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Help Me Mamas! :)
Asked by R.M. from Los Angeles
on February 24, 2011
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We just converted our garage into a room which I will be using for a pre-k program. We did a tan epoxy and plan to lay down several large rugs. The perimeter of the ...
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- Pre-k room should be a fun place, so pick a happy color. Doesn't necessarily need to be a primary color. A light sage green or blue would work well with tan. I would g...
- How about a sagey-green color? Or maybe a sky blue.
- I would go with blue or green - both clean and relaxing and can brighten the room, but not too much so.
Mom Needs Decorating Imput
Asked by R.C. from San Antonio
on March 12, 2008
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Hi! I moved into a new house off 1-10 near Boerne about 8 months ago. I am at my wits end trying to figure out what to do with my house. It is suffering from a bad ...
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- Are you describing my house..... I felt the same way. Every single wall in my house was some sort of tan cream color.I wanted to change it but my fiance liked the ligh...
- We are now retired and I love the fact that I can decorate with a sense of permanency! I can infuse colors from rugs and other items we have collected over the years ...
- As a retired military wife, who moved over 22 times during my husbands career, white works wonders and the curtains made out of sheets. Do not cut the sheets, just f...
Nice Bathroom Color- Kids
Asked by J.F. from Raleigh
on March 17, 2010
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Hey Mamma's,
Our hall bathroom has been dedicated as the kids/guest bathroom (we have 1.5 yo daughter) and i want to make it over and i don't want all pink! I want...
Carpet or Tile Throughout House???
Asked by M.O. from Phoenix
on July 11, 2009
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Hello,
I am about to be in the market looking for a new home to buy (my first home purchase). I currently rent a home that is all carpeted except the front door walk...
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- I have lived in homes that have both and also have family that has tile throughout. I much prefer tile throughout a home. It is clean looking, easy to clean and ...
- Tile for sure! I love tile no messes, very easy to clean. I have two dogs and two wild boys and the tile holds up against their chaos. It is not that cold in the wint...
- Another plus for tile/hardwood is the gross factor you may see when you pull up the old carpet. When we pulled ours, you could see all the dust, hairs and anything el...
Re-doing a Kids Room
Asked by S.T. from Kansas City
on December 5, 2010
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We are thinking of re-doing my sons room for his birthday and he is wanting to do it in Avatar but I want him to do it in something that will grow up with him so we do...
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- We move every three years. The kids get a new room every time. One was a mural across the whole room with the celing. It was a farm scene with buildings and trees ...
- Get some Avatar posters. That way when he outgrows it, just take them down!
- Pick wall colors, rugs, and window treatments that are in the colors of the show, but are neutral (I don't know avatar, but if the lead character wears a blue robe, us...
Paint Color Opinions.
Asked by M.B. from St. Louis
on January 6, 2009
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OK I usually dont ask for advice when it comes to something I like but I wanted to get some opinions. We live in a new house and slowy trying to get it to look how we...
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- I love chocolate brown rooms! I think they're warm and mellow. http://www.southernliving.com/home-garden/decorating/chocolate-brown-living-room-00400000008942/index....
- Try painting one wall the color you like (as an accent wall). Live with it for a couple of weeks. If you still like it finish painting the room. I've also seen wh...
- I hated the color brown and green for walls, till my DIL painted some rooms in her new home different shades of brown and green. One room is a dark brown, one a mocha ...
What Color to Paint a Room???
Asked by M.W. from St. Cloud
on March 14, 2011
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Hi Moms,
Our daughter just picked out a black and white bedspread to go in her "new" room. (It's technically white with a pattern of black flowers, stems, and vine...
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- My daughter has leopard print everything. Her room is Pepto Bismol pink with gold shimmers in the paint. It looks much nicer than it sounded when she wanted to do it...
- watermelon pink (like a hot pink)
- I am doing my room in black and white, and my accent color is red. I also considered orange and red, hot pink and light pink, lime green and purple, lime green and aqu...
Need a Good Eye for Interior Design
Asked by R.S. from Chicago
on May 4, 2011
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We just moved in to a small but pretty apartment. The dining/living room is beige/cream colored, and the walls are white (we're not allowed to paint them so that's th...
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- Honestly, anything and everything will go with cream and white. What I like to do when I have totally blank slate like you do is go through magazines or walk through s...
- I love to decorate! Check out Houzz.com. It is a website that has 1000s of pictures by room. It will help give you ideas. Also to add warmth and color to the dining...
- Buy 4 decorating magazines, and tear out everything you like, for any reason. When you are done, look through the pictures, and you will see a pattern, and you will p...
Husband Painting Dining Area
Asked by T.M. from San Antonio
on April 29, 2008
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Hello moms, I don't know if this was done in purpose or not but I have been nagging on my husband to help me in painting the inside of the house among other things tha...
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- Go with it--that whole thing sounds too cute! Too often, we wives control how the house is decorated and such. Just keep in mind that it's his house, too, and let ...
- I have a couple of suggestions that you might like. As far as the carpet is concerned, why not get an area rug that you think you can live with for a while. That wil...
- This sounds exactly like something my husband would do. There are all kinds of things that you could do by adding accents and things to make it look good. I decided to...
Wall Paper
Asked by S.C. from Houston
on February 10, 2008
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I'm wanting to redo the childrens bathroom. I have one of each, so I need something both would like. They've out grown the bugs & froggies that were are in there! D...
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- What about the rainforest? kids of all ages love that.
- Ask them! I never realized my now 20 y/o is so deathly afraid of clowns from me making my baby's (his) "Better Homes and Garden" first room! Everything was gorgeous cl...
- My friend whose son and daughter share a bathroom has a really cute surfing/beach theme. She has an adorable picture that's enlarged and framed of her kids' feet stan...
