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Escapee
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06-15-2004
| Tuesday, March 06, 2007 - 3:31 pm
-The counters are a bisque color but the only appliance I have that's not stainless with black is my outdated dish washer. I can't fathom buying a new one if that one still works.
-Golden crust is a brown, tawny, taupe, camel color. Almost like that of peanut butter or a paper bag. -I just bought that high chair last night because she kept escaping out of the old one. My mom watches them all day and begged me to buy a "real" high chair. It was $45 on sale and I had a gift card for $50. I just hadn't put it away before I took the pictures. I was on lunch and in a hurry. -I need a good suggestion for paint colors. -The fixtures are being replaced with ones that aren't brass. Everything in that house is damn brass. Very 1980's. We are going to go with an oil rubbed bronze or a rusted wrought iron. I just have to wait until I have the funds to do so. -The color of the curtains is the same as the color of the cloth on the table. They are suede fabric. I will try to get a close up picture of it when I get back home to post tomorrow. I will also take pics of the living room so you can see the direction I took in the other part of the house. A neighbor the other day asked who I had do my design work on my house. I said it was all me with the help of my sister and mom. It looks really nice, very professional. DH did the painting and he is a perfectionist.
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Yankee_in_ca
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08-01-2000
| Tuesday, March 06, 2007 - 3:33 pm
The paint color in my mom & dad's kitchen would be perfect, I think. Unfortunately they're in Daytona for Bike Week right now so I can't ask them what color it is. They'll be back on Thursday, though. I'll see if I have a picture anywhere. They have a similar table/chair set and the signs, too!
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Tuesday, March 06, 2007 - 3:41 pm
Oh, I was reading above about verticles. I got rid of mine. Hated em. I got heavy drapes, and pulled them back with stays on either side. Under that I have sheers that are opaque, which is an oxymoron really, but they let the light through, but not the vision. Does that make sense. Mocha, I never thought of sari fabric for curtains. What a clever thought. There is a Sari Fabric store on the corner of my mom's street. Andaaz boutique. So cool. I wonder if they have a website to share. I'll have to look
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Julieboo
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02-05-2002
| Tuesday, March 06, 2007 - 4:16 pm
Is that a phone behind dd2? If so, try to get a shorter cord behind it so you won't see the cord. Actually, Target has some really cool phones, check them out. There is this one cool one that looks very sleek, almost not even like a phone and it is wall mountable. A lot of phones today are not wall mountable... I like your drapes a lot. LOL about getting rid of the highchair you just bought!
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Tuesday, March 06, 2007 - 4:20 pm
Is your fridge stainless? Hard to tell inthe photo. Actually I saw a cool thing on some show to update the dishwasher. Way easy and the dw is the only appliance you can do it with!! You simply unscrew the front plate and buy some sort of stainless sheet that you cut to size and I think it has sticky stuff on the back (almost like contact paper.) THen you cover it with the new stainless steel covering and rescrew it. Voila, a "new" dishwasher! THe covering was a little expensive for what it was (like $30???)
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Tuesday, March 06, 2007 - 4:28 pm
The phone was on the counter, but while I was cleaning, I stuck it on the wall. The cord is usually tucked behind it so you can't see it. I think I have heard about the dishwasher fronts. I absolutely abhor that dishwasher. The stupid silverware holder is in the door and stuff is constantly falling out of it. It's frustrating. I want a new one. And it's not like I can break it either, because DH can FIX anything! The fridge is brushed silver. I just got it about 6 months ago. It shows no fingerprints or water spots like stainless does.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Tuesday, March 06, 2007 - 5:33 pm
I'm not good with rustic but maybe a light fixture made of wrought iron.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, March 06, 2007 - 7:00 pm
LOL Julie, you are advising her about everything BUT paint! I would worry that the paint color you described would be too close to the cabinet color. Can you get a quart of it and swatch it on in a couple of places to see how you like it? I always swatch. The area I am painting looks a a little odd, but it sure helps to make sure i got the color i want. how about a shade a little darker or lighter than your den wall color? or even a barn red.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Tuesday, March 06, 2007 - 7:07 pm
I think you really need to bring in some accent color. Actually, any color... seems to be a lot of browns (table cloth, drapes, woodwork). Try for a bright yellow accent, maybe? If you didn't want so bright, you could do olive and red accents. What about chair pads for the dining chairs? It's an easy way to bring in color (and honestly, my couldn't handle sitting on those chairs for any length of time... bones HURT!). You could also paint one of the partial walls a bright color... keeping the other walls neutral, but paint a pale yellow over in the corner nook or something. With so much brown, personally I'd go with yellow and green accents, and lots of plants. But that's just me! Are you planning on doing anything with the woodwork or just the walls?
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, March 06, 2007 - 7:18 pm
ok, i changed my mind. a sage green would be just beautiful.
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Tuesday, March 06, 2007 - 8:48 pm
This is from my parent's OLD house. They had a sage green with similar cabinets and table. Unfortunately I don't have any better photos. Sorry. The color they have on their walls in ther new house is nice, too. I'm looking for a pic of that.

