Comments for BRICK HOUSE MODERN DESIGN FOR FRUGAL FOLKS Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:22:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on RUGGY by Danielle /?p=10888#comment-32874 Danielle Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:22:33 +0000 http://www.the-brick-house.com/?p=10888#comment-32874 I LOVE this rug! We have one VERY similar to this. I was torn in the beginning about whether to purchase it or not. I thought it was maybe "to Persian" but decided for the price I couldn't go wrong. Although I feel ours is a little small for our room, so it may get moved eventually to the bedroom. I have learned it's hard to balance with the red. The persian/kilms are my favorite with minimalist decor. I do agree with the above comments that the problem may be with the daybed. The colors just clash a little IMO and design wise the daybed is a little too modern for the rug. I found with ours whites and woods work best with it. Dark browns seem to be fine too. That red is just a little hard to work with but I think the rug makes the room. I would keep it. You tend to lean toward danish design (right now) and I think it woks perfectly with it! So get that marble table in there! BUT if your are set on keeping that (fabulous) daybed there, I would consider a different rug in the long run. Just me 2 cents :) I LOVE this rug! We have one VERY similar to this. I was torn in the beginning about whether to purchase it or not. I thought it was maybe “to Persian” but decided for the price I couldn’t go wrong. Although I feel ours is a little small for our room, so it may get moved eventually to the bedroom. I have learned it’s hard to balance with the red. The persian/kilms are my favorite with minimalist decor. I do agree with the above comments that the problem may be with the daybed. The colors just clash a little IMO and design wise the daybed is a little too modern for the rug. I found with ours whites and woods work best with it. Dark browns seem to be fine too. That red is just a little hard to work with but I think the rug makes the room. I would keep it. You tend to lean toward danish design (right now) and I think it woks perfectly with it! So get that marble table in there! BUT if your are set on keeping that (fabulous) daybed there, I would consider a different rug in the long run. Just me 2 cents :)

]]> Comment on ROPE WALL by 25 diy ways of using rope for a vintage look /?p=7701#comment-32872 25 diy ways of using rope for a vintage look Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:20:35 +0000 http://www.the-brick-house.com/?p=7701#comment-32872 [...] This project is a little more elaborate. The main idea is to use rope to create a nice wall decoration. The construction process is pretty simple. The wood boxes need to be custom built with evenly space rope sized holes drilled through the top and bottom. Then you need to cut sections of rope and tie them at the bottom. The knots will be hidden once you screw close the open side of the box. The rope wall will have a great impact and will make an awesome decoration for your home.{found on the-brick-house}. [...] [...] This project is a little more elaborate. The main idea is to use rope to create a nice wall decoration. The construction process is pretty simple. The wood boxes need to be custom built with evenly space rope sized holes drilled through the top and bottom. Then you need to cut sections of rope and tie them at the bottom. The knots will be hidden once you screw close the open side of the box. The rope wall will have a great impact and will make an awesome decoration for your home.{found on the-brick-house}. [...]

]]> Comment on RUGGY by Lunaluna /?p=10888#comment-32870 Lunaluna Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:34:51 +0000 http://www.the-brick-house.com/?p=10888#comment-32870 Ok here's what I have. A few months back after constantly wowing over every beautiful home with mid-mod / design furniture and perfectly worn persians I got into that obsessive gottahaveit mode. I'm scottish though and am not going to through my hard hoarded cash on something I don't LOVE, So I did a test, I bought a very cheap 'persian' rug at a flea marked for a laughable price, It had a beautiful silky texture and was thin! It lay on the floor for months. I liked they way it 'defined the space' as they say in the mags, I liked the soft feel underfoot. The sticking point was the colour (red/orange mostly) and the pattern (all swirls + stuff). In the end I decided I didn't LOVE it and took it away. All of a sudden the space looked wierd, bereft, cold. Soooooo being the being I am I took it to a new level - I DYED it. I took a dark greay dye and filled the tub (it would fit in the washing machine - at first). Dunked in the carpet and watched the magic happen. The problem was, wadya do with a sodden, persian, dyed, rug, in an apartment, with no garden, in the middle of winter? Hang it above the bath tub? So I tried stuffing it into the machine again. Wet it was slightly easier but I did have to brace myself against the wall and push it in with my feet! Anyway, the result was a deep, dull, dappled russet color which made it appear AGED. Much better, I'm a lot happier with it - at least until something that I LOVE comes along Your rug is lovely just as it is, I love the pattern - not at all swirly - I love the faded thing it has going on. It might take getting used to but I think the space is better for it. Would like to have seen a wider angle of the whole room. Ok here’s what I have. A few months back after constantly wowing over every beautiful home with mid-mod / design furniture and perfectly worn persians I got into that obsessive gottahaveit mode. I’m scottish though and am not going to through my hard hoarded cash on something I don’t LOVE, So I did a test, I bought a very cheap ‘persian’ rug at a flea marked for a laughable price, It had a beautiful silky texture and was thin! It lay on the floor for months. I liked they way it ‘defined the space’ as they say in the mags, I liked the soft feel underfoot. The sticking point was the colour (red/orange mostly) and the pattern (all swirls + stuff). In the end I decided I didn’t LOVE it and took it away. All of a sudden the space looked wierd, bereft, cold. Soooooo being the being I am I took it to a new level – I DYED it. I took a dark greay dye and filled the tub (it would fit in the washing machine – at first). Dunked in the carpet and watched the magic happen. The problem was, wadya do with a sodden, persian, dyed, rug, in an apartment, with no garden, in the middle of winter? Hang it above the bath tub? So I tried stuffing it into the machine again. Wet it was slightly easier but I did have to brace myself against the wall and push it in with my feet! Anyway, the result was a deep, dull, dappled russet color which made it appear AGED. Much better, I’m a lot happier with it – at least until something that I LOVE comes along

