moimoi
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Post by moimoi on Sept 13, 2017 19:03:17 GMT -5
Yooouuuuuu guyyyyys we can all pitch in and remodel this houseI am kind of in love with the kitchen* and that amazing shower in the big bathroom *not the colour. I like the tile counters and the cabinetry and the sink and the layout. Ugh! Venetian blinds! The bathrooms need a gut remodel. And fuck those drop ceilings. I like the old school telephone nook and the exterior remodel with the tile roof (v. impressive) but otherwise, pass.
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Post by DangOlJimmyITellYouWhat on Sept 13, 2017 21:04:11 GMT -5
Yooouuuuuu guyyyyys we can all pitch in and remodel this houseI am kind of in love with the kitchen* and that amazing shower in the big bathroom *not the colour. I like the tile counters and the cabinetry and the sink and the layout. Ugh! Venetian blinds! The bathrooms need a gut remodel. And fuck those drop ceilings. I like the old school telephone nook and the exterior remodel with the tile roof (v. impressive) but otherwise, pass. Agreed on the ceilings, but I'll fight you on the bathrooms.
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Post by Mrs David Tennant on Sept 14, 2017 8:41:45 GMT -5
Ugh! Venetian blinds! The bathrooms need a gut remodel. And fuck those drop ceilings. I like the old school telephone nook and the exterior remodel with the tile roof (v. impressive) but otherwise, pass. Agreed on the ceilings, but I'll fight you on the bathrooms. I'm usually a big fan of the original tiled bathrooms but from the picture I couldn't get a good idea of the layout of that bathroom so I'm not sure I'd keep the original or not. It looked a little oddly set up.
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Post by DangOlJimmyITellYouWhat on Sept 14, 2017 8:49:14 GMT -5
Agreed on the ceilings, but I'll fight you on the bathrooms. I'm usually a big fan of the original tiled bathrooms but from the picture I couldn't get a good idea of the layout of that bathroom so I'm not sure I'd keep the original or not. It looked a little oddly set up. Yeah, it is a strange layout, but I like the weird placement of the shower. It looks like the whole room must be HUUUUGE too.
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Post by Liz n Dick on Sept 14, 2017 9:42:38 GMT -5
Am I the only one who doesn't really like exposed brick in a house? And Not a real doctor , that stove niche is just weird. I actually don't like exposed brick in houses either. I love it all over the OUTSIDE of the house, but inside? It's not really for me.
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Post by DangOlJimmyITellYouWhat on Sept 14, 2017 16:47:25 GMT -5
I am looking at stupidly expensive stuff in NYC on Trulia, and seriously, so much of it is just horrible, decor-wise. $16 million, and that's the interior decorating you go with. Dull and lifeless and all earth tones in the worst possible way and no individuality peeking through at all.
Also I honestly can't ever get my head around the idea of living somewhere that has a million rooms, that's decorated like a manor house, over 10k sq ft - in a skyscraper. It's very weird to me.
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Post by moimoi on Sept 14, 2017 17:21:25 GMT -5
I am looking at stupidly expensive stuff in NYC on Trulia, and seriously, so much of it is just horrible, decor-wise. $16 million, and that's the interior decorating you go with. Dull and lifeless and all earth tones in the worst possible way and no individuality peeking through at all. Also I honestly can't ever get my head around the idea of living somewhere that has a million rooms, that's decorated like a manor house, over 10k sq ft - in a skyscraper. It's very weird to me. We Americans are generally a tasteless lot. I like eccentric parisian apartments.
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Post by Mrs David Tennant on Sept 14, 2017 19:14:56 GMT -5
moimoi, I'm on board with eccentric Paris apartments but that statue of the naked guy would have to go.
