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Display Name:	bforehand
Member Since:	3/9/11

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I had the same exact initial response as cbreynolds! But I do like the Threaded Spica Light. Fill in the Design _________: Pick the Best Lighting for this Dining Room Flag this comment	2/13/13 1:37 PM
My initial inclination is to paint the walls one color, paint the ceiling white, and leave the beams natural, but then I had a different thought: What about drywalling the front (bedwall) and back wall (the one presumably behind you in these pictures) and paint them a nice accent color, such as a robin's egg blue (you could even do it by furring it out slightly to make it possible to remove in the the drywall in the future should you want to restore the paneling at a later date) and remove the carpeting and if there's not wood flooring install a wood similar to the walls, thus creating sort of a wood wrapper along the floor, up the wall, ceiling, and back down the other side, with either end of the room anchored with the smooth, painted walls. The beams could either be left natural (my inclination) or painted white to establish a lower ceiling plane. I think doing so would reveal the simple house form that's a cool aspect of attic spaces like this! Help My Mom Decide: The Great Wood Paneling Debate Flag this comment	8/14/12 1:18 PM
As a weekend DIYer, I've gone a year without a stove during my ongoing home renovation (my "kitchen" currently consists of a microwave sitting on top of my refrigerator and a portable induction cooktop sitting on top of my dining room table...in my living room.) The induction cooktop has been a great amenity (I have a grill, which is great in warmer weather, but the cooktop has helped me survive the winter). The reality is that I cook more at home than many of my friends that have nice, functioning kitchens. And with the steam-in-microwave veggies and really decent microwaveable salmon from Costco, I've actually manage to eat much better than the TV dinners all my friends assume I've been subsisting on. I don't have a toaster oven (though I'm tempted by this forum to get one) but am not actually sure I'd use it all that often (and unless I'm going to keep it on the table saw in my kitchen, I don't really have the space for one anyway). ;) What I've Learned From 7 Months Without Using A Stove Flag this comment	3/9/11 1:41 PM