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I think this has a lot of overlap with Gooncave & Gardens in A/T -- it might be worth crosslinking or something? Anyway I'm here to say I love Hollywood regency. I loved it before it was a fad, I will love it when the fad is gone, I'm very sad that it'll start looking (is already looking) dated, because oh boy am I about glamour and detail and textures and lacquer and geometry and mirrors and silver and, uh, non-minimalism. e: and chandeliers omg it's a sickness Anne Whateley fucked around with this message at 03:54 on May 10, 2017 |
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By "shower room," do you mean a total wet room? If you're in the US, those are really unusual, and a lot of people strongly dislike them. Having used one, I'm not a fan either; I would do whatever had to be done for the other options.
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May 14, 2017 18:00
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Arachnamus posted:I meant the equivalent of a bathroom but with the shower being the focus rather than the bath, i.e. shower, toilet, sink etc. The actual form the shower takes isn't that important but I wouldn't go for the complete water-everywhere style, the most I'd go in that direction would be a glass partition and change in tiling rather than a full shower tray.
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May 14, 2017 19:15
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Tiny Brontosaurus posted:And now a bit of interior design history. A woman I should hate (and Anne Whatley should love), because she basically invented the Hollywood Regency look before it had the name, Dorothy Draper. I'm not actually into all the elements of Hollywood regency -- I like mixing and matching styles, but I'm not into chinoiserie, and I'm super into varying textures but not as into contrasting colors. I just . . . don't kinkshame my thing for chandeliers and shiny things ok Thanks for the effortpost!
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The slideshow is kind of messed up on my phone, so I may be missing something, but while I would pick different furniture, I actually like the grayscale. To me it's restful. You just have to include enough texture that it doesn't look stark or unwelcoming.
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May 27, 2017 02:45
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Haifisch posted:I like it in the bathrooms, but it gets depressing and monotonous when the whole house is like that. At least it'd be easy to fix by having furniture & decor that's not all black and white. And I would hate it if it were beige. I just...really like gray I guess ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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May 27, 2017 03:13
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And now you see why I like grayscale (I don't hate the Serape of Many Colors house, it's definitely considered, I would just lose my mind on like day 2 in it.)
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May 29, 2017 05:32
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Scandinavia is still really loving into small-print wallpaper, apparently. There was a Finnish(?) goon building his own house awhile back, and that was like the one element everyone hated but he insisted on, saying it was normal there.
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May 29, 2017 20:46
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Tin ceilings look great and are definitely popular right now. I like them in homes -- it's not super unusual in New York apartments from that period -- but I can't stand them in restaurants or other public spaces. You have to consider acoustics, and the noise levels end up being ridiculous. Tiny Brontosaurus posted:Another team attacked some perfectly good night tables with black spraypaint and didn't seal it, so it'll always be faintly sticky. Good job, guys.
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Jun 7, 2017 20:27
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Magikarpal Tunnel posted:^^ There seems to be a strange obsession on HGTV with 'formal dining rooms' which is just a way to say they want a big fancy table that they will eat at twice a year and otherwise will just take up space and be a shelf. Every loving house hunters I watch (I watch it a lot at work, where I don't have a choice in what's on tv) they mention wanting a formal dining room. You people are just going to eat in front of the tv like everyone else, don't kid yourself.
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That solid black soapstone is a flashback to every high school science class. Tile is a special pain because grout lines suck to clean. Wherever you want tile, I always want to go as big as possible.
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Jun 8, 2017 18:12
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Tiny Brontosaurus posted:That's exactly what I like about it. Welcome to my kitchen laboratory, today we are making frozen pizza
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Jun 8, 2017 19:03
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Did you try a magic eraser? If that didn't work, I would probably just paint it tbh, couldn't get worse. And does that mean the external door opens into this bedroom?
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I would absolutely stay there if it were a B&B and I had money to burn. But a library with no books . . . a shameful library
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Bad Munki posted:This may be an odd question but it is a factor in home design: does anyone have a good source for actually, like, good doorbells?
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Wow, there's one deeply buried detail:quote:Mucciolo admits that it is important for her that she and her beloved husband live in an apartment that fits them
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Thank you guys for finding the husband info I wanted but was literally too lazy to google! I'm surprised he was omitted, that kinda sucks.Bad Munki posted:Oh I know it, I just can't find anything locally and I'm reluctant to buy a doorbell/chime/whatever online without having heard it. Ridiculousness of our current chime aside, I'm kinda picky/sensitive about noises. I wish the various online sources would include, like, a recording of the product, because that's kind of a critical factor of the thing, as in, its primary function.
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If you want incredibly nice, I also found this guy. http://www.knockdoorbells.com/vintage_chimes_longbells.htm He restores old ones and also has new ones of his own design. I'm surprised he doesn't have recordings up, but if you're in that end of the pool, you could email and ask and I'm sure he'd give you recordings in equally exhausting detail.
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I have a tiny New York apartment with about one lateral foot of counter space, and the one thing I'd straight-up murder for is a real vent hood.
