Laura78's Profile

I'm on board with the group that says to create more of a nook of a room than an entire room. Take the area by the closet, add an 8'x8' (or smaller) room with clerestory windows and opaque glass french doors on the room. Find what kind of furniture you would like to have in there when your child is a toddler and plan the space on that... Then you can keep the large windows in the main space. Congrats on the new addition and good luck!

I would get a series of larger prints or portraits in frames and arrange them on the floor in front of the fire place, overlapping them artfully. Pair it with a plant, or a large vase - like you were decorating the mantle. Possibly get black contact paper to put on the tile to make it look like it recedes. Those would be my suggestions.

We only have two drawers in our kitchen, both are 12" wide.. neither are wide enough for a silverware organizer - so we had to get creative. I have three mason jars on the bottom shelf of an upper wall cabinet. It's at shoulder height, one for forks, one for spoons & one for butter knives. We then have a magnetic strip above our sink that holds all of our cutting knives. We also have a ceramic pot next to our stove that holds all of our ladles, whisks, etc.

I'm working on a toilet paper roll project myself, however we switched brands & the paper is coming off the new rolls! I have about 1/2 of what I need - I was going to spray paint mine, but I like the idea of painting the inside with a pop of color. Maybe I'll spray paint them white & pick a nice deep shade to paint some of the interiors!

I think that you hang the bike on the opposite wall, to get it off the floor, but still be able to store it. Add a high bistro table and a few chairs. Some bistro tables even have wine storage underneath. If you like to entertain, it keeps the wine right there!

I think you could go with a darker warm grey, similar to the color of the mortar joints. If you are looking to add color, I'd stay with something warm, as the brick is a very warm reddish-orange color.

Love these. I'd like to get one to store our DVDs & CDs. Beautiful display cases, never run across them though!

I think you have some great comments here already. I personally think that you put the love seat where the chair is, at a 90 degree angle to the couch - facing the kitchen, and move the television to centered with the couch.

Then you can get a console table for behind the love seat, so that you can put a bowl for your keys, even a lamp there & use it as extra storage.

Then move the chair into the entry nook, with a small table & bookshelf. It can work as a reading nook, or a place for people to sit and put their shoes/boots on.

The trend right now is black and white! You could paint the wainscoting white, definitely. Then paint the top half black for a dramatic glam effect. (After I wrote this I noticed a similar suggestion above). I think that this would be beautiful.

I think you could go light with a dove grey to keep the room airy, or you could go dark with a dark purple-grey color. The red and yellow will pop off it, and it's a romantic color. That's my 2 cents!