Otis in the Suburbs (1 Viewer)

[mr roboto]

We painted the trim the same color as the walls with hardwood floors.

OOF

http://imageshack.us/m/829/2118/img0768mg.jpg

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

Absolutely.

Not white. A color similar to the color of the couch would have been better.

Another possibility there.

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.

Crazy electric coral is tough to work with.

LOVE those floors, and the stairs look dark too. Go a bit more neutral on the walls. Painted drywall is not something to highlight. Only when everything else in a room is real bland does a strong wall color make sense IMO.

Make the floors what everyone talks about, not the wall color.

 

[mr roboto]

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?

Yes. Put the flag up on the mailbox. Some people are afraid to do this as it advertises to others you have outgoing mail, maybe with checks, in the box.

 

[belljr]

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?

WTF is wrong with you!!!!!Of course they pick it up. If you have a curb side mailbox you raise the little flag. That's what the ### #### FLAG IS FOR!!!! You think it was decoration?!??! If it's a house mounted box you leave the letter exposed out of the top slot.We're the ladies AND YOU CAN'T EVEN MAIL A LETTER... JFC

 

[corpcow]

We painted the trim the same color as the walls with hardwood floors.

OOF

http://imageshack.us/m/829/2118/img0768mg.jpg

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

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.

I did say "in my humble opinion."

Exactly.I do think trim and molding makes a big difference. I already posted photos which sort of showed the crown... we didn't have crown upstairs or in the kitchen and put it in... and with the bulkhead light etc it actually makes it look great not awful

 

[offdee]

How trim should be done.http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk161/offdee/FBG/IMG_2261-1.jpg

Find a similar wall color with the white...

I have no idea what you're trying to say here, but whatever it is, it's wrong.This is how you do it with dark wood floors. Neutral wall color to highlight floors, lighter neutral trim color that works consistently throughout room even when there are different wall colors.

 

[Sarnoff]

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?

What? When you lived in the Big City, your mailman didn't pick up mail at your apt. building?

 

[mr roboto]

How trim should be done.http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk161/offdee/FBG/IMG_2261-1.jpg

Find a similar wall color with the white...

I have no idea what you're trying to say here, but whatever it is, it's wrong.This is how you do it with dark wood floors. Neutral wall color to highlight floors, lighter neutral trim color that works consistently throughout room even when there are different wall colors.

Offdee is on MY SIDE.Suck It!Love ya glock.

 

[Sarnoff]

Oat>What kind of mailman do you have? Does he walk around the neighborhood with a bag on wheels, or is he in a reversed Jeep?

 

[BroncoFreak_2K3]

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?

WTF is wrong with you!!!!!Of course they pick it up. If you have a curb side mailbox you raise the little flag. That's what the ### #### FLAG IS FOR!!!! You think it was decoration?!??! If it's a house mounted box you leave the letter exposed out of the top slot.

We're the ladies AND YOU CAN'T EVEN MAIL A LETTER... JFC

...or light a grill...The insanity of this thread just raised up 2 notches...

 

[mr roboto]

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?

WTF is wrong with you!!!!!Of course they pick it up. If you have a curb side mailbox you raise the little flag. That's what the ### #### FLAG IS FOR!!!! You think it was decoration?!??! If it's a house mounted box you leave the letter exposed out of the top slot.

We're the ladies AND YOU CAN'T EVEN MAIL A LETTER... JFC

...or light a grill...The insanity of this thread just raised up 2 notches...

I give Otis credit. He is admitting all the stupid #### someone should have taught him years ago that he doesn't know as a successful, grown man.Kinda like all of us at some point. I have owned a house for 6 years. I have a blacktop driveway. I JUST found out last year I should be seal-coating. Now my driveway is falling apart.

 

[corpcow]

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?

What? When you lived in the Big City, your mailman didn't pick up mail at your apt. building?

Otis - this is what the "flag" on the mailbox is for. It signals to the postal worker that you have something to pick up. Most city buildings don't have this kind of mailbox, so they'll have a separate outgoing slot. But if you lived in a brownstone or something with your own mailbox in BK/NYC, you'd have the same thing.

