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Where is the rocking chair in the truck bed?
Do you see the chair? It Doesn’t rock, and it’s not on the truck, it’s on the trailer, but yeah, it is hillbillyesque!Quote:
Originally Posted by ToomuchStuff
DH is now finishing the downstairs main bathroom. We bought onyx panels for the shower. I’m not sure why we did that. I think it’s because our contractor suggested that’s what we should buy.
I’m not a fan of this onyx stuff. It looks cheap but isn’t. That is not a good combination.
Keep telling myself well, there’s no grout lines. You will like that in the end. That’s what I keep telling myself.
Did you look at different panels?
Yes. They were all a version of not nice.Quote:
Originally Posted by ToomuchStuff
Why did you go panel instead of tile if you're not crazy about it?
It was the lure of no grout.Quote:
Originally Posted by catherine
I am stuck, really really stuck on decor for my bedroom. First of all, we are many months if not a year away from finishing my bedroom in this house. It is a very cute bedroom, an attic bedroom with A nice size dormer alcove. I always think attic bedrooms have lots of personality.
So I have lots of time and unlimited budget to do what I want to do. But I have little idea of what I want to do. I’ve already changed several times my idea. Generally, though, the house is a cottage style house so the bedroom would be something that fits with that.
The bed is a full-size bed, but certainly limits new beds frames because most things are queen-size these days. That is OK, I don’t mind that limitation. I would likely get a vintage or antique bed anyway. Platform beds are probably too big to get up in a little staircase of this cottage house.
I’m just musing here not looking for ideas necessarily. I do continue to like that wallpaper Catherine used in her house. I like the pink version of it. But there are lots of wallpapers I could like. Do I use wallpaper at all? Do I wallpaper ceiling and walls? Do I wallpaper just The alcove? I have tons of photos on Pinterest about wallpapered alcove attic bedrooms.
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Originally Posted by iris lilies
Probably should have considered larger tile then. The shower in my current house, after the shower handle broke and I sent late boss the sockets to do the job, he said the heck with it and redid the bathroom. 12 or 16" tile on the walls of the shower.
So did they use that stuff on the floor as well?
Yes, the shower base is that Onyx stuff as well. For our Upstairs bathroom we did choose a large plain white tile fir shower area that will hopefully be timeless.Quote:
Originally Posted by ToomuchStuff
If it really bothers you, consider replacing it right now to what you have upstairs!
There’s no way DH would agree to that. He has been working hours on it and I wouldn’t want him to waste his life energy that way.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tybee
It will have a glass door in front of it so I won’t have to look at it head on often. I will use the upstairs bathroom anyway. Oh another Good thing about this cheap but expensive shower material is that it’s supposed to be easy to clean with any non-abrasive cleaner. Well I guess they all are.
I think it will look really good once it's installed with the finishes etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
I would withhold judgment until it’s finished IL.
Hopefully it is properly insulated with proper venting for heating and a/c. As for platform beds, I have a full one, and depending on your drawer setup (mine has a single, huge drawer underneath the bed), it should easily be taken upstairs and assembled.Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
That doesn't mention CL for things like bed frames, or maybe your local antique store for something like the old 3/4 brass bed, etc.
Or look at this site and find something you want handy hubby to build:
https://www.ana-white.com/woodworkin...ouse-bed-frame
His shower, let him keep it. As someone who mechaniced for a while, he and you might appreciate how easily it cleans.Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
Here's an idea for a cute attic bedroom. It's a picture from my favorite decorating "book" (it's a small book but loaded with beautiful ideas) by Alice Whately: Peaceful Spaces.Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
I like the sleigh bed and the whitewashed walls and ceiling. I like the floral vintage duvet. When I think of attic bedrooms I also think of bright colors and iron beds.
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Here's another dormer bedroom. This one is a little more "clean" and sophisticated. This one is from a decorating book called Shades of Country by Chippy Irvine, who was a neighbor of mine in Dutchess County, NY, and I actually didn't know until recently that she and her husband, Keith Irvine, were well-renowned designers.
Here, I like the buttercup yellow built-ins and that gorgeous four-poster bed. And the little doggie beds.
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I recognize the name Chippy Irvine because I used to flip through all the major decorating books. Four poster bed in that second room is really pretty I agree. I haven’t decided if I’m going get it a poster bed or not. One end of my bedroom would allow for it, and the other end would not due to ceiling height. I haven’t decided where the bed will go for sure. I may consult feng suei.Quote:
Originally Posted by catherine
The first bedroom is a little too rustic for me.
