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Otis in the Suburbs (2 Viewers)

Otis in the Suburbs

  • Yes

    Votes: 12 17.1%
  • Right-O

    Votes: 18 25.7%
  • You betcha

    Votes: 40 57.1%

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***GRILL ACQUIRED***

Local hardware store delivered one of these and set it up in my backyard today:

http://www.weber.com/explore/grills/genesis-series/genesis-s-330

:bowtie:

Also, the patio set is in. Otis just needs to put it together.
ProBurb Tip #11092: Start seasoning those grates. scrape before and after, and olive oil before and after.
Who the what now?
Didn't read this whole thing, but here you can get the jist.Every time you use your grill, heat it up nice and hot. Scrape all the gunk. Oil (olive/cooking spray/ect.) the grate. Cook. After you are done, scrape again and regrease the grate (most people don't bother with the post grilling cleanup/oiling)

ETA: you can use a balled up piece of aluminum foil to do the scraping.

 
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***GRILL ACQUIRED***

Local hardware store delivered one of these and set it up in my backyard today:

http://www.weber.com/explore/grills/genesis-series/genesis-s-330

:bowtie:

Also, the patio set is in. Otis just needs to put it together.
ProBurb Tip #11092: Start seasoning those grates. scrape before and after, and olive oil before and after.
Who the what now?
Didn't read this whole thing, but here you can get the jist.Every time you use your grill, heat it up nice and hot. Scrape all the gunk. Oil (olive/cooking spray/ect.) the grate. Cook. After you are done, scrape again and regrease the grate (most people don't bother with the post grilling cleanup/oiling)

ETA: you can use a balled up piece of aluminum foil to do the scraping.
Nice. Ok this seems easy enough.
 
'corpcow said:
'Tremendous Upside said:
'corpcow said:
'mr roboto said:
'urbanhack said:
'Otis said:
'Aaron Rudnicki said:
I really thought people stopped painting over wood in the 70s.

:lmao: at people who think this is a good idea.
Still uber confused by this. You're on an island here, friend.
oh no he's not
I love that painted woodwork is considered 70's. Cause stained basic oak trim is so the 90's. I bet all you stained trim guys loved the ceiling fan Otis ripped out, and you have forest green painted somewhere else too.

I rehab houses. 9 out of 10 first-time suburban homebuyers who are looking at my flips love the painted, white trim. Especially contrasted with hardwood floors.
We re-stained our floors with a red mahogany, and re-painted the already-white trim to an even brighter white. :thumbup: Trying to post a picture but can't grab them off Facebook.
open your pics pageright click on the one you want to post and click on "open in new tab"

go to new tab, right click on picture, click "view image"

you will now be able to copy the url and paste it here
Heh... yeah, I know. I wasn't paying attention (was answering questions from one of my devs), and I guess I inspected element and ended up opening the local file, thinking at first that maybe they were streaming the data to the AJAX lightbox. Oops.Some of the after pictures are a little older, but they show what I'm talking about. The darker floors + whiter trim (plus darker than original paint) makes a BIG difference IMO.

BEFORE:

http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/167982_709558242540_10911337_39060544_3368914_n.jpg

http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/168774_709557878270_10911337_39060540_6618721_n.jpg

http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/167162_709557898230_10911337_39060541_516816_n.jpg

AFTER

http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/181906_709554884270_10911337_39060492_4072725_n.jpg

http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/216493_768729717430_10911337_39379540_6102886_n.jpg

http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/183991_712729008300_10911337_39116657_1169026_n.jpg

http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/216512_768729522820_10911337_39379534_4220650_n.jpg

Oh yeah, and that ugly ### fan is gone too :thumbup:
Beautiful! Still think Otis shouldn't paint that ceiling white. And yes, I have a room painted green, but it is more sage than anything.
 
Why are you people encouraging him? This thread is ridiculous!
Relaxxxxx. There isn't anything wrong with this thread. Why read it if you don't like it?
Never! I'm against Otis and everything he stands for!
Which is what, exactly?
fun, apparently
Fun? He's fixing a toilet with a hammer.. You gonna tool one off when he buys a lawn gnome?
 
I think AE's drunk. Got home and checked out the grill. Pretty bad ###.
I will be having 10 ft added on to the back of my house. After that is done, I will be starting on making the outdoor kitchen. Super excited about that. Always wanted one. I love cooking out. Enjoy your new grill! :thumbup:
 
Now I just have to figure out how to work it. I remember once as a kid I nearly blew my face off when my dad asked me to go outside and warm up the grill, and so I turned on the gas with the lid closed, took a few seconds to figure out how to light it, and by the time I clicked the ignition switch, the whole thing jumped about a foot off the ground and blew out a giant fireball at me.
:lmao:
 
Every time you use your grill, heat it up nice and hot. Scrape all the gunk. Oil (olive/cooking spray/ect.) the grate. Cook. After you are done, scrape again and regrease the grate (most people don't bother with the post grilling cleanup/oiling)ETA: you can use a balled up piece of aluminum foil to do the scraping.
Best way to put oil on hot grates?
 
