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I think it's risky to do. You're going to have to nail the aesthetic in the rest of the place, or it's going to just look like bad 80's decor for people with bad taste It's like having an olive green bathroom with gold wallpaper. You could do it, but it's going to be a hell of a lot harder to make it look correct in 2020, and not like some lovely forgotten bathroom from the picture exactly as-is, if I'm just imagining wood paneled walls, I'm thinking "desperately dated design", not "cool 80's ~retro aesthetic~" overall, I'd just shop it to get an idea PRADA SLUT fucked around with this message at 20:05 on Aug 1, 2020 |
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Bioshuffle posted:https://imgur.com/a/9NlYgWf Formica countertops are pretty soft. A windshield ice scraper "might" work without marring or scratching. I always went with clear silicone, not caulk.
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Youth Decay posted:https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/116-Grove-St-Charleston-SC-29403/10910255_zpid/ I don't understand modern architects' obsession with floating death stairs. Would adding a handrail here really ruin the aesthetic? Is this code-compliant? 
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Do you need handrails for private residences?
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here's a sample of a rug I'm interested in against a color that's incredibly close to my floor. I feel like it might not stand out enough since you have black, and then most of the tones are similar to the floor. But maybe not, what do you think?
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Bioshuffle posted:https://imgur.com/a/9NlYgWf magic eraser or maybe a plastic scraper of some sort?
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Interior design: obsession with floating death stairs
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Bioshuffle posted:https://imgur.com/a/9NlYgWf Black would work. Denatured alcohol is about as mild of a solvent as you can get that loosens/dissolves dried latex paint. I'd go with the windshield scraper to get the majority, and use the alcohol to clean up the rest
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PRADA SLUT posted:Do you need handrails for private residences? Y...yes? You can't just build a deathtrap and sell it. Although maybe that's the issue here, this property hasn't sold since it was built in April 2019.
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You can use a plastic scraper to take off the little paint chips.
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actionjackson posted:here's a sample of a rug I'm interested in against a color that's incredibly close to my floor. I feel like it might not stand out enough since you have black, and then most of the tones are similar to the floor. But maybe not, what do you think? The goal was a statement rug, right? If so, I agree that this one doesn’t do it.
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I still can't get over ungodly huge houses in Texas. The backside of this one is hilariously ugly: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/2104-Willow-Bend-Dr-Plano-TX-75093/26608592_zpid/  What the hell do you do with 14 bathrooms? Is this for one of those quiverfull families?
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TheMadMilkman posted:The goal was a statement rug, right? If so, I agree that this one doesn’t do it. yeah prob not, the fiesta one i posted previously prob does though https://www.loloirugs.com/products/hal-02-fiesta-multi I do have the triangle / parallelogram art thing on the wall already which is a similar pattern but I think it's fine. still better than straight lines which is how all my furniture is.
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Bubbacub posted:I still can't get over ungodly huge houses in Texas. The backside of this one is hilariously ugly: I’ve done work in houses of people that host a lot of functions (social calls/political fundraisers/etc.) and I would guess a few of those were in the double digit bathroom count since they designed their space with that in mind. Small hallway with 4 off the entryway, another hallway just inside from the patio, etc.
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The previous home owners painted over wallpaper. http://imgur.com/a/tUglFZS How do I unfuck this? My initial thought is to rent a wallpaper steamer. Once I get the wallpaper off, then what? Can I just lay down primer and paint right over it? What does it look like under the paper?
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Bioshuffle posted:The previous home owners painted over wallpaper. As someone who had to remove two layers of wallpaper with a steamer, it’s a pain in the rear end. It’s messy, they drip hot water and get hot steam all over you. How big is this room? Other options are to rip and replace the drywall (lol), put 1/4 drywall over top of it or get a talented guy to skimcoat the wall and forget about it.
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Spring Heeled Jack posted:As someone who had to remove two layers of wallpaper with a steamer, it’s a pain in the rear end. It’s messy, they drip hot water and get hot steam all over you. How big is this room? It does seem to be ripping off fairly easily. I'm just worried I'll damage what's underneath it.
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Bioshuffle posted:It's the master bathroom so not a whole lot of open space. There's a small area over a bathtub, over the shower (this will be a pain in the rear end), then around the counter top. As long as it’s not ripping off the drywall paper, you should be okay. I had a section where they didn’t prime the wall and it all just needed to be replaced.
