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Mrs.Wifey -> RE: Our Homes (revived chat about decorating) (6/19/2008 11:07:30 PM)

I like them alot, Nicole. I love the black/white/pink for Grace's room!

Have you picked fabrics yet? I would do that before you choose paint colors.



purejoy -> RE: Our Homes (revived chat about decorating) (6/19/2008 11:17:50 PM)

I love the colors, too. You're going to have a lot of painting to do!



nicole6598 -> RE: Our Homes (revived chat about decorating) (6/19/2008 11:32:18 PM)

Thanks :)
Yeah we will be busy painting. Not sure how we are going to do it all with a baby who can now crawl and get into everything...

Well hubby and I have our quilt that I bought in January so I know the colours will match with that or compliment.
Grace still has a dorothy quilt on her bed so I will by her a new quilt cover soon, being white, black and pink will be easy to find something with those colours or 1 or 2 of the colours. She has a blind but will need new curtains.
For Naths room he will be in his cot still so no idea about his. I need to see if the curtains we have in there can be died because they were made purple when we had it as Graces room.
Our room just has lace curtains and a blind.

For the lounge we aren't doing anything colour wise really, just creams or coffees, we won't be getting a new lounge for a few years and we have wooden blinds in there so I think we will be safe.



nicole6598 -> RE: Our Homes (revived chat about decorating) (6/20/2008 2:29:44 AM)

Ok so I was thinking.... Grace's furniture is wooden, so is that going to look dumb with the pink/black/white? Would you paint the bed, chest of drawers and wardrobe white? I hate the thought of painting furniture though, it doesn't seem right some how.

Nath's room doesn't really have anything in it, its all bits and pieces, he has a chest of drawers that hubby stained a reddish type wood, I guess that will go ok with blue, will wait to see.

I really just want one of those rooms you see in the magazines but I don't think its possible in the real world [8D]

I bought off white curtains for their rooms, they have like a stripe to them. I bought Grace a decorative fancy type pink quilt cover, the pink is a few different shades, I think it will look nice, I hope it does!



SweetLittleErin -> RE: Our Homes (revived chat about decorating) (6/20/2008 9:58:12 AM)

Those colors are nice Nicole. They are very soothing and happy looking. I dont think you'd have to pain the furniture (though I am not very good at decorating) but wood look seems to go with everything I think.



Mrs.Wifey -> RE: Our Homes (revived chat about decorating) (6/20/2008 11:18:27 AM)

If it was me, I would probably paint the furniture black or white depending on how you want it to feel. Can you take a picture of the furniture? What color is the wood?



nicole6598 -> RE: Our Homes (revived chat about decorating) (6/20/2008 5:59:33 PM)

HEREhttp://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q215/Nicole6598/house003.jpg is a link to her bedroom now with the furniture. Naths chest is the same colour as her furniture.



Mrs.Wifey -> RE: Our Homes (revived chat about decorating) (6/20/2008 8:19:08 PM)

Oh, since her furniture is cherry I would just leave it, it will look fine with the black/white/pink. If it was a lighter natural it might have been better painted but I think it will be great!



nicole6598 -> RE: Our Homes (revived chat about decorating) (6/20/2008 8:42:27 PM)

Cool, thanks, I suppose if it does look yuck I can always paint the furniture after :)



purejoy -> RE: Our Homes (revived chat about decorating) (6/20/2008 9:26:47 PM)

I vote definitely DON'T paint cherry furniture! I think it will look good as it is.



peculiar_lady2 -> RE: Our Homes (revived chat about decorating) (6/20/2008 10:03:49 PM)

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ORIGINAL: purejoy

I vote definitely DON'T paint cherry furniture! I think it will look good as it is.

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nicole6598 -> RE: Our Homes (revived chat about decorating) (6/21/2008 12:25:01 AM)

Ok, no painting the furniture [:)]

I have a question about the fireplace in the lounge HERE and then its on the other side in Grace room HERE. Now because we are painting half the wall one colour and the top part another, what should I paint these? They dont have the picture rail thing going across???

Also, should we be painting the rail in our room (its the pale blue on bottom, off white up top) a different white, the blue, or the off white?



peculiar_lady2 -> RE: Our Homes (revived chat about decorating) (6/21/2008 9:33:23 AM)

for the fireplace, I would choose one of the two colors...then go a shade or two darker, and paint the whole thing out in that shade. It should still match well (because it's just a shade darker) but will make the fireplace stand out.

the other thing...I have no clue...I would probably paint it out in the color of the wall right there so that it would blend in.



HisCovenant -> RE: Our Homes (revived chat about decorating) (6/21/2008 10:57:21 AM)

Love those colors, Nicole! I can't believe how brave you are to have such a glowy blue in your bedroom!



nicole6598 -> RE: Our Homes (revived chat about decorating) (6/21/2008 11:35:09 PM)

LOL Hubby doesn't think it is glowy at all Zippy, he thinks its girly.

Hmm Sarah you could be right, we will see how it looks like that I think, maybe even if we do a few coats more on the fireplace.



HisCovenant -> RE: Our Homes (revived chat about decorating) (6/22/2008 5:53:27 PM)

Girly? You dh needs his eyes examined! [8D]



nicole6598 -> RE: Our Homes (revived chat about decorating) (6/26/2008 7:07:19 PM)

Well we had a man come and give us a quote for the kitchen last night. It was so quick, not sure if I really get what he is planning, he will give us the quote on monday I think. I have another quote today. Its hard not having the laundry in the house that I need another cupboard to store all that sort of gear. and we lose a wall because of the old oven.
We did buy a new oven, cooktop, range hood and fridge last night though!!



nicole6598 -> RE: Our Homes (revived chat about decorating) (6/26/2008 10:14:55 PM)

Jsut wondering on some opinions on lay outs, what you have found worked or didn't work?

