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Lumbele
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07-12-2002

Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 5:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lumbele a private message Print Post    
Help, Painters!

Does anyone have an idea how to get the fresh paint smell out of the house? It is already too cold to have the windows open all day/night and ppl are supposed to sleep in these freshly painted rooms in 2 days.

Y2krazy
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09-17-2002

Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 7:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Y2krazy a private message Print Post    
an open dish of baking soda can help absorb bad odours Lumbele.

a dish of activated charcoal..(pet store would have it)

pure vanilla on a cotton ball....would help make a nice smell....

Lumbele
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07-12-2002

Friday, September 14, 2007 - 6:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lumbele a private message Print Post    
Y2krazy, thanks. Baking soda is ready to absorb and Dh is on his way to the pet store.

Calamity
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10-18-2001

Thursday, September 20, 2007 - 11:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Calamity a private message Print Post    
There's a large opening between my living room and the dining room/kitchen. I really need some way to close off the living room from the rest of the house so we're thinking of building wood panels to go on each side of the opening. That will "shrink" the opening and I'll be able to put in a pet gate. The panels could be be hinged too so the opening can be widened if need be. My dad suggested scroll woodwork to match the opening's trim and I thought of maybe even adding art glass panes in the panels. I'm probably being too ambitious though, lol.

The other option is to buy a room divider. I can't put in pocket doors because of outlets in the way.

I need to do something soon though because Linus likes to climb the Christmas tree and even though he's a smallish cat, he's no little kitten anymore, lol.

Vee
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02-23-2004

Sunday, September 23, 2007 - 6:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vee a private message Print Post    
Have you made a decision yet, Calamity? I'm trying to picture what you describe and am having trouble doing so. Will your dad do this work for you or will you have to hire a carpenter? Would it be easier to have an electrician in to move the outlets to accommodate pocket doors? Inner French doors could be attractive, too.

C

Ducky
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08-27-2000

Sunday, September 23, 2007 - 7:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ducky a private message Print Post    
Is this what you were thinking of installing Calamity?
Woven Sliding Panel Ceiling Mount Room Divider

I also found these room dividers that caught my eye.


Or you could think of putting up a Glass block wall partition


Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Sunday, September 23, 2007 - 10:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Ooh, glass block wall, excellent idea.

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Monday, September 24, 2007 - 7:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
I like that smokey glass wall.

Rissa
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03-20-2006

Monday, September 24, 2007 - 8:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rissa a private message Print Post    
Eww, I like the glass too!!. We are still in the middle of decorating but we decided to fill in the opening btn the lvg/dng rm as a bookcase (we never run out of books to fill them somehow LOL). This picture shows our living room part (its about 20 feet long so you can see our sitting area and the front part in front of the bay window will be a office with large L-shaped desk). In the dining room the back of that bookcase is just a drywalled regular wall. We also had them install electric outlets right into the bookcase for a stereo, etc and an electric outlet of the side wall about 5 feet up for a wall-mounted flat screen.


Escapee
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06-15-2004

Tuesday, October 09, 2007 - 1:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
My red kitchen





Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Tuesday, October 09, 2007 - 1:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
Holy crap Escapee, that kitchen looks awesome!! Did you talk about going red here? If so I musta missed it. Last I think you were going with green. It looks fabulous!!!

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Tuesday, October 09, 2007 - 1:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
It really gives it a different feel. I am going to get fabric that matches the red and do a table cloth in the formal dining room and cover my couch pillows in it as well.

We are going to take some ribbon (matching) and make balloon valances out of the suede curtains in the kitchen.

This dark color has really cozied up the kitchen, made it warm and very rustic. Remember the suede curtains are tooled like a saddle. Very "rache".

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Tuesday, October 09, 2007 - 1:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
BTW These pictures were taken at night, it's really not "that" dark of a kitchen.

Serate
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08-21-2001

Tuesday, October 09, 2007 - 2:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serate a private message Print Post    
I don't think they look dark. Like you said, they look cozy. I like it! What color of red is that?

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Tuesday, October 09, 2007 - 3:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
It's called Red October and it's a like a raspberry color.

Calamity
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10-18-2001

Wednesday, October 10, 2007 - 11:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Calamity a private message Print Post    
You're kitchen looks great, Escapee!

