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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Wednesday, May 16, 2007 - 4:22 am
As to your first question about the archway, and know knowing about the flooring, I would paint the archway the living room color since that is the darker color. A dark color makes a space looks smaller, so I am thinking the few extra inches would help make the room look bigger and make it "flow". Try it, and you can always repaint it. Just keep some extra paint from both rooms so you can keep switching. As for the trim, you are painting the room a blue color, correct? I wouldn't paint it white. I would try a color a shade or 2 lighter than the walls. A light tint of blue in the white to make it a relaxing change. A stark white on the trim is screaming "Room Change!" to me. But what the heck do I know? 
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Friday, May 18, 2007 - 5:02 pm
Serate, so what did you decide to do?
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Friday, May 18, 2007 - 7:34 pm
Grooch gonna paint the kitchen first and see how the white primed doorway looks. Hubby really likes the white against the blue in the dining room. Probably end up painting it white. Can always tint part of the trim paint and try the lighter blue later. In the doorway to the kitchen/living room that has no trim my husband had a "brilliant" idea. [total sarcasm when I say brilliant!] He wants to paint a 2 inch "trim" of white on either side of the door way and then the inside of the door way white, to make it look like we have trim. Um NO FRIGGEN WAY! Thanks for all your input. We get back home tomorrow so hopefully we'll get the cupboard doors off Sunday and I'll start priming/painting on Monday.
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Friday, May 18, 2007 - 7:47 pm
<head in forehand at hubby's idea> Good luck! lol!
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Friday, May 18, 2007 - 7:57 pm
Well I decided if I give in to the white trim where there is actually trim he'll give in to no pretend white trim. Now tell me why I told him he could paint he family room [in basement] ANY color he wanted as long as HE painted it. Orange. With a black stripe through the middle. Heaven help me. *L*
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Saturday, May 19, 2007 - 4:22 am
Is he a Tony Stewart fan? It must have SOMETHING to do w/ sports. lol! For ending up w/ an orange basement, I would demand he put up real trim where he wants to paint the fake trim.
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Saturday, May 19, 2007 - 8:44 am
MAJOR Tony Stewart fan. I jumped on board when we met him in 2002, and a few meetings since. [We met him in Knoxville, IA in 2003 and he actually REMEMBERED me as the one that was only there in Kansas to take a pic of my hubby with him. He is the one that brought it up, and said he spent more time talking to me than anybody else above the age of 12 that signing session.] Actually I'm locked into the orange because after the tears I had in the bedroom painting I told him he could paint it any color he wanted as long as HE painted it. Besides I don't think trim would look too good on either of the trimless door/archways from the living room. My step kids are happy with the orange and black as that's their school colors. The one wall that goes up the stair way will be all black and I told them we'd find a wildcat stencil and I'd let them stencil orange wildcats on that wall. Actually, I could decorate any way I wanted with no input from him and he'd do all the work, that's just the way he is. But I think it's only fair he has input. Just the family room is gonna be 500+ square feet of ORANGE. *L*
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Saturday, May 19, 2007 - 11:04 am
Aha! I knew it! lol! Well, at least the colors serve a double purpose and you will be able to host a great Halloween party down there. Just remember, it's only paint and can always be redone at a later time. Plus, you can always hang HUGE pictures on the walls, or buy a huge screen tv. Hmmm..... I see where he is going w/ this..... That's so cool you got to meet Tony a few times. 
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Saturday, May 19, 2007 - 11:54 am
You must be very charming Serate, since Tony remembered you as a hubby fan and not a Tony fan the first time!
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Saturday, May 19, 2007 - 4:24 pm
Well Grooch he already has his big screen, but on the wall around and above the TV will be white shelves with all his Tony crap um I mean collector's Items. It could be worse, like the hunter green with the border around the middle that had hunter green trees, bears, elk, and moose that was here when we moved in. *L* Urgrace I've been called many things, but charming is not one of them! But I guess I made some sort of impression on him and from the talk it was good so that's ok.
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Tuesday, May 22, 2007 - 2:34 pm
Biloxibelle, you had a project to redo the look of your well house, and I've been wondering if you would update us?
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Biloxibelle
Member
12-21-2001
| Monday, May 28, 2007 - 5:33 am
Hi Grace you are right I did. And it still sits the way the pictures looked . I haven't even been outside as of this season. Which is unbelievable. I always have my outside up and running by now. I don't even have my container garden in the front of the house started and the fountain still is turned off. 3 reasons. 1. I have been so busy. I will update in my folder. If I still have one I will have to look. 2. I have been really working inside the house. We have had some odd and ends we didn't finish from the hurricane. Such as, all 3 baths and one hall have not been painted. The entry hall has never had the paper hung. Plus I realized I have never shampooed the carpets since we had them installed and that has been almost 2 years ago. So far I have shampooed Trey and Stephanies room. I am actually just did Stepahnies last night. It is no easy task to schedule shampooing and painting around my dad and Stephanie LOL. I have Trey and dads bath painted. I have a new computer I will try to figure how to post pictures from it. 3. I have had big time allergies kick in this year. This is normally something that doesn't bother me. I guess my luck ran out this year.
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Riviere
Member
09-09-2000
| Thursday, June 28, 2007 - 11:43 pm
We're taking the plunge ~ into the big scary DIY bath renovation world!!! By next week I might be smiling with relief, or tearing my hair out...
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Riviere
Member
09-09-2000
| Thursday, July 26, 2007 - 2:55 am
Yay it is done well under budget in 12 days... I even had a bubble bath...

