department of the interior: home decor

I've considered going all-white because my room is painted grey and it's kinda shaded and a little dark in there, even though I'd probably spill red wine on it in the first 72 hours. But it's so fresh looking! I like white even though it's impractical.

Hello, department! I have not posted in this thread before and caught up on it a week or so ago. I apologize for the upcoming torrent of updates. Love all the ideas herein.

So, I am partway through a multi-part bedroom remodel. Floor refinished, walls repainted, badly-organized closet shelves torn out, and new furniture purchased. Yet to do: finish the closet, install new ceiling fan/light.

Quandary! I have a rather large closet and am planning on installing new doors that will only close over the hanging clothes half, with the other half being open shelves and open space I could theoretically put a vertical dresser or table in. As for the doors: I'm considering something like this. I can possibly retrofit the existing frame to accommodate the actual doors from IKEA, which could be economical. Still looking for alternatives, though.

i was totally picturing doors like that!
so by retrofit you mean build up the frame a bit with metal or wood pieces, right? i guess it all depends on what you want the closet to look like and how it fits with the room and how much you want to spend. all i really know is that it's good to not have to see all your clothes all the time and to have a place for everything...

in my dept of the interior, i am apparently still really sticking with the colour white.
my concierge/landlady gave me 3 cans of white paint yesterday, free! and a roller and pan.

she also gave me all these gauzy curtains and a curtain rod! we shall see about that...

Yeah, I don't know what'd work, probably pick the shorter door size and put a 1"x4" across the top as a facade with a cross-piece behind to mount the track hardware to? I may have to do that regardless, even if I custom-build a door. Which makes me think, how hard can a custom door really be?

I also want this lamp (linked because huge: http://www.bludot.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/thumbnail/428x428/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/b/e/bender_lamp_wh-new_1.jpg) but it is backordered.

nice. it looks like its meant for laying an open book face down on!

I would never do that to a book! You can prove nothing :)

haha
i did that to a book yesterday and felt bad.
oh geez wait there is one like that on my desk right now.

Yeah, I do that all the time. Or I wonder why a book is in my bed and it turns out I stuck the sheet between the pages as a bookmark

that is kind of genius

i have used kleenexes (clean ones!) as book marks

as i learned at ikea recently, what my place mostly needs is:
to have less stuff in it

do that have that sample room with the picture of a smug guying saying "This is my home, it is only 249 sq ft but it holds all my things" and then there's a little place with every IKEA organizer possible on all walls and an elevated bed?

ohgeez i don't think they had that bc if i'd seen it i would've laughed a lot.
he is probably an alien. i mean, who can live happily and fully in a space that small? really??

i do sort of want some kind of grand organizing wall shelf situation

new yorkers

oh yeah them

"happy"

haaaaay i got updates

dish!

I uh found a matched pair of these in perfect condition apart from some wax drippings, at Goodwill for about $2 apiece.

http://vintageamericanpottery.com/fiestaware/1-Vintage-fiesta-turquoise-tripod-candle-holders-for-sale08.jpg

In various colors, some of which are more popular than others, I've found them online for sale from $12 up to $575. Pondering whether to keep them b/c THEY'RE AWESOME or sell them for $400 or so.

http://distilleryimage2.instagram.com/53d50602d9ee11e1830722000a1e95c5_7.jpg

my bedroom bureau vignette

laurel those a rad as hell. i love fiestaware

Omg your bureau! It looks great, elmo! I'm sort of against staging something you actually USE every day, but it's possible you don't have 6 bottles of perfume/lotion and 3 different trays of jewelry & a giant jewelry box and a bowl of bangles on your dresser.

(My entrance to the apt is also through my bedroom so the end of my dresser is also my "landing strip", ie it collects keys and receipts and packs of cigarettes. Nice work on yours.)

i am in desperate need of shelving

I have shelves that only go up to just over 6' high which is a waste in a room with 10' ceilings. I wish I had something taller but replacing them would be expensive so I pile books on the floor and wait.

looking for business surplus companies for some of those huge closed metal shelving units so i can finally get my LPs out of milk crates.

also, cute bookshelves, please.

shelving is a problem in my apt because A. horsehair plaster walls means i cannot mount anything weight bearing onto the wall, B. baseboard heating along almost all walls means no shelving unit lies flush against the wall

You need something with legs underneath but only in the front, that leans against the wall for support!

Or you could make those plumbing-supply shelves that "everyone" loves right now and screw them into the floor & ceiling (and lean the rest of the weight against the wall if nec).

Or...screw 4 wooden feet into a normal cabinet-shaped bookshelf but push the back feet forward just far enough to clear the rad. I have a link somewhere for hairpin legs, or there are lots of pre-made options for all kinds of feet.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/09/greathomesanddestinations/a-weekend-house-that-pops-with-color.html

all these things in one house

Hahahaha love the "DRAMA" in lieu of "DREAMS" above the bed! Also the seaweedy stuff hanging in the dining room!

it's amazing

the mid century modern
pops of primary color
chalkboard paint
stack of wood but fireplace unused
books arranged in rainbow color order
clusters of precious collectibles

what is it about trends in modern design that seem to say: this person is HUNTER, AGE 3 with money

I want to know how elmo feels about that pad.

meanwhile, THIS GUY lives in a spaceship!

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/09/garden/a-spaceship-of-a-home-in-puerto-rico.html

Mr. Rivera speaks of plans he had to abandon because they were too expensive (putting two small wrecked planes in the yard, so that they would look as if they had been downed by the spaceship), and those he still hopes to realize (installing a fog machine to make the house look as if it is levitating).

<3<3<3

I think I'd been subconsciously avoiding the "Pops of Color" house article, but...AAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!! (The seaweedy stuff is pretty cool, it's made of modular posable pieces that you add together to make bigger structures.)

I guess...I'm glad they kept the rosewood kitchen cupboards. Solid specialty wood cupboards deserve better than being ripped out and replaced with modern crap. There, I said something nice.

That counter is from a log cabin, right?

i don't find the color house to be quite so enraging, but it just feels preciously staged like an overpriced boutique hotel and i don't see how anyone actually lives there in comfort, it seems exhausting. also, not enough plants

also i lol'd at him furnishing his home on fab.com, i've been talking a ceramic collector friend abt that site lately re: the vintage stuff they sell. the markup on the exact stuff i find at savers is astronomical. PAY $38 DOLLARS FOR A PLASTIC RECIPE BOX, BECAUSE DESIGN

fab.com bankrupted me ;_;

its kindof astonishing how uncool that dudes house is

oh shit i never updated my shit

hold on

fab dude's house feels like a catalog shoot, makes me feel kind of sad

basically finished w/ the wall unit

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8307/7760002504_901ea0d936_b.jpg

busted out the tiki kook kollection

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7259/7760010942_a146e14fde_b.jpg

i always admire people that can have shelving units and not just end up cramming them full of unsightly garbage

oh and i installed a ceiling fan as you can see

kitchen is just about ready for the kitchen island

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7137/7760010336_77769781e6_b.jpg

dining room is ready for the hanging wall garden

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8308/7760009746_8824c57dba_b.jpg