 

[Sarnoff]

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?

Good god, city boy.

 

[glock]

How trim should be done.http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk161/offdee/FBG/IMG_2261-1.jpg

Find a similar wall color with the white...

I have no idea what you're trying to say here, but whatever it is, it's wrong.This is how you do it with dark wood floors. Neutral wall color to highlight floors, lighter neutral trim color that works consistently throughout room even when there are different wall colors.

If you HAD to have that orange/red on the wall- what would you do with the floor? (not THAT floor- just talking color/tine)

 

[BigJim®]

We painted the trim the same color as the walls with hardwood floors.

OOF

http://imageshack.us/m/829/2118/img0768mg.jpg

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

I'd run with the dark tone found in the floor/stairs for the baseboards with that dark red wall.

 

[belljr]

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?

WTF is wrong with you!!!!!Of course they pick it up. If you have a curb side mailbox you raise the little flag. That's what the ### #### FLAG IS FOR!!!! You think it was decoration?!??! If it's a house mounted box you leave the letter exposed out of the top slot.

We're the ladies AND YOU CAN'T EVEN MAIL A LETTER... JFC

...or light a grill...The insanity of this thread just raised up 2 notches...

I give Otis credit. He is admitting all the stupid #### someone should have taught him years ago that he doesn't know as a successful, grown man.Kinda like all of us at some point. I have owned a house for 6 years. I have a blacktop driveway. I JUST found out last year I should be seal-coating. Now my driveway is falling apart.

I'm just busting balls but I think I'm going to make a separate thread I think about people that don't know "normal" stuff. If it's a city thing, a "yuppie" thing, a single parent thing, a blue collar thing, whatever. I grew up very blue collar and learned tons of crap that I can't implement today but have some basic knowledge about.There are tons of stuff I don't know about my house BUT MAIL CMON!!!!

 

[lumpy19]

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?

Instead of hijacking this thread can you please start your own thread for these sorts of questions.thanks

 

[Sarnoff]

We painted the trim the same color as the walls with hardwood floors.

OOF

http://imageshack.us/m/829/2118/img0768mg.jpg

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

I'd run with the dark tone found in the floor/stairs for the baseboards with that dark red wall.

White trim would be out of place here. Dark trim could really look good.

 

[BroncoFreak_2K3]

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?

Instead of hijacking this thread can you please start your own thread for these sorts of questions.thanks

 

[BroncoFreak_2K3]

We painted the trim the same color as the walls with hardwood floors.

OOF

http://imageshack.us...8/img0768mg.jpg

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

I'd run with the dark tone found in the floor/stairs for the baseboards with that dark red wall.

White trim would be out of place here. Dark trim could really look good.

agree...dark trim is the way to go in that situation.

 

[glock]

How trim should be done.

http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk161/offdee/FBG/IMG_2261-1.jpg

Find a similar wall color with the white...

I have no idea what you're trying to say here, but whatever it is, it's wrong.This is how you do it with dark wood floors. Neutral wall color to highlight floors, lighter neutral trim color that works consistently throughout room even when there are different wall colors.

Offdee is on MY SIDE.

Suck It!

Love ya glock.

Ahem- I do believe we were discussing that particular floor with those particular walls.

 

[mr roboto]

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?

WTF is wrong with you!!!!!Of course they pick it up. If you have a curb side mailbox you raise the little flag. That's what the ### #### FLAG IS FOR!!!! You think it was decoration?!??! If it's a house mounted box you leave the letter exposed out of the top slot.

We're the ladies AND YOU CAN'T EVEN MAIL A LETTER... JFC

...or light a grill...The insanity of this thread just raised up 2 notches...

I give Otis credit. He is admitting all the stupid #### someone should have taught him years ago that he doesn't know as a successful, grown man.Kinda like all of us at some point. I have owned a house for 6 years. I have a blacktop driveway. I JUST found out last year I should be seal-coating. Now my driveway is falling apart.

