I have enjoyed reading some of you describe your homes in the past. I want to hear more. What have you done to make it your own? What are your favorite finishing touches? Tell me about things in your house that you have never seen in anyone elses home.
We bought a real fixer upper a year and a half ago, the whole house needs to be remodeled. We started working on the outside, and have moved to the inside.
We are trying to make our home as green and comfy as possible.
We just finished one bathroom a few weeks ago and it looks fabulous. Totally unique, very clean and a little funky. Some of the things we did that I really like
-put in a pedastal sink, but put a wooden shelf next to it for couter space
-kept an odd window in the shower and painted the frame with waterproof outdoor paint in a bold color.
-used wooden fixtures (towel racks, toilet paper holder, shelves) from a locally owned woodcraft store instead of buying the home depot kind.
Another plan in the works- We lost a pine tree in our front yard this fall. Only half fell and the other half could have fallen on our house, so we had to have it taken down. We are having it milled and are going to use it as flooring in our living room. [this costs the same as the equivalent at home depot, but it is our very own tree]
Right now we are out of money, so I'm scheming and planning and dreaming. And I need your ideas.
Thanks in advance,
jeanie
We bought a real fixer upper a year and a half ago, the whole house needs to be remodeled. We started working on the outside, and have moved to the inside.
We are trying to make our home as green and comfy as possible.
We just finished one bathroom a few weeks ago and it looks fabulous. Totally unique, very clean and a little funky. Some of the things we did that I really like
-put in a pedastal sink, but put a wooden shelf next to it for couter space
-kept an odd window in the shower and painted the frame with waterproof outdoor paint in a bold color.
-used wooden fixtures (towel racks, toilet paper holder, shelves) from a locally owned woodcraft store instead of buying the home depot kind.
Another plan in the works- We lost a pine tree in our front yard this fall. Only half fell and the other half could have fallen on our house, so we had to have it taken down. We are having it milled and are going to use it as flooring in our living room. [this costs the same as the equivalent at home depot, but it is our very own tree]
Right now we are out of money, so I'm scheming and planning and dreaming. And I need your ideas.
Thanks in advance,
jeanie
) Anyhoo...we made this house our own by colorwashing all the first floor rooms. It was so much fun to do, and I much prefer the colorwashed look to that of flat paint. We also ripped out *all* the upper cabinets in the kitchen. This made the room seem bigger and brighter, and left lots of room to hang art on the kitchen walls. To make up for lost storage space, I bought a $50 cupboard at a flea market and we hung it in one corner near the stove, to store canned goods and other non-perishable foods. We also had a plate rack custom made--it's the kind that you see in English country houses--with slats and the plates hanging vertically. Traditionally, you'd put your freshly washed, still-wet plates in the rack and allow them to drip dry. Also, dh built me two shelves on one wall where we put glassware and bowls and where I display some of my yellowware mixing bowls. We also have most of my pots and pans hanging on hooks near the stove. The lower cabinets were really crappy and I couldn't afford to replace them, so I removed the doors and made curtains out of red & white striped ticking. We also tried to save the orginal kitchen floor (heart pine) that was buried under layers of vinyl, etc, but it was too badly damaged to save, so we had a Pergo floor put in and I love it. Finishing touch was a small island that I found on ebay, and a comfortable bench with a cushion and pillows. (We eat all meals in the dining room.) Edited to add that I found a 1930's medicine cabinet to use as a spice cabinet. It's painted that fabulous 1930's green. All I had to do was take the mirror out of the door and replace it with some chicken wire.
: , so my kids tend to just drop their stuff on the floor. We put up a peg rack in their playroom which is just off the kitchen, but you have to walk the whole length of the house to get to it. Anyway, it seems I'm forever picking up coats & back packs. I did see directions in an issue of Country Home for how to turn an old porch post into a very cool looking coat rack. We also have an old sea chest in the dining room which holds mittens, hats & scarves.