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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Thursday, July 26, 2007 - 7:04 am
Fantastic Riviere! Wow. I guess DIY makes a project come in closer to on time than hiring someone to do it. Yay for under budget, too!
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Thursday, July 26, 2007 - 9:06 am
Riviere, any chance of a pic? Anytime that a project is done under budget and under two weeks is fantastic!
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Riviere
Member
09-09-2000
| Monday, July 30, 2007 - 4:55 am
Thanks for the DIY support, I'd send pix but can only do it via emails as far as I know since I do not keep a website TVCH can link to. My budget for a simple 5x8 bathroom was $7000. Relied on a national home improvement chain to help. They'd agreed after sending someone to measure. Called me a week later to say no, the crews would not guarantee tiles on a tub surround wall would stay up one year... Oh... But get this ~ the guy said they would tile the floor $670 labor... I said thanks but far as I know tile in a bathroom wall or floor should last! Plan B was better, all DIY work... We never did tiling before, bought some books, watched some videos. Yeah we can do this!!! Gutted room to the bare wood and rebuilt it better than they did in 1973, and receipts are: &4700... Includes a granite top vanity custom size that store doesn't even sell. My one added whimsy touch was a tile mural of a Van Gogh painting. So my verdict is, if we idiots can accomplish it, anyone can with the right learning motivation & skill to use mail order saving big money...

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Sewmommy
Member
07-06-2004
| Thursday, August 09, 2007 - 11:40 am
I have been following this thread for awhile because I knew I would be doing a remodel as well soon. I read the whole site everyday, I am not much of a poster though. Well, we have officially started our kitchen. Last weekend all of our old ugly 1950s metal cabinets were ripped out. Along with the icky floor and the old painted bead board. YAY! Now I am, prepping plastering and sanding the walls to get ready for paint. DH is out of town until monday, so the floor will go in by Wed. I hope. Then the cabinets and appliances the weekend after that. So right now I am in the middle of remodel heck. The refrigerator is in the dining room, along with all the contents of the kitchen. I have a microwave, toaster oven, and the all important coffee pot in the living room. I don't know how people do this for months! I'll try to post some before pics.
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Sewmommy
Member
07-06-2004
| Thursday, August 09, 2007 - 11:48 am
Before pics The fridge and stove were off to the left in the middle pic. DH had already moved them
I had to scrape all that glue off from the bead board. Ugh.

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Serenity
Member
06-28-2005
| Thursday, August 09, 2007 - 12:06 pm
Sewmommy - You're doing great! As you probably know, DH and I did our kitchen recently and we were in renovation heck for a while too. Soon enough, it will all be over and you'll be cooking up a storm in a kitchen of your dreams. I can't wait to see your "after" pics - I'm sure it'll be lovely! Remember to take periodic breaks while you're working so hard! I had DH take me out for supper and a bellini or two...
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Thursday, August 09, 2007 - 12:12 pm
Great job so far Sew! Lol I don't envy you the scraping.
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Sewmommy
Member
07-06-2004
| Friday, August 10, 2007 - 6:29 am
Thanks! The kitchen was set up so weird when we moved in a few years ago. The fridge was over the heating grate, and when you opened the fridge door, no one could walk by because of the peninsula. I am gearing up to work right now plastering and sanding. I think I am taking the girls to pizza tonight, I am way to tired to cook and its only 8:15! UGH. The glass of wine will come after they go to bed. 
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Monday, August 13, 2007 - 12:35 pm
I bought some wood laminate flooring from Lowes. It was cheap in cost and after trying to install found it was cheap in product too. Going to return the 2 boxes I bought and going to Home Depot and buy some boxes of parquet wood that I saw which is much better quality. Of course my bedroom, heck whole upstairs is a disaster area.
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Sewmommy
Member
07-06-2004
| Tuesday, August 14, 2007 - 6:03 am
I feel you pain Mocha. I know that I have learned as well that cheap in price isn't always a good deal. Hopefully the new stuff will go in easier. The kitchen has now been plastered, sanded, primered, and the ceiling painted over the last 5 days. I am taking the day off today because if I use my right arm too much now, my hand is going numb. Don't think thats a good thing. LOL. DH came home last night (YEAH!) and he can help with the final coat of color paint if I am not doing better tomorrow.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Saturday, August 18, 2007 - 1:24 pm
Finally returned the cheap flooring yesterday. I found some bamboo flooring that I want now. $70 per box so I'll be buying 1 at a time. I can't wait. Oh and weeks ago I found this door I want to get for my master bath that has a bamboo scene in the glass... link
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