I'm just busting balls but I think I'm going to make a separate thread I think about people that don't know "normal" stuff. If it's a city thing, a "yuppie" thing, a single parent thing, a blue collar thing, whatever. I grew up very blue collar and learned tons of crap that I can't implement today but have some basic knowledge about.There are tons of stuff I don't know about my house BUT MAIL CMON!!!!

Done.

 

[offdee]

How trim should be done.

http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk161/offdee/FBG/IMG_2261-1.jpg

Find a similar wall color with the white...

I have no idea what you're trying to say here, but whatever it is, it's wrong.This is how you do it with dark wood floors. Neutral wall color to highlight floors, lighter neutral trim color that works consistently throughout room even when there are different wall colors.

Offdee is on MY SIDE.

Suck It!

Love ya glock.

Ahem- I do believe we were discussing that particular floor with those particular walls.

But, that's the thing. What we're telling Hack is the walls are the wrong color, and he should be worrying about that and not the trim. Time to get some primer and new paint.

 

[offdee]

How trim should be done.http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk161/offdee/FBG/IMG_2261-1.jpg

Find a similar wall color with the white...

I have no idea what you're trying to say here, but whatever it is, it's wrong.This is how you do it with dark wood floors. Neutral wall color to highlight floors, lighter neutral trim color that works consistently throughout room even when there are different wall colors.

If you HAD to have that orange/red on the wall- what would you do with the floor? (not THAT floor- just talking color/tine)

With a bright color wall, you'd want a lighter color floor. If I was forced to have that red/orange wall color a natural birch wood floor would be the best bet.Something like this...http://www.fortewoodflooring.com/images/white_BIRCH_SELECT_&_BETTER.jpgI personally prefer darker wood floors and lighter/neutral paint colors. Than use art, accessories, furniture, etc. as your texture or pops of color. http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk161/offdee/FBG/IMG_2263.jpg

 

[gmbacm]

How trim should be done.http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk161/offdee/FBG/IMG_2261-1.jpg

Find a similar wall color with the white...

I have no idea what you're trying to say here, but whatever it is, it's wrong.This is how you do it with dark wood floors. Neutral wall color to highlight floors, lighter neutral trim color that works consistently throughout room even when there are different wall colors.

Is it :style: to have wall panel crooked?

 

[Shutterbug]

How trim should be done.http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk161/offdee/FBG/IMG_2261-1.jpg

Find a similar wall color with the white...

I have no idea what you're trying to say here, but whatever it is, it's wrong.This is how you do it with dark wood floors. Neutral wall color to highlight floors, lighter neutral trim color that works consistently throughout room even when there are different wall colors.

If you HAD to have that orange/red on the wall- what would you do with the floor? (not THAT floor- just talking color/tine)

With a bright color wall, you'd want a lighter color floor. If I was forced to have that red/orange wall color a natural birch wood floor would be the best bet.Something like this...http://www.fortewoodflooring.com/images/white_BIRCH_SELECT_&_BETTER.jpgI personally prefer darker wood floors and lighter/neutral paint colors. Than use art, accessories, furniture, etc. as your texture or pops of color. http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk161/offdee/FBG/IMG_2263.jpg

I disagree. He could also paint the trim a chocolate color. Looks like a rather large room.

 

[Leeroy Jenkins]

How have I missed this thread??

 

[glock]

How trim should be done.

http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk161/offdee/FBG/IMG_2261-1.jpg

Find a similar wall color with the white...

I have no idea what you're trying to say here, but whatever it is, it's wrong.This is how you do it with dark wood floors. Neutral wall color to highlight floors, lighter neutral trim color that works consistently throughout room even when there are different wall colors.

If you HAD to have that orange/red on the wall- what would you do with the floor? (not THAT floor- just talking color/tine)

With a bright color wall, you'd want a lighter color floor. If I was forced to have that red/orange wall color a natural birch wood floor would be the best bet.

