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Title: House stuff
Post by: Gina on March 13, 2013, 11:11:10 AM
I thought it would be neat to have a thread on stuff like our ideas of Dream house stuff.  Just add on from time to time something you see that is truly inspiring to you.

Like I love this!

(http://st.houzz.com/simgs/20a16af500b8e53a_4-6286/contemporary-exterior.jpg)

(http://st.houzz.com/simgs/3b81229d00b7cb10_4-2356/modern-.jpg)


http://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/7998330/list?utm_source=Houzz&utm_campaign=u244&utm_medium=email&utm_content=gallery0

they converted a barn into a guest house.

Title: Re: House stuff
Post by: Dori on March 13, 2013, 11:19:53 AM
I love that.   :)    I would also love to refurbish an old house without worrying about the cost.  Dream, dream, dream.....


Title: Re: House stuff
Post by: Gina on March 13, 2013, 11:32:41 AM
BEG needs to come in here and show us some stuff :popcorn:
Title: Re: House stuff
Post by: thundley4 on March 13, 2013, 12:13:22 PM
BEG needs to come in here and show us some stuff :popcorn:


I agree whole heartedly.  :naughty:
Title: Re: House stuff
Post by: Wineslob on March 13, 2013, 01:53:26 PM
BEG needs to come in here and show us some stuff :popcorn:


I was afraid of that.

 :thatsright:
Title: Re: House stuff
Post by: Chris_ on March 13, 2013, 01:56:06 PM
This is my dream house for Barack Obama.

(http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff68/kayaktn/cardboard_zpsd516013b.jpg)
Title: Re: House stuff
Post by: Freeper on March 13, 2013, 02:03:21 PM
This is my dream house for Barack Obama.

(http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff68/kayaktn/cardboard_zpsd516013b.jpg)

That's his dream house for all of us.
Title: Re: House stuff
Post by: Wineslob on March 13, 2013, 02:20:52 PM
If I had my druthers:

(http://imagesus.homeaway.com/mda01/3197b4b0-92f1-4576-b58c-b130d443d2e5.1.10)



Title: Re: House stuff
Post by: Gina on March 13, 2013, 03:16:36 PM
If I had my druthers:

(http://imagesus.homeaway.com/mda01/3197b4b0-92f1-4576-b58c-b130d443d2e5.1.10)





THAT IS AWESOME!
Title: Re: House stuff
Post by: franksolich on March 13, 2013, 04:20:53 PM
franksolich's dream house:

(http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g419/Eferrari/dreamhouse_zps24ae9dae.jpg)
Title: Re: House stuff
Post by: vesta111 on March 13, 2013, 05:14:45 PM
franksolich's dream house:

(http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g419/Eferrari/dreamhouse_zps24ae9dae.jpg)
That's his dream house for all of us.

Actually cardboard, extra strength makes some killer insulation.  The type to make packing boxes with the double and triple strength walls with the air holes running down the inside between two walls is far superior to any man made foam or the rolls of fiberglass.

Africa to the Arctic people are looking for cheap housing, all kinds of new cement and the old Pharaoh cement that gets stronger the wetter it becomes.

Seen sod homes in the mid west, bails of straw used for insulation, cool in the summer, warm in the winter.

These homes like the one built by that cow boy star in NM, he had it built on earth pounded into old used tires, old timbers taken from old barns being torn down, magnificent when finished.

So depending on where you live, the new days are here.   The days of European square and rectangular homes are passing fast.  We have more geodesic domes up here every year.   More cheaper housing and better construction then the track homes.  For some reason the round homes in the mid west are by passed by tornado's and earthquakes.      Has to be something our ancestors knew but went with the flow of the New fads.

The picture of the cardboard shelter was just a sample of survival   and we need a heads up just in case.

Franks ideal home.

Poor Frank, 1 hour wandering about looking for a toilet, legs in pain going up and down the hall trying to find something that looks familiar, where the hell is the kitchen.    What floor is my room on, What is east and west wing, why are all the doors locked ?     No elevator's, crap. 

