Pictures of My Crib...need Cheap Ideas on making it look better
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How much money are we talking about here? (to invest in upgrade, that is)
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Sanding and staining the kitchen floor would make that look nice but it'd be a lot of work. Your kitchen cabinets look like Nixon's cabinet, old and white haha. Painting those and the walls would make a big difference. You could use some color. You could get some plastic storage drawers or something for all that stuff on the fridge. I think a dark red would go good witht he checkers in the bathroom. Paint is the cheapest way to make a dramatic change. Oh and those cigarettes don't look good, they need to go 
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Bigd5903 said:Sanding and staining the kitchen floor would make that look nice but it'd be a lot of work. Your kitchen cabinets look like Nixon's cabinet, old and white haha. Painting those and the walls would make a big difference. You could use some color. You could get some plastic storage drawers or something for all that stuff on the fridge. Oh and those cigarettes don't look good, they need to go
Those plastic storage drawers sound good. My place is like 300 sq. ft and I have no storage whatsoever. One of my biggest problems is where to store things. The cabinets in the kitchen are only 7" deep ?
> making it impossible to place plates of pots in on the horizontal, everything needs to go in vertically. Those are the only 2 cabinets so I can only have so much stuff at once.Wal-Mart since you help us so much I am going to help you wal mart. 1)Sauder Utility Cart White, Under kitchen furniture Cost=21.84. ( use this as a computor holder put keyboard on you lap when you type.) 2) Sterilite 3 drawer Rolling Cart Cost=10.84. clean out area around fridge. use these bins even put the stuff on top of fridge in here as well. Vacuum you have wood flooring? I am confused. If you can get rid of the litter box. 3) 5 piece tray table set use to eat on and holding other things like lamps etc. Cost=26.23, always a good item to own very usefull. 4) Simmons Beauty Rest Express Bed ( it's a air matress more comfortable than the couch trust me.) this is a good item to have it deflates to store (in bins) and is really comfortable Cost=39.96-59.96. 5) Posters- anything you like cheap and can add style to any room spread out or designate a wall for a theme one wall movie, other sports or something like that. 6) Toilet paper rod to hold asswipe out of basket in bathroom. I know I went over budget but hey you have to start somewhere. I will brain storm some more but that is a good start. I would need more pictures of the whole layout to work real magic. Hey glad I can help let us know if you need more decore ideas you boy greatdane.
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where does jen sleep?
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Greatdane said:
Awesome ideas! I need to get over to Walmart and check these things out. The couch is comfortable enough for now but when I make some extra paper I will look into those blow up deals.
homeslice1325 said:
She sleeps in the bedroom (I snore):D
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Bigd5903 said:
lolColour. Even just a subtle shade of something warm would be good especially in the kitchen and bathroom. Not too dark otherwise the room will start to look smaller.
If you want strong colours then you could try paining only one wall, or too opposite walls if it wasnt too over powering, pick a nice wall with some sort of focal point (fire place, picture, window, door, etc). It would works better in front rooms and bedrooms.
If you're feeling a bit more extravegant maybe buy new doors for the cupboards in the kitchen, beause the old ones arent too great, and its the easiest and cheapest way to get a new fitted kitchen, or at least a coat of pain and new handles.
I like the roughed up floor, but its possible it could be a little dark for the place as it is. Coulour to the walls could change that though, otherwise hire a sander for the weekend and then varnish, or even better wax.
Shelves are brilliant, not only do they store things but you can make them a real feature to a boring area of a wall. Storage containers, drawers and the such are always good.
Lick of paint on the skirting boards and a change of lino in the bathroom if you've got the cash,it would make a real differance. I like a bathroom to feel warm and inviting if you know what I mean, so if you wanted to spend a long time in there you could comfortably (thinking of Jen there)! So again a warm colour on the walls I would say.
Also symetry ties a room together quite well. For instance in the last pic of the front room, the same size pictures on the far wall could be put at the same level as the other pics in the room and put either side of the window (if the window is in the centre-ish of the wall that is).
Most of it can be done on a tight budget. Good luck.
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