Interior Design: three furries press

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PRADA SLUT: Mar 14, 2006; Inexperienced,
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Blue Footed Booby posted:

Is it just me or this pretty condescending?

It's not intended to be.

The point I make is that if you want that style of decor and design, it's not out of your reach just because you have kids or have a bunch of cookware. It would be a bigger change than just switching some furniture, but it's entirely attainable if it's what you really want.

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Anne Whateley posted:

Is it fine not to want that lifestyle? Because your lectures imply otherwise.

It's perfectly fine. The original point was a claim that you couldn't do any "real" cooking in a small kitchen, which I said you could, but it might take a lifestyle change to cut down to only what you needed.

I get that people want different things. I cannot fathom why some people would want a McMansion in the suburbs, but if that's what makes them happy, go for it.

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# ¿ Aug 2, 2017 02:11

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Youth Decay posted:

Normally I like old ugly kitchens, but this is too ugly even for me

This looks like someone pissed in a quiche.

# ¿ Aug 2, 2017 04:59

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Or just store that poo poo in a pantry and not out in the open. I don't think half-boxes of pasta and cans of tuna laying out are contributing to anyone's aesthetic.

You can open store things that get used, the bigger issue is most people open store things that look nice but don't get used, like decorative glasses or whatever, and then they're all dusty and covered in a thin grease film when you need them. Also, open storing more than a few items creates a lot of visual clutter.

learnincurve posted:

I cannot stress enough the importance of a really good extractor fan. I have two, one above the oven and another along the main work surface, which is used far more than I thought it would be, mostly when serving up food.

A Good Idea. Don't get any weak-rear end fans above the stove, get something that can hold a sheet of paper on high.

PRADA SLUT fucked around with this message at 15:36 on Aug 2, 2017

# ¿ Aug 2, 2017 15:33

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I have a hallway closet right next to my kitchen and I just put a wire rack in half of it to serve as a pantry.

E: I don't even store food in cupboards anymore. It's so much easier having everything in one place where I can see it pick out items easily, without having to look through multiple cupboards or dig behind other items.

PRADA SLUT fucked around with this message at 16:30 on Aug 2, 2017

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At least its not the patented McMansion Understairs Chair.

# ¿ Aug 2, 2017 16:32

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You can stop the kitchen mess being exposed if you... clean it up.

I have an open kitchen with a bar I both prep and eat on, and cleaning as you go isn't that bad. I just put the prep bowls in the sink as I finish with them and wipe down the cutting board and counter really quick before plating. There might be a pot on the stove still but it's not a big deal.

# ¿ Aug 3, 2017 00:54

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there wolf posted:

The reason we're drowning in white/grey minimalism today.

Give me that over overstuffed couches any day.

# ¿ Aug 5, 2017 06:11

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I had a spice drawer and I just flipped the bottles upside down so I could see what they were through the bottom. More space-efficient than tilting them to the side to show the labels.

You mix up cinnamon and garam masala the first week but learn really fast what each one looks like.

# ¿ Aug 7, 2017 20:03

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peanut posted:

You probably do more sleeping than sexing? Natural sunlight is important to maintain a good sleep cycle. Ignore if you work a rotation shift.

Comments:
+ more counter/table space w/ trashcans under
+ just eat at the coffee table
+ divider w/clothes
+ enough space to pull out under-bed storage
+ good morning sunshine
+ divider w/more storage for clothes, shoes, books etc.

I'd make that divider between the bed and door significantly smaller, like just a few feet wide (unless you desperately need storage). You'll still get the "isolated" feeling, but without it blocking so much in the room. There's just a wall behind it anyway, it's not like removing most of it will expose something else. Leaving it long will make it feel like you're walking through an alley when you enter the room.

Eating at a coffee table is fine, I did it for years. I had some of those round meditation cushions (zafu) to sit on. I could also slide them underneath the couch when they weren't in use. Just pretend you're Japanese.

PRADA SLUT fucked around with this message at 22:19 on Aug 8, 2017

# ¿ Aug 8, 2017 22:16

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Phil Moscowitz posted:

I Ike the remodel. Sorry.

Same, but the brick facade is questionable.

The old design was pretty bland.

# ¿ Aug 9, 2017 03:18

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Was there a garage door there before?

If you're not using your garage, converting it into livable space is giving you room that would otherwise go to waste.

