Lets See Inside Your House

[genie]

Originally Posted by Reesie

I'm sorry goofed up. I was talking about the pictures Genie posted. I forgot to put your name.

Beautiful home!! Looks like you have alot of room, I can't wait to build a BIG house in the next couple years. I want a "farm house" type house, my house that I live in now is only 1200 sq ft. When I bought it 5 years ago it was fine for my daughter and I but now that I am married again it is too crowded. My husband and I just bought a 200 acre farm so I can not wait to bulid a house. I love your kitchen, my dad makes cabinets so I saved the pics to my computer (hope you don't mind that I am a copy cat...LOL).

[Dan & Corinne]

This is a really interesting thread. I love seeing all the different decorating styles - we are a diverse bunch aren't we?

[Monday]

Your home is spectacular ... here on Long Island that home would be 3 million dollars PLUS!
Land value here is out of the world ...
location location location!
But your home is sooooooo beautiful ...
I would buy that home in a heartbeat! If I were in KY ...
People here are buying homes, knocking them down and building new ones b/c they want the location (20 miles from NYC) ...

[Reesie]

Originally Posted by genie

Beautiful home!! Looks like you have alot of room, I can't wait to build a BIG house in the next couple years. I want a "farm house" type house, my house that I live in now is only 1200 sq ft. When I bought it 5 years ago it was fine for my daughter and I but now that I am married again it is too crowded. My husband and I just bought a 200 acre farm so I can not wait to bulid a house. I love your kitchen, my dad makes cabinets so I saved the pics to my computer (hope you don't mind that I am a copy cat...LOL).

Thank you, I just went back to look at your kitchen pics again and they look alot like mine. I meant to tell you on my last post that I liked your cabinets also. Did you glaze them because they look very close to mine. Speaking of copy cats. I would love to know the color of your kitchen. We tried painting our powder room a deep red and it ended up fusia pink. I finally ended up putting wall mud (joint compound) on the walls with a trowel and painting it a neutral color. When we bought this house it had ivy wall paper on the bottom half of this bathroom and I didn't want to remove it so I put the wall mud on to cover it up. I'll show a pic if I can find one.

Congradulations on your farm. You have a real talent in your decorating and I just love your color selections.

[kriston]

Thank you, Monday! We have really done alot to it since we bought it, everything is new except the fireplaces and the kitchen countertops and cabinets, if we stay that is our next big project. I have mixed emotions about leaving it. The farm that we are interested has lots of beautiful acreage and the house is newer than this one (not as big though) but I still love this house the most. I just wish I could pick this one up and move it. Funny how location makes such a huge difference in price isn't it? My best friend lives in the San Francisco area and they bought a house, knocked it down and built a new one just to get what they wanted in the location that they wanted it in. It is a shame that property is so scarce in some locations, isn't it?

[txshopper73]

You guys can rest assure that I'm going to be asking for ideas when I redo my kitchen. I am totally clueless when it comes to matching and decorating. My poor walls in my living room are bare cause I just don't know or like what I find. How sad...I have no style!

[Reesie]

Originally Posted by txshopper73

You guys can rest assure that I'm going to be asking for ideas when I redo my kitchen. I am totally clueless when it comes to matching and decorating. My poor walls in my living room are bare cause I just don't know or like what I find. How sad...I have no style!

My favorite past time is looking at houses. I'm really considering getting my real estate license because it's such a passion of mine. When we are in the metroplex (Ft Worth) area I can sometimes talk my husband into taking me to look at model homes. I get so many ideas on decorating that way and you can always keep up with the latest styles and colors. My problem is I like soooo many styles it's hard to choose.

[kriston]

Originally Posted by Reesie

My problem is I like soooo many styles it's hard to choose.

ditto that! BTW I really like your taste.

[Reesie]

Originally Posted by kriston

ditto that! BTW I really like your taste.

Thank you, I wish I could take all the credit, but honestly I really look at alot of other peoples decorating ideas and then try to incorporate them to my style. I've never been afraid to just jump right in there with paint though. My mother always tells me I'm ruining my house until she sees it when it's done. She's afraid of color and I just love color.

[genie]

Originally Posted by Reesie

Thank you, I just went back to look at your kitchen pics again and they look alot like mine. I meant to tell you on my last post that I liked your cabinets also. Did you glaze them because they look very close to mine. Speaking of copy cats. I would love to know the color of your kitchen. We tried painting our powder room a deep red and it ended up fusia pink. I finally ended up putting wall mud (joint compound) on the walls with a trowel and painting it a neutral color. When we bought this house it had ivy wall paper on the bottom half of this bathroom and I didn't want to remove it so I put the wall mud on to cover it up. I'll show a pic if I can find one.

Congradulations on your farm. You have a real talent in your decorating and I just love your color selections.

