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Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Friday, February 11, 2005 - 12:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
okay, what about something like this? Does it look country? Cuz I do not want that... In the second shot I cut and pasted the three pictures so i wouldn't have to put even more holes in my walls...

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Friday, February 11, 2005 - 12:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    


Skootz
Member

07-23-2003

Friday, February 11, 2005 - 12:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
You know what Julie...looking at your kitchen, it is clean, white etc..very minimal things on the counter..I would just keep the clock up there and nothing else. JMHO and get something for the island if you really want to punch it up and add a feature or colour to tie in your kitchen/dining room together, but really it is an awesome kitchen just they way you have it.

Ddr
Member

08-19-2001

Friday, February 11, 2005 - 12:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Julie, would your teapot clock fit on an easel? That might be kind of cute on your countertop.

Skootz
Member

07-23-2003

Friday, February 11, 2005 - 12:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
That is neat idea Ddr. I was wondering how it could be used on the counter area..it is sooo cute.

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Friday, February 11, 2005 - 12:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
You know what? I was thinking that too. So all this buying-returning-hanging-taking down and I really think I might stay with nothing but the clock.

I do like the easel idea... Where would I find one ya think maybe Michaels or Hobby Lobby???

Thank you so much for all of your input.

Skootz
Member

07-23-2003

Friday, February 11, 2005 - 1:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
you could just get a simple picture frame easel because you are not wanting to show off the easel but rather your teapot. I have even purchased them at the dollar or department stores.

Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Friday, February 11, 2005 - 1:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I like that group, very clever.
I also think that just the clock and really fantastic bowl on the island would be cool too.
yep, to Michaels or HL.

Biloxibelle
Member

12-21-2001

Wednesday, February 16, 2005 - 2:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Julie I like the grouping that includes the larger clock. Putting the teapot clock on the easel will be perfect.

There are such great ideas here I am going to try and get some help. It's like I posted the other day I have lived here over a year it is time to get some things done.

The problem is I can't make up my mind. What seems like a good idea one day is not such a good idea the next.

I'm starting in the master bath. Here are a couple pictures. The pink chair has to stay. The picture can be moved to the bedroom (which by the way is not decorated either).

I had thought about where the picture is (which is behind the jacuzzi) putting up some mirror strips. Not whole mirrors or mirror tiles but strips. Then on the opposite wall there the towel rack do away with it and put some kind of candle wall hanging.

So far I only have one tiny looking little plant on the side of the tub. Would you put more green around it? Oh and a nice size window above the tub that so far I only have blinds at.

So far I haven't painted or put up wallpaper yet. All we have on the walls is contractor white. I love wallpaper but have had bad luck in the bathroom with it in the past. So I thought I would paint. Now for the questions.

I have already had a light grey paint mixed for in there then changed my mind. The pink chair and grey walls seemed like it might be to 80's.

I picked up a paint chip that is a dusty rose but DH wasn't thrilled with that one.

What other colors would match with the pink chair and possibly the picture?

More plants around the tub?

Mirrors and candle?

What to do with the window?




Biloxibelle
Member

12-21-2001

Wednesday, February 16, 2005 - 2:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Pictures:

Picture above tub. This is where I got the grey paint idea I tried to pick up the silver out of this picture.

picture

This is the pink chair
chair

Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Wednesday, February 16, 2005 - 2:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I love that painting!!!!!
A dark blueish grey? A camel brown?

Biloxibelle
Member

12-21-2001

Wednesday, February 16, 2005 - 2:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
One lonely little plant
plant
one ugly towel rack
rack
one nekid window
window

Biloxibelle
Member

12-21-2001

Wednesday, February 16, 2005 - 2:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
The paint I had mixed.
chip1

The chip I picked up that hubby dislikes.
chip2

Biloxibelle
Member

12-21-2001

Wednesday, February 16, 2005 - 2:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
opps those two are backwards. Grey is mixed, pink is still at Lowes.

