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Comments (30)In the kitchen, I took those terrible curtains down, replaced the backsplash with an earthy neutral color, put some new lighting in, rearranged the counters a good deal, and repainted the wall on the left hand side to a light, spent very little on Craigslist for some simple lamps, vases and artwork to bring some life into the place, painted the entryway and placed a little stand there, and painted the rail on the staircase black. The staging and decoration alone made a world of difference - the stager and I really went wild on the mantel and living room. It completely changed the look and really made the whole place pop. Here are a couple of pictures of the updates - the backsplash hadn't been done yet, and the rail hadn't been painted, but the rest was completed when these were taken....See MoreHelp me!!! Kitchen cabinet colors / flowing into living room wood paneling
Comments (22)Dear Pamela, seems to me carole's answer is not offensive in any way, good grief if you thought it was. I'm no pro/designer either, I'm 'just a dutch young lady' who thinks there arched doors are quite crafty and nicely made, but like carole said are too much for this interior. If it were a romantic cottage kitchen, I'd only paint them white or another color, but there's more going on in this room. If I had to change something, I'd start with those doors. Dutch cabinets with those doors ARE dated (and secondhand stores are full of them, so all our grannies had their rooms filled with this type of furniture). I do like to add I share a part of your opinion; I think the world of designers needs to consider the worth of old things. The majority could use a lot more 'green' thoughts, as in recycling, etc. I used to be a furniture maker so I've seen companies throw out interiors as if it was dirt. I hope the commercial world uses this recession/crisis to explore new paths of environmentally friendly and sustainable product(ion)s....See MoreMoving into my boyfriends mid-century decorated house.
Comments (83)Wow! It's been a while. So the update: everything has been going great. We are having a great time cohabitating. As far as the interior of the house, nothing has been done! Ack! Well, we did get beautiful new bedroom furniture, new bedding and curtains, which was all very exciting. Still need to decide on a wall color for the bedroom. As far as the living and dining room we are at a stand still. I am in love with this look for the dining room I definitely want to do this color scheme. What color would you call the wallpaper? Bronze? Cappuccino? So, the living room. I'm at a stand still. I can paint the walls white but my boyfriend still wants to keep the wood wall as is. He was open to staining it. I have no idea how difficult of a project that will be since we will be doing all the work to transform the room. I was thinking of going with a white, "terra cotta", grey, and existing wood look with turquoise accents. This is a pretty close representation of the color of our couch The current room colors are very warm, lots of yellow,cream, browns. Someone recommended breaking it up, so i want to bring in white. I was waiting to buy a new couch until we figured out the color scheme. Unfortunately I was laid-off last week unexpectedly so we will be keeping the "terra cotta" couch until further notice but when we do get a new couch it will most likely be grey. We put the rug we bought (picture in previous post) in the living room for now. It goes with everything but not sure how it will look with white. We need to have the floors refinished too, they are in of waxing and fill. I have no idea what to do with the fireplace. Since we will be doing all the renovations ourselves we need to keep time and $ in check. I saw something called Airstone(?) which looks like an easy option. I need to check pricing on it. I don't think my boyfriend is too keen on painting the brick, so any ideas are welcome on what to do with the brick. Maybe if I show him some nice before and after pictures of painted brick he might sway. I would love to do a new stone facade but I think it gets pricey? I love this We also need to replace the floor tile in front of the fireplace since it is cracked. We are open to pulling out the insert and painting it black (or another color) and possibly getting rid of it all together and get a nice screen. The mantle looks like a simple plank of wood but what do I know? We don't know what to do with the TV. I know there is great debate regarding putting above a fireplace or not. I think it might work for us since our ceilings are so low (7') the TV won't be that high. The the question is where do we put all the peripherals. The mid-century credenza has grown on me but it is still really big for the room. We are both open to keeping it or selling it. So that's the update! I need help, again. I've got time now to tackle some projects!...See MoreUgly (?) built in shelving
Comments (16)It's the scalloped trim that makes it look so dated. I'd swap that out for simple 1"x3", probably with a very small (1/8") radius on the exposed front corner to keep it from looking like a modification. I think your idea of painting it all white is spot on, and a Roman shade in something like a black/white damask or a bold-colored trellis pattern would be fantastic with the limited space around that window. If you wanted a little more elegance, you could pick out the raised detail on the cabinet fronts with a contrasting color to match paint/wallpaper at the shelf backs, or a gold metallic. If you wanted to go for something more exotic, you could also take some lightweight MDF and cut a front panel overlay to go in front of the shelving units and the window, extending the top all the way past the soffit. Make the openings square or give them an arch of some sort. Paint the panel before putting it up, or cover it with a bold geometric wallpaper. (I'd screw it to that awful scalloped trim, since that's the bit most likely to be removed later on anyway!)...See Morebencjedi
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