Something like this...

http://www.fortewoodflooring.com/images/white_BIRCH_SELECT_&_BETTER.jpg

I personally prefer darker wood floors and lighter/neutral paint colors. Than use art, accessories, furniture, etc. as your texture or pops of color.

http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk161/offdee/FBG/IMG_2263.jpg

Okay- so if you had an L-shaped sectional that had a deep, almost expresso brown leather base topped with camel/gold berber like textured cushions, accents or varied greens...surrounded by expresso end tables, etc...all sitting on what could be described as a dark golden oak floor- what wall/trim colors would you look to run with?

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

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?

calling here

 

[offdee]

Okay- so if you had an L-shaped sectional that had a deep, almost expresso brown leather base topped with camel/gold berber like textured cushions, accents or varied greens...surrounded by expresso end tables, etc...all sitting on what could be described as a dark golden oak floor- what wall/trim colors would you look to run with?

Possible to give me a visual example of the floor color?

 

[Drifter]

Thread is deteriorating with the trim bickering

 

[glock]

Thread is deteriorating with the trim bickering

You're right. Mon apologies...

 

[Chaos Commish]

Possible to give me a visual example of the floor color?

I need to go read the guns and grilling threads now.

 

[JerseyToughGuys]

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?

srys?paper towel

ETA:

You can also oil the grate with a chunk of bacon or steak fat.

never tried that.

 

[JerseyToughGuys]

We painted the trim the same color as the walls with hardwood floors.

OOF

http://imageshack.us/m/829/2118/img0768mg.jpg

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

sweet hardwood.

 

[JerseyToughGuys]

***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-330Also, 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.

oolmy smoker is like a graveyard of dead cooked meat. Pretty disgusting by traditional standards. I try to keep guests away from it lest they get squeamish about eating from a smoker that looks like something out of Predators.

 

[JerseyToughGuys]

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

if you get a floor put in by a pro, they are going to match the baseboard and shoe/quarter round to the floor.

 

[JerseyToughGuys]

ProBurb Tip #213101.2 - Introduce yourself to your mailman. Tip him generously. Then convince him not only to deliver your mail to you, but to take it from you as well.

 

[Otis]

Oat>What kind of mailman do you have? Does he walk around the neighborhood with a bag on wheels, or is he in a reversed Jeep?

What the hell is a reversed Jeep???

 

[Otis]

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?

What? When you lived in the Big City, your mailman didn't pick up mail at your apt. building?

Otis - this is what the "flag" on the mailbox is for. It signals to the postal worker that you have something to pick up. Most city buildings don't have this kind of mailbox, so they'll have a separate outgoing slot. But if you lived in a brownstone or something with your own mailbox in BK/NYC, you'd have the same thing.

Hm. We don't have one of those flag things, it's mounted sideways against a fence in our side entryway. But I always thought that flag was there so the mailman could put it up after he comes, so you know to get your mail.

 

[JerseyToughGuys]

ool

can't wait to explain the concept of a school bus in 6 years.

 

[Walton Goggins]

We painted the trim the same color as the walls with hardwood floors.

OOF

http://imageshack.us/m/829/2118/img0768mg.jpg

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

Absolutely.

White trim is getting stale and everyone seems to be doing it for years now. I would go with a slightly darker or lighter shade than the color on your walls.

 

[Walton Goggins]

We painted the trim the same color as the walls with hardwood floors.

OOF

http://imageshack.us/m/829/2118/img0768mg.jpg

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

Absolutely.

Not white. A color similar to the color of the couch would have been better.

Another possibility there.

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.

The darker the hardwood floors are the lighter the wall color should be.

If your floors are a light hardwood color then you can go with darker walls.

The trim really depends on the color of walls and floors.

A friend of mine decided to paint the window trim and floor trim an off grayish color and it looked fantastic. It worked given the color of his floors and wall colors so just because it looks great in ones home doesn't mean it will in yours.

ETA: matching trim with walls can look great, very modern but again depends on the wall/floor coloring

 

[mr. furley]

We painted the trim the same color as the walls with hardwood floors.