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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Tuesday, March 06, 2007 - 8:57 pm
Crap -- can't find any of their current color but it's called something like "champagne." Sorry. Oh and P.S. above -- they couldn't really afford beadboard or wainscotting, so my mom installed an inexpensive molding as chair rail and just painted the bottom an off-white to simulate the look.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Tuesday, March 06, 2007 - 8:59 pm
Darn you Yankee! Now you are making me think I should have gone that pretty green color in my kitchen instead of the dramatic red... (Which is still half pink at this point!)
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, March 07, 2007 - 4:59 am
great minds think alike, Yankee! i was thinking something along the shade of the cabinet in this pic.
Julie, finish your paint job. I think with the deep colors you have in your den, you will end up being very pleased with the dramatic color in your kitchen.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Wednesday, March 07, 2007 - 7:02 am
Thx Annie! I hope to finish the painting today or tomorrow and then get the wainscoting up this weekend! That green is very nice. Kind of a creamy green. Almost mint with a little gray. Escapee, that's the color you should try. Escapee, one thing (if you want yet another 2 cents of mine) is to cut the flooring where it is going up under your cabinets. I wonder why they did that in the first place. Then we need someone else to post a room so we can give suggestions...
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Wednesday, March 07, 2007 - 7:32 am
(WAPLAND, or anyone else) ...any suggestions on getting a smooth crisp line at the ceiling? It seems this red paint works a million times better (less streaky) with the roller and not a brush. But when ya get to the ceiling (or inside corners) the roller won't go to the edge... I guess I will tape, but I am worried that the tape will pull off the ceiling paint (even with the purple or blue stuff) and it seems that paint always bleeds here and there underneath anyway...
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Wednesday, March 07, 2007 - 7:45 am
Use the blue painters tape and you can also use a skinny paint brush or an edger brush. The blue tape shouldn't pull off the ceiling paint.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Wednesday, March 07, 2007 - 9:01 am
I love the idea of sage. Like I said, I am not done yet (did I say that) I am hoping to pull in color with details and accents. Here is the rest of the house, yes it's very brown looking, but it is such a big room with 12 foot ceilings it's a very warm feeling. I am really loving the idea of a sagey green. I am going to pick up some colors at lunch. This is the fabric on the kitchen curtains. It is also the same fabric in the living room, except the living room fabric is a darker shade
Wow, it really looks like a lot of brown, it really doesn't look this brown in reality. I took these pics without a flash so you could see the wall color. Ok, let me have it:
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Wednesday, March 07, 2007 - 9:18 am
So you like brown huh?
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Wednesday, March 07, 2007 - 9:22 am
Well, not so much, I just wanted it warm, and I already had brown couches. I bought brown because I have kids and it doesn't show dirt/grease, plus they were on sale. So then I kinda went from there. I am a color person, I love reds and greens. So I am hoping to pull them into the details. The vases on the mantel are yellow/gold. It's hard to tell from the picture. I am looking for a new picture to go over my sofa. Maybe a colorful painting that ties everything together. The floors in the living room are hardwood, so I pulled out a tone of the wood into the area rugs. They are a gold color. I am a country girl, mocha. I like things that are rustic, yet formal and charming.
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Wednesday, March 07, 2007 - 9:23 am
If you want, I can ask my mom what color and brand that sage was -- it was a nice neutral sage green.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Wednesday, March 07, 2007 - 9:23 am
Girl, where's your COLOR???? You'd crack up at my place... very tropical feeling. Lots of plants, rose/mauves and forest greens, with just a touch of yellow here and there. Each room has a different predominant color, but they do all flow. And I'm currently in the midst of a major remodel in my bathroom. It's gonna be all white (all the walls and woodwork already are). I've got a new tub, sink, and toilet that are white (previously had cream). The wall/vanity and floor tiles are white with just a hint of grey and pinkish peachy veining. The towels and accessories are gonna remain "oregano" and cream (oregano is a darker sage green). It's funny, when you remodel a smallish bathroom, there ain't a heckuva lot you can do!
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Wednesday, March 07, 2007 - 9:29 am
Do you think cranberry and sage would go good in the accents and in the pictures/throws? I am also going to bring in a lot of plants. I love plants. Maybe some philadendrons that will grow long and flowy. If you look at my dining room I have brought some green and yellow into it with flowers and plants. You can't see it but there is a picture on the opposite wall that has yellow and green in it, well it's a sign, it says "The moose is loose. Cabin sweet Cabin" and it has a big moose on it. It's cute. Yankee, I love your parents kitchen. ETA: Here is my dream plan. I am going to get rid of the oak entertainment stand. I want a flat screen to go above my fireplace, and below it a plant that flows across the mantle. In the corners on either side of the fireplace, I want two low bookshelves that will double as end tables. In them I will put a funky, eclectic collection of books, very colorful, yet elegant. I am looking into a tapestry or larger painting for over the couch, I will know it when I see it.
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Scooterrific
Member
07-08-2005
| Wednesday, March 07, 2007 - 9:32 am
Where's all of the toys? It looks like a model home! Not even lived in...can I borrow your cleaning lady?
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Wednesday, March 07, 2007 - 9:35 am
LOL! Scooter, they are on the bottom shelf of the entertainment center in two large square wicker baskets. I cleaned em up for the picture! BTW I am the cleaning lady. Thanks for noticing, you just made my day!
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