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[Wylie's Mom]

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[Wylie's Mom]

Made this little tray from a piece of reclaimed hard-wood yesterday - I purposely mixed the metals bc that's the look I was going for on this piece. It was fun to make! Making another one from the rest of the wood today.

[Cha Cha]

Originally Posted by Wylie's Mom

Made this little tray from a piece of reclaimed hard-wood yesterday - I purposely mixed the metals bc that's the look I was going for on this piece. It was fun to make! Making another one from the rest of the wood today.

Ann, I LOVE this! Love the look. Great job!!

[Magnus]

As some of you may know, I have recently purchased a home. The closing will be next week and I'd like to figure some stuff out/done before we actually start moving in.

There are no ceiling lights in 4 of the bedrooms. I'm looking into floor and wall lamps. I'll be using 1 room just to sleep in and keep my clothes. This room can be somewhat dim.

The adjoining room will be my "woman-cave" where I'd have most of my "toys" to play with. So I'd like this room to be somewhat bright and be able to dim if wanted.

I'd really appreciate any ideas you guys can throw at me. I've googled and what not but there's just too much.

[maxdog]

If the cave does not have ceiling lights just make sure to buy 3-way lamps. Or you can buy dimmers like this:


https://www.1000bulbs.com/product/64...FUYTHwodtFkG3Q


If they do have ceiling lights it is very easy to install a dimmer switch at the wall. I have put them in many rooms in our house.

[Magnus]

Originally Posted by Magnus

As some of you may know, I have recently purchased a home. The closing will be next week and I'd like to figure some stuff out/done before we actually start moving in.

There are no ceiling lights in 4 of the bedrooms. I'm looking into floor and wall lamps. I'll be using 1 room just to sleep in and keep my clothes. This room can be somewhat dim.

The adjoining room will be my "woman-cave" where I'd have most of my "toys" to play with. So I'd like this room to be somewhat bright and be able to dim if wanted.

I'd really appreciate any ideas you guys can throw at me. I've googled and what not but there's just too much.

B/c of my paranoid mind, I just want to make clear. By "toys", I mean my playstation1/2, wii, sewing machine, woodburning tools, etc..

I bet some of you will laugh at this post...

[capt_noonie]

So a workroom then? I think you should do dimmable wall sconces. Wall sconces have the light at the right level. Canned lights can be not good if your ceilings are too
low or high.

[Wylie's Mom]

Originally Posted by Magnus

As some of you may know, I have recently purchased a home. The closing will be next week and I'd like to figure some stuff out/done before we actually start moving in.

There are no ceiling lights in 4 of the bedrooms. I'm looking into floor and wall lamps. I'll be using 1 room just to sleep in and keep my clothes. This room can be somewhat dim.

The adjoining room will be my "woman-cave" where I'd have most of my "toys" to play with. So I'd like this room to be somewhat bright and be able to dim if wanted.

I'd really appreciate any ideas you guys can throw at me. I've googled and what not but there's just too much.

No ceiling lights? How odd...I wonder why they did that, hmmm. If it were me, I'd go ahead and spend the extra $ to get them wired for a ceiling fixture so you can do something cool. Light fixtures are often the "jewelry of the room" and can add so much to a room, so I'd be inclined to add them in. Is this an option?

[Magnus]

Ann Ann Aaaaaaaaaaann! (sorry... had 2 cups of coffee within 2 hrs...)

It was my nephew's wedding this past weekend and they live out in the boonies. They were building a barn and almost finished. When I saw it, I thought of you for some reason. LOL

All the wood you see are from their land that's been cut down to make space for the barn.

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[Wylie's Mom]

Originally Posted by Magnus

Ann Ann Aaaaaaaaaaann! (sorry... had 2 cups of coffee within 2 hrs...)

It was my nephew's wedding this past weekend and they live out in the boonies. They were building a barn and almost finished. When I saw it, I thought of you for some reason. LOL

All the wood you see are from their land that's been cut down to make space for the barn.

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Omg, I want all that wood and those COLUMNS!!!!

[Magnus]

I need ideas for shelving/storage for small 1/2 bath. It's.. narrow like a rectangle. I know what to do for shelving/cabinet by the toilet. I was thinking I'd put up some floating corner shelves for the sink area and this from IKEA for below the sink.

RÖNNSKÄR Sink shelf - IKEA

or

http://improvements.scene7.com/is/image/Improvements/T_WithoutZoom?$PDPmain$&$src=Improvements/511659_alt4

(I'm pretty sure I can build the 2nd one...)

What do you think????

[Wylie's Mom]

Originally Posted by Magnus

I need ideas for shelving/storage for small 1/2 bath. It's.. narrow like a rectangle. I know what to do for shelving/cabinet by the toilet. I was thinking I'd put up some floating corner shelves for the sink area and this from IKEA for below the sink.

RÖNNSKÄR Sink shelf - IKEA

or

http://improvements.scene7.com/is/image/Improvements/T_WithoutZoom?$&=Improvements/511659_alt4

(I'm pretty sure I can build the 2nd one...)

What do you think????

Both of these are brilliant! Had no clue they had a thing like that from Ikea, how cool! As far as which one, will teh 2nd option overwhelm the space too much?

[Wylie's Mom]

Oopsie...I might've seen this table online yesterday and I might have had to have it. Darn me. I just could *not* resist these lines/curves, hello??!! I might've spent way too much on it. But dayam, it's just SO unique.

Please, someone, post-enable / post-validate my unnecessary splurge please...

[Magnus]

Do it!!!!!!!!!! you only live once!!!!!!

[Maximo]

Love the table, Ann! It was a necessity.