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Post by DangOlJimmyITellYouWhat on Sept 14, 2017 22:18:17 GMT -5
I am looking at stupidly expensive stuff in NYC on Trulia, and seriously, so much of it is just horrible, decor-wise. $16 million, and that's the interior decorating you go with. Dull and lifeless and all earth tones in the worst possible way and no individuality peeking through at all. Also I honestly can't ever get my head around the idea of living somewhere that has a million rooms, that's decorated like a manor house, over 10k sq ft - in a skyscraper. It's very weird to me. We Americans are generally a tasteless lot. I like eccentric parisian apartments. Oooooooooo, I love the last two especially. Mostly I intensely dislike anything that looks like a photo in a an interior designer's first year portfolio, and/or that clearly screams TRENDY.
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Post by Liz n Dick on Sept 15, 2017 9:41:39 GMT -5
I am looking at stupidly expensive stuff in NYC on Trulia, and seriously, so much of it is just horrible, decor-wise. $16 million, and that's the interior decorating you go with. Dull and lifeless and all earth tones in the worst possible way and no individuality peeking through at all. Also I honestly can't ever get my head around the idea of living somewhere that has a million rooms, that's decorated like a manor house, over 10k sq ft - in a skyscraper. It's very weird to me. I love shopping high-end NYC real estate! Sotheby's and Corcoran are my go-to time-wasters at work! I fully agree with you, that it's super weird to think about these sprawling mansions... that are in skyscrapers. Like, the enormous townhouse mansions make sense to me, but it's hard to wrap my brain around 10K square foot (and bigger!) apartments. And I fully agree that the neutral-blah, "tasteful" staging decor bugs the hell out of me. I want to know what it would look like if someone actually lived there! Ideally, if I actually lived there! Of course, I'm under the impression that all the high-end Manhattan real estate these days is used as investment holdings for Russian oligarchs rather than actual housing stock. So it shouldn't be at all surprising that none of them look like homes.
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Post by Liz n Dick on Sept 15, 2017 9:44:46 GMT -5
We Americans are generally a tasteless lot. I like eccentric parisian apartments. I love those light fixtures in the first one! And I thought that dark paint scheme was a very London thing right now, but I guess the cool kids in Paris are doing it too. I respond so positively to it, but I'm trying to tell myself that it's going to look very of-the-last-moment in a year or two. I do NOT need to paint my own living charcoal gray, because I'll just be ruing it and hating myself for it in 18 months!
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Post by Mrs David Tennant on Sept 15, 2017 11:08:20 GMT -5
I think I'm going to spend some time this weekend looking at high-end real estate. I need some way to fill my time now that I finished the AskAManager archives.
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Post by Liz n Dick on Sept 15, 2017 11:40:59 GMT -5
I think I'm going to spend some time this weekend looking at high-end real estate. I need some way to fill my time now that I finished the AskAManager archives. Seriously, looking at real estate listings is, like, my favorite thing ever. I like the ones for NYC because they almost always include floor plans. How am I supposed to thoroughly imagine living in a place if the real estate listing doesn't include that? I mean, honestly! I need to know where all the closets are! A recent favorite find has been the residential posts on archdaily. I've been systematically going through those, but I have to admit -- I'm starting to get numbed by concrete interiors. I might need to take a break from it for a while. (Aside: I do not want a concrete floor, especially a gray one. Why is this so popular in modern residential architecture?)
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Post by Mrs David Tennant on Sept 15, 2017 11:43:13 GMT -5
I think I'm going to spend some time this weekend looking at high-end real estate. I need some way to fill my time now that I finished the AskAManager archives. Seriously, looking at real estate listings is, like, my favorite thing ever. I like the ones for NYC because they almost always include floor plans. How am I supposed to thoroughly imagine living in a place if the real estate listing doesn't include that? I mean, honestly! I need to know where all the closets are! A recent favorite find has been the residential posts on archdaily. I've been systematically going through those, but I have to admit -- I'm starting to get numbed by concrete interiors. I might need to take a break from it for a while. (Aside: I do not want a concrete floor, especially a gray one. Why is this so popular in modern residential architecture?) I love looking at floor plans! That's how I pick apartments - I look at the floor plans first.
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Post by DangOlJimmyITellYouWhat on Sept 15, 2017 15:58:43 GMT -5
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Post by Mrs David Tennant on Sept 15, 2017 16:48:33 GMT -5
The exterior could not be cuter but the interior does not match at all. I did love that red cabinet in the living room!
