Chautauqua
AFTER: Soothing monochromatic neutrals provide a good backdrop for personal touches. "The wife has really great taste, and her picks really warm up the space," Patterson says. These include the antique table, Oriental rug and basket for towels. This new window with an arched transom replaced the window seen in the previous photo. Patterson made bouncing lots of natural light around the space a priority.
The attic's architecture posed a few challenges for designing the bathroom, but Patterson made the most of its charming slants and nooks, creating a timeless 140-square-foot space filled with light. The renovation included period details that honor the home's history while creating a fresh, light-filled room that has all of the amenities on the couple's wish list. Traditional Bathroom by Brian Patterson Designs, Inc. Brian Patterson Designs, Inc. Email Save Patterson made the most of the low-ceilinged spaces, tucking the tub, which requires less headroom, into this nook. "The pitches in here feel quite charming; they give the room a cottage feel," he says.
hy Use a Wood-Plank Subfloor as a Finished Floor To add unique beauty: “It adds a lot of character,” says Paprocki, who has exposed and refinished wood subfloors in several projects, including her own home. “[They have] a color and character you can’t find in new pine,” she says. As these floors weren’t necessarily installed to ever be exposed, they are by no means precious. It’s important to know that they are bound to have imperfections and irregularities that don’t suit all tastes. “They’re usually fairly rustic,” she says.
EXPOSING WOOD FLOOR UNDER LINOLEUM HAS MANY ADDVANTAGES: Material is already in place, Celebrate your Home History but there are considerations: nicks and scrathches, transitions between rooms, dirt and dust, possibley heat loss if above a basement with an unfinished ceiling. Also ... Cost. Depending on the condition of the floors, this can be an affordable approach to solid wood floors. “You don’t have the costs of new flooring or the labor to install it,” Habel says. Paprocki estimates that this saved one set of clients at least a few thousand dollars on their remodel, as they had planned to install new wood floors. However, this is by no means the most affordable flooring option. “It’s very labor-intensive,” Sohm says. You will have to pay for sanding and refinishing the wood, as well as filling all existing holes or penetrations in the flooring. Because each floor is unique, and most likely hidden under another layer of flooring, it can be hard to predict the cost. “It’s a time-and-materials job, not just per square feet,” Sohm says. “It can come out to quite a big-ticket item.”
The kitchen in the 1930s Washington, D.C., home that architect Mark Lawrence inherited from his grandmother used to have linoleum, and the dining area featured a solid oak floor. After tearing down the walls separating the two rooms, he didn’t have the budget for new wood flooring in the kitchen. Since the pine subfloor under the linoleum lined up with the oak and was in great shape, he decided to use it as his finished floor. He had everything sanded down and applied turquoise Minwax stain to both materials.
And speaking of green rooms with painted floors, this kitchen boasts an unusual color palette with deep green walls and dark blue cabinetry. The floor follows the lead of these colors and is painted a deep blue along with a bright white. Add the large white chandelier and vintage style refrigerator and this becomes a space full of unique style.
retro
red, white and blue
I would love to be able to mix patterns like this. Love the artwork - it's something I could live with - but maybe not everyone else.
cozy, fun, durable
yellow, green and colorful birds
Not sure what this is about but I like it
awesome fabric on the stools to update them.
how do you successfully mix patterns and woods like this??
Such a great mix of color and pattern
pattern of different sizes
renewing old world charm
LOVE it
Garage sale meets Glam in Ohio :)
love the eclectic style
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