# ¿ Aug 9, 2017 15:25

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I take it all back, they're not even using real Tolix chairs. All that work and you get the lovely off-brand.

I can but imagine what other Restoration Hardware Horrors lie beyond.

# ¿ Aug 9, 2017 15:26

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learnincurve posted:

Why would you make the interior of any house look like a converted Victorian warehouse? I know of abut five in my town alone that have been converted into flats and houses which are now sat virtually empty, so it's not like there is a lack of the real thing.

I love the open, one-room "warehouse-convert" dwellings, but it only works with specific geometries. It looks a bit wonky if you just start converting individual rooms in a free-standing house. You really need to have the open space and a tall ceiling to actually have things like support structures going through the place, instead of just gluing i-beams to the ceiling of a 10-foot room.

# ¿ Aug 9, 2017 17:41

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I still think the garage door is fine. If they decide they don't want it down the road, they could just stick a big-rear end window there and it would look normal.

My building has a giant set of fold-back windows that open up the front of the building (like you can walk out of them onto the patio) and it's really nice to relax there in summer. I would have put something like it instead of a literal garage door, but having that convertible indoor/outdoor space is great. It's a much different feeling than just some open windows.

# ¿ Aug 10, 2017 00:11

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Omerta posted:

My wife and I just recently bought a place, and I would be interested in getting some thoughts on how to resolve three issues.

First, replacing these stupid loving track lights.

We're getting rid of some of them by installing this over our dining table. I think it looks badass--hopefully y'all agree!

But I don't know what to put as lighting in the center of the room.

Second, we have these lovely plastic sliding doors.

I was leaning towards iron/wood doors but would like additional thoughts.

Finally, I want to tear out the floors. They're heart of pine, which is soft enough to not really make sense as a floor material. Plus the previous owners did what could be politely called an "unconventional installation" by simply using concrete screws to secure it against the concrete (no base!!!) That tension has led to some, uh, gapping issues.

I was leaning towards replacing it with different sized pieces of white, grey, and pink marble, like this.

I always thought this looked really cool, and it would make our place less woody since we have mostly wood furniture.

I'd love to get anyone's thoughts on any of the above.

I have a similar looking place with (concrete ceiling and all), and a wood floor really helps balance it out. I just threw some rugs over the floor. I have wood / leather furniture as well.

I'd use a giant wire hanging light fixture with smaller lights. Something light looking to balance out the concrete.

E: I'd do wood sliding doors, but maybe the kind that fix to the top and float just above the floor. If they float, you've got no seam in the floor which gives you continuity.

PRADA SLUT fucked around with this message at 22:58 on Aug 14, 2017

# ¿ Aug 14, 2017 22:33

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Or go to a Design Within Reach or similar for a free mock-up, but be prepared to put down $30k to buy it.

# ¿ Aug 22, 2017 16:34

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Since MCM is the cool, popular, Pinterest-likeable thing now, a bunch of companies produce cheap lovely MCM furniture to sell to people. I don't think anyone complaining about cheap MCM furniture is talking about the Eames.

All you have to do is walk into a West Elm to find hordes of cheaply-made, "inspired-by" furniture. It will fall apart and die out like everything else.

# ¿ Aug 23, 2017 21:50

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That room is the 4th Edition of rooms.

If you're going to have a dedicated D&D room, you may as well go all-in.

PRADA SLUT fucked around with this message at 15:24 on Aug 24, 2017

# ¿ Aug 24, 2017 15:21

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lol when I see people decorate their mcdungeons so their friends have to drive 40 minutes to play d&d instead if going to the game store where other people are

# ¿ Aug 25, 2017 01:40

PRADA SLUT: Mar 14, 2006; Inexperienced,
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ah yes, poo pourri, the focal point of any mcm bathroom

# ¿ Aug 25, 2017 05:08

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I think it's the same pillar that's behind the fridge in the first shot, just the picture position is different.

# ¿ Sep 5, 2017 17:49

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The area behind it was probably a closet or something and they knocked out the wall and moved the sink over a bit when they extended the counter back.

# ¿ Sep 5, 2017 19:09

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Youth Decay posted:

Let me try and alleviate some of the confusion here

Floorplan before:

Floorplan after:

Other views

Bonus ugly bathroom

Apparently the makeover worked because it sold for $479k in 2015 and less than a year later was flipped for $790k. Then again, it's in the Upper West Side of Manhattan so that might just be natural appreciation over time.

