New home - Making living area special
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It's all in the detail- which ones make your house special?
Comments (16)I remember when Igloo found her chicken chandelier. ;D I've enjoyed visualizing everyone's favorite details. This got me curious--- what are the little details that you paid attention to (because of garden web or otherwise) that most TKO people wouldn't that you think made the most difference in your house/ kitchen? I didn't discover GW until we were well into our build and the kitchen was decided on (although DH and our GC were wondering if I would ever decide or if we would be moving into a house without a kitchen). I honestly don't think a thing would have changed from discovering GW sooner. When people arrive, they always say house beautiful the drive is (we're 3 miles in from the main gate) and how the house sits on the lot (4.5 acres with water on three sides). They comment on the use of stone out front, from the walls to the wide sidewalk and the front veranda. Once inside, they comment on the cedar beams, vaulted ceiling and the view through the French doors and large windows across the back of our home. Almost all visitor's the first time walk directly to the back veranda. It's surprised me the number of people who actually open the door and go outside! But then they see the kitchen, and everyone runs their fingertips along the island's antique pine counter. For me, it's not each individual thing (although I love every one of them) it's the way these (and more) work together to create a cohesive feeling throughout our home. **Crap, I just reread the question and noticed the word "little." :-/ In the kitchen, I would say it's the small details of chicken wire, copper tubing (plate rack) and copper backsplash (repeated in the laundry room and on the powder room ceiling). The iron seal over the range that was salvaged from the West Side Hwy bridge in NYC. Aside from the home itself, my accessories are far from the norm. The night before DD2's wedding, when her future in-laws came over for dinner, SIL's grandmother said when leaving, "I had such a wonderful time meeting DD2's family, and almost as much fun looking around the house at your collections. It's like a mini-scavenger hunt!"...See MoreNov 2007-What's the 'special' specials on groceries in your area?
Comments (18)These are some of the specials that have been around here the last few weeks, but not all at the same time or at the same store: Red grapes 99¢/# Taters 10#/99¢ Turkey 89¢/# Apples 89¢ for a 3# bag (one day only) Tide 100 oz $4.88/coupon Canned veggies 10/$3 Brown/powdered sugar 99¢ Sugar 5#/$1.49 Pillsbury flour $1.39 (5#) Several Name brand coffees (Maxwell House, MJB, Yuban, Hills Bros) $4.88-$4.99 for what USED to be a 3# can! Now it's what, 33-35 oz? Don't recall offhand Ground beef around here is relatively expensive, but usually pretty good quality. Ground Angus $1.99, Ground chuck $1.89, and often ground beef for around $1.89-$1.99 is the going "sale" prices. Minnesota here. And we don't have a lot of competition in the grocery market. The average person has essentially two options, Cub and Rainbow. I do have a Festival which is close by but they are higher priced. There's also Lund's/Byerly's (now same merged) but they're the yuppie/upscale and high-buck places. I sure miss the days of Country Club, Kroger, IGA, Applebaum's, National and the like. There was competition then. Aldi is growing in the area. I like it, but it's not a place you can get everything you need. They have great meat. Also have a pork sausage patty that is terrific. Bag salad is cheap. Don't care for their canned soups and the other thing is that the items vary often. So if you find something you like, don't bet on it being there in two weeks. But that's the nature of the store....See MoreWhat makes your house special?
Comments (19)Yet another crazy project but this will be definitely be our last major project and definitely unique and mouth watering. Ours is in it's final design stage; 100% designed and architected from scratch by me with ton's of input from my good wife and critique from my daughter. Absolutely unique and nothing like this out there however will be built to provide significant resale value after we are gone and proceeds split between my two kids. With close to 7500sf 124x62 footprint (per floor), we cut the design down from two storey (same footprint) with walkout basement to a single storey with walkout basement. Highlights will be floor to ceiling glass to the rear in the 20' ceiling 1179sf family room and 10' ceiling 755sf kitchen/casual dining providing breathtaking views of the harbor and snow clad mountains to the north and east. A 22' ceiling circular split level entry foyer flanked by curved stairs leading to the 12' ceiling basement, two full size bowling lanes in the basement, 6'-4" corridors on 1st floor, a 38x24 suspended 3 car garage on 1st floor above basement, another 1 car garage with car lift just below in the basement, a 124x16 deck on the rear with glass railings (to preserve amazing views to the rear). 20KVA ground based solar system, 4 zone heating/cooling with multi-zone radiant floor heating (yet to decide if geothermal or electric, waiting for survey) . A sub-basement wine cellar with an elevator leading to basement and 1st floor (in kitchen, in planning). The list is endless. Everything computer and remote controlled (I'm a computer guy). Perhaps not the way most would build it but I like to do things my way, code permitting. Build time 18-24 months and significant work will be done my me. Here is a link that might be useful: Link to my thread. This post was edited by Pinebaron on Fri, Jan 30, 15 at 8:41...See MoreLog house living = LOTS of wood... living room area rug help please!
Comments (11)I have lived in 2 log homes. I understand your problem! Do you have any interior stonework also? Last time I was in this position, I tried to pull the base color of the rug from the lightest tone in the stone on my fireplace, so that I didn't end up with too much going on. Jewel tones do seem to work well, also. I like the last 3 you posted in the comments. It is really hard to pick unless you can see the rugs in person, too. I ended up ordering my last rug through a local furniture store, where I could see and feel samples. They ended up being very competitive on price. I tried ordering online first, and the colors always seemed a little "off" once I got them rolled out in my wood-everywhere house....See Moremarcommom
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