. I also found this: Which seems to be exactly what I want, but it's a floor lamp. The reflector seems to be a standard lamp screw collar fitting though, so what I want is technically doable!
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From a castle in Milwaukee, built in 1912. This furniture just looks so uncomfortable  The Ikea rug does not fit  Even rich assholes must be reminded that they are in a KITCHEN  They ran out of money to decorate the 7th bedroom and tried half-assed shabby chic which doesn't work inside a loving castle 
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The McMansion of Mad King Ludwig.
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I like the Cafe de Paris chalkboard yet they couldn’t bother using “cuisine” as their wall art
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PRADA SLUT posted:I like the Cafe de Paris chalkboard yet they couldn’t bother using “cuisine” as their wall art Café de Paris, Columbus, OH
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Anyone have any software recommendations for playing around with designing houses? I don't mean laying out the contents of rooms, I mean the architecture. I could always fire up Blender I guess, but there's probably some more suitable program.
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:Anyone have any software recommendations for playing around with designing houses? I don't mean laying out the contents of rooms, I mean the architecture. I could always fire up Blender I guess, but there's probably some more suitable program. I used SketchUp to put together a model of my house, and I used Fusion 360 to do the stairs. They both have their pros and cons and both are free for this sort of use. The main kick in the balls of SketchUp is it doesn't support curves, but I found it easier to position things than with Autodesk.
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I grew up using AutoCAD but then I started building more than drawing and found I was learning/fighting with the software more than drawing--plus the costs got way out of hand. I've switched to a combination of TurboFloorPlan and Chief Architect. TurboFloorPlan is very inexpensive and super easy to use. Depending on the client and the project, I'll give my copy of TurboFloorPlan to a client to use for a few weeks and let them run wild designing their dream house. Turbo takes minutes to get started with but hits limitations pretty quickly. But it does a great job showing you what will fit/work and what wont. The thing it does save is lots of back and forth with an architect in the initial steps. For $100 or so--it is tough to beat the price. Chief Architect lacks the complexity of AutoCAD, but after you learn its limitations works really well. Trying to create a plan pack in Turbo is a kludgey mess, so once the initial design is decided I'll create the plan pack with Chief. Laying out the majority of pages is fairly straight forward: grading, foundation, framing, MEP, cross sections/details, landscaping, etc--the only pages that suck to do in Chief are the elevations. I'll spend as much time getting elevations plans to convey what they need to as I'll spend on everything else involved in a plan pack. (But still quicker for me than AutoCAD where I was fighting with every page...) e: both handle 3D renderings, with Chief handling more complex renderings very easily--time of day cycles/sun positioning/lights on and off inside the house, fly thoughs, views from various positions, and landscaping kind of stuff HycoCam fucked around with this message at 19:40 on Feb 19, 2018 |
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