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AFewBricksShy posted:Good morning. I don't remember if I posted about this here or another thread, but just want to give a shout out to the free color consultation services that Sherwin-Williams offers. They will do a 30min video chat with you and give you paint and color recommendations based on photos you send and ideas you have. I used this when trying to figure out what color I should change all my exterior trim to, since I have an ugly beige house I didn't want to entirely repaint and a brand new and even uglier red roof that I couldn't figure out how to match to. I found it to be really helpful in making my decision. Maybe you'd find it useful for this situation, AFewBricksShy. https://homeowner.sherwin-williams.com/colorconsult/?utm_source=sherwinwilliams.com&utm_medium=redirect&utm_campaign=csi
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cool kitchen (mostly) but what the hell is this floor supposed to be also maybe it's just the picture but that dark wall paint looks like it would really suck the light out of the room
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Dec 10, 2020 19:40
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At least it's not the leather floor tile I used to sell. That looks pretty gross though.
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this is pretty close to my ideal home bar
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Youth Decay posted:@AFewBricksShy: if you want a real "bar feel" the walls should be darker, brown or dark green or red, with window treatments to match. Decor would depend on the specific aesthetic that you are going for. If you want the usual Man Cave then neon signs and old ads on the walls, miscellaneous tchotchkes, vintage 70s-style furniture and pretty much any rug(s) will do. If you're going for a classy rich guy look a large rug that's a neutral cream or matching the walls, plus art prints and glass doors on the shelves to show off your fanciest liquor bottles. Alternatively, if you have a lot of band posters and music paraphrenalia that can go on the walls you could make that the theme, still with darker paint but some brighter color here and there with the furniture and rugs.   I think once a table goes in, there's not much room for other furniture. 70's style won't really work with the rest of the house, and I don't care for it all that much anyway. I'm also not opposed to doing some sort of an accent wall on one of the walls. AFewBricksShy fucked around with this message at 03:08 on Dec 11, 2020 |
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Dec 10, 2020 20:14
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SkyeAuroline posted:At least it's not the leather floor tile I used to sell. That looks pretty gross though. I'm planning to at least look at the place, because it's small and basically one big room (bedroom is above and behind where the sink is, up a few stairs), and the price is pretty good. But being the rear end in a top hat that I am, I have to overanalyze everything. I think that kitchen "floor" is pretty egregious though I'm sad because I thought that thing to the right of the microwave might have been some super cool built in fridge, but no it's just storage
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Dec 10, 2020 20:26
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Somehow I failed to notice the knee height microwave. Is this a thing nowadays?
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Dec 10, 2020 20:27
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Youth Decay posted:this is pretty close to my ideal home bar Thanks. 
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SkyeAuroline posted:Somehow I failed to notice the knee height microwave. Is this a thing nowadays? I think so, more often in cases where they stick the microwave in the island. In this case I think it's because there is no upper cabinetry and there's a dedicated hood vent. If you don't use a microwave a lot I suppose it makes sense. There really should be a few cabinets above the sink though, all that stuff sitting on a shelf is going to get pretty dusty. Putting in matching cabinets in that spot would definitely a be a high priority, along with the floor replacement. I suppose you could use that storage unit to the right of the microwave though. actionjackson fucked around with this message at 21:12 on Dec 10, 2020 |
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Youth Decay posted:this is pretty close to my ideal home bar My grand parents played a lot of shuffleboard at this VFW
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actionjackson posted:cool kitchen (mostly) but what the hell is this floor supposed to be that floor looks like ceramic tiles installed upside down
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So this is an option... I bet this is why Donald is so crabby.
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Spending real adult bathroom remodel money to poo poo into a big cartoon mouth is about as big a red flag as I can imagine
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Youth Decay posted:this is pretty close to my ideal home bar I can smell the VFW aroma from here.
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apparently that place I posted doesn't have it's own parking, which is why the listing price was so low this one looks really nice, but apparently is going to be sold pretty soon https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/165-Western-Ave-N-APT-300-Saint-Paul-MN-55102/2028046_zpid/ Anyone know what that building architecture is called (first pic)? It's very common in the wealthier+older parts of St. Paul.
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Youth Decay posted:this is pretty close to my ideal home bar Lol at the yankee candle flight on the coffee table. In my head the grandparent’s basement bar always has bright green carpet.
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actionjackson posted:cool kitchen (mostly) but what the hell is this floor supposed to be We also have a chalkboard wall in our LDK and in the kid's bedroom and it's kawaii and sugoi. Our microwave is comfortably chest-height. The fan-microwaves over stoves are frustrating for me. Please don't complicate my dangerously hot tupperware …
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SkyeAuroline posted:Somehow I failed to notice the knee height microwave. Is this a thing nowadays? Easier for your evil children to microwave your pet bird.
