Q. i was wondering do people usally put rattan furnitures in the living room as decorations??? Or do you put them somewhere else in the house than the living room?
A. Rattan or wicker furniture can be used in any and every room of your home. Many people like to use them as an accent piece, a chair or a table mixed with other furniture. Another way they may be used is in a sun room, or Florida room. Upscale Rattan or wicker sets are beautiful in the dining or kitchen area. They are now making outside wicker for open decks and patios. A rattan or wicker chair and table look great in a bedroom. A rattan or wicker chest can go anywhere from the living room, dining room, kitchen or the bath room. There really is no limit to where you may use them or for what purpose. Hope this helps.
I would love to have a tropical themed bedroom someday?
Q. Currently, my fiance' and I live in an apartment, so we are limited on decorating (not allowed to paint walls or created any major holes in the walls, etc). But I would still love to have some ideas for having a tropical themed bedroom for when we get a house in the future. I don't want to have flowers and palm trees painted on the walls, but I would like it to have a tropical feel. Maybe having the room look like the inside of a little tropical get-a-way cabin. I remember seeing some home-design show (I think it was While You Were Out) where they did a tropical themed bedroom by making the windows shuttered, wood floors, light colored walls, etc.
Anyone have any ideas? Or if you were able to find the link to that particular show, I will give you best answer.
Anyone have any ideas? Or if you were able to find the link to that particular show, I will give you best answer.
A. Keep it simple, think Ernest Hemingway or island cabana look. Crisp white linens, gauzy white drapes or bamboo shades. Don't get cheesy with palm print bedspread or wall paper. Wicker or rattan pieces can help create that look too.
Of course its up to you, but I'm all about regional design, like my Friend's mom has a really overly done tropical look bedroom and she lives in suburban Minnesota. I'm sure you don't see a lot of North Woods rec rooms with loons and moose in south Florida?
You can get the beachy-island look without looking like the set of the Golden Girls
Of course its up to you, but I'm all about regional design, like my Friend's mom has a really overly done tropical look bedroom and she lives in suburban Minnesota. I'm sure you don't see a lot of North Woods rec rooms with loons and moose in south Florida?
You can get the beachy-island look without looking like the set of the Golden Girls
Painting my room with Rasta flag, and quotes.... Ideas?!?! (:?
Q. Okay so right now my room just has white walls., with a cherry mahogany bed set, dresser (huge), and night stand. It's pretty boring. Also, I have like a whiteish kind of creamy white or brownish carpet. I have about $400 and I am going to use that money to re do my room. I'm a teen, 15, by the way.
What I think I want to do is replace the carpet with cherry laminate flooring, about $260 in all I think it was.
Then I think I'm just going to paint the walls white again, because no other paint would really match my dresser and bed set and stuff.
Okay, so so far I have a mini fridge, a little table, and a black leather small sitting chair. I'm going to put my bed in the middle of the room, pushed against the wall. Then the night stand on the left of that, and the dresser in the front of the room under the flat screen hanging on the wall, then add the hard wood floor and then paint the walls white again, and then on the left wall when you walk in a Rasta flag, the whole wall, which is pretty big. Then on the flag, I want to put quotes, like from Steve Jobs and Bob Marley, just inspiring ones. Then under that, I want to put the black sitting chair, and the little table just for looks. Then on that wall I think I'm going to put a bob marley poster in the middle, or a bob marley blanket and hang it uip....
Any ideas?? (" thanks!)
What I think I want to do is replace the carpet with cherry laminate flooring, about $260 in all I think it was.
Then I think I'm just going to paint the walls white again, because no other paint would really match my dresser and bed set and stuff.
Okay, so so far I have a mini fridge, a little table, and a black leather small sitting chair. I'm going to put my bed in the middle of the room, pushed against the wall. Then the night stand on the left of that, and the dresser in the front of the room under the flat screen hanging on the wall, then add the hard wood floor and then paint the walls white again, and then on the left wall when you walk in a Rasta flag, the whole wall, which is pretty big. Then on the flag, I want to put quotes, like from Steve Jobs and Bob Marley, just inspiring ones. Then under that, I want to put the black sitting chair, and the little table just for looks. Then on that wall I think I'm going to put a bob marley poster in the middle, or a bob marley blanket and hang it uip....
Any ideas?? (" thanks!)
A. Hi Marcus,
Lets re-think your entire project room! If you re-paint the walls white again, then most likely you will not be pleased with the outcome of your room after having done all that work. So lets put some ideas and thoughts into perspective.
First choose a wall paint color other than white. Color Suggestion : Deep Golden Yellow.
Flooring: Do you like wood floors? Do you prefer Carpet? If you choose wood then try a lighter shade than your bedroom furniture. This will match with your wall color ( if you choose yellow as above ) and create a visual focal point that the bedroom set is a darker color. You have a balance now.
Wall Decor: Rasta Flag over bed. Got it, great idea. Leave the flag as it is do not put quotes on it. Instead:
Inspiring Wall Quotes: can be painted at ceiling or about 10 inches below ceiling line to wall level on 3 walls ( not above bed flag wall ) this will create a horizontal border in your room. Very current and trendy. Great idea to use inspiring quotes from your favorites! These can be painted in black. Use acrylic paint water based.