Poor Frank wandering about a wonderful home that he will starve to death without a map to the main hall and servants to guide him.

Rotts of luck Frank, don't wander about without 6 others that know something about the home.

   
Title: Re: House stuff
Post by: Wineslob on March 13, 2013, 05:26:39 PM
franksolich's dream house:

(http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g419/Eferrari/dreamhouse_zps24ae9dae.jpg)

YOU clean it.
Title: Re: House stuff
Post by: BEG on March 13, 2013, 06:03:11 PM
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lB2e68ciARM/S_s7JDh4gvI/AAAAAAAAAJI/nqLQK49pUXM/s1600/kitchen1.jpg)
Title: Re: House stuff
Post by: BEG on March 13, 2013, 06:07:21 PM
(http://iwright.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/white-kitchen.jpg)
Title: Re: House stuff
Post by: BEG on March 13, 2013, 06:11:03 PM
(http://pichomez.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/classic-bathroom-idea-with-a-free-standing-tub.jpg)
Title: Re: House stuff
Post by: BEG on March 13, 2013, 06:12:55 PM
(http://0.tqn.com/d/homerenovations/1/0/t/Y/-/-/Craftsman-Colors-9.JPG)
Title: Re: House stuff
Post by: BEG on March 13, 2013, 06:16:34 PM
See, I don't ask for much...

(http://st.houzz.com/simgs/60019df00f60e0a0_15-5058/traditional-staircase.jpg)
Title: Re: House stuff
Post by: Chris_ on March 13, 2013, 09:01:55 PM
I found something I'd like for my house.

(http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff68/kayaktn/maid_zpsdbff4ae9.jpg)
Title: Re: House stuff
Post by: RobJohnson on March 14, 2013, 12:02:56 AM
I thought it would be neat to have a thread on stuff like our ideas of Dream house stuff.  Just add on from time to time something you see that is truly inspiring to you.

Like I love this!

(http://st.houzz.com/simgs/20a16af500b8e53a_4-6286/contemporary-exterior.jpg)

(http://st.houzz.com/simgs/3b81229d00b7cb10_4-2356/modern-.jpg)


http://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/7998330/list?utm_source=Houzz&utm_campaign=u244&utm_medium=email&utm_content=gallery0

they converted a barn into a guest house.



I could live in that guest house! Amazing.
Title: Re: House stuff
Post by: RobJohnson on March 14, 2013, 12:04:20 AM
I found something I'd like for my house.

(http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff68/kayaktn/maid_zpsdbff4ae9.jpg)

Having a mummy in a casket would be kinda creepy
Title: Re: House stuff
Post by: Chris_ on March 14, 2013, 12:33:16 AM
Having a mummy in a casket would be kinda creepy
That's me.
Title: Re: House stuff
Post by: thundley4 on March 14, 2013, 12:41:13 AM
That's me.

I thought that was a picture of Hugh Hefner and one of his maids.
Title: Re: House stuff
Post by: RobJohnson on March 14, 2013, 12:41:32 AM
That's me.

Oh shit.  :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:
Title: Re: House stuff
Post by: IassaFTots on March 14, 2013, 08:42:24 AM
See, I don't ask for much...

(http://st.houzz.com/simgs/60019df00f60e0a0_15-5058/traditional-staircase.jpg)

I love everything about that, but I wonder, how the heck you get up there to sit on that bench???
Title: Re: House stuff
Post by: CG6468 on March 14, 2013, 10:31:19 AM
I love everything about that, but I wonder, how the heck you get up there to sit on that bench???

BEG has really long legs!
Title: Re: House stuff
Post by: BEG on March 14, 2013, 10:43:56 AM
BEG has really long legs!

Yeah they go all the way to the floor.
Title: Re: House stuff
Post by: BEG on March 14, 2013, 10:45:08 AM
I love everything about that, but I wonder, how the heck you get up there to sit on that bench???

