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Medium grey or darker as the color of the current trend. Even if you live in the Sunbelt, it take a lot of work to make the rest of the room look not gloomy. A year or two back, I was in, I think, a Restoration Hardware store where it was all grey and poorly lit, and going through the store was like being in a crypt.
I really miss the OLD Restoration Hardware...from like, 12-15 years ago. It’s so gloomy and depressing and industrial now.
I personally can't stand tile - had it in my last kitchen and ended up hating it with a passion - although it was convenient to be able to set a hot pot or casserole directly on the counter! But I will never have a tile kitchen again. Tile backsplash maybe, but definitely not counters or floors.
Totally agree. My parents had tile countertops when I was a kid - all I remember about it was the constant fight to try to clean the crumbs out of the grout. Never again for me.
Totally agree. My parents had tile countertops when I was a kid - all I remember about it was the constant fight to try to clean the crumbs out of the grout. Never again for me.
The 80’s kitchen we tore out two years ago had tile countertops. A definite push toward ripping it out. Now we have quartz.
Well, then it's a good thing that I didn't say I was trying to create a mid-century modern look - I said I had a transitional style that included mid century elements.
Transitional style rooms - even ones with mid century elements! - have had and still do have curtains, too ...
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Right, a lot of them had sheers. Those were white translucent ruffled tie backs. They let the light in but it was hard to really see through them. I still have some in a box somewhere, came out of my aunt's house.
My old house had sheers - not the ruffled kind - that came with the house, and I grew to like them for a variety of reasons.
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A furniture style I never want to lay eyes on again is "French Provincial." That curvy fake French style that some people had in their formal rooms. It also seemed to be highly favored for little girls' bedrooms, poor girls. The girl's bedroom would have white "French Provincial" with pink ruffled fabric. Four poster beds with pick gingham checks too.
LOL, you just described my childhood bedroom! That furniture was a five-year-old girl's dream in 1964. And if you can find any of that style furniture in good shape, it goes for a pretty penny.
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Actually, I'm so eager to get a home of my own I'd cook in a cardboard box if it came with a roof and its own lawn. LOL
Aw, I hope you get your home soon. With tile counters.
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I'm also a nut about tile - I love it. I know everyone doesn't like it.
I like it, too. It's a little more work to keep the grout sealed and clean, but having a surface that's forgiving and colorful is worth it.
I don't have a white kitchen, but I don't need my kitchen cabinets to be an interesting color. I prefer a neutral color for cabinets, and I add interest with accessories and decor which can be easily changed when desired. Even the countertops feel like a place to add interest more than cabinetry to me.
I agree. I love that I can add a color point so easily now with my white kitchen. Before with the knotty pine overpowering everything, colors were just lost completely.
My old house had sheers - not the ruffled kind - that came with the house, and I grew to like them for a variety of reasons.
I thought you said sheets, lol. When I was young my mother used to make my bedroom curtains out of the matching sheets my our comforters.
I have also made some quick curtains using sheets when I was younger. At the time buying sheets was cheaper than buying either the fabric or the pre made curtains.
Yeah, I've made tons of curtains using sheets in the past. Nowadays there doesn't seem to be the same choice of pattern, etc., and the fabric isn't as good. Nothing stays the same!
Yeah, I've made tons of curtains using sheets in the past. Nowadays there doesn't seem to be the same choice of pattern, etc., and the fabric isn't as good. Nothing stays the same!
True. Sheets are kind of plain and definitely thinner today.
True. Sheets are kind of plain and definitely thinner today.
and it's hard to find single sheets as opposed to sets. Not sheets for single beds but I used to like getting individual sheets and mixing top sheet and bottom sheet prints. Not so easy any more.
maybe I should say that's what I'm sick of: sheet sets.
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