Furniture placement: If possible, place the chair and side table in either the left or right corner of your room with floor lamp or other lighting. This will ground the room visually.
Budget: You seem to be under budget so far with your quoted amounts. Time to consider some new bedding, lighting, Book Shelf, media center and shelves.Use your favorite Rasta color for a new comforter. If not needed then save the funds for other uses. If you have chosen a wood floor you will most likely want a new area rug. Choosing a solid color in Dark Green is will look very good. This works well with the wood flooring.
By now you are well on your way to a new Rasta inspired room. Add some natural texture by using large Rattan Bins for storage on shelves. You need some island accent with your Rasta theme.
As the song goes Don't worry... it'll be alright :o)
Enjoy your new room!
Lets re-think your entire project room! If you re-paint the walls white again, then most likely you will not be pleased with the outcome of your room after having done all that work. So lets put some ideas and thoughts into perspective.
First choose a wall paint color other than white. Color Suggestion : Deep Golden Yellow.
Flooring: Do you like wood floors? Do you prefer Carpet? If you choose wood then try a lighter shade than your bedroom furniture. This will match with your wall color ( if you choose yellow as above ) and create a visual focal point that the bedroom set is a darker color. You have a balance now.
Wall Decor: Rasta Flag over bed. Got it, great idea. Leave the flag as it is do not put quotes on it. Instead:
Inspiring Wall Quotes: can be painted at ceiling or about 10 inches below ceiling line to wall level on 3 walls ( not above bed flag wall ) this will create a horizontal border in your room. Very current and trendy. Great idea to use inspiring quotes from your favorites! These can be painted in black. Use acrylic paint water based.
Furniture placement: If possible, place the chair and side table in either the left or right corner of your room with floor lamp or other lighting. This will ground the room visually.
Budget: You seem to be under budget so far with your quoted amounts. Time to consider some new bedding, lighting, Book Shelf, media center and shelves.Use your favorite Rasta color for a new comforter. If not needed then save the funds for other uses. If you have chosen a wood floor you will most likely want a new area rug. Choosing a solid color in Dark Green is will look very good. This works well with the wood flooring.
By now you are well on your way to a new Rasta inspired room. Add some natural texture by using large Rattan Bins for storage on shelves. You need some island accent with your Rasta theme.
As the song goes Don't worry... it'll be alright :o)
Enjoy your new room!
Big apartment dogs denied an enjoyable life?
Q. many people I've met, and even my husband, thinks that small dogs are for apartments and big dogs are for houses. what do you think? this really stresses me out and makes me upset. i have a 8 month old hound mix who weighs 60 pounds. he has the lean body and face shape and a few other features of a greyhound. everyone is pretty sure that the hound he has is greyhound. anyhow, he's a puppy. just turned 8 months old. i know they are basically done growing around 1 year old. he'll probably put on a few more pounds. i wouldn't be surprised if he got up to 80 pounds.
anyhow, my husband and i have a 2 bedroom apartment. it has a full living, dining, bedroom, kitchen and laundry room. not big, but a standard apartment. many people swear up and down that my dog will become too big for my apartment. they say he needs a yard to run in, stairs to run up and down on, etc. why is it that people think that medium to large breed dogs won't do well in an apartment? that makes me soooo mad. my pup is well behaved in our apartment because i trained him to be. he rarely barks unless it's some call of the wild instinct thing. he runs around when we play, but it doesn't bother the neighbors downstairs. our other dog is the same weight, and will probably get bigger seeing as their a pup too. we actually got him a companion so they can be friends and keep each other company. they love each other. when they start to rough house and get loud, i set them on the balcony outside to play it out. the balcony is a standard balcony. it could fit a 2 seater rattan and a table and chairs for 4 with a small grill.
i take them to the dog park 10 mins outside our house everyday for a MINIMUM of 2 hrs whenever the weather allows, which is basically everyday. most times it's longer. they go for long walks around the base at least once a day. they socialize and are standard trained (sit, stop, eat, etc) and are working on their training all the time.
that being said, i honestly don't see how my apartment dogs are being denied the "good life" of not having a backyard and stairs when all they would do is run into the furniture and crash in the stairwell if we did live in an actual house. it hurts me so much because i love my pups, and they're well behaved. they seem just happy. so what am i doing wrong? what do you think? i guess you should curse me because i decided not to have the ever so popular chihuahua and min pins as small apartment dogs. forbid i'd be the one to deny a dog a home because i live in an apartment. it's not like i have a 300 pound mastiff whose head is bigger than mines. i don't have a Great Dane. but no, i'm bad, right? geez....
plus, may i add-we won't be living in that apartment forever. we live on a military base and will be moving around a lot within the years. we will one day have a house with a yard. my pups are potty trained to go on the balcony. i don't see what they're missing.
for those who say it's too long.....? then don't read and stop posting saying it's too long just to get free points. idiots. the title says it all. do you think big apartment dogs are denied an enjoyable life? the rest that i put was just details. never learned how to skim over reading material?