Oh, french doors would be beautiful, Vee, but unfortunately there's not enough room for them either. As for the pocket doors, there's also air vents in the way besides the electrical stuff so they're not an option. My dad would build the wooden panels if we go with that option. But that will take forever, lol.

Thanks for the ideas, Ducky! The sliding designs were sort of what I was thinking of - I did find some wooden accordion room dividers but it looks like they're actually laminate and not solid wood. Can't use glass block because I don't want to make it permanent.

Thanks, everyone!

Riviere
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09-09-2000

Thursday, October 11, 2007 - 11:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Riviere a private message Print Post    
Yes, Escapee, that's a nice dark red / berry, not in your face tomato red. My accent wall along the stairs is "Tawny Port" very similar! I call it a warm burgundy / maroon. In digital pics it looks like dried blood, in filtered sunlight it looks deep purple. Yikes!
Have a matching recliner plus a new 5x7 shag area rug, 2 large accent pillows of the same shade. I think your kitchen is all set to feel cozy during holidays Halloween thru Valentine's Day!!! You have spurred my creative muse. Hard to believe 11 years and my kitchen walls are still white.

Colordeagua
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10-25-2003

Friday, October 19, 2007 - 3:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
Looks like it's 'bout time for the kitchen remodel for me. I'm in a one bedroom condo with a small, but decent kitchen. But it's time to fix it up. (I've been in here for going on 23 years.) Any recommendations about stuff? I'm going to have tile on the floor to match some I had laid about ten years ago. (I had tile put in front of my windows and in my small entrance area about ten years ago. I still like it a lot.) Countertops. There's a lot out there. Corian still a good choice? All one piece Corian countertop and sink or sink mounted under countertop?

Anyone have suggestions / comments about anything?

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Friday, October 19, 2007 - 5:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
Let's see some photos of what we've got to work with...

Colordeagua
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10-25-2003

Friday, October 19, 2007 - 6:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
Would you believe no digital camera?

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Friday, October 19, 2007 - 6:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
Oh my! Can you take some regular pix and have them make a disc and download from there? (Or is that too much work?)

Colordeagua
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10-25-2003

Saturday, October 20, 2007 - 4:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
A little much . . . . Not looking for decor advice. I know what I want -- beach cottage look. (Did you see the recent two-flat East Boston project on "This Old House"?) I have a good "eye" for decor. Looking for advice / reccomendations about products (e.g. Corian), maybe cabinet arrangement, etc., etc. Do I get sink made of Corian (one piece with countertop) or separate undermount sink? (Although my remodel guy is reccomending product Staron instead of Corian. Very much the same.) Ceramic floor tile in the kitchen? I LOVE tile generally. I had ceramic floor tile installed in a couple other small places in my condo about ten years ago. My remodel guy said he can get same tile or much the same for the kitchen. That makes me very happy. I still like it a lot.

I am very luck to have found the "remodel guy" Ron I did. He's local here. I belong to Angie's List. Ron came yesterday to give me an estimate. (Amount was what I expected.) He told me his business is on Angie's List. (I hadn't looked there yet.) Absolutely glowing reports!! I did get references from him though. Have already talked to one customer and went and saw the work. Beautiful! She had no complaints or problems at all.

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Saturday, October 20, 2007 - 11:03 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
Undermount sink, possibly stainless steel. Brushed nickel faucet. Corian counter or granite. Personally I prefer granite. Tiled backsplash. Decorative stove hood. A glass cabinet door or two with a frosted look or design in the glass.

Colordeagua
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10-25-2003

Saturday, October 20, 2007 - 11:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
Mocha, I was thinking about having frosted glass doors on one cabinet. Don't think I want stainless sink. Can't think of a negative to all in one or undermount sink. Right about the brushed nickel faucet, door and drawer knobs and pulls. Yes, tile backsplash. Tile Tile Tile I love it. I also love beadboard, so that will be my cabinets -- white beadboard.

Colordeagua
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10-25-2003

Wednesday, October 24, 2007 - 2:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
So I want white beadboard cabinets. I remember on the previous "This Old House" East Boston project, white beadboard cabinets were put in. Either Norm or Steve said not wood cabinets -- use ______ instead. What was it? Was it Thermafoil? Anyone know anything about Thermafoil?