I love both pictures!
I love the built-ins, Catherine.
There is a wonderful bedroom at Beauport/Sleeper-McCann Mansion in Gloucester that comes to mind:
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Our bedroom is kind of an attic bedroom, since we live in a 1 1/2 story cottage. Our bedroom has all those slanty wall/ceilings and many head bumps have been sustained over the years.
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Originally Posted by rosarugosa
rosa! I have already pinned that room on Pinterest. I love it! But I will not be able to achieve that level of old world English country.
While very pretty to look at, this is just way too "busy" for me to actually try to sleep in.Quote:
Originally Posted by rosarugosa
Mine too. Except for the cottage part.Quote:
Originally Posted by rosarugosa
Here is my attic bedroom, unfinished. I have a lot of time to plan decor.
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Here is DH relaxing this morning.
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Love the house!
I've been in that room (twice!) and it is quite wonderful. I agree with Happy that it's quite busy as is, but I could certainly live with a modified, more subdued version. My house is nowhere near being in Beauport's league, so my takeaways from places like this are always just little snippets of ideas.Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
Rosa, this is so cool for me that you have been in that house! I love that room. Is that wallpaper on the walls or an artist’s work?
I love that bedroom!!! It's like a Secret Garden bedroom.Quote:
Originally Posted by rosarugosa
I lived in a Cape Cod, and my bedroom had lots of slanted roofs, and my father had built some wonderful built-in shelves and dressers. It was a T-shaped room, and I had two twin beds in one part of the T and the other part was my little reading/hobby area.
Built-ins are almost a must for those slanty spaces. And I love the craftsmanship of built-ins. A lot of Shaker houses had them--you can make the most of space that way.
I am trying to figure out what kind of cabinetry I would like to have in my bedroom. I need one closet type wardrobe thing. Not sure what else.I can’t have DH build them because they wont be done until ?i am 85 years old! Or dead.Quote:
Originally Posted by catherine
But if I put an order about now with the Amish guys, I would have them in about a year.
IL: Here is some info about the wallpaper: https://www.historicnewengland.org/e...ct/?gusn=56877
It is a wonderfully quirky property; I love so much about it. It's well worth a visit if you are ever in the area of Gloucester, MA as well as the nearby Hammond Castle.
It might be a trip for IL, but if I ever am near Boston, I'll definitely make a side trip to this house!! I love the description of the process of paperhanging in that room--"A polyhedral nightmare." That's great! Reminds me of my first wallpapering experience in our first apartment after we married. The bathroom was old, and had all the quirks and slants of a Victorian house, complete with clawfoot tub. So, what did I choose to paper it with? A faux-Delft tile pattern. It truly was a nightmare trying to line up the squares against the walls that had settled and work with the angles everywhere.Quote:
Originally Posted by rosarugosa
That was a case of "live and learn" for me. Match the paper to the walls. OTOH, that wallpaper in the Gloucester house was done absolutely beautifully.
Your cottage bedroom provides a perfect opportunity for cozy décor.
Is there a bathroom on that floor, or will there be a chamber pot? :~)
Ha ha, there is a full bathroom on that floor. No toilet is installed there yet though. Currently that is where the one working bathtub is.Quote:
Originally Posted by JaneV2.0
Here’s a Hermann bathroom update:
This half bath on our first floor is completely functional now with flooring, sink, toilet, door. No decor yet.
Priorities.
That’s great IL!
Is the brown thing the sink? Very cool!
yes. It is kind of a mid century modern look, not especially in keeping with my 1941 cottage but I really liked it.Quote:
Originally Posted by happystuff
Our other bathrooms are more predictible.
2nd bathroom nearly functional. DH is taking an inaugural shower right now. It is very small so I can’t take much of a photograph. It’s just a small cottage style square bathroom with three essentials, a sink, a toilet, a shower. DH finished installing the shower after doing the tile work last week.
We are replicating the original woodwork in this house. There was only one room that had original wordwork, But it was enough for us to know what the original looked like. We are also replicating the doors, two panel doors.
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Yesterday DH installed our red stove. We’ve been waiting for weeks for the overhead fan unit to be shipped to us, and then we had to wait a couple of weeks for our contractor to come back and cut a hole in the roof for it.
The second picture shows a fully framed door. DH is re-creating the original woodwork for this house. When we bought this house there was only one room that had original woodwork and an original door. Someone had torn everything out in the 1970s to put in cheap awful stuff. But now every room will have the original woodwork profile which is really quite simple befitting our simple cottage house.
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