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MetaJew posted:Is there such a thing as an attractive filing cabinet? Or one that looks less like just a sheet metal box? I’ve always wanted a USM Haller one. They are mostly sheet metal but I think the chrome frame is a lot more attractive. https://camodernhome.com/products/usm-haller-pedestal-m  
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Youth Decay posted:The Zillow search term of the day is "magical" and I have set it to show only listings under $500,000 because "magical" is one of the boilerplate words (along with "masterpiece" and "enchanting") realtors use in every ad for expensive houses. Why is there a ladder in the ceiling? Are they worried about gravity shifts? Is it that kind of magic? Youth Decay posted:https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/2308-NE-Trailway-Rd-Poulsbo-WA-98370/2079187280_zpid/ Gonna magically bump my head every morning. Nothing more magical than forehead slivers.
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there wolf posted:My parents have a lakehouse across from the Sparta side of the lake, and while I usually enjoy dunking on how very, incredibly, and completely racist Sparta is ( Hancock county is 15% white and they hold all the political power. They sent deputies to the houses of black voters telling them they had to show up in court to prove their residency or lose their voting rights) that's actually a pretty reasonable price for a house in that location. "Halfway between Atlanta and Augusts" is loving nowhere; it's a 2hr drive to get there and then you aren't even on the lake. There is no demand except by the people who already live and are employed in that area, and the big employer is the state prison. It is far less middle-of-nowhere than the Cheap Victorians in Dying Midwest Towns. On the east coast you rarely see houses that nice and of that size in livable condition for that price except very rural upstate New England far from the nearest small town
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MetaJew posted:Is there such a thing as an attractive filing cabinet? Or one that looks less like just a sheet metal box? It seems pretty nice to me.
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The filing cabinet I have is a dirt cheap one from grad school days. So a very basic two drawer deal from Target or Office Depot. So it's functional, but it sucks.gvibes posted:We have one of these - https://www.roomandboard.com/catalog/office/file-storage-cabinets/copenhagen-file-storage-cabinets Goddamm $1700 cabinet. That looks nice, but I don't need it, but I do love room and board. uncloudy day posted:I’ve always wanted a USM Haller one. They are mostly sheet metal but I think the chrome frame is a lot more attractive. 3D Megadoodoo posted:Your definition of attractive is working against you really hard here so I'll say: no. I acknowledge there is good design out there. I just don't own one that is that. PRADA SLUT posted:For wood: https://www.dwr.com/workspace-storage-shelving/line-file-credenza/1020.html?lang=en_US There it is a $4,000 filing cabinet. This looks very nice, but my house needs to windows and siding. Mr. Mambold posted:Make it out of wood, you can make it hella nice. I could probably build something sort of like what Prada Slut shared. I did build this shoe cabinet thing. If I had a proper work shop or a hackerspace near buy I'd like to make some sort of MCMish legs/base for it, but I can't achieve very precise cuts or do any significant amount of glue up or jig making with my current setup.  
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Youth Decay posted:It is far less middle-of-nowhere than the Cheap Victorians in Dying Midwest Towns. On the east coast you rarely see houses that nice and of that size in livable condition for that price except very rural upstate New England far from the nearest small town Well Sparta is rural Georgia, and in general were a lot closer to Ohio than what people usually think of as east coast. Stuff just doesn't cost that much here, and the economy is poo poo so once you get away from the cities and their feeder towns, it really comes down to what infrastructure is there and what attractions. Sparta is not a cute little historical antiquing town; it's two blocks with a courthouse and a few nicer houses, and then a few more blocks of urban blight petering out into cheap track housing and trailer parks. It's most notable features are the prison, the now defunct coal power plant, and racism. And that's a lot of small towns in this state. The people or things they were built to serve just aren't there anymore. The people who do want to move out into the country want multiple acres to do redneck poo poo on and don't mind driving an hour to the Wallmart for groceries every week, so the town itself just dies.
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MetaJew posted:The filing cabinet I have is a dirt cheap one from grad school days. So a very basic two drawer deal from Target or Office Depot. So it's functional, but it sucks. There's also a lot of desks that have file drawers built into them, some of which are attractive, if you don't need maximum file cabinetry.
