Help us redecorate our home!
Sophie Barber
10 years ago
Hi Houzzers, I am getting dangerously addicted to this site! My husband and I just bought a 1971 colonial and it needs a LOT of work (but we don't have a LOT of money!). I just started blogging about it at www.myinspirationalhome.com and I really could use your professional advice!
We do have a decorator but mainly for color consultations, we can't afford much more than that. So pleeeease check out my blog and leave comments with your great ideas!
We are not creative types and we can use all the help we can get. Our goal is a clean, modern (but not too modern) house with room and storage for our expanding family and all our stuff. We're depending on you and looking forward to hearing what you have to say! Thank you!
We do have a decorator but mainly for color consultations, we can't afford much more than that. So pleeeease check out my blog and leave comments with your great ideas!
We are not creative types and we can use all the help we can get. Our goal is a clean, modern (but not too modern) house with room and storage for our expanding family and all our stuff. We're depending on you and looking forward to hearing what you have to say! Thank you!
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Comments (9)Angelboyman nails it for me. We have been in this house 32 years and have done everything at least once from renewing the roof and windows to digging out the floor, putting in a damp course and installing central heating. The ensuing recoration has been a "classic" traditional colour-scheme of soft barley and sage green to suit the era the house was built. It suits us down to the ground and we are not distracted by outdated decor. We give it a lick of paint when it needs it. The house is the only one in this Victorian terrace to have retained many original features such as picture rails, dado, marble fireplace and ceiling rose, but internal doors were sadly a victim of the dreaded Fire Certificate and other "improvements", which also mean all the features inc. windows and front door were not retained as we would have wished and we have also had to cover the pine floors we so lovingly restored with carpets and vinyl because they needed protecting from high-heels and countless sandy feet. We also dopted the German fashion for wood-chipping and painting what were pretty uneven walls. They have been over-painted so often, the texture is barely visible and it has withstood the test of time. We are in a seaside location, so there has been heavy wear and tear from a couple of generations of holiday making friends and relatives as well as our own family. The kitchen is the biggest challenge being north-facing with practically no light and whilst it was being excavated we made the bathroom into a temporary kitchen, but never restored it, so now we have two showers and three toilets in the house, but no bath! The room is a designated "laundry room" which is also a tool store, boiler and hobby room. The house will soon be on the market, so redecoration will not be our choice. The new caretakers of this happy home will have a blank canvas. Good luck to them! I just hope they retain the features and the character....See MoreHelp us remodel our house
Comments (8)If you want to maintain an open feel but improve the flow and access, could you install an entrance door in the outside wall of the WC (making the WC the main entrance hall for the house) and let the Store double as WC and utility? You could then do away with the existing front door, porch and stairs, take out the wall between the Lounge and Kitchen and install an open plan spiral staircase somewhere along that space (to suit the upstairs architecture). With all the extra space you have then created in the Lounge you could then afford to install an access door from the Lounge to the WC/utility....See MoreHelp redecorating our tiny bedroom
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10 years agoSophie be carefull of painting your front door black because if the front of the house gets a lot of sunlight, the black paint will blister a lot faster than a lighter colour. I have a blog on how to paint your front door if you're interested - http://oisinbutler.ie/how-to-repaint-your-front-door/
As a general rule, the lighter the colour, the longer the paint will last. This applies to all exterior painting. That said, black can look awesome!
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10 years agoAny ideas for light fixtures for this room? We're thinking a long horizontal fixture across the center beam or one large pendant with two smaller ones. The room will be a living room/dining room and the table will not be centered under the fixture. We are putting spotlights on both sides of the sloped ceiling but want a nice focal fixture in the middle.
It's a little hard to tell but the room will be big and open. We are filling in the sunken portion.
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10 years agoHere's the updated exterior. Any ideas what color to paint the door? We're thinking black, navy or red, but may be open to lime, teal, turquoise or orange. Can anyone here photoshop the pictures to show me what the door would look like painted?
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