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Yes, those vessel sinks are cool-looking, but have you noticed how low the faucet is? Seems like you would not have room to wash your hands.
The "garden tub"? Is that otherwise known as a Jacuzzi or jetted tub? I've never heard it called a garden tub. But anyway, I had one in a townhouse and it was nice once in awhile if I had an aching back, but the jets were too strong and the vibration was just too much, even on low. I spent a lot to have it mirrored (it was in a corner in a windowless bathroom) with some recessed lights....ahhh, what I would do to have all that frivolous money back.
To change the lightbulbs in the recessed lights in my two-story family room, I had to buy a big long extension pole. I looked like a circus act, trying to unscrew the old bulb, which of course fell to the floor and broke. I put in long-life bulbs so I'd never have to do that again!
My garden tub is big, but not jetted. I don't dig the jetted tubs.
I do love them. We're not often getting ready at the same time, but I do enjoy washing my face and brushing my teeth without having to wipe out the little nasty hairs from him shaving over the sink and not cleaning it up. What can I say? I am an only child. I really like having my own space.
I must be the only one on Earth that still likes popcorn ceilings. I like the different texture on the ceiling as opposed to the flat walls. I am still happy with mine, the are painted a very light beige color, and have moss green walls...I think it looks nice..........oh well.......
.....and No, if I ever deceide to sell, I am not removing it for the potential buyers, they will have to suck it up!!
Job number 1 in the house we bought last year was to remove the popcorn ceilings, it was messy, but relatively easy.
I have wall paper in my home office and will be repainting etc this fall. I would like to use wall paper again, however, my friends tell me this is a no-no. Is wall paper out of style now?
I'm not a decorator but from all the relatively new houses we've looked at ~ I'd say it is. None of them had any wallpaper. Haven't seen any country decor either. I'm out of style!
Candice Olsen on Divine Design uses wallpaper selectively (part of a wall, or one single wall), but I'm still not a huge fan...although Candice knows infinitely more about design than I do.
Some wallpaper looks elegant. The house we bought has some wallpaper. And all of it actually matched well with fixtures and countertops, etc. But the wallpaper itself was grimy looking. The first thing I did when we got possession of the house was I took down the kitchen wallpaper. That wallpaper had black decorative swirls on it and it looked like scuff marks. Everytime I saw it, I wanted to clean it off, but it was a part of the design!! It just made the room look dark and dirty!
The problems with the wallpaper in our bathrooms, it is peeling and looks like it is getting moldy between the baseboard and edge of the wallpaper. For that reason, I can't wait to take it down from there. It'll make the room so much cleaner!
But if you want to do it, go for it, it's your house! Maybe just put it up on one wall and put it up in a way that it's easy to take down. So if you get sick of it, or it starts to look old, you can take it down pretty quickly.
Growing up with an architect for a Dad, and a realtor for a Mother, I guess I look at homes considerably different from most prospective home buyers. Much of what goes into a house is a matter of personal taste -- even down to the builder's choice of floor plan, and how the house sits on a lot.
I can walk into new construction, tell you what is malarkey, what will work and won't when it comes to living in the home, and what features just a few years from now will date a house. If you walk through homes built in the 1900s, 1950s and 60s, through the 70s, and on until today, you will also notice patterns -- in floor plans, layouts, colors, appliances, flooring choices, heating and cooling, etc.
I'd predict these wrought iron railings will date homes to the 1990s and early 2000s, as will the two-story entrance halls and family rooms. Ditto with the stainless appliances if they last that long, and granite counter tops.
My first home was a 1960s ranch, and the neighbors still had turquoise appliances. . .they were cool, to tell you the truth -- kinda like the things considered 'retro' today.
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What can I say? I am an only child. I really like having my own space.
