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I use window film in my downstairs bathroom too. We live on a very private 5 acre lot, but the bathroom window is directly next to the toilet and large--almost floor to ceiling. Since it overlooks the rear drive, the UPS man would get quite the view if you were taking care of business when he pulled up; also, contractors that happen to be working on the house and wondering around outside. Ask me how I know. Yeah, no regrets on installing the film!
I will defend you're right to have it, of course, and no one but you will see it, but there is a stained glass craftsman in every town who would love to make you something to block the view.
If it's astoundingly tacky..... I treasure it! It takes a special person to pick an astoundingly tacky gift. They are usually the people who, when they go to that big Gift Shop in the Sky, you talk about for years afterwards. "I see you're admiring our Elvis bobble-head. It was a wedding gift from my great-aunt Gertie who had a snuff addiction and believed bridges were tools of Satan."
Remember display cabinets back in the 40s 50s... my aunt got one and I though we had it made.. had mirrors at the back and glass shelves., three sided with a key... to keep all the "treasures " safe..mmm.. her treasures were a china tea set from the Barras market in Glasgow... a yellow cream and sugar with a gold lining... some dolls from friends whod been to Spain..wish I could remember the rest.. or maybe not... she was so proud of the dust collector..she also liked odd things like her crochet sugar doll, her Blackpool Tower banks at each side of the fireplace... and painted the horrible things green when she was doing up the house...only made the monsters more noticeable, I had to coax her to do away with them...wonder if anyone remember the ceiling light two of my aunts had in the early 50s.. art deco style.. looked like a moon surrounded by a big circle of mirror with stars on it...
Remember display cabinets back in the 40s 50s... my aunt got one and I though we had it made.. had mirrors at the back and glass shelves., three sided with a key... to keep all the "treasures " safe..mmm.. her treasures were a china tea set from the Barras market in Glasgow... a yellow cream and sugar with a gold lining... some dolls from friends whod been to Spain..wish I could remember the rest.. or maybe not... she was so proud of the dust collector..she also liked odd things like her crochet sugar doll, her Blackpool Tower banks at each side of the fireplace... and painted the horrible things green when she was doing up the house...only made the monsters more noticeable, I had to coax her to do away with them...wonder if anyone remember the ceiling light two of my aunts had in the early 50s.. art deco style.. looked like a moon surrounded by a big circle of mirror with stars on it...
No magnets, nothing on kitchen counters but a fairly large and old Korean spice chest, no silk flowers, no candles, no table clothes, a few pieces of 1950s Murano which are being used, no prints, no refurbished dust catchers, no pattern mix and match, no Pier One, no IKEA, no curtains, no collections of this or that, no napkin rings, no plaid/floral.
Our current house looks like an Ikea catalog threw up in it. lol.
Dining room (Ikea table and benches, though they'v ebeen customized with homemade padded tops):
Living room (old pic, have different couches and TV in it now) (Ikea rug, table, TV stand, bookcases):
Kitchen (Ikea cabinet doors, lighting, handles, island, countertops):
The house we are looking at getting needs a complete rehab and I plan on using IKEA base cabinets and upper cabinet doors to do the kitchen remodel, though that will be augmented by stonework and lighting from other sources. I've had really good luck with their stuff holding up over the years.
Those floors! One thing I really miss about Maryland is the traditional architecture and beautiful wood floors. I do not, however, miss the heating bills that came with the old, leaky windows.
Yeah, I love the original 1932 hardwood throughout (except it's not in the kitchen ). Really easy to clean and cleans up nicely. The windows are all new, however, with low-e glass and insulation around them. No drafts at all. And when we went to remodel the house and put new siding on to replace the absolute garbage old siding, we found that under the '50s stuff that was on it was the original cedar shake siding, which I ended up pressure washing and leaving on the front and back porch areas.
Remember display cabinets back in the 40s 50s... my aunt got one and I though we had it made.. had mirrors at the back and glass shelves., three sided with a key... to keep all the "treasures " safe..mmm.. her treasures were a china tea set from the Barras market in Glasgow... a yellow cream and sugar with a gold lining... some dolls from friends whod been to Spain..wish I could remember the rest.. or maybe not... she was so proud of the dust collector..she also liked odd things like her crochet sugar doll, her Blackpool Tower banks at each side of the fireplace... and painted the horrible things green when she was doing up the house...only made the monsters more noticeable, I had to coax her to do away with them...wonder if anyone remember the ceiling light two of my aunts had in the early 50s.. art deco style.. looked like a moon surrounded by a big circle of mirror with stars on it...
All of those things in her cabinet no doubt meant something to her. I can't wrap my head around this thread. The same people criticizing others tacky things are boasting about their own. Every kind of decor under the sun has been listed here. I can't figure out what you all have in your houses, as everything from lladro to IKEA has been deemed cringe worthy.
All of those things in her cabinet no doubt meant something to her. I can't wrap my head around this thread. The same people criticizing others tacky things are boasting about their own. Every kind of decor under the sun has been listed here. I can't figure out what you all have in your houses, as everything from lladro to IKEA has been deemed cringe worthy.
They probably think my National Liquidators two-piece sectional couch with the big hole in the back where the cats use it as a scratching post is tacky, too. Harumph.
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Yeah, no regrets on installing the film!
). Really easy to clean and cleans up nicely. The windows are all new, however, with low-e glass and insulation around them. No drafts at all. And when we went to remodel the house and put new siding on to replace the absolute garbage old siding, we found that under the '50s stuff that was on it was the original cedar shake siding, which I ended up pressure washing and leaving on the front and back porch areas.
