The PAX frames are up. And I couldn't be happier. (I mean, the lack of symetry bugs the hell out of me, but this is as good as it's going to get, so I"m just going to have to work it) That tallboy is going to the future guest room.By the way, I love seeing ppl's guest rooms because that's were all the "old" or "collage" or "before married" furniture goes to live (or die). Our's will be super mis matched, but something tell me it might just be one of the best rooms in the house. Anyway, moving on.
We had a lot of fun putting together these two monsters, really. I love how they go up all the way to the ceiling. We will have to work on all the gaps before painting to give it an even more built in look. These babies are staying here for good.
I'm really excited to finally wallpaper with THIS. Yes I AM! I know it will be a pain, I know I know, but the results will be absolutely worth it. Just check this same wallpaper out HERE. Too bad there are no good closeups. Boo :(
Tah dah! THIS is the floor we chose for the whole house. Natural Oak. I'm hoping for a tad more variation in our actual boxes (they promised 30%). I'm a bit worried that it would be too light, but we've looked at it from all possible angles in all possible rooms in the house and hubby swears it will be good. And really, everything else tooked... artificial. I don't know what stains are popular or why, but the colours look FAKE, synthetic! Isn't the whole point of putting down wood to have a natural look??I think we are the only ppl I know who are choosing a natural colour + narrower planks. For us, with our low ceilings (93", I kid you not) wide planks would make the rooms look smaller and shorter. And narrower planks are more stable. And if I could, I would get 2" instead of 2 1/2". But I can't. Compared to 1 3/4" we have on the main level right now these will look positively WIDE! :)
This is the look I"m going for (I think it's from current issue of NEST, via apartment therapy, sorry no link). White walls, wallpaper, natural floor. Now only to find a good white for the walls and we'd be all set.Stay tuned for the walk-in closet insanity/redo that's about to begin any day now. You will get a kick out of seeing my horrible pictures of our tiny closet, which is impossible to photograph (not that I'm good at taking pictures period). And will understand why PAX was a necessity.
Yet another project! I impressed with your stamina. I think the bathroom nearly killed my husband. Once it is done we're going to take a short break but we have something even bigger planned for this fall/winter eek!
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