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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Tuesday, January 09, 2007 - 12:18 pm
This is the place to get great advice on decorating any room in your house. I started this over in the dumb question thread (so those of you who want to see various pictures of my kitchen, that's where they are.) I think it would be cool if people would post here, a picture of a room in their house that could use a little freshening up. Then all the helpful posters here could give their thoughts and even post different pictures, items, colors, etc. Anyone game?
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Fabnsab
Member
08-07-2000
| Tuesday, January 09, 2007 - 1:03 pm
julie, i was just coming here to look for decorating info...How weird is that?? I love the idea! We are headed to home depot to look at paint colors for my bedroom. we are doing a moroccan theme and have all purple satin bedding with many different shades of purple on the embroidery and beading. i want the wall color to be vibrant but purple would be too much.There is also a bit of a pewter color so i think that might clash if i chose gold for the room. any ideas, even though you havent seen the decor?
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Tuesday, January 09, 2007 - 1:13 pm
Fab, can you post a picture of the bedding? We need a starting point!
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, January 09, 2007 - 2:13 pm
Fab, I think it was the While You Were Out did a Moroccan themed room with purple bedding. They did a sort of burnished gold on the walls. I think it was a two step process..a yellow first and then a brown stain on top. It looked great with the purple. I know you say there is pewter in the bedding, but maybe try a sample board and see how it blends. I have seen colors like dark fushia with purple. Have you googled Moroccan colors to see what comes up?
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, January 09, 2007 - 2:35 pm
well, i googled! LOL http://www.gardenandhearth.com/Interior-Design/Moroccan-Fantasy.htm 572549_667386%2C00.html,http://magazines.ivillage.com/countryliving/decorate/expert/qas/0,,572549_667386,00.html http://web.venturacountystar.com/homesandliving/news/378720.shtml i think this is the WYWO episode http://tlc.discovery.com/fansites/wywo/episode/episode36/interactive_36.html here's another http://tlc.discovery.com/fansites/wywo/episode/episode22/interactive_22.html
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Tuesday, January 09, 2007 - 2:47 pm
Very pretty!!!
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Tuesday, January 09, 2007 - 3:09 pm
I love Moroccan themes. I've been wanting to do my bedroom in forever. Even got some sari material for bedding and drapes.
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Fabnsab
Member
08-07-2000
| Tuesday, January 09, 2007 - 10:57 pm
Thanks guys. I knew I could count on you!
These are basically the colors. The comforter is just a plain purple satin and I have lots of pillows but this is the main color scheme of them all. I have some brass lanterns that have jewel tone accents as well. I want a beautiful canopy but we have a ceiling fan in the center and the room isnt huge. And without central air, the ceiling fan is a must. I am going to do the ceiling like this...
but not so loose. i am going to gather it all under a ceiling fan medallion above the fan. I just need some frigging wall and fabric colors! TY so much in advance! I am stumped and you guys are truly the best!
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Fabnsab
Member
08-07-2000
| Tuesday, January 09, 2007 - 10:59 pm
also, i do love the second pic vacanick posted. i dont have any headboard yet and need to buy the bed so that could be an option if i dont do the ceiling.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, January 10, 2007 - 6:04 am
I would use the lighter colors in the comforter for your wall and accent colors. That comforter is gorgeous!
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, January 10, 2007 - 6:09 am
here's a pretty room using a purple bedspread.

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Fabnsab
Member
08-07-2000
| Wednesday, January 10, 2007 - 7:12 am
I should tell you guys that I have a thing with light colors...lol My dining room is crimpson red. My kitchen is canary yellow with all primary color accents. My bath is a turquoise beach theme. I abhor light walls. Hubby won the fight in the living room. we reversed the dining rooms color scheme of red and naturals so the living room is all naturals with crimson accents. I wanted the walls to be darker but he prevailed and I dont love it. Its a Ralph Lauren Suede texture in the color of sand. Its nice but I am a color person definately. Thats whats making this so hard...lol I love that headboard! What can I say? I am a case!
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Thursday, January 11, 2007 - 5:01 pm
Burnished gold or bronzed yellow is not so light, but light enough to bring your colors together without overpowering them. Seems to me that the Moraccan style uses many bright jewel tones which naturally go with gold or bronze. Your husband might balk against pink for instance.
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Fabnsab
Member
08-07-2000
| Thursday, January 11, 2007 - 8:33 pm
I was thinking of a bronzey color but wondered if it would clash with the pewter color in the above pic. Ty for answering- I thought I scared everyone off with my pickiness! 
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Thursday, January 11, 2007 - 9:36 pm
The bronze color on the wall would look great with a matching bold pewter and purple embellishment around the border.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 8:40 am
I kind of have a Key Lime theme goin' on in my kitchen. Look what I found yesterday on the web --
I'm so excited about it. Was done by Mr. Modica, Sr. of the Modica Market in Seaside, Florida where I've vacationed a number of times. (You can see him in the movie "The Truman Show".)
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 9:08 am
How fun! That must be a pic of him at the bottom.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Thursday, February 08, 2007 - 9:42 am
Suggestions please: I am back in the kitchen... I would love to go yellow, but most of the house already is yellow, and we are not taking on that big of a job to redo the whole house. I would love to go all dark granite, new cabinets, but it just aint in the budget. So we are only gonna change the walls right now. I *think* I want beadboard on the bottom. There actually is not a whole lot of wallspace, especially bottom half (where the beadboard would go.) I know it does seem like a lot of white, but I am hoping that the darker green (or whatever) color will help balance it all out. Any suggestions? (Hope you all are not tired of this same damn room!) I will look for a big bowl of fruit or rooster or vase or something for the island after I do the walls... Oh, and a new light fixture over the island too. (Those are suggestions you all gave last time.) Actually I think my main question is: is it too much white? OH, and do you have any suggestions for a new kitchen table/chairs?

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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Thursday, February 08, 2007 - 9:45 am
Here is the kitchen now...

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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Thursday, February 08, 2007 - 9:53 am
More different angles...
 
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Thursday, February 08, 2007 - 10:06 am
Oh, and one more of the family room which opens into the kitchen. (Actually this is an older picture. We have a new smaller TV, a new rug and coffee table, but colors are the same...)
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Thursday, February 08, 2007 - 10:10 am
Just out of curiosity, why would you have to paint the rest of your house, if you painted your kitchen a shade of yellow? I don't think the bead board creates too much white. I think building about something like this fabric would be beautiful. It would tie in the blue from your tiles, the yellow in the other parts of the house and still create a different personality for your kitchen. (I personally like flow of color between rooms rather than each room being completely different)

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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Thursday, February 08, 2007 - 10:29 am
I was thinking it might be too much yellow. No? Here is a rough shot in green. And an even rougher one in yellow. I like that tablecloth. Any suggestions for table/chairs?
 
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Thursday, February 08, 2007 - 10:34 am
last one...

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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Thursday, February 08, 2007 - 10:36 am
I love beadboard.
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