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PRADA SLUT posted:Do you need handrails for private residences? Yes
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Even Grover had handrails. Just with a murder window at the bottom.
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The biggest drawback of floating stairs is not being able to insulate them.
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Bioshuffle posted:It's the master bathroom so not a whole lot of open space. There's a small area over a bathtub, over the shower (this will be a pain in the rear end), then around the counter top. Wallpaper steamer. If you damage the drywall you need to reskim it, if you don't, you don't. You just have to crack on and see.
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I'm not sure if I like the purple carpet or plaid ceilings more: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/17828-Lake-Rd-Lakewood-OH-44107/33488314_zpid/
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corgski posted:Even Grover had handrails. New thread title
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cakesmith handyman posted:Wallpaper steamer. If you damage the drywall you need to reskim it, if you don't, you don't. You just have to crack on and see. The guy who rented the machine to me was not kidding when he said I should lay down towels. There's yellow paper underneath. Do I need to get that off too? I just realized I need to remove the light fixtures. May as well replace those too. Is this how it starts? https://imgur.com/a/ml4ajOC
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should I livestream my visit to the DWR store tomorrow
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Bioshuffle posted:The guy who rented the machine to me was not kidding when he said I should lay down towels. There's yellow paper underneath. Do I need to get that off too? Yes
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Anyone know a good non-cheesy gaslamp-simulating bulb? I have an old brass electric lamp outside my front door, and I don’t really feel like running gas to it to have a gaslamp right now. Maybe later, but in the meantime I’d like something that emulates a flickering gas flame well enough. The ones I picked up at Home Depot are too orange and the pattern isn’t believable.
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Google the Kelvin temperature of a gas lamp and then get a bulb of that temperature.
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falz posted:1) What goes on the huge blank space to the right? Your house was unquestionably designed with this in mind  But I'm guessing you want sleek, yuppie 80's rather than pastel floral nightmare. So you need to look for post-modern items, preferably really matchy and lightly colored ones. Post-modernism is about criticism of modernism, largely through de-contextualization. Design-wise it's a lot of mixing high and low, bringing traditional forms into modern settings often through simplification and deconstruction. Lots of textual and pop art elements, and lots of matching. For the living room lean towards the idea of traditional items in modern contexts, so one of those fake-distressed Persian rugs in a light color would fit. This one that looks like scraps sewn together in a light yellow would work. Or this modernist take on a Persian rug in brown. If you swap out the rug, then you might not necessarily need to change the picture of the mantel. But if you want to, again, look for something post-modern- black and white photos of buildings, collages, stuff with a lot of text. Fill the giant space over the couch with a triptych or a wall hanging that compliments what you have over the mantel. As for you nerd cave, the meshing of pop culture items and advertisement with art is super post-modern, so just lean into it. Find some actual art that's Star Wars or video game related for the empty spot. It's not exactly 80's, but I think a Lichenstien-esque piece would be pretty cool. 
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Youth Decay posted:https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/560-Maynadier-Ln-Crownsville-MD-21032/36012839_zpid/ This might be the ugliest couch I've ever seen.
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falz posted:Google the Kelvin temperature of a gas lamp and then get a bulb of that temperature. Rude
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actionjackson posted:I do have the triangle / parallelogram art thing on the wall already which is a similar pattern but I think it's fine. still better than straight lines which is how all my furniture is. It can be very stylish to pick up the same motif in different textures or aspects of the room. That would probably draw me more toward that rug than be an argument against it. It can also be matchy-matchy and weird if overdone, but that doesn't sound like it will be the case. Idlewild_ fucked around with this message at 02:47 on Aug 3, 2020 |
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Youth Decay posted:
I gasped when I saw the beautiful Islamic geometry. And then gasped for the opposite reason when I saw the Buddha statue whacked in there.
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Idlewild_ posted:It can be very stylish to pick up the same motif in different textures or aspects of the room. That would probably draw me more toward that rug than be an argument against it. It can also be matchy-matchy and weird if overdone, but that doesn't sound like it will be the case. yeah that's true! other things I'm considering the prada slut rug (though it prob doesn't stand out enough) https://www.dwr.com/rugs-runners/palani-rug/6041.html?lang=en_US#lang=en_US&pn=27&start=1 also ordered a sample of this https://www.bludot.com/right-on-rugs.html
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actionjackson posted:also ordered a sample of this https://www.bludot.com/right-on-rugs.html Ooh. I really, really like this one. Don’t know if it will fit what you’re looking for, but that design is right up my alley.
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