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RE: Our Homes (revived chat about decorating) - 1/30/2008 12:49:04 PM
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Tinkerbell_
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Question: What is an accent wall?
I too am renting, but they said I can do what I want as long as I don't paint over her quilted wall. *shudders* I understand the sentiment behind it, but it's hideous. I thought maybe we could cover it with a dark cloth to match the walls when I paint.
I know nothing about redecorating so a bunch of my girlfriend's are going to pick out colours (based on what I like) and even look into covering my couch. I also want to turn my 'catch all' room into a TV room and the living room into a sitting room so that would mean purchasing more furniture, but I can buy a couch and a couple of chairs pretty cheap, right?
My guy friend's are going to paint the walls for me so that's a good thing. 
Now I just have to wait for my tax return to get here! LOL!!!
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RE: Our Homes (revived chat about decorating) - 1/30/2008 2:28:59 PM
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Do you like a bold print like THIS?
I really like your table & chairs...they are black, right? If you wanted to use a wamer color in the seats you could do something like THIS
I LOVE that first print!! So classy!!
I think I want to avoid white though. And I like the thought of covering them inexpensively - when I'm off bedrest I'm going to go check the Walmart selection of canvas!
Tink - check out craigslist.com and see if there is one near your city - you can get great deals on furniture there!!
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RE: Our Homes (revived chat about decorating) - 1/30/2008 3:29:13 PM
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nicole6598
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I can't wait unitl we refinance our house! We will then be putting in a new kitchen (we have the original kitchen from the 1940' or 50's which is falling apart!!), new bathroom (same as kitchen) and new carpets(same old original carpet). In the meantime we are saving to be able to paint (every wall in the home is a creamy colour) and to put up some new fences at the back.
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RE: Our Homes (revived chat about decorating) - 1/30/2008 3:53:49 PM
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laughinggirl
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We are buying a new house right now (we close next week!) and are in the process of choosing new paint, lighting, furniture, etc. It's been lots of fun!
The bedrooms are different colors now, but the new carpet will be "warm beige" and the walls will also be some sort of beige. I originally had planned for taupe, but most of our decor colors are warm tones and the beiges look better.
The kitchen is going to be painted red. The green tiles are just painted green, so I'll remove that paint and leave them white. The pink tiles are actually pink, so I'll paint them red. PIC
The breakfast area is linked to the kitchen, and will also be red. I bought a new lighting fixture on eBay that is going to look so nice there.
PIC
PIC of chandelier
The family room is going to stay yellow because the paint is in good shape and we are already painting 6 other rooms. It is open to the soon-to-be-red kitchen. We are buying a navy leather sofa set to go in here, and I saw a rug set at Linens & Things that incorporates the red/navy/yellow elements of this area of the house. I'm not going to buy it or the curtains until we get all of the furniture in and see what size we need. (Those orange curtains are coming DOWN immediately.)PIC
The master bedroom is going to be beige instead of yellow, and we have already purchased new furniture and bedding. I'm very excited about our new queen bed since Brian and I have been sleeping on my double bed from my single days ever since we got married. PIC of bedroom
PIC of furniture (Our bed actually has tall spiral carved posters, not the short posts pictured, but the rest of the pieces are the same)
Closeup of chest
New bedding
The hall bath already has a black and white theme. I wouldn't have chosen it, but I'm going to work with it. The cornice thing in front of the shower rod inspired me, so I got a really pretty black/white toile shower curtain, and it looks awesome with the dark red towels we got as wedding gifts (still brand new!) PIC
The formal room will also stay yellow. Our current livingroom furniture, which is terribly uncomfortable but still pretty, will go here. Our antique dining room set, which has been waiting patiently in storage, will also go here. I've already ordered cream colored seat covers for the chairs.
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Dining room table
China cabinet
Sorry I can't post any "After" pics yet, but hopefully I can do that in a month or so after we get all settled in.
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RE: Our Homes (revived chat about decorating) - 1/30/2008 3:56:11 PM
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Mrs.Wifey
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Bethany, the formal room is gorgeous!
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RE: Our Homes (revived chat about decorating) - 1/30/2008 4:04:42 PM
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clag4christ
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Here are the links to the recovered chair fabric and the homemade curtains I did for our entry windows...I tried to match the red as much as possible. The curtains are toile (I found the fabric at Walmart too!)
Dining Room Chair
Curtain fabric
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RE: Our Homes (revived chat about decorating) - 1/30/2008 4:05:41 PM
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laughinggirl
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Here's a link to some plastic chair covers like the ones I bought (I think the ones I got were cheaper, but I can't find them now). Chair covers
If you tie the ties around the back of the chair instead of on each rung individually, it's super easy just to slide them off an on.
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RE: Our Homes (revived chat about decorating) - 1/30/2008 4:09:25 PM
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clag4christ
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Congratulations on your new home Bethany! We were shocked at the amount of house we were able to afford here in DFW area on just Joel's income! We've got over 3000 sq.!
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RE: Our Homes (revived chat about decorating) - 1/30/2008 4:24:23 PM
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nicole6598
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bethany, my mouth dropped when i saw your pics! I love your house!! Your kitchen, ooohh if only I had one like that!
here is mine. YUCK YUCK YUCK. cupboards fallen off, paint chipped in the cupboards which falls into dishes, oven door doesn't close right, only 2 houtplates work, fridge is about3.5 metres away in the dining room....
I love your bedding too, our bedroom is blues/browns, but our bedding is NOTHING like yours!!!
here is ours
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RE: Our Homes (revived chat about decorating) - 1/30/2008 4:36:14 PM
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nicole6598
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do you have a pic of yours kim?
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RE: Our Homes (revived chat about decorating) - 1/30/2008 5:10:31 PM
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nicole6598
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wow kim, texas does things big don't they?
your house is gorgeous, makes my house look like poo!
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RE: Our Homes (revived chat about decorating) - 1/30/2008 5:20:23 PM
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ORIGINAL: PCtheGreat
I hope someday my house will actually be decorated. Right now the walls are white with mismatched brown and tan furniture and white bookshelves. I would love to decorate in the tan and red color scheme.
I started off with hand-me downs from dh's family, and remember looking forward to the day I could decorate my home. I just did the best I could with paint and accessories. Waiting for new furniture was so hard because it seemed like everyone I knew had lovely homes- later I discovered that many others were just making do as well... they were just doing such a good job of pulling their junk together that I was assuming it was what they wanted.
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