This is much better. You cut out the tiny secluded kitchen for something open, which makes the space look larger and lets the entire place be framed by the New York skyline. The half-size fridge is fine; evidently the buyers don't need a larger one.

I know this thread loves the "lol no REAL PEOPLE can survive without an XXL French door fridge with attached margarita machine" but most people in cities don't need that if they either eat out often or swing by the markets often. I have a full-size fridge and it's never more then half-full; I'd switch it fridge for a half-size one if it meant an extra countertop.

People complain about the color, but once you throw some furniture and a rug in there it won't look the same. It's just an empty condo right now, of course it looks blank.

# ¿ Sep 6, 2017 15:35

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Coca Koala posted:

When I first looked at the listing I thought "Under a million? drat, pretty cheap!"

Same

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# ¿ Sep 6, 2017 23:28

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Baronjutter posted:

So we're moving into a nice little place. From our 900ish sqft 2br into a 850sqft ish 1br. The problem is that the rooms are weird and because the unit has 3 sides of exposure there's windows everywhere.

The living room is a huge challenge because every wall is either windows, doors, fireplace, or wasted space where the stupid useless french doors to the tiny dining area are need to swing. But it's big, it's about 14x18

The bedroom is a bit small, only about 11x12.

The kitchen is a bit aged, it doesn't show well in the picture but most everything other than the fridge and stove haven't been updated since the 30's. Drawers just sliding (very poorly) on wood, and tons of little corners and gaps for UNCLEANNESS to get into. Also yes that's a huge mirror in the kitchen???

Bathroom is... ok. I'm never a fan of exposed dirty pipes and valves.

We're really struggling to figure out how to correctly use all the space, especially given our existing furniture. Also this new landlord will actually let us paint and screw things into walls!! Just from these pictures does anyone have any ideas or suggestions? I'm thinking of trying to install some proper modern slides for the kitchen drawers but mostly this whole place while charming feels slightly run down along the edges and I want to undo that.

Float a thin couch (I'd do a slim fainting couch) and some chairs around the fireplace, keep things off the walls.

If you have to do wall things, remove the doors.

Leave most of the room open as negative space.

PRADA SLUT fucked around with this message at 22:51 on Sep 7, 2017

# ¿ Sep 7, 2017 22:49

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Boris Galerkin posted:

I have large dark blue tiled floors and I'm shopping for a sofa and area rug. Is it ok to get a dark gray sofa and a light colored rug to put under/in front of it to give it some contrast? I'm not really good with colors.

Yes, as long as the couch and floor are visually distinct. I have dark wood floors and a light rug, with a black leather chair with a walnut frame on it. Works fine.

Depending on setup you might even just match the rug and couch, especially if it sits over it.

# ¿ Sep 8, 2017 15:05

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I'd still float the furniture. Unless you have some gigantic-rear end couches it can work and it gives you a clean line of movement through the room.

# ¿ Sep 8, 2017 15:56

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Subjunctive posted:

That's pretty similar to my house, huh.

*braces self*

Not a grandmahouse, not brandless mcm, has exposed beams, kitchen probably not dilapidated 1970's "vintage"

You're dead kiddo get out while you still can

# ¿ Sep 12, 2017 16:41

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cheese eats mouse posted:

Ikea's Galeg table might be your answer. I think you're going to get tired of walking around the table.

Leave it up for a week like the second configuration and see how you feel.

Yeah, float the table. Putting the table in the walkway is obnoxious. The room should have a clean line to walk straight through it.

# ¿ Sep 28, 2017 21:48

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I'd get a Saarinen table when you're ready to buy.

http://www.dwr.com/dining-tables/saarinen-round-dining-table/7204.html?lang=en_US#lang=en_US&start=6

# ¿ Sep 29, 2017 06:16

PRADA SLUT: Mar 14, 2006; Inexperienced,
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Counters are cheap. Get what you like now and change it in 5 years if you feel like it.

# ¿ Oct 5, 2017 06:52

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If you're going to do that lamp, you might as well just get an Arco. Are those stools even Cherners?

Something about that place strikes me as "cheap Donaldesque imitation"

# ¿ Oct 5, 2017 20:57