Comments for THE BRICK HOUSE MODERN DESIGN FOR FRUGAL FOLKS Fri, 18 May 2012 02:48:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Tank by Jane /?p=3601#comment-35025 Jane Fri, 18 May 2012 02:48:40 +0000 http://www.the-brick-house.com/?p=3601#comment-35025 Oh, please...might you give us an update on what you have learned about the practical matters of these pools? It would be so helpful. I love the aesthetic and am right on the verge of buying a tank this weekend, but it would be helpful to know what you have learned about maintaining them.This landlocked Kansas girl needs a pool! Oh, please…might you give us an update on what you have learned about the practical matters of these pools? It would be so helpful. I love the aesthetic and am right on the verge of buying a tank this weekend, but it would be helpful to know what you have learned about maintaining them.This landlocked Kansas girl needs a pool!

]]> Comment on LIGHTING by Kirk Ohly /?p=11828#comment-35022 Kirk Ohly Thu, 17 May 2012 14:26:29 +0000 http://www.the-brick-house.com/?p=11828#comment-35022 Love the Nelson's, if you have the ceiling height, I would love to see them clustered at varying heights. We picked one up several years back and we are about to install it in our 4th place since purchasing it. As far as the other lights go, if you are looking for cool & functional hardware, look at www.arakawagrip.com and if you have questions drop me a line. Love the Nelson’s, if you have the ceiling height, I would love to see them clustered at varying heights. We picked one up several years back and we are about to install it in our 4th place since purchasing it. As far as the other lights go, if you are looking for cool & functional hardware, look at http://www.arakawagrip.com and if you have questions drop me a line.

]]> Comment on LIGHTING by Adam Cord /?p=11828#comment-35016 Adam Cord Thu, 17 May 2012 06:31:57 +0000 http://www.the-brick-house.com/?p=11828#comment-35016 These lights are great - will these lights be a great additive for a rock house cause I am <a href="http://www.legacybuilders1.com" rel="nofollow">remodeling</a> my house. Is it okay for a rock house to have this kind of lighting? These lights are great – will these lights be a great additive for a rock house cause I am remodeling my house. Is it okay for a rock house to have this kind of lighting?

]]> Comment on HEADBOARD by Frank /?p=11973#comment-35012 Frank Thu, 17 May 2012 04:44:17 +0000 http://www.the-brick-house.com/?p=11973#comment-35012 I like how the headboard is not the typical ones you see, its fluffy and has personality. Do you see yourself changing the fabric of headboard slip? If you do what pattern or material? I like how the headboard is not the typical ones you see, its fluffy and has personality. Do you see yourself changing the fabric of headboard slip? If you do what pattern or material?

]]> Comment on by David W. #comment-35011 David W. Thu, 17 May 2012 04:24:50 +0000 #comment-35011 I just wanted to post some thoughts for other people trying to recreate this. Buying pipe that has already been threaded and cut will greatly increase your pipe cost, so I found a way to avoid that. Finding access to a pipe cutter and threader isn't difficult, and you can buy 10' sections of black pipe for pretty cheap. However, I found a pretty sweet deal at my local Ace Hardware. If I take them a list of desired pipe lengths, they'll cut an entire order for me and charge me for the total length used, not the number of cuts. So, I was able to get every piece cut to length for about $70 after tax. That's including some modifications (a side workstation) that require more pipe than pictured. This has really helped make my project more affordable. I just wanted to post some thoughts for other people trying to recreate this. Buying pipe that has already been threaded and cut will greatly increase your pipe cost, so I found a way to avoid that. Finding access to a pipe cutter and threader isn’t difficult, and you can buy 10′ sections of black pipe for pretty cheap. However, I found a pretty sweet deal at my local Ace Hardware. If I take them a list of desired pipe lengths, they’ll cut an entire order for me and charge me for the total length used, not the number of cuts. So, I was able to get every piece cut to length for about $70 after tax. That’s including some modifications (a side workstation) that require more pipe than pictured. This has really helped make my project more affordable.

]]> Comment on LIGHTING by Jessica /?p=11828#comment-35007 Jessica Thu, 17 May 2012 01:18:49 +0000 http://www.the-brick-house.com/?p=11828#comment-35007 You make me feel better about my obsessions...and constant rearrangement. And if you don't find a place for the Tom Greene for Monteverdi-Young beast, my kitchen in Brooklyn would gladly be a home for it. You make me feel better about my obsessions…and constant rearrangement. And if you don’t find a place for the Tom Greene for Monteverdi-Young beast, my kitchen in Brooklyn would gladly be a home for it.

]]> Comment on LIGHTING by erin@designcrisis /?p=11828#comment-35005 erin@designcrisis Thu, 17 May 2012 00:43:53 +0000 http://www.the-brick-house.com/?p=11828#comment-35005 I really wanted that to work there. It's a cool sciolari... some of them are so fussy. Oh well. I know how it goes... perfection is a slippery bitch. You'll get it all figured out, though. And then it will be time to redecorate! I really wanted that to work there. It’s a cool sciolari… some of them are so fussy.

Oh well. I know how it goes… perfection is a slippery bitch. You’ll get it all figured out, though.

And then it will be time to redecorate!

]]> Comment on LIGHTING by The brick house /?p=11828#comment-35002 The brick house Wed, 16 May 2012 21:33:13 +0000 http://www.the-brick-house.com/?p=11828#comment-35002 Erin, yeah the Sciolari would have been awesome in the dining room if it was twice the size. The things just too small. It was overwhelmed in there. Tamisha's fixture is cool, but I don't know if the exterior candleabera things kill it for me or not. Ugh. Stupid lighting. Erin, yeah the Sciolari would have been awesome in the dining room if it was twice the size. The things just too small. It was overwhelmed in there.

Tamisha’s fixture is cool, but I don’t know if the exterior candleabera things kill it for me or not. Ugh. Stupid lighting.

]]> Comment on LIGHTING by erin@designcrisis /?p=11828#comment-34996 erin@designcrisis Wed, 16 May 2012 15:14:59 +0000 http://www.the-brick-house.com/?p=11828#comment-34996 Also that fixture Tamisha posted is boss. Also that fixture Tamisha posted is boss.

]]> Comment on LIGHTING by erin@designcrisis /?p=11828#comment-34995 erin@designcrisis Wed, 16 May 2012 15:13:11 +0000 http://www.the-brick-house.com/?p=11828#comment-34995 And the decorating domino effect begins... you are screwed. I'm only kidding. A little. So, I would like to see sciolari in the dining room. A little flash would be nice among all the earthiness, and I like the squarish shape in there. It looks like the scale would be good, but I can't tell for sure. Lightolier is awesome, but somehow doesn't seem very you... unless you happen to have a covered outdoor space with ready to go wiring? That would be fun. The nelsons are not my jam, but what do I know? And the decorating domino effect begins… you are screwed.

I’m only kidding. A little.

So, I would like to see sciolari in the dining room. A little flash would be nice among all the earthiness, and I like the squarish shape in there. It looks like the scale would be good, but I can’t tell for sure.

Lightolier is awesome, but somehow doesn’t seem very you… unless you happen to have a covered outdoor space with ready to go wiring? That would be fun.

The nelsons are not my jam, but what do I know?

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