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Post by DangOlJimmyITellYouWhat on Sept 16, 2017 1:03:54 GMT -5
The exterior could not be cuter but the interior does not match at all. I did love that red cabinet in the living room! That bathroom is kind of awesome, but dude what is the kitchen.
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Post by Jean Luc de Lemur on Sept 16, 2017 12:24:27 GMT -5
Ha ha Estes Street. My dad drove by that street for decades before and didn’t come up with the obvious pun until I pointed it out to him.
I am a good son.
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Post by Not a real doctor on Sept 16, 2017 17:05:34 GMT -5
The exterior could not be cuter but the interior does not match at all. I did love that red cabinet in the living room! That bathroom is kind of awesome, but dude what is the kitchen. "State parks rental cabin chic?"
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Post by Mrs David Tennant on Sept 20, 2017 20:07:31 GMT -5
The realtor on this episode of House Hunters (I typed Horse Hunters at first but that's a whole different animal*) is someone who was a previous buyer on HH. For some reason this pleases me.
*HA!
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Post by Liz n Dick on Sept 21, 2017 10:44:00 GMT -5
The realtor on this episode of House Hunters (I typed Horse Hunters at first but that's a whole different animal*) is someone who was a previous buyer on HH. For some reason this pleases me. *HA! They're recycling their cast members! It's like when you watch the entire series run of Law & Order and see the repeat guest stars as various different characters.
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Post by DangOlJimmyITellYouWhat on Oct 6, 2017 9:18:59 GMT -5
I NEED IT
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Post by Not a real doctor on Oct 11, 2017 20:34:26 GMT -5
I want a big stainless farmhouse sink quite badly.
Speaking of which: How do we feel about porcelain sinks? I've had a couple and hate them. Hard to get them to look clean and once you do, they only stay that way for about an hour. Stainless all the way! What say the rest of ye?
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Post by moimoi on Oct 11, 2017 21:20:43 GMT -5
I want a big stainless farmhouse sink quite badly. Speaking of which: How do we feel about porcelain sinks? I've had a couple and hate them. Hard to get them to look clean and once you do, they only stay that way for about an hour. Stainless all the way! What say the rest of ye? My issue with farmhouse sinks is that its really easy to get a big wet spot across your belly when you use them. I'm sticking with my stainless steel undermount in the kitchen with two bowls. I also want a fancy hammered metal bowl for my bathroom remodel, but porcelain wouldn't bother me either.
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Post by Liz n Dick on Oct 13, 2017 15:11:39 GMT -5
I want a big stainless farmhouse sink quite badly. Speaking of which: How do we feel about porcelain sinks? I've had a couple and hate them. Hard to get them to look clean and once you do, they only stay that way for about an hour. Stainless all the way! What say the rest of ye? My issue with farmhouse sinks is that its really easy to get a big wet spot across your belly when you use them. I'm sticking with my stainless steel undermount in the kitchen with two bowls. I also want a fancy hammered metal bowl for my bathroom remodel, but porcelain wouldn't bother me either. I second the vote for undermount, two-bowl, stainless sink. I tend to pile things in the sink while I'm cooking, so I like having one bowl for accumulating things/cleaning things and one bowl for active washing/draining/straining/filling pots/whatever food use. I actually really wanted a second sink entirely when we redid our kitchen, so one could be dedicated just to clean-up work and the other could be for food prep. But alas, it fell out of the design early in the planning stages. Anyway, I'd lose my mind if my sink had only one bowl. I am definitely not a fan of porcelain. Waaaaaaay too messy-looking.
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Post by DangOlJimmyITellYouWhat on Oct 13, 2017 15:33:02 GMT -5
I want a big stainless farmhouse sink quite badly. Speaking of which: How do we feel about porcelain sinks? I've had a couple and hate them. Hard to get them to look clean and once you do, they only stay that way for about an hour. Stainless all the way! What say the rest of ye? My issue with farmhouse sinks is that its really easy to get a big wet spot across your belly when you use them. I'm sticking with my stainless steel undermount in the kitchen with two bowls. I also want a fancy hammered metal bowl for my bathroom remodel, but porcelain wouldn't bother me either. lol that happens to me no matter what kind of sink it is, because I am incapable of interacting with water and not ending up at least half-soaked.
