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cheese eats mouse posted:So I have shelf color questions. Most of the wood in my apartment area is a warm oak and my couch is bright loving red. Not sure what color I should lean towards on the shelf along with the support metal color? Most of the wood in your apartment is stained oak? Shelves should also be oak imo.
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Oh I meant walnut but wrote oak. Thanks Monday brain! I’ll look for something in walnut.
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Black shelves could be good too (prepare to see dust everywhere.)
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Jan 4, 2021 23:39
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Never have anything black or white in your home, if you can avoid it. Because I say so.
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cheese eats mouse posted:So I have shelf color questions. Most of the wood in my apartment area is a warm oak and my couch is bright loving red. Not sure what color I should lean towards on the shelf along with the support metal color? I’d go with the walnut shelf over black, especially if your walls are white or lighter colored. For the bracket I think walnut looks best with black enameled metal in general. A white bracket and shelf seems like it would clash with the room and I like white better with different wood tones like teak or pine.
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kreeningsons posted:I’d go with the walnut shelf over black, especially if your walls are white or lighter colored. For the bracket I think walnut looks best with black enameled metal in general. A white bracket and shelf seems like it would clash with the room and I like white better with different wood tones like teak or pine. Yep white walls. Thanks everyone for confirming my initial instincts, going to go with walnut
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MC Escher looking stairs
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3D Megadoodoo posted:Never have anything black or white in your home, if you can avoid it. Paint everything black. 
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As I am about to embark on a sizable renovation project, here's an effort post about our smaller job renovating the guest house, or what we like to call the cabana. Our home was built around 1900-1910, but the cabana was added in the 1970s. It's about 500 square feet, one bedroom, a bathroom, changing room, and a mini-kitchen/sitting area that looks out to the back yard and the main house on the other side of the yard. This is what it looked like when we bought it.    These pictures were insanely doctored by the realtor. The wood paneling in the big room with the bar and fireplace was green. Also the bathroom was cramped and dreary, and the drop in bathtub and toilet were lime green, much darker than the pictures show, with thick textured wallpaper. Here's what the walls really looked like.    Our plan was to make this into a functional space for guests, as our renovation project in the main house will take the least-functional bedroom and incorporate it into a master bath/closet suite, so we will not have any guest rooms for in-laws in the main house. The secondary (and more frequent) purpose is to have a fun place for friends and kids to hang out, watch football games or movies, etc. while we are enjoying the back yard. Tertiary goal was a temporary place to live with our kids while the renovations in the main house are ongoing. So we wanted kind of an airy, beach house feel. We acted as GC for this job which was an interesting experience with a few hiccups, but overall it went pretty well and everything took about two weeks. While the walls were being prepped and primed we got to tearing out the bathroom.     We decided to replace the vanity with a pedestal and the bathtub with a shower to make it less claustrophobic.   The tile guy was reluctant to use black grout and we could tell why, because on close inspection it shows imperfections in placement of the tiles more than white grout. But I think the effect is pretty nice. Also I kept the Despard switches (thanks corgski!) and the original heater/fan.   Meanwhile the rest of the cabana is painted. We didn't want to rip up and replace the perfectly good, if boring tile floors, so we painted them with flooring paint. It does tend to come up with lots of traffic, but it's easy to touch up and was pretty inexpensive for the effect. The ceiling fan had to have weighed 75 pounds at least. It was hanging from a 5/8 inch screw directly in the ceiling rafter. We also wanted to keep the wood paneling, which is pretty thick and solid wood, not laminate.   Those square things on either side of the fireplace are speaker cubbies...I can access them from a storage room on the other side of that wall, and there is wiring if I ever feel that need lol. We haven't done anything with the bar besides paint it. Maybe some time down the road we can work on the bartop and sink, but it works fine for what we need now. The plan was to paint the shelves black, and then apply colorful decorative wallpaper behind them. I insisted on keeping the Coldspot beer fridge which is probably older than me but works amazingly well. So we settled on painting it to match the shelving.    The tiki cups are in storage else they'd be on the shelves too. Eventually all the furniture and light fixtures came in and the cabana is basically finished!      I've been routinely overruled on color in favor of black/white but I think the theme, with flashes of color in the barstools, fridge, and art, captures what we were going for pretty well. Still need some real window treatments on the doors, but for now the contractor stuff works pretty well.
