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I'm with you when it comes to high maintenance - but I don't necessarily agree that carpet is high maintenance. We redid all our floor coverings a couple of years ago. We replaced our wall to wall (wool) carpet (which did look kind of worn after about 20 years) with high end commercial carpet tiles. This stuff:
Wears like iron - and is basically no maintenance (except for once a week vacuuming). And - if you stain an area (you'll need more than a little wine or spaghetti sauce - the stuff is treated to be stain resistant - it would be more like if your dog had an "accident") - you just rip up a tile (or two) and replace with a new one (since we don't have pets - that hasn't been an issue for us yet). It is for sure a modern/industrial look that isn't everyone's cup of tea. But we really like it.
Two things. The good. We were surprised that the seams don't show at all (we picked a heather gray pattern - and I think the company makes sure all the patterns match from tile to tile). The bad. The stuff is really expensive. About what you'd spend per yard for a high quality wool carpet. Still - both will last you at least a decade - and probably closer to two decades. Doesn't make sense if you're planning to move in 5 years - but makes sense if you don't think you're going anywhere anytime soon. Robyn
I don't mind stainless and I like the way it looks with brown cabinets, but if I were to design a kitchen from scratch, there wouldn't be any brown and the appliances may or may not be stainless. What I really dislike is how all the kitchens in new homes look the same. Same brown cabinets, same stainless appliances, same granite that you see everywhere. I love looking at real estate sites and some of my favorite homes are from the '80's with homey kitchens and white appliances. Smudges on my own stainless appliances don't bother me but I miss being able to put magnets on my fridge.
I love my stainless and brown cabinets! I also have dark granite and it all comes together beautifully. Simple, easy to clean...I need to take a photograph.
I don't mind stainless and I like the way it looks with brown cabinets, but if I were to design a kitchen from scratch, there wouldn't be any brown and the appliances may or may not be stainless. What I really dislike is how all the kitchens in new homes look the same. Same brown cabinets, same stainless appliances, same granite that you see everywhere. I love looking at real estate sites and some of my favorite homes are from the '80's with homey kitchens and white appliances. Smudges on my own stainless appliances don't bother me but I miss being able to put magnets on my fridge.
I have an extensive collection of magnets from my travels and have found a new home for them...the smart panel door is metal and is located in my laundry room.
Lately I'm seeing this trend where people cover their windows with shades and add curtains over them. Why the deep cover? Are you a spy? It's a very cluttered, fussy and dusty look.
I prefer shades or blinds instead of curtains anyway.
We have blinds with floor to ceiling black out drapes in the master bedroom - because we like to sleep in absolute darkness. If we didn't have the blinds - the Florida sun would eat up the drapes in no time. Robyn
Yes you can. But not in our house. Must have something to do with the installers/installation. The outfit we used did the Mayo Clinic here in carpet tiles (it's done lots of other large jobs as well). You'd be hard pressed to find any visible seams at Mayo. So - although our installer didn't guarantee "no visible seams" - we were pretty sure the end result would be to our liking. And it is.
Another factor was that our carpet tiles have a "heather" design. Although it looks random - the computer generated pattern matches perfectly tile to tile. I think the results would be less satisfactory if we were using a solid color (just about all the carpet tiles at Mayo have patterns too). Finally - there's a reasonable amount of professional surface prep required for a good installation. Much much more than you see in an average DIY carpet tile project. In other words - you have to spend a fair amount of money - especially when it comes to installation - to get good results.
BTW - one of the best parts of the installation is we didn't have to move all our furniture from room to room. Just from one side of the room to the other side - and then back again. We have a fair amount of large/heavy/modular furniture and it would have been a real PITA moving it around the house to install new wall to wall carpet. Robyn
Interesting! Have never had any luck with carpet, but this is a great idea. We ripped up all our carpet years ago and put in hardwood floors....could not keep any color of carpet clean, but your idea is worth looking into.
and while i hate ALL refridgerators, (including mine) because in my mind they are all just ugly, yours is barley even noticibile because of its placement in the kitchen and that to me is a big plus!!!!!
mine is also in a corner so when you first walk into my kitchen you would have to do a "Exorcist" type of head turn to see it.....unfortunetley when i sit at my table, i do have to see it
Yes, they are behemoths but just think if we didn't have them. We'd have to have root cellars or something and that would pretty much suck.
Yes, they are behemoths but just think if we didn't have them. We'd have to have root cellars or something and that would pretty much suck.
I love the behemoth I bought a couple of years ago. I think it's something like 28 cubic feet. French doors on top. Freezer compartment with 3 drawers on the bottom. And a pull out refrigerator drawer in the middle. It's the equivalent of a cold walk-in pantry for me . I think it's this model (now discontinued).
It's not "in your face" when you're in our dining area that is open to the kitchen (it's on a "side wall" - not an "opposite wall"). But - even if it was - I wouldn't mind. It's not any more offensive than the wall ovens that *are* on the opposite wall. Robyn
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. I think it's this model (now discontinued).