Your rug is lovely just as it is, I love the pattern – not at all swirly – I love the faded thing it has going on. It might take getting used to but I think the space is better for it. Would like to have seen a wider angle of the whole room.

]]> Comment on Bathroom/Laundry Remodel by wetroom /?p=3317#comment-32867 wetroom Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:16:45 +0000 http://www.the-brick-house.com/?p=3317#comment-32867 Hi this is nice information and great pics sharing with us thanks Hi
this is nice information and great pics sharing with us thanks

]]> Comment on BRUTAL by sean blume /?p=10870#comment-32865 sean blume Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:50:33 +0000 http://www.the-brick-house.com/?p=10870#comment-32865 love that area of town when i visted love that area of town when i visted

]]> Comment on RUGGY by ian /?p=10888#comment-32864 ian Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:29:56 +0000 http://www.the-brick-house.com/?p=10888#comment-32864 I have been shopping for a persian rug too for the past few months on ebay or craigslist. found a few nice ones but keep getting outbid, oh well. there'll be more rugs available tomorrow. I love yours. i'm looking for something a little worn and vintage too. I have been shopping for a persian rug too for the past few months on ebay or craigslist. found a few nice ones but keep getting outbid, oh well. there’ll be more rugs available tomorrow. I love yours. i’m looking for something a little worn and vintage too.

]]> Comment on CHAIRS by Leah Marie /?p=10087#comment-32863 Leah Marie Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:51:16 +0000 http://www.the-brick-house.com/?p=10087#comment-32863 Must see handmade doll houses by two mums who wish their boys were girls! http://www.miniio.com/ Must see handmade doll houses by two mums who wish their boys were girls! http://www.miniio.com/

]]> Comment on RUGGY by L /?p=10888#comment-32862 L Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:53:22 +0000 http://www.the-brick-house.com/?p=10888#comment-32862 Gorgeous rug. Color not good with gorgeous leather daybed.(And maybe it's the angles -- but yes, there seems a lot of furniture in that living room). Hair pulling time. Gorgeous rug.
Color not good with gorgeous leather daybed.(And maybe it’s the angles — but yes, there seems a lot of furniture in that living room).
Hair pulling time.

]]> Comment on RUGGY by emily henderson /?p=10888#comment-32859 emily henderson Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:03:15 +0000 http://www.the-brick-house.com/?p=10888#comment-32859 you are crazy. it is awesome. or sell to me. I already want to party in your house more - which is my indicator of whether i like a space or not. 'Can i party there' methinks to myself. 'Yup' i say. yup. But sit on it (figuratively) and if you can't handle it, sell it and buy something you can. But i for one, love it. you are crazy. it is awesome. or sell to me. I already want to party in your house more – which is my indicator of whether i like a space or not. ‘Can i party there’ methinks to myself. ‘Yup’ i say. yup. But sit on it (figuratively) and if you can’t handle it, sell it and buy something you can. But i for one, love it.

]]> Comment on ALT 2012 by Laura /?p=10926#comment-32858 Laura Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:51:29 +0000 http://www.the-brick-house.com/?p=10926#comment-32858 From the outside looking in, looks like a great time and I for one am very glad you do what you do. As a design wanabee who is too old to change from psychology I get my decorating fix and start my every single day looking at all these blogs, and yours is one of my first two. They make me smile-how can it be any better than that! PS I know what you mean about those big rugs. I have several rolled up in my "extra room". Word to the wise, don't have a 1000 lb rug that a cat can pee on-ugh. Laura From the outside looking in, looks like a great time and I for one am very glad you do what you do. As a design wanabee who is too old to change from psychology I get my decorating fix and start my every single day looking at all these blogs, and yours is one of my first two. They make me smile-how can it be any better than that!

PS I know what you mean about those big rugs. I have several rolled up in my “extra room”. Word to the wise, don’t have a 1000 lb rug that a cat can pee on-ugh.
Laura

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