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In on the first page! I'm so excited for this thread! Bad HGTV disasters are welcome, right?  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0SQIJNSaWc
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Tiny Brontosaurus posted:Very very much so. Please bring me all the bad design disasters you can find. I eat them for food. Linked above, I'll find more! As for what I like, wabi sabi, imperfection of natural elements. Modern rustic simple things, but not industrial design.
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May 9, 2017 19:54
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Here are some spaces I really love. We just moved, so no photos of our space yet, but soon.    
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May 9, 2017 20:20
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Tiny Brontosaurus posted:
The photos that you are posting work if I click and open them in a new tab, but not in thread. I'm not sure if I'm the only one with this issue.
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May 9, 2017 20:32
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Baronjutter posted:I'm really not a fan of the first 3 but I can see they are done well for that style, but I love that last one. It's so clean and modern but everything has earthy texture to it. It's like warm country brutalism. Yeah, it's nice, right?  It's not for everyone, but it fits me/us. Major things to consider in these very minimal+natural styles are always: 1. which textures to combine? 2. storage 3. how to make animal and childproof 4. quality of materials.
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May 9, 2017 20:57
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Tiny Brontosaurus posted:All the pics WrenP posted are great. They're also all spaces where the architecture is doing a lot of the work. Adapting designs that highlight architectural details into cookie-cutter homes is what makes people veer off into faux territory, which is were design disasters lurk. More than one person has tried to replicate that rustic exposed beam look with paint and foam, and it always ends in tears. Best-case you end up with an effect a bit like an amusement park or theme restaurant. An excellent point. (Doing natural looks badly looks so bad.) Here photos that incorporate similar ideas where architecture is doing less of the job (but still rooms filled with lots of light, nice finishes, etc):  (Though i hate bare bulbs, omg) I'll see if I can find some more apartment looking ones later. OMG HERE ARE SOME REAL BADDIES  
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May 9, 2017 21:27
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Tiny Brontosaurus posted:GET HER   
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May 9, 2017 21:56
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Patrick Spens posted:So did a colour palette murder your family or something? There is too much white and grey in the world these days. Nah, I weave as a hobby and love color! I just like spaces to feel calm, so I think some colors with lots of natural neutrals is nice.
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May 9, 2017 22:12
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Tiny Brontosaurus posted:Can I interest you in some maximalism? 
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May 9, 2017 22:14
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Subjunctive posted:I just had a cabinet builtin added to my living room, and I love it (underfull though it is). I wanted lights that could do a couple of colour temperatures, so we ended up with 4 strips of RGB LEDs. My contractor left them on a slow random transition one day, and I loved it so much that it's been that way ever since. Every time I walk into the room it's a different set of colours, like some mutable piece of art. It's so fun! PARTY LIGHTS!
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May 10, 2017 01:29
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Allen Wren posted:This is the worst episode of Desert Island Discs ever. Who owns four albums? I think it's like a retro loss edit.
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May 10, 2017 11:28
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A friend just showed me this: http://www.worstroom.com/ a blog about trying to find affordable housing. (I've lived in London, SF, NYC, now live in the more affordable (ha!) Washington DC area.) Here's a picture of a bedroom for rent:  PS Bad Munki your idea looks awesome!
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May 10, 2017 12:58
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Lake Oswego is certainly special. Edit: That sounds snarkier than I meant it to. Lake Oswego is an interesting mix of houses, in one of the most affluent suburbs of Portland. WrenP-Complete fucked around with this message at 13:53 on May 11, 2017 |
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May 11, 2017 12:15
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Baronjutter posted:Same, I was staying with a friend who had a cluttered "country kitchen" mess like that and it seemed impossible to clean. We made a cake and everything hanging exposed like that got a slight dusting of flour, everything cooking near the stove got slightly greasy, and everything was a huge pain to clean because you had to move everything off the counter, which they never did, so every countertop appliance was glued to the counter from generic stickyness. I love this one (tho not those chairs)  Also this yurt house is cool. 
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May 12, 2017 19:55
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Progressive JPEG posted:That first one looks like it was already back out of fashion before they finished the photo shoot tbh What kind of kitchens do you like? I like that it's simple and has counter space, light, natural elements and looks easy to clean/see if it's dirty. (I used to be a live in nanny for a family with a 5 year old, 3 year old, and four 1.5 year olds, so my fear of hidden messes is very real.) To respond to your follow up question: I don't know if this is a good way to gauge things, but what kind of kitchens are in houses for sale in your area? I also like many things in this photo: 
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May 12, 2017 22:11
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Tiny Brontosaurus posted:I have started to really dislike counter island seating after too many years in cramped apartments where that was the only option. I think a lot of design trends are reactionary like that - luxury to me is a dining room table and the space to put it in. People went nuts for granite countertops after laminate became the cheapo standard. I read an article a while back about different kitchen arrangements and different kinds of cooking - like baking or chopping vegetables (I can't remember) or whatever. I wish I had saved it. My dad and his girlfriend (both Argentine) are always running out of counter space making pastas by hand.
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May 12, 2017 23:02
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Hm I'll take a look tomorrow and see if I can find one I love that's less trendy looking. I used to live in a historic home with a remodeled kitchen I adored (except for marble counters) and it was very simple and very classic.
