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Pictures of your space will help the helpers.
Probably painted would be best., without seeing pictures.
It's mottled antique brass. What do you mean by it needs some maintenance?
As you can see in the photo, there is an area where something must have spilled on it and there is no 'mottling'. Also, there are areas where the lacquer seems to be damaged. I bought this around 1986.
I remember this finish from that era. My mother's friend had a very eclectic style and accumulated interesting pieces. I found some photos.
All, which look like the top of your coffee table, seem to be a special finish on glass, but on brass frames or stretches, to look like mottled brass and have value....if you don't repair or damage with a strong cleaner.
Are there an identifying marks on your piece? Prices seem to run over $1,000.00.
I have to give it like six months. Of course I was only 8 when I had tendon surgery before, but I seem to remember there being pain for a fairly long period of time after the cast came off, into age 9 and through a good part of third grade? And the neuropathic pain preceded that, I remember that when I was just walking (the second time) I went from starting to walk to being in a cast and a device to relearning, so probably around three years old?
@palimpsest As you know, pain can sure do a number on your BP (literally and figuratively) Do you feel that you are in that much pain or that your body thinks it is? Dealing with chronic pain is tough to deal with. Will they prescribe something like gabapentin for the nerve pain if it is affecting your sleep?
Hoping for good days ahead for you.
Are you sure there Is a subfloor? That very unusual for the period .
Is a professional lead abatement specialist unavailable?
Lead removers will remove and dispose of the lead floor boards. If, you plan to do it yourself. Apply a gel stripper and let it sit over night. The gel will pull the paint and dry out overnight - no sticky mess. You then just scrape it off with a floor scraper along with vacuum - attach a hose to it. You may need a couple of treatments. Wash it down with Borax afterwards to neutralize the stripper.
If they are doing the rest of the house in a kind of Post-Mod redux, it's fine. The floor is actually a large format tile with a pattern; I think it is a bit too readable as such where the three blue triangles are.
I am not sure painting the wainscotting in the dining area is enough; it should come out.
Funny how we all see things differently. The first word that comes to mind is not happy. It's shiny. And I don't like shiny.
I would like the stove if it were a deeper blue. Blue is my favorite color but not that shade of blue.
I like the stove and floor, although the transition from kitchen to living room is very abrupt due to the nature of the new and existing floorings. I probsbly would also have eother painted or stained the beams in a lighter color or not used stark white cabinets and the super dark trim and white paint are not harmonious IMO. Clearly this reno was motivated by a desire for something very specific and I’m sure the owner is quite pleased— which is really all that matters.
Hah! I've got some serious money in my cupboards!
I have the Pyrex Spirograph casserole dish. It was a wedding gift in 1969. The green underplate went missing years ago. But the casserole is still in great condition as I hand wash only. It has been and still gets filled with my scalloped potatoes regularly. Not sure what it may be worth, but I don't want to sell it and my daughter gets it per my will. Pyrex Spirograph casserole
@Kswl For whatever reason, photographers seem to "brighten" listing photos. I almost did not come see our current home because of the photos. Our house on the lake and our current rental listings were/are bright.
The labeled pieces are Emma Bridgewater, which has been around for decades. All of her items are overly decorated. Website
Yikes I can't imagine trying to clean that. Even as a job.
I had to look through the run of photos three times to find the washer and dryer.
I like some of the dairy/food slabs.
Baked bananas seems awfully specific to have a dedicated dish.
This made me laugh!
I don't think there is any particular color I would Not use. It's just that so many of them seem to be used in the wrong way.
But there are some finishes that are a complete turn off for me and I don't think I could buy a house with these finishes unless it needed to be gutted anyway.
Red Floors. And short boards (also see "yellow paint" below)
Beige porcelain tile. A "neutral" that goes with absolutely nothing but beige, and yet you see it with all sorts of wall colors because it is a "neutral", and just the overall appearance. It's a giant blowup photo of a skid mark you could not fully bleach out of someones underwear
What color is this supposed to be? This is the color of L'Eggs suntan pantyhouse. Blech.
I like yellow, I like red, but these two are kind of insipid together. And I see this kind of yellow with those floors I showed above a lot.
If you're not Nancy Lancaster, maybe you shouldnt attempt it.
Just, very unpleasant--I don't see how this would ever look clean.
I guess one of the reasons I can't specifically name colors that I would not use in interiors is because there are usually exceptions where I would use or like the color in question.