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Youth Decay posted:It is far less middle-of-nowhere than the Cheap Victorians in Dying Midwest Towns. On the east coast you rarely see houses that nice and of that size in livable condition for that price except very rural upstate New England far from the nearest small town it's just a different kind of middle of nowhere. it's the same sort of economic desperation you get in the midwest, in that it used to be an agricultural community but now it's just aging in place and experiencing steady population loss. the only different bit about when this happens in the south is that some of the hopelessly poor rural people are black
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there wolf and luxury handset posted:stuff about Sparta GA I will defer to your actual knowledge of the area vs my shallow google search. I guess I was just charmed by the name Frognolia Hall  .
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The Zillow search term of the day is "period-correct" https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1305-Woodlawn-Ave-Indianapolis-IN-46203/1079572_zpid/  https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/846-8th-Ave-S-Saint-Petersburg-FL-33701/47230513_zpid/  https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/34227-E-Towle-Rd-Alta-CA-95701/17685936_zpid/  https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/211-Washington-St-Marietta-OH-45750/75126235_zpid/  https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/586-Clinton-Ave-Bridgeport-CT-06605/83156490_zpid/ ah yes, let's turn a bedroom into a bathroom without removing the carpet  https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/824-Hewett-St-Neillsville-WI-54456/104945229_zpid/ some more interesting bathroom decisions in this Victorian too  https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/741-55th-St-Des-Moines-IA-50312/793659_zpid/ that paint sure ain't period-correct, why must people make everything gray when they renovate houses?  https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/39-3rd-St-Savanna-IL-61074/113784998_zpid/ CVIADMWT but at least it's close to the river  https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/476-E-High-St-Manchester-NH-03104/74304765_zpid/ Thread Challenge: How would you improve the layout of this kitchen?  I would switch the half-bath back to a pantry (turn the small upstairs trunk room into another bathroom to compensate), put the fridge in there, and then use some of the wasted space near the dining room to add another counter (or a bigger island) with a range directly across from the sink. It's tough with 6 (!) doors/archways coming off of the room severely restricting how much wall space you have.
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PRADA SLUT posted:For wood: https://www.dwr.com/workspace-storage-shelving/line-file-credenza/1020.html?lang=en_US Prada do you just post this stuff as a troll Wow, something like that but with slits in the back would be perfect for a media console for me.
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Speaking of media consoles, I can't really find exactly what I'm looking for from BDI or Blu dot. Something like this: https://www.crateandbarrel.com/marin-shiitake-58-media-console/s557502 58+ inches wide, with all the venting and such as well as front openings for remotes, and an adjustable shelf that goes the whole way across. This way I can put my soundbar on top, and have enough vertical space for records on the bottom. The Blu dot dang media stand has a similar idea, but there's a vertical divider in the middle, and you can't adjust the shelf height.
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actionjackson posted:Speaking of media consoles, I can't really find exactly what I'm looking for from BDI or Blu dot. Something like this: Josh Lyman fucked around with this message at 23:14 on Jun 19, 2020 |
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Jun 19, 2020 23:07
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Josh Lyman posted:What about this? https://www.bdiusa.com/products/corridor-8177-modern-tv-stand-media-storage-drawer Yeah that would work, not in my budget anytime soon though. Does anyone else find the pictures confusing? In the pictures on top, the inside shelf is clearly metal and can be adjusted, but in the lower picture it's wood? and it does not appear to be adjustable.
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Also here's something that's nice than Ikea but isn't like... 10 times the price https://scandinaviandesigns.com/collections/media-stands/products/juneau-media-stand It's darker than in the picture - the picture with the review shows the actual color pretty well. My tv is 43" across so this would fit nicely. And the height would put it right up to the bottom edge of where my soundbar is, so the cords and outlets would be well hidden. there's also this one, which has the advantage of space for my records on the left and right sides if you remove the shelf, but I don't think maple will look as good (I have maple cabinets, and I think it will be too light for the space and look awkward): https://scandinaviandesigns.com/collections/media-stands/products/holfred-media-stand This store is literally across the street from where my parents live so I can look at them in person whenever.
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actionjackson posted:Also here's something that's nice than Ikea but isn't like... 10 times the price idk, i saw their showroom at high point market a few years back because i was a fan of their look, but tbh it looked like cheap materials/construction up close. it was pretty disappointing, considering you'd think they'd use the good stuff for market, but nope. maybe they've improved since then, though.
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actionjackson posted:Prada do you just post this stuff as a troll Yeah the thought has crossed my mind to just build cabinets myself with matching doors like this, although with a fancier wood than pine, to make a row of built in cabinets for an entertainment system and book shelves. But I think I might go insane trying to do it all on the floor of my garage and with a contractor saw.