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Post by Not a real doctor on Oct 13, 2017 15:37:09 GMT -5
My issue with farmhouse sinks is that its really easy to get a big wet spot across your belly when you use them. I'm sticking with my stainless steel undermount in the kitchen with two bowls. I also want a fancy hammered metal bowl for my bathroom remodel, but porcelain wouldn't bother me either. I second the vote for undermount, two-bowl, stainless sink. I tend to pile things in the sink while I'm cooking, so I like having one bowl for accumulating things/cleaning things and one bowl for active washing/draining/straining/filling pots/whatever food use. I actually really wanted a second sink entirely when we redid our kitchen, so one could be dedicated just to clean-up work and the other could be for food prep. But alas, it fell out of the design early in the planning stages. Anyway, I'd lose my mind if my sink had only one bowl. I am definitely not a fan of porcelain. Waaaaaaay too messy-looking. I also require a two-bowl sink for my sloppy lifestyle of dishes and work so any "farmhouse-esque" number would still need to have some sort of division. I just like the look of the "big honkin' apron sink" even though I logically know that "undermount that you can just sweep all the crap into" is the way better functional choice.
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Post by Liz n Dick on Oct 13, 2017 15:39:15 GMT -5
I also require a two-bowl sink for my sloppy lifestyle of dishes and work so any "farmhouse-esque" number would still need to have some sort of division. I just like the look of the "big honkin' apron sink" even though I logically know that "undermount that you can just sweep all the crap into" is the way better functional choice. Surely they make apron sinks with two bowls?
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Post by DangOlJimmyITellYouWhat on Oct 13, 2017 15:39:38 GMT -5
My issue with farmhouse sinks is that its really easy to get a big wet spot across your belly when you use them. I'm sticking with my stainless steel undermount in the kitchen with two bowls. I also want a fancy hammered metal bowl for my bathroom remodel, but porcelain wouldn't bother me either. I second the vote for undermount, two-bowl, stainless sink. I tend to pile things in the sink while I'm cooking, so I like having one bowl for accumulating things/cleaning things and one bowl for active washing/draining/straining/filling pots/whatever food use. I actually really wanted a second sink entirely when we redid our kitchen, so one could be dedicated just to clean-up work and the other could be for food prep. But alas, it fell out of the design early in the planning stages. Anyway, I'd lose my mind if my sink had only one bowl. I am definitely not a fan of porcelain. Waaaaaaay too messy-looking. My house was built in 1953, and had a single-bowl cast iron with porcelain overlay or whatever it is that they used to make it white. And it had a lovely lovely grooved drainboard. But there was no dishwasher, so washing dishes was a nightmare, if you had more than two or three. I went to a double-bowl stainless, and it is SO MUCH EASIER. But sometimes I feel like I should have kept the original sink, just because it was so nice. Honestly I just bleached the hell out of it when it got stained.
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Post by Mrs David Tennant on Oct 13, 2017 18:27:49 GMT -5
My issue with farmhouse sinks is that its really easy to get a big wet spot across your belly when you use them. I'm sticking with my stainless steel undermount in the kitchen with two bowls. I also want a fancy hammered metal bowl for my bathroom remodel, but porcelain wouldn't bother me either. lol that happens to me no matter what kind of sink it is, because I am incapable of interacting with water and not ending up at least half-soaked. Me too. I'm so clumsy! Yesterday I was rinsing plates to go in the dishwasher and evidently I didn't tilt the plate to get rid of the water so when I put it in the dishwasher water went everywhere! All over me, the floor, the cabinet. I seriously need to start paying attention to what I'm doing. Also, I like a divided sink so I can stick the dish drainer in one side, and I don't have to leave it on the counter.
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