One kictchen guy has this sort of lay out

Our kitchen is u-shaped, you enter by walking down one step and right infront of you about 3 metres away is the window, so there is going to be sink/dishwahser there and then he said next to it will be 2-door pantry. On the other side of sink is benches and overhead cupboards, then coming round the side will be the wall oven, then on the other side (so now you are turning back towards the wall the step is at) will be oven plate, bit of a bench and then the fridge.

The other guy has this
you step down and across is benches and sink and over head cupboards, you come round and the oven is sort of sticking out a bit from the wall and then you have next to that a pantry on an angle or corner then you have a broom closet next to that and then the fridge. So all the big items are all together so that when you come down the step you see lovely open spaces and you don't have pantry on one side, fridge on the other (and the 1st one had no broom cupboard and I want one).
Does that all make sense?
Which would you pick and why?



McGuinessMagee -> RE: Our Homes (revived chat about decorating) (6/27/2008 7:03:58 AM)

We have a tiny kitchen. It works because there is the classic triangle between the fridge, sink and stovetop. I like things in easy reach so an open pantry and accessible spice racks work for me.

I didn't know how it would work out before we did it but I love our racks of hanging utensils rather than having to rat through drawers to find things.

And dh's mortar and pestle makes a great decoration when it's not in use.

I love our saucepan drawers which dh made. I never want a normal cupboard for saucepans again.

And having the plates directly under the serving area of the kitchen works really well for us.

We actually closed two of the doorways in our tiny kitchen. I know open plan is all the rage but we have so much more storage because we now have two more walls in there. This house really is too small for open plan.

Kylie[sm=silly.gif]



firefightermama -> RE: Our Homes (revived chat about decorating) (6/27/2008 8:04:05 AM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: nicole6598

Jsut wondering on some opinions on lay outs, what you have found worked or didn't work?

One kictchen guy has this sort of lay out

Our kitchen is u-shaped, you enter by walking down one step and right infront of you about 3 metres away is the window, so there is going to be sink/dishwahser there and then he said next to it will be 2-door pantry. On the other side of sink is benches and overhead cupboards, then coming round the side will be the wall oven, then on the other side (so now you are turning back towards the wall the step is at) will be oven plate, bit of a bench and then the fridge.

The other guy has this
you step down and across is benches and sink and over head cupboards, you come round and the oven is sort of sticking out a bit from the wall and then you have next to that a pantry on an angle or corner then you have a broom closet next to that and then the fridge. So all the big items are all together so that when you come down the step you see lovely open spaces and you don't have pantry on one side, fridge on the other (and the 1st one had no broom cupboard and I want one).
Does that all make sense?
Which would you pick and why?


I need a picture [&o] I keep reading it, but it's not clicking for me.
Do you have any sketches or anything? [8D]

Oh, I just clued in, by benches, you mean counters? Let me read it a few more times!



HisCovenant -> RE: Our Homes (revived chat about decorating) (6/27/2008 5:41:39 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: McGuinessMagee
It works because there is the classic triangle between the fridge, sink and stovetop.

This is what I have found as well and what professionals usually will guide you towards. If you have a layout like this, you can have storage so that things you need are close at hand... your pots and spices by the stove, your glasses by the sink, and your plasticware by the fridge (or whatever works well for you.) When you have your appliances all lined up, your storage for most everthing is away from the appliance you would use it with. It also limits counterspace around your appliances. If they are in a triangle pattern, you have some workspace close to each appliance. If your kitchen is large, you may have enough storage and counter space to counteract the negatives... but in a small space, I think a triangle between appliances is always best.

Here's and article w/ diagrams...I find it interesting that they show the straight layout as a triangle. [8D] [;)]



nicole6598 -> RE: Our Homes (revived chat about decorating) (6/27/2008 7:11:51 PM)

HERE

Sorry I know it was hard to understand!! So where the sink is now, that's getting moved back about a metre to the window so we will have a HUGE space between the sink and that wall opposite it. That wall opposite the sink is where the 2nd guy though of having the appliances and pantry etc. The oven will be where the old one is, but we are first blocking that bit off and starting from srcatch again. then following the oven round to the sink again will be all bench top (counters) and cupboards .That's with the 2nd guy. You can read the 1st one again I guess.

So there would be a triangle either layout I think....



nicole6598 -> RE: Our Homes (revived chat about decorating) (6/27/2008 8:42:33 PM)

btw Kylie I DETEST open plan living, but hubby likes it, so we have compromised, he gets open plan down in the kitchen/dining and i get the lounge room separate.



nicole6598 -> RE: Our Homes (revived chat about decorating) (6/27/2008 9:34:58 PM)

Ok, I have sketched 3 designs
HERE and HERE they are.
Tell me what you think of them please? I was thinking of maybe an island bench just by the oven maybe????
Where its blank that is bench, and then there would be overhead cupboards.



HisCovenant -> RE: Our Homes (revived chat about decorating) (6/27/2008 10:10:35 PM)

I like #3 because of the pantry being straight and because I don't know what value a hot plate would have. That seems like wasted space because of my cooking habits. The pantry in 1&2 looks roomy, but seems like it would hide stuff and be difficult to use.



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