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Jan 5, 2021 05:29
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Jan 5, 2021 05:48
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Gonna loudly drag a coffee table over to cover up the sounds of my poopin
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I don't dig the black/white everywhere, but imo you guys did a great job overall. Even with imperfections I do like the black grout contrast - good choice.
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Phil Moscowitz posted:lots of This all looks really great, but I will be mad if you threw away that pencil sharpener
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Jan 5, 2021 16:17
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I wouldn't have painted the brick bc I think it would have gone with your theme and color scheme but that's my subjective taste. For my own curiosity, I guess there was no way to clean and stain the wood?
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Phil Moscowitz posted:Here's what the walls really looked like. What causes this green color? Was the wood cut and installed while it was still green without drying it out or something? Phil Moscowitz posted:
I like the dark grout + space age switch. I don’t see any imperfections over photo at least. Not to steal any attention from your renovation, but recently I was made aware of this iconic interior of now torn down La Maison De La Celle by Jean Pierre Raynaud and I’ve been on the dark grout train ever since. Show it to your tile person if you want to give them a panic attack.  Phil Moscowitz posted:Eventually all the furniture and light fixtures came in and the cabana is basically finished! Dig the pop of color. This is how I use canary yellow too. I find too much yellow nauseating but just the right amount is good. Would chill here. Quoting for relevance to the Zillow search term of the day :3 kreeningsons fucked around with this message at 17:57 on Jan 5, 2021 |
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Jan 5, 2021 17:51
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Green tint , cheaply flipped, guessing it's pressure treated fencing and not for interior use at all.
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Thanks for the comments everyone. Sirotan posted:This all looks really great, but I will be mad if you threw away that pencil sharpener I certainly did not! cheese eats mouse posted:I wouldn't have painted the brick bc I think it would have gone with your theme and color scheme but that's my subjective taste. For my own curiosity, I guess there was no way to clean and stain the wood? Yes, the brick was one area I was overruled. The wood is very rough textured and the labor involved in refinishing it didn't make sense. Also my Wasabi the J posted:Green tint , cheaply flipped, guessing it's pressure treated fencing and not for interior use at all. I don't think this was fencing based on the cut, but I agree it was probably for exterior use. It's basically a simple 45 degree overlapping cladding, like a parallelogram in profile, maybe intended for horizontal siding.
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Youth Decay posted:The Zillow search term of the day is "curvilinear"
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Grouchio posted:What architectural style/class would you categorize this under? Contemporary? Maybe? It gets fuzzy with newer construction. The Zillow search term of the day is "if walls could talk". https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/3248-Copelin-Ave-Saint-Louis-MO-63104/2937463_zpid/     https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/914-5th-Ave-Rochelle-GA-31079/105446083_zpid/  https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/251-Farmingdale-Rd-Harpersville-AL-35078/67440614_zpid/    https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/14910-Western-Mill-Rd-Lawrenceville-VA-23868/2115048458_zpid/ if these walls could talk they'd probably be yelling racial slurs  hard to see much with this dumb filter  https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/30-Hope-St-Saint-Augustine-FL-32084/318934671_zpid/ colored walls good but white woodwork bad  https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1822-Broadway-St-Beaumont-TX-77701/50375997_zpid/ "History tells in the 1960's the home was converted into a coffee house where Janis Joplin performed, while waiting to be called on stage, Janis Joplin engraved her signature on the stair post which is still in the home today"   I can't make heads or tails out of this but I'll take their word for it  https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/836-Bradford-Ave-Nashville-TN-37204/41134136_zpid/ "Oprah has danced, Roy Orbison has played, Nashville Mayor & Civil Rights Protestors were welcomed."  funky maze of a basement     https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1333-Ridge-Ave-Evanston-IL-60201/3564413_zpid/ "Some illustrious people graced the rooms of this beautiful home, notable was Joan Baez who graciously accepted an offer to appear at a fund-raiser after the release of her first album. Other well-known figures who spoke or performed included Studs Terkel, & Odetta. Artists Leon Golub and Nancy Spero stayed at the house as guests when they visited Chicago to name a few." Sold as-is.  omg this kitchen   old timey showers kinda look like torture chambers  https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1250-Berme-Rd-Wawarsing-NY-12446/198881658_zpid/ "Benjamin Bruyn House" (1730, 1780, 1830), former residence of Lillian Gish.    