I wouldn't really care. :p
Title: Re: House stuff
Post by: thundley4 on March 14, 2013, 10:57:23 AM
Yeah they go all the way to the floor.

It's the other direction we care about.  :-)
Title: Re: House stuff
Post by: BEG on March 14, 2013, 11:28:55 AM
It's the other direction we care about.  :-)

Rude...
Title: Re: House stuff
Post by: thundley4 on March 14, 2013, 11:52:54 AM
Rude...

 :lmao:
Title: Re: House stuff
Post by: BEG on March 14, 2013, 12:02:05 PM
:lmao:

 :naughty:
Title: Re: House stuff
Post by: Wineslob on March 14, 2013, 12:18:16 PM
It's the other direction we care about.  :-)



 :cheersmate:
Title: Re: House stuff
Post by: jtyangel on March 14, 2013, 01:09:23 PM
(http://pichomez.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/classic-bathroom-idea-with-a-free-standing-tub.jpg)

LOVE!
Title: Re: House stuff
Post by: jtyangel on March 14, 2013, 01:10:19 PM
I thought that was a picture of Hugh Hefner and one of his maids.

 :lmao:
Title: Re: House stuff
Post by: Gina on March 14, 2013, 01:33:24 PM
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lB2e68ciARM/S_s7JDh4gvI/AAAAAAAAAJI/nqLQK49pUXM/s1600/kitchen1.jpg)

that is so pretty!  I want to live in just that room.  I could ya know!
Title: Re: House stuff
Post by: njpines on March 14, 2013, 01:52:28 PM
that is so pretty!  I want to live in just that room.  I could ya know!

I love it too but I'd be afraid to cook anything!
Title: Re: House stuff
Post by: Eupher on March 14, 2013, 01:59:37 PM
I love it too but I'd be afraid to cook anything!

Yeah. My first reaction was, "That room is COLD. (Meaning WHITE.)" Too much white. Need to soften it up with more neutral colors - tan, beige, even a very soft yellow.

But I LOVE the size.  :cheersmate:

Mrs E and I don't agree on much, but on the size of the kitchen we're in absolute accord. We wind up having to buy big-assed homes because the freaking kitchens are so damned small in the smaller houses.

I like kitchens so big I can get lost in them. And you can't ever have too many cabinets.

Title: Re: House stuff
Post by: Dori on March 14, 2013, 02:08:17 PM
that is so pretty!  I want to live in just that room.  I could ya know!

I love that one too.  I just had some work done in my kitchen.  White walls and cabinets w/black hardware and dark granite counter tops.  But it's not qute big enough for an island, unless I take down the wall to the service porch and lose the pantry. 
Title: Re: House stuff
Post by: Gina on March 14, 2013, 02:16:58 PM
Yeah. My first reaction was, "That room is COLD. (Meaning WHITE.)" Too much white. Need to soften it up with more neutral colors - tan, beige, even a very soft yellow.


too much white eh?

 :racist:
Title: Re: House stuff
Post by: FiddyBeowulf on March 14, 2013, 02:20:06 PM
(http://pichomez.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/classic-bathroom-idea-with-a-free-standing-tub.jpg)
There are no drapes or shades in that bathroom...
Title: Re: House stuff
Post by: Wineslob on March 14, 2013, 02:28:57 PM
There are no drapes or shades in that bathroom...


Shhhhh.......I'm waiting for BEG to show up.............
Title: Re: House stuff
Post by: thundley4 on March 14, 2013, 04:15:56 PM
There are no drapes or shades in that bathroom...

That was the first thing I noticed.


Shhhhh.......I'm waiting for BEG to show up.............

You too? 
Title: Re: House stuff
Post by: BEG on March 14, 2013, 04:21:28 PM
There are no drapes or shades in that bathroom...

All the better to creep on someone...
Title: Re: House stuff
Post by: BEG on March 14, 2013, 04:24:38 PM
Yeah. My first reaction was, "That room is COLD. (Meaning WHITE.)" Too much white. Need to soften it up with more neutral colors - tan, beige, even a very soft yellow.

