Those images were amazing. DH loves the first room in particular. I am going to try to find that rug with the diamond pattern. We appreciate the images so much! How do you find these things?

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

Anonymous wrote:

Those images were amazing. DH loves the first room in particular. I am going to try to find that rug with the diamond pattern. We appreciate the images so much! How do you find these things?

This one?


Yes! Now I am scared, though. Our couches are cream too ( Ethan Allen Boon Sand) and I like the rug in the room you pictured much better than the one in the product description. That’s an expensive mistake if we don’t love it! Do you think it would go?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Those images were amazing. DH loves the first room in particular. I am going to try to find that rug with the diamond pattern. We appreciate the images so much! How do you find these things?

This one?


Yes! Now I am scared, though. Our couches are cream too ( Ethan Allen Boon Sand) and I like the rug in the room you pictured much better than the one in the product description. That’s an expensive mistake if we don’t love it! Do you think it would go?

*Sigh.* DH pointed out that we have small children who will spill on a cream rug. ( The couches are outdoor fabric.) Thanks for the inspiration, OP!

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.

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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.

Anonymous wrote:Thank you for the office looks, they are generally right on the money of what I’m looking for function wise. Color is more than ok, I just go white because I can’t figure out how to incorporate it well. I love the modern/craftsman dining rooms you’ve posted and keep trying to figure out how I can transform those into my home office.

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

Anonymous wrote:OP- this thread is amazing, thank you so much.

We have a traditional family room, similar to the one (hopefully) posted below. Ours has a picture hung over the mantle, but the fireplace looks very similar. I have no idea what to do with the wall that the fireplace is on. Windows would be a nice addition to add light to a dark room, but probably are not in the budget. What I can put to fill that wall space beside the fireplace? I would love to have some built-ins but the fireplace is flat like this photo, so the built-ins would extend beyond the fireplace and I fear would look weird. This has been bugging me for years, and I would love any ideas you might have.

Anonymous wrote:Op, I love love love this thread. Thank you!

My design dilemma - we have a smallish room we use as a home office, with 1950s wall paneling that the prior owner painted stark white. Of the 4 walls in the room: one houses the doorway to enter the room; the wall directly across from that has built in bookshelves with a window in the middle; the third wall is a solid wall that we painted BM hale navy, and the fourth wall has a nice big flat rectangular bay window that faces the street. We float the desk in the room and the view is looking out the bay window toward the street. Because this is an office with a computer and personal papers, and because the room faces the street so is “lit up” at night when it is dark outside, we want to be able to add privacy via curtains on the bay type window and I guess shade or Roman or such on the window with the built ins (because of the built ins, this window covering would need to be the size of the window). Any ideas on how these window treatments can compliment each other? The style is kind of classic, kind of 1950s thanks to the room age and wall panelling . I think I overcomplicated this description but you have been so spot on I wanted to give as much info as possible to help you help me.

Thanks!