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The Zillow search term of the day is "Moorish" https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/385-Ridgewood-Rd-Key-Biscayne-FL-33149/44029723_zpid/   https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/550-Springline-Ct-Naples-FL-34102/43733352_zpid/    https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/69-Maple-Ave-Norfolk-CT-06058/2077657360_zpid/   https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/848-Hot-Springs-Rd-Santa-Barbara-CA-93108/15880535_zpid/     Che Guevara judging the hell out of these people   https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/133-S-Mapleton-Dr-Los-Angeles-CA-90024/20524379_zpid/    https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/23111-Mariposa-De-Oro-St-Malibu-CA-90265/20552642_zpid/      https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/3228-Lexington-Rd-Montgomery-AL-36106/72799137_zpid/ A unique little cottage built in 1935 with Tudor, Mediterranean and Art Deco influences  art deco bathroom!  
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Youth Decay posted:Contemporary? Maybe? It gets fuzzy with newer construction. Okay not only can this house talk, it can transform into a giant wooden robot. I can't imagine any non-Transformer explanation for the ceiling and weird wall.
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Phil Moscowitz posted:
nice job, and great pick on using the modern fan company - i'm going to get that ball fan in aluminum at some point for my bedroom.
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That's gotta get hot as heck in summer sun
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Enfys posted:That's gotta get hot as heck in summer sun I'm guessing it faces north.
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Enfys posted:That's gotta get hot as heck in summer sun I was going to say that bedroom looks bigger than my entire house, and I was right. 8.5 of my houses could fit in that place. 12,000 sq. ft. holy hell.
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Sneeing Emu posted:I was going to say that bedroom looks bigger than my entire house, and I was right. 8.5 of my houses could fit in that place. 12,000 sq. ft. holy hell. hey some people just want to stretch out
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I adore that bowling alley floor.
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Phil Moscowitz posted:Cool switches I can remember that kind of pushbutton light switch from my grandparents' row house in Philadelphia.
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I have those in my old bedroom at my parents' house. I'm pretty sure they're real mother of pearl.
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They're nice switches because they tell you right away that you're gonna have to drop $10k to re-wire the house if you buy it
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Hey now, they do make UL listed reproduction pushbutton switches for historical renovations. For $14 ea. Which I have to buy for my house.  They do look really nice however!
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The Zillow search term of the day is "oldest" https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/4-Camps-Flat-Rd-South-Kent-CT-06785/57800899_zpid/ one of the oldest houses in Litchfield County, CT (ca. early 1700s)     zillow.com/homedetails/7591-Rosanna-St-Gilroy-CA-95020/19857166_zpid/? one of the oldest houses in Gilroy, CA (1866 + 1950 additions)    https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/139-Elfreths-Aly-Philadelphia-PA-19106/10196729_zpid/ ca. 1703 rowhouse in Philadelphia  https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/13-Great-Neck-Rd-East-Wareham-MA-02538/56662540_zpid/ oldest house in East Wareham MA (1683 + additions)     https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/69-Fox-St-Lunenburg-NS-B0J-2C0/305698467_zpid/ "The Lennox Inn, once known as the Lennox Tavern and Inn, was built as a residence and roadhouse in 1791. It is the oldest British-Colonial, continuously operating Inn in Canada"    https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/10-W-Pier-Sausalito-CA-94965/2077054497_zpid/ a little California houseboat built in 1900!   https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/530-Cedar-Ln-Swarthmore-PA-19081/9452802_zpid/ "The Ogden House is important architecturally as the 2nd oldest house in Swarthmore, and the only one built in the early 18th century that has not been significantly altered inside or out since its inception in 1736." apart from the bathrooms and the kitchen and the paint and the electric and the windows etc etc etc      https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/91-Castle-Rd-Truro-MA-02666/56791491_zpid/ ca. 1750 + additions      https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/406-Swedesboro-Rd-Gibbstown-NJ-08027/38779687_zpid/ "This property includes the historic C.A. Nothnagle log house built in 1638-43 as part of the New Sweden Colony... It is reported to be the oldest log cabin in North America and the oldest home of its type, still standing on its original site, in the Western hemisphere. The cabin was built of bricks carried to America as ship ballast, and square hewn logs with Finnish style double dovetailed ends and wooden trundle pins. Built without a single nail. Tunnel pins secure rafters permitting construction without a ridge pole. The wood flooring was built over the dirt floor in about 1750." 
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