But I LOVE the size.  :cheersmate:

Mrs E and I don't agree on much, but on the size of the kitchen we're in absolute accord. We wind up having to buy big-assed homes because the freaking kitchens are so damned small in the smaller houses.

I like kitchens so big I can get lost in them. And you can't ever have too many cabinets.



I love everything about that kitchen, down to the color of the walls. I'm going to have something very similar some day. Mark my words.
Title: Re: House stuff
Post by: njpines on March 14, 2013, 04:33:44 PM
I re-did my 13 year old blue formica countertops last weekend with a Rust-o-leum Countertop Restoration kit.  The kit was about $150 and I had to buy maybe another $25 bucks of rollers, brushes, paint trays, etc. But it worked out well; they now look like this (in charcoal):

(http://media.onsugar.com/files/2011/03/10/4/889/8893771/0819a42dca78a96e_IMG_2804.preview.jpg)

Not too difficult to do -- you will need to do a lot of sanding though!
Title: Re: House stuff
Post by: njpines on March 14, 2013, 04:40:58 PM
If you have hardwood floors, this stuff is amazing:  Minwax Reviver

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41XibxvOy3L._SL500_SS500_.jpg)

I did this to my floors in the dining room, office and bedroom and it works really well.  It's almost as if you've sanded and re-finished them.  Really easy to use!  I used 2 coats though.
Title: Re: House stuff
Post by: Wineslob on March 14, 2013, 04:47:23 PM
Actually looked at this place about 3-4 years ago...................still for sale!



(http://thumbs.trulia-cdn.com/pictures/thumbs_3/ps.17/9/5/9/9/picture-uh=206b453aca857cc4919bea0efa01d2-ps=959994fb7b569551d38284c63735d.jpg)
Title: Re: House stuff
Post by: BEG on March 14, 2013, 07:03:10 PM
I re-did my 13 year old blue formica countertops last weekend with a Rust-o-leum Countertop Restoration kit.  The kit was about $150 and I had to buy maybe another $25 bucks of rollers, brushes, paint trays, etc. But it worked out well; they now look like this (in charcoal):

(http://media.onsugar.com/files/2011/03/10/4/889/8893771/0819a42dca78a96e_IMG_2804.preview.jpg)

Not too difficult to do -- you will need to do a lot of sanding though!

Wow, you should have done a before and after.
Title: Re: House stuff
Post by: IassaFTots on March 15, 2013, 08:41:38 AM
NJ, that looks awesome!  Good job, git yerself a beer! :cheersmate:
Title: Re: House stuff
Post by: Gina on March 15, 2013, 09:54:23 AM
I re-did my 13 year old blue formica countertops last weekend with a Rust-o-leum Countertop Restoration kit.  The kit was about $150 and I had to buy maybe another $25 bucks of rollers, brushes, paint trays, etc. But it worked out well; they now look like this (in charcoal):

(http://media.onsugar.com/files/2011/03/10/4/889/8893771/0819a42dca78a96e_IMG_2804.preview.jpg)

Not too difficult to do -- you will need to do a lot of sanding though!

Oh man! was it easy to do?  I want to do that to mine but didn't know if it was easy and not a huge hassle! please tell me all about it!
Title: Re: House stuff
Post by: Alpha Mare on March 15, 2013, 11:41:51 AM
Oh man! was it easy to do?  I want to do that to mine but didn't know if it was easy and not a huge hassle! please tell me all about it!

I've been thinking of doing this to my son's place, but didn't know if it really looked as good as the ads.  It looks great!
Title: Re: House stuff
Post by: njpines on March 15, 2013, 11:42:43 AM
Oh man! was it easy to do?  I want to do that to mine but didn't know if it was easy and not a huge hassle! please tell me all about it!