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May 13, 2017 04:28
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Oh man, trying to find example images for this thread has made me realize that I both love modern farmhouse style done well and HATE it done badly. Caveat: I hate bare bulbs in all cases.
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May 14, 2017 15:19
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stone cold posted:How do you feel about what Chip and Joanna Gaines do? I didn't know who they were, but I found this website: http://www.countryliving.com/home-design/house-tours/g2546/chip-joanna-gaines-farmhouse-tour/ and I hate a lot of it. It looks full of antiques that would crumble when you touch them, be a hard space to exist in, it's really decorative rather than functional, not my kind of thing at all.
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May 14, 2017 23:37
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This isn't interior design, but hopefully is still welcome... I had a bunch of meetings earlier today, now am working on my little garden. 
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May 15, 2017 19:23
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Tasteful Dickpic posted:It's a good garden, friend. What are you growing? Looks mostly like herbs and lettuce. Thank you! Yep, mostly edibles! All told it's: two kinds of lavender, two kinds of sage, two kinds of thyme, two kinds of chives, rosemary, cherry tomato, rainbow chard, avocado, ali express (AE) mystery citrus, AE strawberry, sugar snap peas, basil, mustard, AE mystery gourds, AE mystery ?!?. I think we need more cherry tomato and basil. The only ornamental in there is lithodora. The other part of the garden has sweet potato vines, a wren's nest (warning: not a plant. baby birds/eggs), and Wandering Jew. I've got hops on order.
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May 15, 2017 19:52
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Tasteful Dickpic posted:I wish I had an outdoor garden! I only have garbage inside flowers... 
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May 15, 2017 20:05
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Tiny Brontosaurus posted:Removable wallpaper! It's not cheap but it is fun. Be sure to prep your walls carefully before installing though, as clean and bump-free as possible. Do you happen to know if you can use this on cabinets?
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May 15, 2017 21:52
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Tiny Brontosaurus posted:Hell yeah you can Well, I know what my partner and I are talking about this week!! Thank you!
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May 15, 2017 22:01
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learnincurve posted:Wren Come join us in the general plant (https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3543738) and veg threads (https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3085672) Thank you, I will!
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May 15, 2017 22:07
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Whoa sweet grandparents house, HelloIAmYourHeart. That's a lot of toile. I am completely down the removable wallpaper/custom printed pattern fabric rabbit hole now. Will post some favorites tomorrow!
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May 16, 2017 04:27
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Tiny Brontosaurus posted:Yeah! Tell me more about that chair on the left, and those little buildings on the top of your bookshelf Yeah I want to hear all about these things too! I just installed window film in our new place to (hopefully) keep the dogs from barking at every passerby. We're still moving in, so pics as we get stuff figured out/done.  I actually think it looks okay (I was very iffy about this idea, so only bought one piece so we could see what it looks like), the pattern tiles so we can do the whole bottom if we like. (Maybe it's horribly tacky?! I think it's okay though, and the dogs aren't seeing the squirrels/bunnies through it, so it's a lot quieter here) WrenP-Complete fucked around with this message at 20:12 on May 16, 2017 |
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May 16, 2017 19:15
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Tiny Brontosaurus posted:Somebody on imgur posted these as their dream living room and bedroom. I'm not feeling it and I can't quite put my finger on why. For one I think you'd fry with that giant window facing your bed, but maybe that's just my climate. And for the living room I dunno, too beige? Fake candle chandelier? I like the wood grain and color in that room better than the walls of the bedroom though. I love natural feeling aesthetics, and there's something about these rooms I don't like. Maybe it's that none of the textures look appealing? There's nothing that I want to touch, or would feel soothed by touching, imo.
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May 19, 2017 14:41
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10 Beers posted:Good news, TB! Holy moly, where's Subjunctive?
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May 23, 2017 14:49
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I have some kind of stomach bug and I'm addicted to the house hunting blog. 
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May 30, 2017 16:27
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Soapstone is awesome, and if you're a super nerd, you can even get acid-resistant bench tops.
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Jun 8, 2017 20:33
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I'm the plant trying to escape out the door.
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Jun 9, 2017 10:16
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We don't have our financing together yet, so I'm really just noodling around. I found two houses I love and am trying to explore why I love them so much. https://www.redfin.com/MD/Ijamsville/11302-Windsor-Rd-21754/home/15188903 https://www.redfin.com/MD/Laurel/306-Montgomery-St-20707/home/10712232 I would love your comments, thread.
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Jul 7, 2017 15:07
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I have a new favorite blog, written by another enthusiastic kindred spirit of outdoor spaces: https://goodporchesgreatporches.tumblr.com/
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Jul 7, 2017 22:44
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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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Jul 13, 2017 19:07
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I showed this to my sister, who suggests perhaps the house is for the dolls and claims no human has ever lived here.
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Jul 17, 2017 18:48
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Haifisch posted:But didn't you see the listing? Clearly an ARTIST lives there.
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Jul 17, 2017 18:51
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I'm all for supporting different people in the diversity of their wants and needs.
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Aug 2, 2017 01:44
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My sister and I just accidentally found a shop that teaches you to make your furniture shabby chic with chalk paint (and sells chalk painted furniture). Very much not our thing. I should have expected shops like that exist.
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Aug 2, 2017 18:00
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I don't get what's on the left of that bathroom picture.
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Aug 11, 2017 16:39
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