Looking good, IL!
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Looking good, IL!
I am so jealous of that stove!! Can you remind me of the color of the cabinets? The cabinets and the stove complement each other really well.
The cabinets are Sherwin Williams “Celery” color. Countertops are a honed black granite with soft white veining.Quote:
Originally Posted by catherine
Oh, perfect!!! I love that color combination! If I didn't acede to my DH request for blue, that would be my color palette for my houseQuote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
It is colorful and a little bit cutesy. I have red accents all over the kitchen and I think I’m gonna tone that down. The backsplash is going to be soft light green marble tile which varies in shades and I like that. I haven’t installed cabinet handles yet because I was going to do red and black, and I probably still will. But I don’t know, red and black it’s getting to be a bit much.Quote:
Originally Posted by catherine
It makes me want my living room to be shades of oatmeal, tan, and beige, in other words, calming. So that’s what I’m thinking right now, taking a color cue from the fireplace brick which is shades of tan. I usually like lots of color but there is such a thing as too much if they’re not well coordinated between rooms.
I find myself gravitating toward complementary colors so celery and red would suit me fine. And black as an accent color always works for me. Handsome stove.
I love the stove and cabinets. My kitchen is white with black granite that has specks of white. I used red accents such as a red toaster, canister set, and can opener. I like your idea of red cabinet handles and may see what I can find.
Very nice, IL. Your Hermann House is really coming together! Congrats!Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
IL the kitchen looks fabulous!
Here are images of our 3rd bathroom, tile work in progress. DH is punching out little blue octagon tiles from a hunk of blue tile, and inserting them into a pattern within white tile. This bathroom will be cute, small of course.
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Wow! Those tiles are adorable!!
We see this kind of tile pattern everywhere, it is fairly common in old houses. But I never thought about how much time it takes to make a custom design like this. He has to cut these tiny tiles, sometimes in half, sometimes 3/4, to get it all to fit against walls and tub. And then, he has to clean off every bit of adhesive and tape on the blue tiles because they’re part of a roll of blue tile. It is labor-intensive.Quote:
Originally Posted by catherine
Grout in both tiled bathrooms are a medium stone color. I learned from my decorating guru that grout should always be “a color of stone. “
Took me a minute on the second picture. Was trying to figure out the hole in the wall and thought that was a shelf with too low of ledge. Then realized it was the tub and the hole was probably a floor vent.Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
I also like the tile. Very cute!
So much work, but definitely very nice tile!
I believe that the customized tile is labor-intensive, but you guys will think about DH's handiwork every time you walk into that bathroom.Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
Thanks for the grout tip. That's good to know.
Finished with major things in this bathroom #3: tile,, wainscoting, paint, fixtures set in place. Needs several small things but basics are done.
This little bathroom looks like it was part of the original build from 1941, but it is in a dormer built 12 months ago.
I show the bathtub surround only to show how extremely plain it is. You can’t identify the tile in time, was it put in 1941? 1981? 2022?
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I think it looks great, and a small bathroom doesn't need to be all that exciting in the basic infrastructure. After all, it will merely serve as the backdrop for the perfect toilet brush holder! Our toilet brush holder discussion reminded me of when we got our tiny one and only bathroom remodeled (can it really have been 20 years ago?) My grand obsession at the time was toothbrush holders and I came up with two new words:
Obsessorizing - obsessing about accessories
Excessorizing - when you can't decide which toothbrush holder, so you buy several
I suspect you can relate.
Oh yes! But I am not a fan of toothbrush holders because I don’t want them sitting out on the counter with the toilet flushing sending aerosol sprays. I’d like them to be in a drawer. And boy are there tons of toothbrush holders! I mean there’s must be 1 million of them. There’s not nearly that many toilet brush holders.Quote:
Originally Posted by rosarugosa
I think I’m going to reject a mirrored medicine cabinet I bought for this bathroom months ago because it’s too big. I know better than to buy things before I absolutely have to.
I keep staring at Catherine’s toilet brush holder and it’s so solid and artsy, I really like it.
The bathroom is cute IL!
IL: Couldn't you just repurpose a nice looking flower pot?
Probably. I will look for something with appropriate dimensions, doesn’t have to be an actual toilet brush holder.Quote:
Originally Posted by rosarugosa
I'd be happy to sell it to you for the right price. :).Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
Here is a cool thing I found in the local antique store. It was made to fit at the end of a kitchen counter in the 1950s, so that is where I’m using it at the moment. When DH gets home from the hospital he will not be happy about it so I don’t know if I’ll be able to keep it there or not.
I can paint it to match our kitchen cabinets, but at the moment I like its original color.
But isn’t it cool, the way it complements my vintage-themed kitchen? I’m talking about the open cabinet with rounded shelves..
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Perfect--I hope you have veto power!Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
Okay---Looks good. But yeah---I can see the need for additiional features, such as: Book shelves & magazine racks, several high shelves for catts to sit on; and maybe a cupboard to store snacks and drinks. Also, a medicine cabinet, with an array of stuff to treat ailments and injuries. Also, I can make you a deal on some salvaged lirrrary light fixtures, too.It would be easy to convert them to led or incandescent, if you dont want 400 watt metal halide. Yup. This way, the room will serve as a private little getaway. Hope that helps you some. Thankk Mee.Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
I really like it--and I would keep the original color. The only thing I'm not sure about is the way it sticks out a little into the entryway, but it's hard to really tell without being there. Why will DH not like it?Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
The aisle is quite wide So I think it works.Quote:
Originally Posted by catherine
DH will not like it because he will think it looks Janky because it’s not built in.
I will keep that color for a while it’s just so 50s.
No problem then. Challenge him to make it look built in. A coat of paint, a marble (granite?) top and voila'.
Very cool! and I like the color! I would vote "no" to painting it.
I love it, but I would have to paint it.
Seen that built in to many kitchens growing up (not a separate thing). From a little kid whose neighbors had one in their kitchen (their daughter is the artist that I remember painting Iris pictures that are in a home on the national historic register). It had a napkinholder, a tin, which kept the plastic cowboys and indians in it, and I believe the salt and pepper/table top stuff.
This is a random post; indulge me. I think this place is haunted, due to the price, which seems way low. Maybe it's the neighborhood?
At any rate, I think IrisLily will appreciate it:
https://www.pdxmonthly.com/home-and-...an-oregon-city
I cant see the price, but it's really a beaut!
I don’t know anything about Oregon city but it sure is in the right place in the state of Oregon. I poked around that neighborhood and it seems… OK. Ranging from nice little old middle-class houses to maybe not so great apartment complexes. The house itself is very nice. I especially like the way they have decorated it, absolutely minimally to show the woodwork and floors.Quote:
Originally Posted by JaneV2.0
It’s listed at $799,9oo.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tybee
Yowsers.Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
I felt the same way about the décor--I rarely see such an all-around good remodeling job.Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
I imagine it would go for well over a million here, but the Portland area is pricey, too. A nice craftsman on a city lot there will go for about the same price.
Oregon City is a suburb of Portland, located in Clackamas County. It doesn't have the crime/squalor problems that Portland has, at least partly due to a police force and local government that are actually functional.
Give them time, the rot will reach outward.Quote:
Originally Posted by JaneV2.0
I didn’t know people were actually speaking of Portland in terms of “crime/squalor. “That is unfortunate.