Bonus for the person who wanted 50s bathrooms with updated styling.

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Anonymous wrote:Hi...I'm the one who posts lots of pictures. What would you like to see today?

Late to the party, but I would like to see what exterior colors people use with Benjamin Moore Newburg Green. The ones on the BM site aren't really doing it for me.

I have to admit that exterior paint color schemes are not in my wheelhouse. But, maybe the strategy I use inside would work for outside? If google isn't giving me good images for the exact color, I look at the fan deck and google colors that are close to get more inspiration.

Anonymous wrote:We just bought a house that has several wide dormer windows upstairs. I'd like to have window seats built in a couple of them, but can you think of anything else to do with the space besides that? Two are in the MBR and the others are in other bedrooms. Each one is about the width of a chair-and-a-half, and ~5 ft deep, if that helps.

Maybe a mixture of the window seats and storage? Let's see what the internet has for us today...



This is different...not using the space between?




I feel like this is the top image for this search, but might as well include it.




From France...carry on as if it's not even there. HA!



One of the things I do to find pictures is search for the item in other languages using google.fr or google.es (French and Spanish). I didn't know the word for dormer, so I had to look it up. I guess architecturally, it can be called a lucarne, but it is also referred to as "un chien-assis," which literally means a dog sit. How cute is that?

Because my kitchen paper towels mysteriously travel around the house, I am really interested in the under-counter holders that have drawers behind them. I've seen the drawers used for rolls of foil, parchment paper, etc. or just for extra towels.

*I've reduced my paper towel consumption considerable, but I still use them for certain things.

Anonymous wrote:Love the pics!
Another dining room request: what, if anything, to do on a long dining room wall with shoulder height (or slightly above) wainscoting. Art hung above feels too high, but I also think the room would benefit from some vertical interest (ceilings are 10ft). Dining room chairs are lower profile (which might end up being a very expensive mistake), and are perhaps undersized for the room (but I love them).

I would say my style is craftsman in the sense that I have dining chairs upholstered with William Morris fabric, but otherwise, style is probably more modern/slightly glam than a modern craftsman vibe. And your previous pics of dining rooms were what inspired me to ask about my own

I'm going to assume you've looked at traditional craftsman ideas. I'm going to see if I can find some things that aren't so typical.





I'm not a fan of the colors here, but I thought the wallpaper idea was different.

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EyeCandyOP wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A hard wood floor in a living room that has Brazilian marble like knotty light and dark pattern. Please and thank you.

While I'm working on the others, perhaps you can rephrase this request? Is it that your wood floors are an exotic species that has a lot of color variation? I just a little confused about the mention of Brazilian marble. If you can take a picture of it, upload it to imgur.com (anonymous site for photos), and link it here.

Sorry about that. We just redid our living room floors. We have a small upright piano and an antique table. Nothing else yet. I love the rustic, industrial look. We don’t colors or furniture picked out. Here’s a website that has the flooring: https://www.uniquewoodfloor.com/blog/guide-brazilian-hardwoodflooring/

Thanks for all you’re help.

Could you share your inspiration pictures for putting those floors in? I haven't really seen them in a home before, so I'm not sure how to search for pictures.

Anonymous wrote:OP, I’m really enjoying your sense of style selection for the images pulled. I would love some help with inspiration for a home office from scratch. I’m looking to set it up as both a place I can do research writing and artistic hobbies. I use a desk top, so I was thinking a smaller desk/standing desk against a wall with with shelving and then a larger project table /desk in the middle of the room. My style is on the California/Scandinavian Dwell side of things.

Is color still okay?


This is obviously very grand in scale, but I think there's some inspiration here.






California Closets did this one...


There's a lot happening here, but just an idea about layout if you're adding a crafting table.


Another one more in the crafting world.

PB Teen has large murals for different sports: https://www.pbteen.com/shop/accessories/tapestries/?isx=0.0.837

Anonymous wrote:Hi OP, I've loved going through this post, thank you! Could you post pics of non-drape window treatments for a home with dark hardwood and light grey walls? If it helps, we have taupe sofas and colorful accents.

This is a bit bold...

Anonymous wrote:Basements that look nice but don’t have many windows?

I'm going to skip the super designer-y bars and wine rooms, assuming you want family space.











This is from a designer show house in Denver




By the way, there was this guy on HGTV back in the day named Scott McGilvray (he still has a show on HGTV Canada) where he converted basements into apartments so owners could make money off their properties. My take away was that he used light colors, smaller-scale furniture, and a TON of lighting - ceiling, task, lamp, etc.

Anonymous wrote:Love the pics!
Another dining room request: what, if anything, to do on a long dining room wall with shoulder height (or slightly above) wainscoting. Art hung above feels too high, but I also think the room would benefit from some vertical interest (ceilings are 10ft). Dining room chairs are lower profile (which might end up being a very expensive mistake), and are perhaps undersized for the room (but I love them).

NO way...I had a picture of room with this kind of trim work in the last post, but I took it out! I will try to track it down and see if there are some other examples. What is your style, btw? The ones I was seeing were very craftsman-ish.

Anonymous wrote:A hard wood floor in a living room that has Brazilian marble like knotty light and dark pattern. Please and thank you.

While I'm working on the others, perhaps you can rephrase this request? Is it that your wood floors are an exotic species that has a lot of color variation? I just a little confused about the mention of Brazilian marble. If you can take a picture of it, upload it to imgur.com (anonymous site for photos), and link it here.

I have a relative who has been moving over to LG for every appliance because she is so happy with them. I have to admit that the fridge she has is pretty nice - it is one of the ones with the quick-access door built into the right-side door. You can put your most important beverages in that bin and get them without opening the fridge.

I still have a side-by-side myself, but everyone I know who has a bottom freezer seems to love the larger fridge unit on top. I imagine the doors would take some getting used to.

By the way, the prettiest fridge I've seen is the Cafe. You can pick from four different metals for the handles.

Anonymous wrote:I need inspiration for our dining room. There is one loooong wall with nothing on it. I feel like any nice art would be lost on the wall; a "gallery wall" is too messy; I don't want a mirror to watch myself eat....what to do? And are there any options for displaying nice china and such that don't look like Nana's house?
Thanks!

I tend to like simpler dining rooms myself, so I understand where you're coming from on the gallery wall. If there is electricity on that wall, art plus two scones could work. Also, three pieces of large art, framed the same way, might look nice. Let's see what we find...

Low sideboard with statement lamps?


Obv, the chandelier might be a little ornate, but I like the simplicity here.


Adding picture frame moulding (bigger boxes than this if your room is long) might be nice.




Or if you're interested in making more of a statement






Simple art


There are lots of examples out there of dining rooms with mural wallpaper that doesn't need art (google Gracie or degournay for more examples)


Those papers can be expensive, so framing pieces might be an option




With display/storage


NOT suggesting this design, but look at home simple the display is on the right. Could have that built in? Maybe behind a very simple, glass door?


Without the gallery wall, of course


This is a lot of look, but I'm more looking at the furniture placement on that back wall. If you want storage, but not the look of a traditional china cabinet, you could use two dressers to get that storage and put art above.

I kind of lost interest when they started focusing more on celebrities. There was a Kardashian issue that was probably the beginning of the end of me.

I'm sure the celebrity issues sell really well off the rack, but they just aren't my cup of tea.

So many magazines are dirt cheap now, but I also think about the resources it takes to make them and that adds to the "cost" in a sense. To their credit AD's print quality and paper is still pretty good while Southern Living and BHG have really backed away on those things. I'm bummed that my Traditional Home subscription got moved over to BHG. I didn't feel it was an equal trade and cancelled.