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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Saturday, February 24, 2007 - 12:21 pm
Well that is what I asked them last night and the particleboard stuff is what they sold me.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Saturday, February 24, 2007 - 7:05 pm
I don't have any "just wall" pictures, but if you look behind the people in these Christmas pictures, you'll see the beadboard all painted and looking nice. Sounds like you may have gotten a person who doesn't know what beadboard is! LOL

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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Sunday, February 25, 2007 - 9:53 am
Julie, MDF is sort of particle boardish in that it's not a thick peice of solid wood. http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/knowhow/weekendprojects/article/0,16417,221855-2,00.html
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Sunday, February 25, 2007 - 10:01 am
Annie, thank you for that link!!!! Teach, thanks for the above pix! Teach, are those pieces kind of particle boardish with a shiny white coating?
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Sunday, February 25, 2007 - 12:18 pm
I found this fabric on ebay and I would love to incorporate it in my kitchen as curtains and maybe chair cushions. Course I need to win the bid first lol. But I love the colors and the design. It's sari fabric which I love. I also have some aubergine fabric for my bedroom one day.

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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Sunday, February 25, 2007 - 12:27 pm
That's really pretty, Mocha. It would really make a kitchen nice and bright.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Sunday, February 25, 2007 - 12:54 pm
Julie-- no, it looks like wood. There is no coating, just primer and paint that WE applied. It looks pretty much like plywood when it's first purchased.
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Sunday, February 25, 2007 - 12:59 pm
mocha, if you painted your kitchen a soft celery color, that fabric as curtains would look lovely.
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Sunday, February 25, 2007 - 1:05 pm
Mocha, I love that fabric. The key will be letting it "pop" and making everything else complement, but not compete, with the bold statement it makes, I think. On another topic, some of you might remember my dilemma with my vertical blinds (YUCK) and the fact that my windows are floor to ceiling. I took a better pic in my bedroom to show you what I mean. Other than spending the big bucks for the pull down (or pull up) phantom shades (which I won't do since we don't own the place), I think I'm out of luck for alternatives. Agree?
You can see in the first one that not only are the windows floor to ceiling, but they turn the corner, too. This is my dilemma throughout the house, though this is the only room with a curved ceiling (thank goodness!) and the ceilings are the tallest in this room. P.S. -- the screen is there because I live in the city and there is a bank, a coffee shop and some restaurants & stores right across the street -- as well as a highrise. If the vertical blinds blow at night due to wind or something, you can see the bed, so we put up the screen for additional privacy.
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Sunday, February 25, 2007 - 1:17 pm
LOL! i love how finnegan just HAS to help mommy! "cmon mommy, you don't want a picture of these windows. you want a picture of me looking cute!"
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Sunday, February 25, 2007 - 1:26 pm
yeah, I couldn't get him to stop posing for pictures -- even in the first one he was at my feet
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Sunday, February 25, 2007 - 1:38 pm
Good idea landi. I was trying to think of what wall color would go. I agree Yankee. Love your windows. What about Roman shades?? Or semisheer drapes? I have verticals in my livingroom I want to get rid of.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Sunday, February 25, 2007 - 5:32 pm
Mocha that fabric is gorgeous!!! yankee, i am not a huge fan of verticals, but they actually work in your rooms nicely. i think the add to the architecture of the windows.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Sunday, February 25, 2007 - 8:57 pm
I think you have to stick with what you have, Yankee. They are functional, and you have made them work in the room. They look fine.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Sunday, February 25, 2007 - 9:18 pm
I would also try shoji screens.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Monday, February 26, 2007 - 10:56 am
Someone is trying to outbid me on my fabric, aack!
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Monday, February 26, 2007 - 11:01 am
noooooooo! it's so pretty!
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Monday, February 26, 2007 - 11:06 am
RE: my vertical blinds. Sigh... OK. I thought maybe someone would have the magical solution. LOL The picture in between the two windows does say 'New York Vertical' so I did try to play off of it a bit.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Monday, February 26, 2007 - 11:47 am
I'm sayin Annie. I'm on it though, have until 9ish tonight. Lol sorry Yankee. Short of painting the glass? Oh wait how bout buying some stained glass that you can hang over the windows??
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Wink
Member
10-06-2000
| Monday, February 26, 2007 - 1:47 pm
Yankee what about the opaque type paper you can put on windows? I saw a display at Home Depot last week and one of the designs was a gorgeous one with bamboo shoots interspersed throughout. I believe this stuff is removeable.
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Monday, February 26, 2007 - 1:53 pm
We can't put anything ON the glass per our strata rules. The coverings have to be white from the outside as well.
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Slothkitten
Member
09-16-2003
| Monday, February 26, 2007 - 1:59 pm
Mocha, that color is so vivid and alive, hope you get it. Yankee, love your serene bedroom . . everybody here has good ideas . . . those windows are definately a challange. lol at Finnegan smack dab in the middle of the bed.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Tuesday, March 06, 2007 - 3:12 pm
Ok, experts other than me. I am at a standstill in my kitchen. My plan was to paint the same color that I painted my living room which is called "Golden Crust" it's a colorplace color and it is very warm. I am sticking with very neutral tones, and will bring out the color in my details (signs, plates, bowls, etc.) The curtains are new, I just put them up, it is the same fabric that is in the table cloth. It's suede and a lighter, tawny colored brown. It is also tooled like a saddle. Very rustic and vintage is what I am going for. Any suggestions are invited and welcome. (The first picture looks very dark, but the curtains are light and it's kind of a gray day. It actually warms up the kitchen a bit, which it needs with all it's stark whiteness)

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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Tuesday, March 06, 2007 - 3:19 pm
Are you looking for suggestion for paint color?
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Tuesday, March 06, 2007 - 3:24 pm
Are your appliances bisque? Countertop too? I can't see the light over the table, but you might want to replace that. Can you post a close up of the curtains, so we can see the color/texture better? One other thing, since dd2 is old/stable enough now, I would 86 the high chair and get one of those boosters with a tray that you can use right on the kitchen chair. Is this goldencrust a gold color?
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