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Got one wall painted. It's beautiful already. Love the paint. First time I was able to cover in just one coat.

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BM is a whole new world! I have another convert!

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excellent coverage


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Perfect color.

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Yes, it is!

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Glad to have helped! I have the BM color wheel memorized. LOL

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LOL!

Now I'm contemplating moving the furniture around...

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I'm good at that too! I'll fly down!

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I am pretty good at room arranging. I used to move the furniture around all the time when I was younger - my mother was a "furniture against the wall" type person and I am not. So, when she'd go out, I'd move it all around and she'd come home in the dark and run into everything. It drove her crazy.

I confess - almost every place I visit, I rearrange the furniture in my head.

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Oh, I say it and then start telling them what should be moved!

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Ideas?



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That is a nice new color.

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How should I place the furniture? Excuse the mess and over flowing toy basket. I really need to go through it....

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Fluffy gets to live in the living room now?

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How should I place the furniture? Excuse the mess and over flowing toy basket. I really need to go through it....

 Does the television have to be in that corner?  Is that where a cable jack is or something?



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Yes, that's where the cable is.

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Dude, those dried flowers over the door way? Pitch them!

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How long is that table behind the loveseat?

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Flowers are gone.

Table is about the same length as the loveseat. Not home right now so I can't measure.

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Thank you. I didn't want to hurt your feelings but they are dust collectors!

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No worries about feelings. I haven't updated the decor in many years so I need to re-think it all.

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I would also simplify what is on top of that bookshelf - get rid of the baskets and twinkle lights? and pennant.

What I'm wondering is this (but am not sure) - the table behind the love seat would give a simpler silhouette against the wall where the gate leg table is than the gate leg table. Then, if those hamsters have to stay in the room (which is a decorating nightmare), try to put them both on the one table to simplify. Put the gate leg behind the loveseat and use it as a charging station. You would also then be able to pull the side up if you need it to use it.

I'm noticing a lot of little tables and hard surfaces. Instead of that little table with the lamp behind the chair in the corner, I would remove the table and do a standing reading lamp (assuming you read there). Is there another softer chair that could be swapped out for that wood one? You have a lot of hard surfaces and leather you are trying to soften with fabric.

I would also remove whatever is in that corner by the piano and put a small accent chair there.

I like the piano in that window, so it limits how much you can re-arrange with a big sofa and loveseat.




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Thanks, LL. I'll do those things.

Yes, I am pretty limited.

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What kind of wall decor do you have for that wall you just painted over the gateleg table?

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I have prints and a couple of watercolor paintings I snagged from my cousin's gallery. And some antique plates from a set my DH inherited from his grandmother.

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I have prints and a couple of watercolor paintings I snagged from my cousin's gallery. And some antique plates from a set my DH inherited from his grandmother.

 Oooh, those sound pretty.



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So, I can't decide. One of our rental houses is in desperate need of a tile backsplash behind the stove area. Luckily, the kitchen is "U" shaped, so we can just tile the back wall without it looking weird. The cabinets are white, and the countertops in that house are a sage green. I have decided to go with a smaller subway tile, about half the size of the norm - I want to keep it simple and classic. But, I can't decide on grout color. I'm leaning towards grey, but I can't decide.

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White grout - 

 

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Gray grout - 

 

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I like the look of white grout, personally. I love the subway tile look that is popular right now.

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I will need to do a backsplash for my new kitchen, nothing but dry wall there now. It is an open floor plan so i dont want to make too much of a statement. WHite appliances, light beigy walls all around. Likely white subway tile with some interest spot over the stove, though.


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White grout.

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I go with white too!

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I don't like anything that needs grout.



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I do like the green glass subway tiles. *wink*

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TrudyML wrote:

I do like the green glass subway tiles. *wink*

 I do as well, but this is a basic rental that we will probably only keep for a couple of more years.  I need to keep it neutral.  



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I need to post a pic of my living room. The paint color is great. I rearranged my furniture and the room looks huge now. I'm very happy.

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I do like the green glass subway tiles. *wink*

 I do as well, but this is a basic rental that we will probably only keep for a couple of more years.  I need to keep it neutral.  

Agree. 



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FNW wrote:

I need to post a pic of my living room. The paint color is great. I rearranged my furniture and the room looks huge now. I'm very happy.

Awesome!  So glad for you! 



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Yay FNW looking forward to pictures

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I need to post a pic of my living room. The paint color is great. I rearranged my furniture and the room looks huge now. I'm very happy.

 I'm very interested in how you did arranged that furniture!



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I can't seem to get them to post right side up.



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Where did you put the other hamster?

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They're both in there. The cages are the same. One on the long wall on the sofa table between the sofas. The other on the short wall on the gate leg drop leaf table.

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Upside, down. Boy your turnin' me. Inside out, round and round!

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I know. I tried over and over. I even turned the pics upside down on my 'puter thinking maybe they'd flip and be right side up on here. Nope.

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So funny!

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The color is fab!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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The color is great.

I have to crop my pictures or they will do that as well.


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That looks amazing FNW! Trudy you really have a gift, I would have never though of that color in there, but it is wonderful. If I post pics of my bedroom will you help me pick a color?

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I like that wall color. Straw by BM, right?

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