I love your bathroom wall. I would love to do that too. My kitchen color I think is Russet from lowes, but I think there is different shades of the russet and I can not remember which one it is. I got a long edger and put the paint on the wall in sections and then I took brush (the ones you use for texturizing in the paint section, the firm natural brissel (sp) ones) and made criss crosses in it and then used a sponge to pat out the darker areas. It took about a couple 12 hour days to do. And around my counters on the back splash I made it look like concrete blocks. I cut news papers in rectangles the size of concrete blocks (alot of them) and I wadded them up in a ball and then un wrapped them and they are wrinkled, then you put the paint on the wall in that section and push the wrinkle paper on there and pat it down and then peel it off, be sure to layer it like bricks and stagger the next layer and make grout lines too. It is fun to see how it turns out.

[Reesie]

Originally Posted by genie

I love your bathroom wall. I would love to do that too. My kitchen color I think is Russet from lowes, but I think there is different shades of the russet and I can not remember which one it is. I got a long edger and put the paint on the wall in sections and then I took brush (the ones you use for texturizing in the paint section, the firm natural brissel (sp) ones) and made criss crosses in it and then used a sponge to pat out the darker areas. It took about a couple 12 hour days to do. And around my counters on the back splash I made it look like concrete blocks. I cut news papers in rectangles the size of concrete blocks (alot of them) and I wadded them up in a ball and then un wrapped them and they are wrinkled, then you put the paint on the wall in that section and push the wrinkle paper on there and pat it down and then peel it off, be sure to layer it like bricks and stagger the next layer and make grout lines too. It is fun to see how it turns out.

It sounds like your very artistic. I really like the faux brick look, but I don't know if I'm skilled enough to do it. Thanks for the paint color and techniques. I'm starting to get the itch to do something new.

[simonandhallie]

I'm so jealous of all the beautiful homes! I am in an apartment and not allowed to paint or make any changes So I do the best I can with what I've got hahahaha

[Amber_lv]

Originally Posted by genie

I love your bathroom wall. I would love to do that too. My kitchen color I think is Russet from lowes, but I think there is different shades of the russet and I can not remember which one it is. I got a long edger and put the paint on the wall in sections and then I took brush (the ones you use for texturizing in the paint section, the firm natural brissel (sp) ones) and made criss crosses in it and then used a sponge to pat out the darker areas. It took about a couple 12 hour days to do. And around my counters on the back splash I made it look like concrete blocks. I cut news papers in rectangles the size of concrete blocks (alot of them) and I wadded them up in a ball and then un wrapped them and they are wrinkled, then you put the paint on the wall in that section and push the wrinkle paper on there and pat it down and then peel it off, be sure to layer it like bricks and stagger the next layer and make grout lines too. It is fun to see how it turns out.

I used the textured roller for my room as well it says to be sporatic but i hated the way it looked so i went strait up and down and got these really cool textured stripes i love it way more than the way they tell you to do it. i had so much fun doing my room. It's fun to go really bold something out of the norm. Besides it's just paint right? I have a downstairs bathroom that i got a ruuber ducky theme in it has the soap holder as a bathtub and the tooth brush holder as a sink soooo cute i was going to paint the lower half blue like a wavy line like water and then cut a bunch of real rubber ducks in half and glue them to the wall in the water so it would be like a 3-d room but i never got the time to do it mabey that will be my next project. Also i want the clear toilet seat with the little plastic ducks inside the plastic lol(i know i'm weird) i would have to repaint this whole house white if i ever wanted to sell it lol

[miezzi]

Originally Posted by Reesie

I don't think you over did it at all. Your home is beautiful. I don't have country right now, but I think when I get ready to re decorate that's what I will go with. My husband and I just got through installing wood floors. Looks like we have the same type of wood. Here are a few pictures since we have finally got our house back together.

Your house looks soooooooooooo beautiful!!!!!!!!!!! I love everything!!!!! I have wooden blinds up, but I like how you still did draperies too!!! Looks great!I still need something like that! It makes your house look sooooooo cozy!!!!! Thanks!

I love this whole thread to see how everyone decorates!! I got some really good ideas!!!!!

[Reesie]

Originally Posted by miezzi

Your house looks soooooooooooo beautiful!!!!!!!!!!! I love everything!!!!! I have wooden blinds up, but I like how you still did draperies too!!! Looks great!I still need something like that! It makes your house look sooooooo cozy!!!!! Thanks!

I love this whole thread to see how everyone decorates!! I got some really good ideas!!!!!

Thank you. Believe or not the balloon curtains in my sunroom are being held up by safety pins. I had looked at some patterns for balloon curtains but I'm not much of a seamstress so I just pinned them up. They look good from the front, but if you look behind they look a little crazy. He He