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actionjackson posted:apparently that place I posted doesn't have it's own parking, which is why the listing price was so low unfortunately the 2018 renovation heavily hosed with the interior (exterior probably is under historic protections) assholes posted:When the Excelsior Group purchased the property in 2017, it undertook a massive renovation of the apartment building upgrading common areas and modernizing the apartments to appeal to younger residents. more assholes posted:Our approach was to make a virtue of contrasting the Victorian character of Blair East with an unabashedly hip and modern interior, allowing each building its own clear identity, while a predominantly monochromatic black and white color palette establishes a narrative through-line between Blair past and Blair present and future. .jpg?crop=(0,0,300,200)&cropxunits=300&cropyunits=200&)  I guess they only hosed with half of it but it's the half that has the apartments in it
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I like the interior though :p got the smooth ceilings, euro-style kitchen with frameless cabinets, built-in appliances and they even have a matching cabinet front on the fridge on the right it definitely needs some color though, it's still reflecting the whole "everything must be white and gray" bullshit i'm pretty sure we have opposing views on modernism though 
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Dec 11, 2020 01:20
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I like most forms of modernism, but I don't like pulling the ceiling and the walls out, putting in gray office carpet and painting everything monochrome because That's What The Youths Like. I just don't like that sentiment from developers and architects that classic architecture is out of style and must be replaced, meanwhile their five-over-one new construction won't survive 20 years from now, let alone 140. Can we agree to hate modern farmhouse, at least?
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SkyeAuroline posted:Somehow I failed to notice the knee height microwave. Is this a thing nowadays? Kitchen designs suck. Half is dealing with storing heaps of stuff in very limited space and the other half is putting up with legacy designs from the dark ages before ergonomics were a thing. Ergonomics 101: Anything you pick up should be between waist and shoulder height. Okay, lets put the oven and microwave at knee height then.
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Megillah Gorilla posted:Kitchen designs suck. At least it's not quite as terrible as my apartment kitchen, which I'm thankfully moving out of next week (even if I'm not totally eager to go back to gas appliances). I'm not sure who had the wise idea that opening the oven or the dishwasher each prevents access to all of the under-counter cabinetry, or that the stove needed a solid wall on the right side of it so you can't do anything without being directly over the heat source, but here we are.
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The Zillow search term of the day is "African". African wood, African marble, African aesthetic (or whatever rich white people think "African aesthetic" means). https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/39-Serena-Ct-Rancho-Mirage-CA-92270/18142630_zpid/   this is going to be a bathroom-heavy post  https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/6301-Collins-Ave-APT-1505-Miami-Beach-FL-33141/43882893_zpid/    https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/638-Pinnacle-Crst-Palm-Desert-CA-92260/95994236_zpid/  https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/3125-Bethel-Church-Rd-Bethel-Park-PA-15102/11509886_zpid/ built in 1931    https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/99-Hawk-Ridge-Dr-Las-Vegas-NV-89135/89060365_zpid/ "Over $15,000,000 was spent to build and furnish the home, with the guesthouse alone costing $3,800,000 - not including the land." well your house has been on the market for 3 years so maybe you shouldn't expect to recoup that much of your investment   https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/10690-Camino-Del-Venado-Valley-Center-CA-92082/139761954_zpid/ Colonialism: The House   love to play billiards while my collection of stolen artifacts silently plots my doom    https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/16200-Saddle-Club-Rd-Weston-FL-33326/43131884_zpid/ a fuckin cowhide-covered ceiling   I...what  all the bathrooms in this house are "special" but I wanted to highlight these two in particular because they have that bEatmstrJ energy   https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1600-N-Cascade-Ave-Colorado-Springs-CO-80907/80387533_zpid/ A palette cleanser of sorts- "Sharp Mansion", built in 1912, designed by Nicholas van Arendt and featuring van Briggle pottery tiles on all of its many fireplaces. There's a 3D tour of the house on the listing and it's over 14,000 square feet so is definitely worth exploring if you like fancy old houses     
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Youth Decay posted:I like most forms of modernism, but I don't like pulling the ceiling and the walls out, putting in gray office carpet and painting everything monochrome because That's What The Youths Like. I just don't like that sentiment from developers and architects that classic architecture is out of style and must be replaced, meanwhile their five-over-one new construction won't survive 20 years from now, let alone 140. yeah I can understand that sentiment. not a modern farmhouse fan, mainly agreeing with this critique instead of just the appearance alone https://hyperallergic.com/566183/how-normie-minimalism-and-farmhouse-chic-took-over-contemporary-design/
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I am looking for book recommendations. I don't know the language of design, nor enough of the history of the various movements, and I would like to learn. I have a vague idea of some of the things that define craftsman or mcm or what have you, but I feel like I don't know enough of anything to put words to what I like in a house or room or piece of furniture. This is probably too stupid and vague to reply to but idk I wanna read some books and learn some stuff
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Youth Decay posted:this is pretty close to my ideal home bar The old cigarette smell just wafts through the screen. The only VFW I've ever been to was a swanky 40's themed bar in Savannah.