It's not very difficult at all -- the instructions are detailed and they include a DVD of a couple demonstrating the process. It takes 2 consecutive days to do.  You first sand your countertops with the sanding block, lay on a thick coat of the adhesive base coat, spray on an additional adhesive spray and then immediately spread the decorative chips using this spreader that comes in the kit.  Then let it all dry at least 12 hours but not more than 24 hours.  The next day, vacuum up the loose chips on the counter and start sanding down the rest of the chips. This part takes the longest (I spent maybe 3 hours sanding and vacuuming/brushing off the chip dust) as you want it to be as smooth as possible.  Then you wipe down the counter until no more chip dust is on it and apply the glossy top coat.  Let dry for 2 days before light use (after 2 days you can put things back on the counter weighing no more than 5 lbs).  It's fully usable after a week.

The only things I had to buy were 2 2" paint brushes, a 6" roller, a 6" foam pad for the roller, a 6" microfiber pad for the roller and 2 6" plastic paint trays.  Everything else is in the kit.  A Shop Vac with the brush attachment makes the cleanup a lot easier too.
Title: Re: House stuff
Post by: Dori on March 15, 2013, 11:53:22 AM
I re-did my 13 year old blue formica countertops last weekend with a Rust-o-leum Countertop Restoration kit.  The kit was about $150 and I had to buy maybe another $25 bucks of rollers, brushes, paint trays, etc. But it worked out well; they now look like this (in charcoal):

That looks great.  Is it durable?  I just got a granite counter top (had formica before) but I'm so afraid I'm going to drop something on it and chip it.  My old formica had a butcher block look that I never got tired of and I never had any problems with it, until the toaster caught on fire and burned a big hole in it.   :mad:

Title: Re: House stuff
Post by: njpines on March 15, 2013, 11:57:51 AM
That looks great.  Is it durable?  I just got a granite counter top (had formica before) but I'm so afraid I'm going to drop something on it and chip it.  My old formica had a butcher block look that I never got tired of and I never had any problems with it, until the toaster caught on fire and burned a big hole in it.   :mad:



I'll let you know. I did it last weekend so this weekend I'll be able to fully use it. It certainly seems very hard but we'll see how it holds up.
Title: Re: House stuff
Post by: jtyangel on March 15, 2013, 07:35:29 PM
That looks great.  Is it durable?  I just got a granite counter top (had formica before) but I'm so afraid I'm going to drop something on it and chip it.  My old formica had a butcher block look that I never got tired of and I never had any problems with it, until the toaster caught on fire and burned a big hole in it.   :mad:



YIKES! :o
Title: Re: House stuff
Post by: RobJohnson on March 16, 2013, 03:55:23 PM
I re-did my 13 year old blue formica countertops last weekend with a Rust-o-leum Countertop Restoration kit.  The kit was about $150 and I had to buy maybe another $25 bucks of rollers, brushes, paint trays, etc. But it worked out well; they now look like this (in charcoal):

(http://media.onsugar.com/files/2011/03/10/4/889/8893771/0819a42dca78a96e_IMG_2804.preview.jpg)

Not too difficult to do -- you will need to do a lot of sanding though!

Looks really nice.
Title: Re: House stuff
Post by: here on June 17, 2013, 11:41:09 AM
Actually looked at this place about 3-4 years ago...................still for sale!



(http://thumbs.trulia-cdn.com/pictures/thumbs_3/ps.17/9/5/9/9/picture-uh=206b453aca857cc4919bea0efa01d2-ps=959994fb7b569551d38284c63735d.jpg)

Where?
Title: Re: House stuff
Post by: here on June 17, 2013, 11:43:14 AM
If I had my druthers:

(http://imagesus.homeaway.com/mda01/3197b4b0-92f1-4576-b58c-b130d443d2e5.1.10)





Love it but I'd need a hot top, an outdoor shower and the internet
Title: Re: House stuff
Post by: Wineslob on June 17, 2013, 12:38:40 PM
Where?


It's on one of the Feather River Tracts (cabin lots) in No. Ca.