I like red persian rugs a lot, we did not have any but I number of my parents' friends (who were all loosely related) had houses full of persian rugs, and they were all red based. I and I have two from a great Aunt's house that are now 100 years old I guess. I had one of them in my dorm room because my mom did not like red persians either.
But I just used this fake one in a small project I am doing, under $150
I don't like beige in bits and pieces used in interiors, but I prefer beige car interiors. Throughout my childhood my parents always got the most basic black interiors in their cars, and then we got this used car, and after this they switched to beige/tan interiors.
And I don't mind grey interiors in cars, rather than black.
I do not orange except in smaller doses, but I will make exceptions for Jamie Drake
I don't like a lot of Purple (except for Jamie Drake, again), but purple or maroon or gold-- those are my favorite colors in Nichols rugs. I worked on Mtn to buy this one for her mural den in Boston. A lot.
And this is another combo I like, although I don't like gold much in interiors.
I guess maybe I like brighter colors if I am walking on them.
I do not like gray, purple or orange in anything other than small amount, such as pumpkins at Halloween. Although I have never had an house with a gray exterior, I would consider it if I had the right house.
I wear mostly black, gray, and tan, with small accents of other colors, in shoes, jewelry, handbags and scarves.
In decor, I love all colors, but they need to be used carefully. As a designer, it's great fun to use a color palette that you've never used before, because a client loves it. I'm mostly drawn to blues, greens and reds in my own home. One of my clients loves yellow, orange and green, and that was a wonderful experience. Another liked seafoam green and pink, still another deep navy, burgundy and ochre. Still another was drawn to reds and greens. And no, her house doesn't look like Christmas!
Every color has a huge variety of hues, chroma and value. So even if you don't like red, you might like pink or burgundy, even if you don't care for bright red. Orange can span the spectrum of terracotta, coral or peach. Same with purple--lavender, mauve or aubergine might work for you. Yellow doesn't only mean bright schoolbus yellow, you might like lemon yellow or gold or a very light ivory. Greens can morph from citrus to forest to chartreuse to pine to mint to sage to kelly to teal to jade to...you get the picture! And of course everyone's favorite--blue! Cerulean, navy, royal, periwinkle, turquoise, slate, and many others.
The world is a colorful place, and we are blessed with such a riot of colors from which to choose when we dress, garden or decorate our homes!
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Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. 😆🤷♀️
Whatever you do, it does not have to be vintage or replication but it should acknowledge the existing style and era of the house somehow. An all white bathroom with a lot of marble which is very popular in a lot of places is probably not the best fit.
@palimpsest. Yes, that is what I am not wanting to do. I am thinking Cambria shower walls in a beige/tan maybe veined, wood toned vanities again. I have a CKD, Aging in Place person coming out tomorrow. She actually worked for the local home improvement store and did the original layouts and then helped with the kitchen refresh 15 years ago,
great project & sounds like you’re on the right path - I love a fresh, updated and low key bath that looks like it belongs in the house. We redid my sons’ bath a few years ago - we live in an old home and just did classic black & white. I had to force myself not to fall in love with gorgeous/dramatic tile and stay simple as it fits the home - and it does tend to age well
Can the history be looked up on the site? This is the sort of property that I wonder if it is now for rent because it did not sell. I see that happening here with properties that have unusual choices.
I don't think is is responsive to its environment or context, so I find that a negative.
The decor would be a hard pass from me even before I saw the bathtub in the hallway.
Not interested in it in the slightest.
The highest initial doses cause the most side effects, and then they lessen with each dose. It's tapered because if you stop abruptly you would not be producing enough cortisol on your own. The tapered dose causes you adrenal gland to gradually start producing cortisol again.
My mother took high doses of prednisone continually for more than two decades, along with methotrexate, other antiiflammatory agents and a list of about 20 other things. She would have to be hospitalized to titrate off for surgery and things like that. The side effects were bad, but the alternatives were to be curled up in a rigid ball in a long term care facility or to be dead.
Prednisone works well, but it can be a nightmare. I’ve taken it for hives (more than once), a very bad jellyfish sting, and bursitis in my hip. I hope you’re on the mend soon.
Our skin is an organ, right up there with our heart and our liver. We have come to appreciate our skin after being accepted into what I would call a wholistic dermatology practice in a town near our home. We were both seeing a more corporate kind of specialist but both of us were soured by his attitude and billing practices. I hope you are well.
Pal, your tiny shoes are precious! Especially the sandal.
