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Kayla Harp
I am remodeling my kitchen and bathroom soon. I want a rustic-looking kitchen that still has modern conveniences. It's not a huge space and too much wood would make it look a lot smaller. Any tips on how to do that without overdoing wood?
Also, I want to match my bathroom to my dolphin decor. I want to make it look like a beach somehow (without the tacky ocean wallpaper). Any suggestions?
Thank you in advance!
Answer
Sometimes rugged, but often cozy, rustic kitchens have a timeless and natural appearance. Wide-planked wood floors, antique brass hardware, knotty wood cabinets, and hammered copper all contribute to the earthy atmosphere of the rural lifestyle.
Rustic kitchen design can also reflect styles from other regions, including Southwestern styles, Farm and Country styles, Desert/Adobe styles, and Lodge/Mountain motifs.
To complete thje look, if you have the space, be sure to include an old rustic kitchen table and chairs for informal meals. You'll want to hang out a while in your cozy new kitchen. Instead of glossy polished countertops, try honed or flamed granite which has a natural satin appearance. Butcher block countertops look fantastic on rustic kitchen islands. If you're feeling adventurous, soapstone or honed marble are also make great rustic countertops.
LOTS of rustic kitchen pictures here:
http://www.kitchen-design-ideas.org/rustic-kitchen-designs.html
As for your bathroom, you want to stay away from blue paint... too tacky. Try beach colors such as light beige, tan, or if you must mix blue and grey. Add shell lamps or light switches, big seashell soap dish, or shadow boxes with starfish, sand dollars & shells. You can add seashell or starfish shower curtain holders and even towels. Also anything nautical will blend nicely with the dolphins.
But too many dolphins can be overwhelming, so be careful.
The following are images ONLY not actual websites (for your protection)
http://www.blissfulhomemaking.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/bathroom-decor-ideas-beach.jpg
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLrtkjbLETU-mt2jKPlw_IrX_qMhOwbWugbphFj_XftG1G2ITa0zDc8mvN9bHnBbrWK58jm75m9Cwp57JzP0d3FHg7zcq8pXeBST3iex7p0aJ0yus2pcPaTCTGdViJC7VK7dnOh_dayWwy/s1600/boys+bathroom+012.jpg
http://www.blissfulhomemaking.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/beach-bathroom-towels.jpg
Sometimes rugged, but often cozy, rustic kitchens have a timeless and natural appearance. Wide-planked wood floors, antique brass hardware, knotty wood cabinets, and hammered copper all contribute to the earthy atmosphere of the rural lifestyle.
Rustic kitchen design can also reflect styles from other regions, including Southwestern styles, Farm and Country styles, Desert/Adobe styles, and Lodge/Mountain motifs.
To complete thje look, if you have the space, be sure to include an old rustic kitchen table and chairs for informal meals. You'll want to hang out a while in your cozy new kitchen. Instead of glossy polished countertops, try honed or flamed granite which has a natural satin appearance. Butcher block countertops look fantastic on rustic kitchen islands. If you're feeling adventurous, soapstone or honed marble are also make great rustic countertops.
LOTS of rustic kitchen pictures here:
http://www.kitchen-design-ideas.org/rustic-kitchen-designs.html
As for your bathroom, you want to stay away from blue paint... too tacky. Try beach colors such as light beige, tan, or if you must mix blue and grey. Add shell lamps or light switches, big seashell soap dish, or shadow boxes with starfish, sand dollars & shells. You can add seashell or starfish shower curtain holders and even towels. Also anything nautical will blend nicely with the dolphins.
But too many dolphins can be overwhelming, so be careful.
The following are images ONLY not actual websites (for your protection)
http://www.blissfulhomemaking.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/bathroom-decor-ideas-beach.jpg
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLrtkjbLETU-mt2jKPlw_IrX_qMhOwbWugbphFj_XftG1G2ITa0zDc8mvN9bHnBbrWK58jm75m9Cwp57JzP0d3FHg7zcq8pXeBST3iex7p0aJ0yus2pcPaTCTGdViJC7VK7dnOh_dayWwy/s1600/boys+bathroom+012.jpg
http://www.blissfulhomemaking.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/beach-bathroom-towels.jpg
What are some 16th birthday party ideas: games, food, music?
For my 16th birthday i wanted to have a beach party. After that i was thinking everyone could come back to my house for a sleepover in the backyard. (Girls and Guys will be in separate tents) Do you have any other ideas for the party?
Answer
You could divide the party into a few groups (by bday month, or boys vs girls) and play games like... Apples to Apples, Pictionary, telephone pictionary is great*, Cranium, imaginiff would be fun if everyone knew each other well, Taboo. Thats that for board games.... but the classics like Spin the Bottle, and 7 min in Heaven. lol
Food. cake of course. although if you want to just have a buffet of food you can have lots of cupcakes along with finger food like carrots and other veggies, mini sandwhiches, chips and dip. Drinks. Juice and soda.
Music. Just have mix CD's or a playlist on your iPod playing in the background. Maybe have speakers inside and out.
* Telephone pictonary is a game where all you need is paper and pencils. Say your playing with 10 people.. You will need 10 stacks of paper with 10 pieces of paper in each stack. (Size should be like a quarter of a 8"x11" piece of paper) Everyone has a stack and writes a phrase like "Puppy eating from the kitchen table". All stacks are passed clockwise. Each person has a new stack with a phrase written on it.. They draw that phrase on the next piece of paper in the stack and places the written phrase at bottom on stack. The stacks then are passed agian. Now everyone writes what they see or think the phrase is like "cat liking a bowl of leftovers". And so on until a stack comes to the original owner and you can see how the drawings and phrases have progressed. If your with the right group of people the game is quite hilarious.
Have Fun!!!
You could divide the party into a few groups (by bday month, or boys vs girls) and play games like... Apples to Apples, Pictionary, telephone pictionary is great*, Cranium, imaginiff would be fun if everyone knew each other well, Taboo. Thats that for board games.... but the classics like Spin the Bottle, and 7 min in Heaven. lol
Food. cake of course. although if you want to just have a buffet of food you can have lots of cupcakes along with finger food like carrots and other veggies, mini sandwhiches, chips and dip. Drinks. Juice and soda.
Music. Just have mix CD's or a playlist on your iPod playing in the background. Maybe have speakers inside and out.
* Telephone pictonary is a game where all you need is paper and pencils. Say your playing with 10 people.. You will need 10 stacks of paper with 10 pieces of paper in each stack. (Size should be like a quarter of a 8"x11" piece of paper) Everyone has a stack and writes a phrase like "Puppy eating from the kitchen table". All stacks are passed clockwise. Each person has a new stack with a phrase written on it.. They draw that phrase on the next piece of paper in the stack and places the written phrase at bottom on stack. The stacks then are passed agian. Now everyone writes what they see or think the phrase is like "cat liking a bowl of leftovers". And so on until a stack comes to the original owner and you can see how the drawings and phrases have progressed. If your with the right group of people the game is quite hilarious.
Have Fun!!!
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