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Wednesday, February 16, 2005 - 2:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hmmm, Biloxi, I am having a hard time envisioning the room. Can you possibly get some pictures from farther away?

With the chair being pink, I would stay away from gray, cuz i do think it is too 80s. I would also stay away from aqua and pink. Maybe, like Tex said, a camel tan...?

What "look" do you like: contemporary, retro, country, ???

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Wednesday, February 16, 2005 - 2:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Or maybe go with a very deep dark shade of the pink chair (like the darkest of your swatches).

Biloxibelle
Member

12-21-2001

Wednesday, February 16, 2005 - 2:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks Texannie. I love that picture myself. It was one of my more extravagant purchases that is why I might not keep it in the bath. It is on the wall the door opens on so you can only see it if you're in the bathroom leaving.

My bedroom wall behind the bed is still blank I have thought about moving it there.

I hadn't thought about the camel brown. I knew I would get some good ideas here.

Biloxibelle
Member

12-21-2001

Wednesday, February 16, 2005 - 3:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Julie I tried to get some more shots of the bath. It is a long narrow room. The vanity is on your right when you walk in, the jacuzzi is to your left, the shower is on the left behind the tub, the door behind the vanity across from the shower is the where the toilet is and the closet straight ahead.

bath1

bath2

bath3

bath4

Ddr
Member

08-19-2001

Wednesday, February 16, 2005 - 3:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
One thing to also keep in mind about your artwork. Depending on the medium, the steam and moisture from your bath may be doing damage to the piece.

Skootz
Member

07-23-2003

Wednesday, February 16, 2005 - 3:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Just quickly popping in here.

What are the colours in the hallway.

The first colour that popped in my head is green..what about taking the green from the picture and getting it with a nice soft tone.

you could get a large spiderplant (they will love the steam) hanging basket or a large hanging basket with same kind of plant you already have.

You could put chrome or puter (which ever way you want to go) handles on the vanity area would spice it up.

You could get a bath math perhaps the colour green you are going to paint, or by just simply taking the colours of that artwork (love that by the way)

YOu could get matching bath towels and have them hanging on the towel rack and get a basket or something and put lots of rolled towels in it too.

I would do a soft curtain with the green paint colour in it, may be a sheer...you don't want do too much here as you don't want it to take away from your artwork.


What a great room, so many options here you can choose from...make sure you let us know what you end up doing.


Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Wednesday, February 16, 2005 - 4:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well, since the chair is pushed in so much, you really don't have to make that be the main focus. I think I would take that picture out and put it somewhere that you can really see it.

I think I would start by looking at towels or wallpaper borders. Wallpaper does not do well in bathrooms, but a border should be okay if you put that special goopy stuff on the back (even if it is already pre-pasted.) I can't think of the name of it. Ask for it if you decide to go that route.

Also go to maybe a Bed, Bath and Beyond or Linens & Things and see what kind of pictures or wall hangings they have that you might like. I would keep an eye open for anything that might have that color pink in it, but I wouldn't make matching the chair your main goal as I think it could go with a number of color choices...

Hope that helps some.

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Wednesday, February 16, 2005 - 4:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Biloxi, hope you don't mind if I pop in here to get another opinion on my kitchen. Here are some pix of the newest clock I got. Let me know your opinions. (I still have all of the other ones!)




Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Wednesday, February 16, 2005 - 4:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Here are some other shots. One is the wall next to the fridge. The other (ice creams) is on the wall to the left of the sliding glass doors.






Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Wednesday, February 16, 2005 - 4:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
That painting is so beautiful, I think I would move it to wear it can be seen more. Ddr has a great point about the moisture.

I like that Julie! I still think a really fabulous wood or blue ceramic bowl filled with fresh fruit would look great on your island.

Landi
Member

07-29-2002

Wednesday, February 16, 2005 - 5:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
julie, after looking at all of your configurations, i love the look of the pics that you posted today! the groupings of the ice cream cone pics, the campbell's soup grouping, and i really like the clock you finally picked above the stove. good choices!