sisu-your'e right. i too used to think the same way, but you would never know or understand until you try it. personally, it helps my pups. it helps them to learn how to behave in a smaller place than the dog parks they go to. i would much rather have my pups grow up in a smaller place, then move into a bigger one. that way they can learn to adapt to different changes. forbid i'd get a big dog that only has been in a big house and downsize to an apartment.....lol there would be a lot of sudden changes. it works, though. it looks odd, but it works if you're determined.
anyhow, my husband and i have a 2 bedroom apartment. it has a full living, dining, bedroom, kitchen and laundry room. not big, but a standard apartment. many people swear up and down that my dog will become too big for my apartment. they say he needs a yard to run in, stairs to run up and down on, etc. why is it that people think that medium to large breed dogs won't do well in an apartment? that makes me soooo mad. my pup is well behaved in our apartment because i trained him to be. he rarely barks unless it's some call of the wild instinct thing. he runs around when we play, but it doesn't bother the neighbors downstairs. our other dog is the same weight, and will probably get bigger seeing as their a pup too. we actually got him a companion so they can be friends and keep each other company. they love each other. when they start to rough house and get loud, i set them on the balcony outside to play it out. the balcony is a standard balcony. it could fit a 2 seater rattan and a table and chairs for 4 with a small grill.
i take them to the dog park 10 mins outside our house everyday for a MINIMUM of 2 hrs whenever the weather allows, which is basically everyday. most times it's longer. they go for long walks around the base at least once a day. they socialize and are standard trained (sit, stop, eat, etc) and are working on their training all the time.
that being said, i honestly don't see how my apartment dogs are being denied the "good life" of not having a backyard and stairs when all they would do is run into the furniture and crash in the stairwell if we did live in an actual house. it hurts me so much because i love my pups, and they're well behaved. they seem just happy. so what am i doing wrong? what do you think? i guess you should curse me because i decided not to have the ever so popular chihuahua and min pins as small apartment dogs. forbid i'd be the one to deny a dog a home because i live in an apartment. it's not like i have a 300 pound mastiff whose head is bigger than mines. i don't have a Great Dane. but no, i'm bad, right? geez....
plus, may i add-we won't be living in that apartment forever. we live on a military base and will be moving around a lot within the years. we will one day have a house with a yard. my pups are potty trained to go on the balcony. i don't see what they're missing.
for those who say it's too long.....? then don't read and stop posting saying it's too long just to get free points. idiots. the title says it all. do you think big apartment dogs are denied an enjoyable life? the rest that i put was just details. never learned how to skim over reading material?
sisu-your'e right. i too used to think the same way, but you would never know or understand until you try it. personally, it helps my pups. it helps them to learn how to behave in a smaller place than the dog parks they go to. i would much rather have my pups grow up in a smaller place, then move into a bigger one. that way they can learn to adapt to different changes. forbid i'd get a big dog that only has been in a big house and downsize to an apartment.....lol there would be a lot of sudden changes. it works, though. it looks odd, but it works if you're determined.
A. i could not agree with you more ... the size of the home is not important to a dog, they don't know they are not living in a mansion, they are more enjoying owners who exercise and love them ... i think you could define that as the "good life" :O) dogs, regardless of size can live in apartments ... even great danes are known to be good apartment dogs ... i have lived in large houses with fenced yards and doggie doors and i currently live in 400 square feet, regardless of where i have lived the dogs want to be with the people ... i have lived most of my adult life in downtown city cores with dogs and there are big and little dogs in the neighbourhoods ... i actually find dogs who live in apartments are more socialized and balanced because living in an apartment you can not have a poorly behaved pet because you would be evicted, and the dogs get out of the apartment at least 2 to 3 times a day, unlike the house-living dogs, who get let into a backyard for exercise (it is not exercise people !!!) ... i go to my parents neighbourhood and the house dogs are barky, aggressive, do not get along with other dogs ... walk around downtown vancouver, dogs are not going for each other because they are used to other dogs and trained and socialized ... so don't get mad at the people for judging your situation because in reality there is absolutely nothing wrong with your situation, and you should more feel sympathy for people with closed minds and ignorant views, usually not based anywhere in reality ...
little dogs are not more barky than big dogs in apartments ... the building i live in has over 600 apartments, the only dogs with separation anxiety are BIG DOGS ... two of them that will never shut up and in three years i have lived here, never heard a small dog bark in the building ... two buildings before i lived here, again a big dog had separation anxiety and would not shut up ... my next door neighbour has a portuguese water dog, will not shut up ... that is real life experience and not a myth that people like to perpetuate ... a small dog can be trained not to bark just like a large dog and there is no difference in how much a dog barks based on their size ...
little dogs are not more barky than big dogs in apartments ... the building i live in has over 600 apartments, the only dogs with separation anxiety are BIG DOGS ... two of them that will never shut up and in three years i have lived here, never heard a small dog bark in the building ... two buildings before i lived here, again a big dog had separation anxiety and would not shut up ... my next door neighbour has a portuguese water dog, will not shut up ... that is real life experience and not a myth that people like to perpetuate ... a small dog can be trained not to bark just like a large dog and there is no difference in how much a dog barks based on their size ...
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