I found it at Lowe's. It looks like dark leather but it's hard paneling, so the design is like painted on or however they do it. It looks realistic unless you actually inspect it up close. When I first saw it, my instinct was to reach out and feel it - was surprised that it wasn't soft to the touch.Christy said:
Cool. I need to check that out. We're still trying to figure out what to do with the walls in our big family room. It's currently that awful wood paneling. Wonder if you can put paneling over paneling.vraiblonde said:
Paneling is easy (and fun!) to rip out. If you want to save it back for something, you can gently pry it out. Or you can do like we did and attack it with a claw hammerChristy said:
Problem is, I'm afraid (very afraid) as to what I'll find behind the paneling. I believe it was a do it yourself job from the previous owner's, and I have to say, every project they tackled they did half assed.vraiblonde said:Paneling is easy (and fun!) to rip out. If you want to save it back for something, you can gently pry it out. Or you can do like we did and attack it with a claw hammer
Christy said:Cool. I need to check that out. We're still trying to figure out what to do with the walls in our big family room. It's currently that awful wood paneling. Wonder if you can put paneling over paneling.
I found a site that has real leather wall covering in every shape and style. http://www.interiorsurfaces.com/Main.shtml I can only imagine what the cost would be.
Yep, that's what I planned on doing until Vrai mentioned leather(ish) paneling. I'm waiting until we get our new furniture gets delivered before we do anything. Need to get a feel for what will look best with it. Heck, maybe once we have the new couch, it'll look good with the paneling. :shrug: I did get pillows with dark brown accents in them. Maybe the paneling won't look so countryish with the new couch. I'm going for the contemporary look. I guess we'll see.Kizzy said:
We've looked at...it's like a stone type of material. It's not ceramic or granite - I can't think of what it's called. I'll have to look into quartz. I have a friend who is remodeling her kitchen and she's going with quartz countertops.Christy said:
I think what I want is a beer cooler type of thing, like you'd see in a pizza joint or something. My BIL has one and it looks really cool. Regardless, the current #2 fridge has to go - either get gone or be replaced - because it is an eyesore and makes me grouchy to look at it.Christy said:
Vraivraiblonde said:And I must say I'm very pleased with the decision.
Between the lot and the house, we were looking at $1,000,000 (yes, you read that right - a million dollars :holychit
I found a very cool leather-look paneling that is surprisingly cheap and will go on the wall that houses my fireplace.
And we're doing the wall behind the stove in brick paving stones to give it that rustic look and feel.
Along the big diningroom wall will be built-in bookshelves, glass casing for my dolls and a dry bar.
We'll redo our master bath in something more interesting than the crappy white marble sink tops and ugly fixtures that are currently there.
All for significantly less - like about 1/20th of the cost- than that other figure above that I can't bear to mention again. And I will have my dream home!
The very coolest thing in the world that I found while picking through Lowes for ideas was this dishwasher, which has two separate and independent drawers so the problem of stuff on the top rack of the dishwasher not getting clean is eliminated.
I'm so happy! I feel like I've just been released from prison!
We haven't thought about a trash compactor. Will give it some considerationSuz' said:
We were actually thinking about that - make the half where the awning is a screened porch and leave the other half open for sunbathing, grilling, etc. I think we're going to patio that walkout below the deck. That would be a cheap, easy improvement.cattitude said:Screen in that deck.
