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Do you have documentation that it came from the house of an actress? Have you checked to see if there are fans collecting her stuff? Are there any home design magazine articles about this actress...
Note that the VC orange label is against a background of dark wine bottle green, which both greys the orange and reduces its impact. If your room/furniture is white, the orange will be perceived a...
It's better than the front yards with three little cacti desperately trying to look Zen.
This plot is going to be very crowded in four or five years as the organpipe cacti grow much ...
Paint it to match the red chairs. White accessories would go well, or a couple of giant origami cranes - very easy to make from a piece of craft paper.
The first thing I saw was your refrigerator. Dark cabinets will make it stand out even more, unless it is also painted. If you stick with the White frig:
- Paint the top cabinets (and walls...
Parsons chairs. Their square legs will echo the square unit at the base of the two different leg styles, and not detract from the table's impact. Avoid the kind that has curved back legs - not com...
On an economic note, dark paint fades and peels more quickly than light paint. However, for those living in the heating zones - SF, New England - black would be great. Sassyladie -- very few hous...
While putting away holiday ornaments in the attic (ceiling truss space,) I heard the thump of doom. The truss space cover had slammed down. Naturally, there was no handle. Christmas ornaments fa...
Also in Tucson - switch to traditional summer decor to visually cool your house. White, silver, blue and green, not gold, red, yellow and orange. Furniture covers in cool fabrics such as cotton o...
This is a lovely room! However, the keyword here is Light. There are three kinds of room light: ambient, accent/task, and sparkle. During the day, sunlight provides good ambient light and some n...
Use the colors of the curtains, pillow, any metallics, and other accesories to stencil or paint a sun behind the bed as a focal point. The width, including rays, should be about 90% of the bed wid...
Most 1200 sq ft, 2-bedroom apartments aren't big enough for a 90" long table. Chances are, sometime in the next decade you will buy a house with a dining room and a breakfast room. Get the round...
The current light is lovely, but dull. Add sparkle: mirrors, shiny metal, glass, crystal, glossy pottery, fabrics with sheen. Pick one shiny color, and put tiny bits around the room.
(Spray...
For one-room living, a dark, matte kitchen is almost invisible: It's less like sleeping in a kitchen. If the tableware is dark, too, then kitchen mess is camoflaged. Of course, if you don't have ...
Instead of downlights, put in uplights. Downlights make the ceiling look close and bright; uplights make the ceiling look further away.
- up through a plant in a corner
- on each sid...
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Do you have documentation that it came from the house of an actress? Have you checked to see if there are fans collecting her stuff? Are there any home design magazine articles about this actress...
Go to your local library and look at the Bungalow Style books for ideas. Also, see http://www.thehandwerkshop.com/ for bungalow shades.
Note that the VC orange label is against a background of dark wine bottle green, which both greys the orange and reduces its impact. If your room/furniture is white, the orange will be perceived a...
It's better than the front yards with three little cacti desperately trying to look Zen. This plot is going to be very crowded in four or five years as the organpipe cacti grow much ...
Paint it to match the red chairs. White accessories would go well, or a couple of giant origami cranes - very easy to make from a piece of craft paper.
The first thing I saw was your refrigerator. Dark cabinets will make it stand out even more, unless it is also painted. If you stick with the White frig: - Paint the top cabinets (and walls...
Parsons chairs. Their square legs will echo the square unit at the base of the two different leg styles, and not detract from the table's impact. Avoid the kind that has curved back legs - not com...
Display shelving http://www.demco.com/goto?BLK9511&LPCP85
How about tan, khaki or stone-colored walls? http://images.google.com/images?q...
Bubble skirts! So 1959... And these are Modest but Flirty ... http://www.christa-taylor.com/p/product...
On an economic note, dark paint fades and peels more quickly than light paint. However, for those living in the heating zones - SF, New England - black would be great. Sassyladie -- very few hous...
While putting away holiday ornaments in the attic (ceiling truss space,) I heard the thump of doom. The truss space cover had slammed down. Naturally, there was no handle. Christmas ornaments fa...
Also in Tucson - switch to traditional summer decor to visually cool your house. White, silver, blue and green, not gold, red, yellow and orange. Furniture covers in cool fabrics such as cotton o...
This is a lovely room! However, the keyword here is Light. There are three kinds of room light: ambient, accent/task, and sparkle. During the day, sunlight provides good ambient light and some n...
Use the colors of the curtains, pillow, any metallics, and other accesories to stencil or paint a sun behind the bed as a focal point. The width, including rays, should be about 90% of the bed wid...
A newspaper article on fixing a beige room is at http://www.azstarnet.com/athome/285260
Most 1200 sq ft, 2-bedroom apartments aren't big enough for a 90" long table. Chances are, sometime in the next decade you will buy a house with a dining room and a breakfast room. Get the round...
The current light is lovely, but dull. Add sparkle: mirrors, shiny metal, glass, crystal, glossy pottery, fabrics with sheen. Pick one shiny color, and put tiny bits around the room. (Spray...
For one-room living, a dark, matte kitchen is almost invisible: It's less like sleeping in a kitchen. If the tableware is dark, too, then kitchen mess is camoflaged. Of course, if you don't have ...
Instead of downlights, put in uplights. Downlights make the ceiling look close and bright; uplights make the ceiling look further away. - up through a plant in a corner - on each sid...