OOF

http://imageshack.us/m/829/2118/img0768mg.jpg

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

saw this in person.. it's fantastic

 

[Shutterbug]

We painted the trim the same color as the walls with hardwood floors.

OOF

http://imageshack.us/m/829/2118/img0768mg.jpg

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

Absolutely.

Not white. A color similar to the color of the couch would have been better.

Another possibility there.

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.

The darker the hardwood floors are the lighter the wall color should be.

If your floors are a light hardwood color then you can go with darker walls.

The trim really depends on the color of walls and floors.

A friend of mine decided to paint the window trim and floor trim an off grayish color and it looked fantastic. It worked given the color of his floors and wall colors so just because it looks great in ones home doesn't mean it will in yours.

ETA: matching trim with walls can look great, very modern but again depends on the wall/floor coloring

Depends on the size of the room. You don't have to contrast light/dark dark/light in a large well lit room. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1-HYYq2v8lo/TVS6XdPGajI/AAAAAAAAAlQ/WGXnzGppp_s/s1600/inspireddesign2.jpg

I was going to do something like the above, but not such a classic looking trim. I was also going to trim all the corner walls and paint them a chocolate color as well. Add some burnt bronze fixtures, and some wispy goldish curtains, some bamboo shades, a bamboo throw rug, and perhaps a bamboo ceiling fan, and you have a wonderful room.

 

[belljr]

Oat>What kind of mailman do you have? Does he walk around the neighborhood with a bag on wheels, or is he in a reversed Jeep?

What the hell is a reversed Jeep???

English Jeep...

 

[Otis]

Oat>What kind of mailman do you have? Does he walk around the neighborhood with a bag on wheels, or is he in a reversed Jeep?

What the hell is a reversed Jeep???

English Jeep...

?????????

 

[Sarnoff]

Oat>What kind of mailman do you have? Does he walk around the neighborhood with a bag on wheels, or is he in a reversed Jeep?

What the hell is a reversed Jeep???

English Jeep...

?????????

 

[Shutterbug]

Oat>What kind of mailman do you have? Does he walk around the neighborhood with a bag on wheels, or is he in a reversed Jeep?

What the hell is a reversed Jeep???

English Jeep...

?????????

Steering wheel on the right, not the left. Meaning, they steer from the passenger side.

 

[Walton Goggins]

We painted the trim the same color as the walls with hardwood floors.

OOF

http://imageshack.us/m/829/2118/img0768mg.jpg

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

Absolutely.

Not white. A color similar to the color of the couch would have been better.

Another possibility there.

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.

The darker the hardwood floors are the lighter the wall color should be.

If your floors are a light hardwood color then you can go with darker walls.

The trim really depends on the color of walls and floors.

A friend of mine decided to paint the window trim and floor trim an off grayish color and it looked fantastic. It worked given the color of his floors and wall colors so just because it looks great in ones home doesn't mean it will in yours.

ETA: matching trim with walls can look great, very modern but again depends on the wall/floor coloring

Depends on the size of the room. You don't have to contrast light/dark dark/light in a large well lit room. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1-HYYq2v8lo/TVS6XdPGajI/AAAAAAAAAlQ/WGXnzGppp_s/s1600/inspireddesign2.jpg

I was going to do something like the above, but not such a classic looking trim. I was also going to trim all the corner walls and paint them a chocolate color as well. Add some burnt bronze fixtures, and some wispy goldish curtains, some bamboo shades, a bamboo throw rug, and perhaps a bamboo ceiling fan, and you have a wonderful room.

That's not a good modern, clean look IMO. Reminds me of my grandmother's place.

 

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Oat>What kind of mailman do you have? Does he walk around the neighborhood with a bag on wheels, or is he in a reversed Jeep?

What the hell is a reversed Jeep???

English Jeep...

?????????

Steering wheel on the right, not the left. Meaning, they steer from the passenger side.

I'm picturing Otis peeking out his windows right now trying to spy on his mailman to see if we're pulling his leg or not about "reverse Jeeps".