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Youth Decay posted:One thing about crappy Edwardian San Francisco apartments is that they tend to have lots of nice built-in cabinetry. (I'm not that into glass-fronted cabinets, but that seems like a recent change, and wow do I love built-in storage)
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Youth Decay posted:Those are three different apartments. quote:I don't know about the individual places (just plucked them off Craigslist) but besides lacking "modern" amenities (vent hoods, disposals, outlets, etc), being in very old buildings they often have maintenance/pest issues that go unresolved because the landlords know they can rent them in a split-second for $2500+ without doing anything. Facebook Aunt posted:For bonus points, put a big gaudy picture frame on your tv. Anyway my solution is just to stack a ton of books around my TV. It's, uh, a look
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Can we get a floorplan sketch? How does so much even fit into one kitchen? I think the desks were actually useful in like the '90s and earlier, when you would have to sit down and pay bills, deal with mail, keep records, etc. Not so much anymore.
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Haifisch posted:If it's cold enough that you're using the fireplace for heat, it's cold enough to bump the thermostat up a notch.
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I'm thinking more slip-n-slide
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"Help or don't post" isn't a personal attack against you. Just move on.Tiny Brontosaurus posted:Oh also, small vintage apartment-havers: 
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Tiny Brontosaurus posted:How's your floor space? I eventually put mine on a rolling steel cart like they used to keep the projector on when I was in elementary school because I'm a thousand years old. Worked great! Haifisch posted:Any recommendations like this for washing machines? I'm fortunate enough to have a dishwasher in my apartment, but I irrationally hate having to drag my clothes upstairs and feed the coin laundry. I'd honestly prefer doing a million tiny loads of laundry if it meant less lugging stuff around and getting quarters. HycoCam posted:Look for portable washing machines: At the end of a wash cycle, it spins strongly enough that your clothes come out only a little damp (like you definitely couldn't possibly wring out a drop of water). I put them on hangers on my shower rod, and they're dry the next morning. The only downside of the whole system is that you obviously can't really do that with sheets and towels, so for those you do need to make a trip to the laundromat, but only for the dryer.
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Flipperwaldt posted:I watch a lot of British daytime tv, including property renovation programs. There's an enormous, sudden surge of using subway tiles like this for kitchen backsplashes:
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Flipperwaldt posted:I haven't studied this in depth. All I know is in those British shows they use the superglossy beveled ones a lot and then call them subway tiles. I haven't verified with the authorities whether this is the correct nomenclature. They would be in every new kitchen (pretending to be) high end and glossy and I don't expect that to be the case anymore by the end of the decade. WrenP-Complete posted:As a New Yorker, subway tile in kitchens/bathrooms/homes makes me convinced everything is filthy and needs to be scrubbed. I know it's me but it makes me twitchy.
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learnincurve posted:Hang on are your subway tiles whitewashed/brick? Because our London Underground (the tube) tiles are ceramic. CmdrRiker posted:So speaking of cleaning grout, I was reading one of the old DIY remodel threads and everyone was talking about how glorious it is to clean with baking soda and vinegar as a solution. Baking soda and vinegar is not an effective cleaner and it does not clean out pipes. Yeah, it drives me nuts too. Bring on the ~chemicals~.
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Jul 13, 2017 20:48
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What an awesome difference!
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Patrick Spens posted:One of my favourite things about this thread is y'all being sick of the apparent ubiquity of things I've never heard of. Slate placemats? Like, made of rock? http://twitter.com/wewantplates Anne Whateley fucked around with this message at 16:27 on Jul 14, 2017 |
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I don't think you have to worry about "keeping the character of the house" when it's that recent and has already had ugly updates. If it were historically interesting in any way, then sure, but for this one I don't love some of the choices but I have no problem with the concept of a makeover.
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Jul 16, 2017 23:33
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We're only seeing two walls of the kitchen, one with windows and the other with an external door. I figure there are upper cabinets on the other two walls?
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Jul 17, 2017 00:28
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The whole minimalist thing is as annoying as any other proselytizing. I don't want to hear about the miraculous changes wrought in your life by Marie Kondo or by Jesus. If it works for you, great, but nobody can ever seem to enjoy minimalism quietly.
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Is it fine not to want that lifestyle? Because your lectures imply otherwise.
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We often have the washer/dryer in a mudroom / secondary entry room. That makes sense given more severe weather, and once it exists, it makes sense to include laundry in its functions. The basement is another popular option. I'd rather have a washer/dryer upstairs in a closet. You almost always want clean clothes and linen on the second floor, but people spend a ridiculous amount of time and energy carrying dirty things down and clean ones back up. It makes zero sense.
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Those niches between studs have been a big thing for a couple years, although mostly in the bathroom, I think.
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I agree, I wouldn't put anything there. It'll make you claustrophobic even if it doesn't seem like it should. I'd center the table. You can hire an electrician to move the light, or you can swag it yourself pretty cheaply and easily.
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Sunday roast isn't the same as Thanksgiving, yikes. The US has a tradition of Sunday dinners too, which are the equivalent of yours. Thanksgiving is not on the same scale!
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Also remember the 1950s in Britain were super different. It wasn't American postwar Levittowns, it was rebuilding after heavy losses. Rationing didn't even end until halfway through the '50s. It's not THE GOLDEN ERA in British people's memories the way it is for American politicians.
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