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Gnossiennes posted:idk, i saw their showroom at high point market a few years back because i was a fan of their look, but tbh it looked like cheap materials/construction up close. it was pretty disappointing, considering you'd think they'd use the good stuff for market, but nope. maybe they've improved since then, though. Yeah, I have no idea, the only thing I have from them is a sofa chaise. It's been fine, but I often sit on the sofa cushion right next to the chaise, i.e. right where that cushion ends, and it tends to stay sagged when I get up. I feel like a better quality sofa wouldn't do that. But hey it was only $800. For the tv console, I might as well just do Ikea then. the BDI corridor is 2500 loving dollars which is insane to me for something that isn't really getting any wear and tear.
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https://www.realestate.com.au/property-studio-tas-new+town-133082290 Needlessly toiletted bathroom in what appears to be a converted garage?
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TheMightyHandful posted:https://www.realestate.com.au/property-studio-tas-new+town-133082290 And in the $300k + price bracket no less. It's houses like this that make me wish there was a comments section on real estate websites.
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The Lord Bude posted:And in the $300k + price bracket no less. It's houses like this that make me wish there was a comments section on real estate websites. I think there’s a browser extension that automatically looks up the current URL on some forums site (probably reddit) and provides the comments in a sidebar. That’s as close as you’ll probably ever get.
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Nothing says Scandinavia to me like surfboards and a cactus.
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drgitlin posted:Nothing says Scandinavia to me like surfboards and a cactus. Yeah, that and the whole "I get my furniture from the dump" aesthetic really detract from the room.
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Pulling this up from waaaay back in the thread because someone bought and renovated it!    And of course it's an airbnb now, because what a city with a desperate shortage of more urban housing needs is to have the little inner city housing there is turned into twee psuedo-hotels.
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Pigsfeet on Rye posted:Yeah, that and the whole "I get my furniture from the dump" aesthetic really detract from the room. Planete Deco (it's a French blog but partially translated to English) is a great source of actual Swedish interiors. Old furniture, surfboards and the odd cactus do have their place there, though I agree the apartment above leans a bit too hard on "quirky". there wolf posted:Pulling this up from waaaay back in the thread because someone bought and renovated it!
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Jesus, I'm a woman and I would not be see dead in a house with that much twee pink. It's a fuckin Wendy house
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i'm a dude and love twee poo poo like that, but that's still a bit much twee poo poo for me, and gently caress air bnb i kinda love this table and the kitchen (i'm a sucker for greens and pinks), but holy  at having a high pile rug under your goddamn kitchen table
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It looks like the my first kitchen set girls get as toddlers. I can't comprehend an actual functioning adult having that style kitchen. It's ABDL writ large.
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Sloth Life posted:It looks like the my first kitchen set girls get as toddlers. I can't comprehend an actual functioning adult having that style kitchen. It's ABDL writ large. rude but ok
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Sloth Life posted:It looks like the my first kitchen set girls get as toddlers. I can't comprehend an actual functioning adult having that style kitchen. It's ABDL writ large. I wish that I had not looked up what ABDL was. 
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Pigsfeet on Rye posted:I wish that I had not looked up what ABDL was. Oh, God, I googled it.
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Youth Decay posted:https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1415-Sherman-Ave-Hagerstown-MD-21740/37682190_zpid/ This is a some excellent photography and staging (or organizing the furniture and decor already there) for a grandma house that needs work. excellent photography and staging of the refrigerator taking up half the loving line of sight
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Accent pillows are a racket. $60+ for a 20” square of the mildest decoration!
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Josh Lyman posted:Accent pillows are a racket. $60+ for a 20” square of the mildest decoration! Yeah, but what are you gonna do? You probably don't even own a sewing machine, and it would take several minutes to hand sew 2 20" fabric squares together. Nobody has that kind of time.
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I normally just lurk, but I had to post because of pink kitchen. We painted our kitchen tiles pink this spring:   The whole kitchen was originally a weird smoky pink-orange colour, all over. We painted the doors green and everything else (including the tiles) white three years ago when we moved in, and decided to give it a refresher coat this spring. We chose pink for the tiles because we live in a white functionalist Scandi box condo and some extra colour seemed like a nice idea. The cupboards are all originals from the 60's. And I'm standing at the doorway to the kitchen just so you know how small it is.
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