Every time you use your grill, heat it up nice and hot. Scrape all the gunk. Oil (olive/cooking spray/ect.) the grate. Cook. After you are done, scrape again and regrease the grate (most people don't bother with the post grilling cleanup/oiling)ETA: you can use a balled up piece of aluminum foil to do the scraping.
Best way to put oil on hot grates?
Tong and towel. Work fast and don't turn your oiled towe into a torch.
 
***GRILL ACQUIRED***Local hardware store delivered one of these and set it up in my backyard today:http://www.weber.com/explore/grills/genesis-series/genesis-s-330:bowtie:Also, the patio set is in. Otis just needs to put it together.
ProBurb Tip #11092: Start seasoning those grates. scrape before and after, and olive oil before and after.
You and I have different ideas of seasoning, mine requires much less work.My seasoning involves NEVER cleaning the grill. This way I get an array of meat flavors in everything I cook. Grilling up some hot dogs today? How about a little chicken flavor from last nights dinner with that hot dog? I find that chicken sticks to the grill the best. Sausage/hot dogs only stick if I slice open the casing, every once in a while I sacrifice a dog/sausage to make sure I get some of that meat stuck to the grill, don't want chicken to dominate.Just want to make sure Otis has some options.
 
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We painted the trim the same color as the walls with hardwood floors.
OOF
:confused: http://imageshack.us/m/829/2118/img0768mg.jpg

So white trim would have been better?????

:coffee:
Absolutely. Especially with that real strong wall color. A nice, tall, chunky trim (5 1/4 or something) in a room that appears to be 2-story (LOVE that staircase BTW) would really ground the space.
You want to lay a racing stripe of white between that deep orange wall and dark floor?
 
We painted the trim the same color as the walls with hardwood floors.
OOF
:confused: http://imageshack.us/m/829/2118/img0768mg.jpg

So white trim would have been better?????

:coffee:
Absolutely. Especially with that real strong wall color. A nice, tall, chunky trim (5 1/4 or something) in a room that appears to be 2-story (LOVE that staircase BTW) would really ground the space.
You want to lay a racing stripe of white between that deep orange wall and dark floor?
White is way better than what he has.The problem would then not be with the white trim. It would be with the insane wall color.

You want stained oak? Dark wood like on the floors?

IMO trim should not blend in, it should be beautiful enough to be used as an architectural element on its own. Even in my flips I use tall baseboard in the common areas at the very least. Really makes a major statement for not that much more money.

 
'mr roboto said:
'glock said:
'mr roboto said:
'urbanhack said:
'shuke said:
We painted the trim the same color as the walls with hardwood floors.
OOF
:confused: http://imageshack.us/m/829/2118/img0768mg.jpg

So white trim would have been better?????

:coffee:
Absolutely. Especially with that real strong wall color. A nice, tall, chunky trim (5 1/4 or something) in a room that appears to be 2-story (LOVE that staircase BTW) would really ground the space.
You want to lay a racing stripe of white between that deep orange wall and dark floor?
White is way better than what he has.The problem would then not be with the white trim. It would be with the insane wall color.

You want stained oak? Dark wood like on the floors?

IMO trim should not blend in, it should be beautiful enough to be used as an architectural element on its own. Even in my flips I use tall baseboard in the common areas at the very least. Really makes a major statement for not that much more money.
IMHO- it is not the trim that makes a room. Picking a color like orange or a deep red to run with for a wall color isn't crazy unto itself. With all of the other dark wood tones- floor, stairs, coach legs, window trim...probably other furniture fabrics as well...they are going with a darker palette. Just throwing white down because it's been used with lighter tones while flipping houses doesn't make it the right pick here. I would pick up the darker mahogany-esque for the baseboard- not the grainier oak.
 
2 thoughts/questions.

1) trim matching the floor? We did this with a tiled trim on our bathroom really like it

2) I have a lazy mans trim in my house. The previous owners put down new floor but never removed the exisiting baseboard. So what they did was lay the floor, kept the white baseboard but then add a base shoe that is close to the floor color. Simialr to this

 
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'mr roboto said:
'glock said:
'mr roboto said:
'urbanhack said:
'shuke said:
We painted the trim the same color as the walls with hardwood floors.
OOF
:confused: http://imageshack.us/m/829/2118/img0768mg.jpg

So white trim would have been better?????