Mom had saved her red tap dancing shoes, a tad larger than your dad's and falling apart (I think because they were spray painted for recital). I decided not to keep them and no one else wanted. I have my bronze baby shoes, and those of my children. Name plates are on the bottoms of mine, but not theirs.
I purchased these pointe shoes at an antique store and they sit on a night table. Every time I see them, I just think how pretty they are. They belonged to a young girl, as they are not adult size.
Chispa, I thought it was about earth born fossils too. Have you seen the fossilized sand dollars? The one next to it is also a fossil.
Allison, very pretty. Lots of shark/Megalodon teeth hunting in many SW FL beaches. My dental hygienist dives in the gulf for the Megalodon teeth and has found some large and quite valuable ones. I think he sells them to pay for the boat upkeep!
One of my sisters still has an umbrella.
My sisters got these for Christmas one year. Officially I think this was "my" Christmas present to them. I was six. At that time my mom would either pick something out or help me pick something out and that would be their present. I think we saw them in a store and picked them out together...She did this when we were small and they were basically age appropriate.
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When I was maybe 3 or 4 I gave my unmarried aunts red and black plaid vinyl bags that had magnets in it so it attached to the dashboard of the car (since they were metal then) and you could use them to hold Kleenex or as litter bags. (Since people smoked and you didn't want to put litter in with the cigarette stubs. )
This is the one my sister still has
and I think this is the one that my other sister lost
We never would have been allowed to be that close to the TV because of radiation.,:-)
I had a white sweatshirt with one of his designs one it. I wore that thing to death.
When I was 9 years old, my brother gave me Peter Max themed birthday gifts. A few items....maybe an oil and water toy with drawings on it, a stationary set....
My grandmother had a goat for this in the 1960s
Jilly, goat companions for horses — I’ve never heard of that and it‘s so interesting. Why do goats make good companions for horses? My sister would get a goat before I would.… I think she dreams of having goats. She’s the chicken lady. lol!
I’m not sure, Party. Any horses we had that didn’t get along with other horses had goat friends. Maybe because they’re not threatening at all. We’d have draft horses that would be lazing on the ground, letting goats climb all over them. But if I walked by? I’d get butted by the goats! :D
Finished my antibiotics today, so hopefully I can get my digestive system back to normal! Not much appetite the last few days due to the antibiotic and feeling full/bloated. Always something!
To answer the questions about pain, blood pressure and gabapentin. I don't really think the pain is enough to be raising my blood pressure, and I don't think it is enough for me to start taking a prescription for it.
My blood pressure is primarily raised by the medication used to treat my anxiety disorders. When I go of those medications my blood pressure goes down to normal levels. I am on two to lessen the effects of taking this blood pressure-raising medication had at a higher dosage as a single agent. It may be time to try something different although this one works better than some of the others.
I have tried going off the meds for my anxiety disorders and I am fully functional at work and with regards things that I must do. I am disciplined enough that I can't stop anything important. But I got to a point that I could barely do anything else that might cause the slightest anxiety. I had to make a phone call to see a specialist, and I did not make the phone call for six solid months. Not because I forgot, but because I could not physically call the number, and this also became layered with embarrassment about not being able to call. I had to go back on medication to make a phone call. I know how irrational that is, which makes it worse. and my blood pressure went up as a result of all the suppressed anxiety. As in 190/105.
And I had patches of psoriasis everywhere. So I had to go back on anxiety medication and also on BP medication. And the psoriasis resolves itself when I am not stressed.
I have the neuropathic pain, some essentially from birth(left leg) and then on the right side of my face. lip and chin from a nerve injury (as well as some actual numbness, luckily no paralysis) But I have learned to switch that off almost entirely. It only comes out when I am severely stressed, which I am less so when on the anxiety stuff. And then I probably need a left shoulder replacement or something done up in my neck. This is occupational and it actually bothers me most when I am lying down, although I can my arm go numb if I rotate it a certain way when I am upright.
But I feel like I have learned to manage or deal with the nerve issues, by shutting them off more or less. You can ignore a lot if you want too
So this long "organ recital" as my dad would have called it is a long answer as to why I don't want to go on any pain management meds. I feel like I am already on too many because I essentially consider myself a "healthy person for my age". I go to the gym, I walk everywhere, I never take elevators, I never get out of breath, and I have a job where I am on my feet almost all day long. I have been sitting during lecture only because of my foot, but there are days when I am on my feet for six hours at a time.