My house. My own personal sticker book. Somewhere in the house I promise one of these designs will show up. http://www.whatisblik.com
oooh, maybe this would look good downstairs in the family room. ::wheels start to turn::
Random Inspiration April 6, 2007
I love this picture. I want to use it somewhere in the house, but I’m not sure where. I originally thought that the kitchen would be a good place, using the green of the leaves and the yellow-white of the inner part of the flower as paint colors. The purple would then become an accent color. The more I think about this idea, the more I’m not sure that this would be a good combination for a kitchen area. More likely, this will be used in one of the guest rooms.
Bedroom inspiration April 5, 2007
I’m told that a good room design begins with inspiration. Well, this “inspiration” started with the H telling me what color he could live with in the room, and me running with it.
The H likes the blue-gray paint for the wall. I love the print on the left for color inspiration. I’m also thinking of taking the cherry blossom outline and painting it on the wall above the bed. (The wall has a bit of a shelf built in that would be nice if it was painted a shade darker than the rest of the room from the shelf up.) Or, if we go more masculine, the bamboo is very striking as well. In my head, either design is painted white. Maybe offwhite.
The house April 3, 2007
I’m fairly sure our agent thinks we’re crazy. We offered on a house the first day we looked. The H (husband) said he saw “potential” in the house. It was a run down house that was being rented by three guys. Personally, it wasn’t my cup of tea, but I could live with it. (Un)fortunately we were outbid.
The next time we looked at houses we immediately put in an offer on another house. This one I like. Built in 1974 this house is a bi-level. 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, and in fairly good condition. We’ve had the inspection and the house came back with a few problems, but nothing that isn’t fixable. The major problems: aluminum wiring that needs converted at all outlets, a breaker box that has to be replaced, and a bathroom tile job that is going to fall off the wall soon.
As of today, we’re in the process of getting bids to see what it would cost to fix those problems. We’ll be going back to the sellers soon (I hope) to see what they will fix or if they’ll give us an allowance to fix the house.