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The Bloop posted:Spending real adult bathroom remodel money to poo poo into a big cartoon mouth is about as big a red flag as I can imagine 
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Bloody posted:I am looking for book recommendations. I don't know the language of design, nor enough of the history of the various movements, and I would like to learn. I have a vague idea of some of the things that define craftsman or mcm or what have you, but I feel like I don't know enough of anything to put words to what I like in a house or room or piece of furniture. This is probably too stupid and vague to reply to but idk I wanna read some books and learn some stuff This is a bit more referencey and more architectural detail and history focused than specifically interiors, but it's very good: https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Sty...tephen+Calloway Its not exactly what you asked for, but 'At Home: A short History of Private Life' by Bill Bryson is a really great read for anyone interested in houses. https://www.amazon.com/At-Home-Short-History-Private/dp/0767919394
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look, if you are making GBS threads into those urinals that is definitely a red flag
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Has everyone seen Jackie Gleason's spaceship house yet? https://twitter.com/michaelbierut/status/1337360707541733377?s=20
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Kaiser Schnitzel posted:
I finished this recently and enjoyed it alot. It's basically a history book. There aren't alot of pictures but if you look up all the weird architecture that's referenced in it is like a historical version of Youth Decays daily posts.
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gonna have an interior designer come over but I'm thinking about putting a short table lamp on the left side of the media unit, and then putting the art thing on the wall. this might negate the need to have that light in the corner (I typically have very low light due to my eyes) ideally height would be around 10-12" with a diameter of 6-12". the distance from the top of the media unit to the top of that floor speaker is 21". option 1 https://www.dwr.com/lighting-table-lamps/jwda-table-lamp/2515277.html?lang=en_US in concrete only disadvantage is I don't want to have nothing but loving glowing spheres everywhere. would probably want to have my main floor lamp be a more typical lampshade style for variety option 2 https://www.dwr.com/lighting-table-lamps/panthella-mini-table-lamp/2517941.html?lang=en_US probably in white disadvantage: I don't think light will come through the "shade" at all so this is probably out. also not sure if the shape really works for what I want to do option 3 https://www.dwr.com/lighting-table-lamps/elise-table-lamp/527.html?lang=en_US disadvantage: too thin / not wide enough option 4 https://www.dwr.com/lighting-table-lamps/ic-table-lamp/9092776.html?lang=en_US T1 high - black disadvantage: FLOS prices, but would probably complement the media unit the best. the 11"x11"x11" is great sizing for the space. option 5 https://www.bludot.com/bender-table-lamp.html in black this lamp is amazing looking, but at 19" would be too tall I think. actionjackson fucked around with this message at 19:53 on Dec 11, 2020 |
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I saw this and knew I had to crosspost it here perepelki posted:in other news, i was looking at real estate in crimea yesterday for various reasons and discovered that crimean interior design is unimaginably powerful
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if you live there you subsist on caviar and vodka
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Bloody posted:I am looking for book recommendations. I don't know the language of design, nor enough of the history of the various movements, and I would like to learn. I have a vague idea of some of the things that define craftsman or mcm or what have you, but I feel like I don't know enough of anything to put words to what I like in a house or room or piece of furniture. This is probably too stupid and vague to reply to but idk I wanna read some books and learn some stuff I'd also recommend Witold Rybczynski's How Architecture Works which is super intro level and a fun read. He has a book called Home: A Short History of an Idea as well but I haven't read it so I don't know how different it is from Bryson's.
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The Bloop posted:look, if you are making GBS threads into those urinals that is definitely a red flag You were one of those kids that thought going to parties and giving people upper deckers was the funniest thing, weren't you?
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oXDemosthenesXo posted:I finished this recently and enjoyed it alot. It's basically a history book. There aren't alot of pictures but if you look up all the weird architecture that's referenced in it is like a historical version of Youth Decays daily posts. Oh man, I would love an illustrated edition of At Home! At least it has the weird photos of the woman who presented as a housekeeper to a gentleman to the outside world, but was actually his wife, and they did weird slave roleplay where she wore blackface.
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Some very stressful rooms being posted. Lovely stuff. Allow me to present, The Room where you talk to your spouse about their history of questionable buying decisions. 
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