:coffee:
Absolutely. Especially with that real strong wall color. A nice, tall, chunky trim (5 1/4 or something) in a room that appears to be 2-story (LOVE that staircase BTW) would really ground the space.
You want to lay a racing stripe of white between that deep orange wall and dark floor?
White is way better than what he has.The problem would then not be with the white trim. It would be with the insane wall color.

You want stained oak? Dark wood like on the floors?

IMO trim should not blend in, it should be beautiful enough to be used as an architectural element on its own. Even in my flips I use tall baseboard in the common areas at the very least. Really makes a major statement for not that much more money.
IMHO- it is not the trim that makes a room. Picking a color like orange or a deep red to run with for a wall color isn't crazy unto itself. With all of the other dark wood tones- floor, stairs, coach legs, window trim...probably other furniture fabrics as well...they are going with a darker palette. Just throwing white down because it's been used with lighter tones while flipping houses doesn't make it the right pick here. I would pick up the darker mahogany-esque for the baseboard- not the grainier oak.
Fine.Never said trim makes the room. Said it shouldn't be hidden (which it is when you are painting it the same color as the wall).

Never said it was the right pick here, just way better than painting the color of the wall.

 
'corpcow said:
'urbanhack said:
'shuke said:
We painted the trim the same color as the walls with hardwood floors.
OOF
:confused: http://imageshack.us/m/829/2118/img0768mg.jpg

So white trim would have been better?????

:coffee:
Absolutely.
Not white. A color similar to the color of the couch would have been better.
Another possibility there. :thumbup:
Wouldn't be as bad if he didn't paint the shoe part also, as I mentioned above but I would have broke it up also
 
2 thoughts/questions.

1) trim matching the floor? We did this with a tiled trim on our bathroom really like it

2) I have a lazy mans trim in my house. The previous owners put down new floor but never removed the exisiting baseboard. So what they did was lay the floor, kept the white baseboard but then add a base shoe that is close to the floor color. Simialr to this
Me likey. :thumbup:
 
'mr roboto said:
'glock said:
'mr roboto said:
'urbanhack said:
'shuke said:
We painted the trim the same color as the walls with hardwood floors.
OOF
:confused: http://imageshack.us/m/829/2118/img0768mg.jpg

So white trim would have been better?????

:coffee:
Absolutely. Especially with that real strong wall color. A nice, tall, chunky trim (5 1/4 or something) in a room that appears to be 2-story (LOVE that staircase BTW) would really ground the space.
You want to lay a racing stripe of white between that deep orange wall and dark floor?
White is way better than what he has.The problem would then not be with the white trim. It would be with the insane wall color.

You want stained oak? Dark wood like on the floors?

IMO trim should not blend in, it should be beautiful enough to be used as an architectural element on its own. Even in my flips I use tall baseboard in the common areas at the very least. Really makes a major statement for not that much more money.
IMHO- it is not the trim that makes a room. Picking a color like orange or a deep red to run with for a wall color isn't crazy unto itself. With all of the other dark wood tones- floor, stairs, coach legs, window trim...probably other furniture fabrics as well...they are going with a darker palette. Just throwing white down because it's been used with lighter tones while flipping houses doesn't make it the right pick here. I would pick up the darker mahogany-esque for the baseboard- not the grainier oak.
Fine.Never said trim makes the room. Said it shouldn't be hidden (which it is when you are painting it the same color as the wall).

Never said it was the right pick here, just way better than painting the color of the wall.
:lmao: I did say "in my humble opinion."
 
'corpcow said:
'urbanhack said:
'shuke said:
We painted the trim the same color as the walls with hardwood floors.
OOF
:confused: http://imageshack.us/m/829/2118/img0768mg.jpg

So white trim would have been better?????

:coffee:
Absolutely.
Not white. A color similar to the color of the couch would have been better.
Another possibility there. :thumbup:
No, no, no.The problem here isn't the trim color, it's the choice of wall color. It doesn't work with the floors. The floors already have a cherry-ish red hue to them so adding a dark reddish color to the wall is too much.

The floors are beautiful so those should be highlighted and to do that a more subdued wall color in a neutral color is best. The trim should not be the same exact as the wall color....when in doubt use something that is a couple shades/hues lighter than the wall color. In a perfect world (especially in open spaces where multiple rooms can all be seen at once) the trim color should be a constant that works with all the room colors. This usually means a light neutral...cream, white, etc.

 
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Sorry to interrupt DecoratingChat here ladies, but I have a quick question:

Wife wants to know if she can leave outgoing mail in our mailbox, and will the mailman take that with him. I have never heard of this before -- I always thought you had to bring mail to a post office mailbox. Is this how it works in the sticks?

 
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