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http://www.farrow-ball.com/colours/paint/fcp-category/list £75 for 5l and all have stupid names. They also got you covered if you want to buy white wallpaper at £36 a roll.
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Facebook Aunt posted:I guess it's safe to assume she didn't have cats? So many not-chipped things on flat surfaces. Correct. They did have a dog but he was pretty chill. Most of the collections were in the less lived in rooms as well. When I get a house, I'm gonna paint my living room Grass Bat, just like my grandmother did.
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Tiny Brontosaurus posted:It's like everything I am and aspire to be, summed up in one perfect object Good news, TB! http://www.sisalnet.com/
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10 Beers posted:Good news, TB! Holy moly, where's Subjunctive?
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WrenP-Complete posted:Holy moly, where's Subjunctive? Hiding.
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peanut posted:Under the door frame thingies and Not Caring. 12:00-3:00 toilet That's helpful, thanks. The 6-12 section looks pretty similar to what we've got in some spots now so it's nice to see how it shakes out in comparison.
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Collateral Damage posted:I'm a fan of the colors which don't actually match their names. "Hey, who's that over there? Is that... no... It is! It's old Stoomy Brown!"
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10 Beers posted:Good news, TB! Monkey Items
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Uncovered the 109 year old tile in the hallway today. It'll be a shame to rip it up.
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Arachnamus posted:Uncovered the 109 year old tile in the hallway today. It'll be a shame to rip it up. Is there any way to keep some of it, like around the stair or doorway??
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Phil Moscowitz posted:Is there any way to keep some of it, like around the stair or doorway?? Stairs and doorways are all moving, and it needs to come up to put the underfloor heating in. Plus it's not really my style.
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May 23, 2017 21:36
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Pull up a bit carefully and frame it as a memoir of the house's history?
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I think I'm buying a house this year, and I think I'll have about a month between purchasing it and moving into it where I can do remodels. I expect to be in this house for between five to seven years, so while I want to remodel the house to something I like, I also want it to be sellable and not insanely eccentric. From reading this thread and watching HGTV, it seems like these are the most popular design trends right now: Open floor plan Granite countertops Hardwood floors Stainless steel appliances White cabinets His and hers sinks Tiling over brick fireplaces No popcorn ceilings Words on walls Shiplap walls Found/salvaged furniture I get why people like the first five things. The rest seem kind of dumb to me. Are any of these already dead trends? Which have the worst cost-to-benefit ratio? Also, is there any reason to do actual hardwood floors as opposed to wood laminate?
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I recommend cutting a few floor joists and installing an infinity tub with a giant red wall.
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surf rock posted:I think I'm buying a house this year, and I think I'll have about a month between purchasing it and moving into it where I can do remodels. I expect to be in this house for between five to seven years, so while I want to remodel the house to something I like, I also want it to be sellable and not insanely eccentric. Of the list, granite countertops, words on walls, and shiplap are definitely dead, white cabinets and his & hers sinks are pretty neutral (I've never heard of a single-sink master bath being somebody's dealbreaker), and hardwood floors, stainless steel appliances are a "nice to have" but probably not a good return on investment when selling a house. Open floorplan's a matter of preference, but I think younger buyers are less into it than previous generations. Tiling over brick can be done well or poorly, so I'd leave it alone unless you really have a vision for it. The only thing I personally feel strongly about is no popcorn ceilings, because they're gross, hard to clean, and usually hide shoddy construction work. Actual hardwood is going to last longer (with proper maintenance) and have a little more cachet, but I honestly wouldn't dump any money into remodeling the house for sale that isn't a renovation you want to do for yourself while you're living there. Trends change, and a house with too many trendy reno features can make people suspicious. The house flipping boom burned a lot of people.
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Bad Munki posted:I recommend cutting a few floor joists and installing an infinity tub with a giant red wall.  Women love shiny red bathroom walls. It reminds us of our periods. Facebook Aunt fucked around with this message at 00:13 on May 24, 2017 |
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Tiny Brontosaurus posted:Monkey Items Turns out monkey items are a lot more expensive than you'd think. The price of some of those things are nuts!
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10 Beers posted:Turns out monkey items are a lot more expensive than you'd think. The price of some of those things are nuts! Monkey business is serious business.
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10 Beers posted:Turns out monkey items are a lot more expensive than you'd think. The price of some of those things are nuts! I want you to know that I see what you've done, and I like it. I give it four out of five giant red walls.
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surf rock posted:I think I'm buying a house this year, and I think I'll have about a month between purchasing it and moving into it where I can do remodels. I expect to be in this house for between five to seven years, so while I want to remodel the house to something I like, I also want it to be sellable and not insanely eccentric. Although my philosophy with this stuff is that you should renovate your house to be how to like it, not to keep it sellable. You're the one who has to live in it for the next 5 years, and whoever buys it from you can renovate it to their own taste. It's hard to go "insanely eccentric" unless you're doing something like this or this.
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Haifisch posted:It's hard to go "insanely eccentric" unless you're doing something like this Does anyone else remember that movie The Game with Michael Douglas and Sean Penn?
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Zamboni_Rodeo posted:Does anyone else remember that movie The Game with Michael Douglas and Sean Penn? Amazing.
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Just to follow up, what's a more classic look for cabinets and countertops? The place I'm looking at has really lovely laminate countertops and '80s oak cabinets, so I kind of want to do something with them. Edit: Also, I'm in a midwestern city, so our design trends might be like 20 years behind the coasts. surf rock fucked around with this message at 02:42 on May 24, 2017 |
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We've been house hunting and we'll probably have to renovate when we find a place. I'm also old enough to know that my tastes do change over the years and are influenced by trends, even if I don't really pay attention to them. In line with surf rock's post, does anyone have a more comprehensive list of timeless vs. tacky in five years? On preview, I think medium-tone wood grain cabinets also age well, assuming they don't have stupid carvings or other frivolous details. I've never seen laminate counters that weren't peeling and awful within a few years.
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I've decided to go all out and do a 9ft x 10ft accent wall in Draper's Brazilliance with paint to happen on a large 14ft wide wall that will have my red couch in front of it. I wanted to do the big wall, but it's a cost issue and the smaller wall you can see when you immediately step inside my house. Since I live in a shout gun house I think it would draw guests in from the front to the back. Plus I rent so it's not worth the cost. I already own some prints of some badass actresses in character like Thurman in Pulp Fiction and Portman in Leon the Professional and will pick up some mirrors to widen the room. I have a white TV console/stand with black and green storage boxes opposite my couch. I can't change my uggo medium brown carpet so I was looking at a rug. I was thinking of a solid black and white stripe to again help widen the room because it is so narrow. Something like this: https://www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/Meticulously-Woven-Hart-Casual-Striped-Area-Rug-53-x-73/9441914/product.html but maybe a flat weave/easy to clean because it is high traffic. Also ditching the sleeper sofa and replacing it with a comfy reading chair with side table and maybe a floor reading light, which will sit in front of the wallpapered wall. That's down the road, I'll have to keep up with before and after pictures. I have some pics of that room in this thread. And I'll gladly take suggestions as well. cheese eats mouse fucked around with this message at 05:09 on May 24, 2017 |
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Just to be clear, when you guys are talking about granite countertops going out of fashion, you mean things like this, right?   I was super distressed to hear that the countertops I like are going out of style, and then I googled them and realized that what I like are actually soapstone countertops, which look like this:    I'm not a huge fan of any of the cabinets in any of those photos (except possibly the black ones, but I definitely dislike the mismatched silver and gold hardware), but I really like the soapstone countertops. When I look at the two styles side, I can see what you mean about the granite ones getting dated; they remind me very strongly of the kitchen that my best friend's parents used when I was a kid in the late 90s and early to mid 2000s. When my folks built a house around 2004, they put in soapstone countertops that are very nice to use, and don't have the same business of granite. Is there an alternative to soapstone that looks less timeless?
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I know you're talking cupboards and counters, but I can't look away from what they did to that poor fridge. When did we decide that having appliances in plain view was wrong and bad, and it was somehow less ugly to try to blend them in with the cupboards?
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Haifisch posted:I know you're talking cupboards and counters, but I can't look away from what they did to that poor fridge. That is such a classic example of legitimate design choices getting mangled by the telephone game of decorating trends. A fridge that truly blends in with the cabinetry can be a perfectly fine choice for a modern kitchen, somewhere where you want to preserve a sense of negative space, like this:  But it doesn't work if you muck it up with stupid "country kitchen" woodcarving and it definitely doesn't work if you have to leave a hole for the ice dispenser. To have a coherent design you have to pick and choose - you can't just throw every luxury feature together in the same room and expect it to work. Ice dispenser or cabinetry finish, granite countertops or tile backsplash, industrial-grade flex faucet or farmhouse sink.
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Some people like to put extraordinary amounts of work into their houses and blog about it. Here are some such examples that are inspirational to me: Olive Green  The Brick House  Chezerbey 
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I can no longer look at a bathroom, and not think internally, "Welp, sorry guys, lady says them joists have got to go."
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underage at the vape shop posted:That is a fantastic bathroom Fill in the window and paint two of the walls grass bat and dorkwood.
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Maybe. But it also looks like a great place for your shower beer.
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Really not a fan of the dead animal or what ever, but everything else is very much my midcentury jam. I want that clock.
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Tiny Brontosaurus posted:
My grandparents used to decorate their deck in an owl motif, so that's, uh...that's an extra level of terror for me.
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The only thing i hate about that bathroom is the toilet, toilets deserve their own room. What happens if you gotta poop but someones in the shower? You're screwed. Bathroom toilets are the worst idea ever.
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