Old farmhouse needs design help
leahlange
7 years ago
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asquithoatley
7 years agoNot sure why you need a wall to place the couch against. Do you have room to float it in front of the fire place? What are your dimensions? Posting so those with far better knowledge might help.
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Comments (10)If you're seriously considering chalk paint check out Marilyn's, the Annie Soames stuff is pretty expensive. Marilyn's comes in some made up colours or you can get the powder and add it to any colour you like. (I have only tried this on small amounts only, not sure how you'd go mixing larger quantities). I'd be inclined to get it in place before doing anything radical, then you'll have a better feel. I'm thinking that the grey drawers definitely need to be changed, I'd try painting some cardboar and sticking it over the top to experiment with colour. What you do with your splashback will also make a big difference, those grey tiles add to the contempaory feel. You could also change out the handle quite cheaply for something a bit chunkier. Open shelves or glass fronts scream farmhouse, so maybe just leaving some of the upper cupboard doors off could work, you can always paint the inside of the cupboard for a bit of interest. Or depending how the L fits in, open shelves, on one end. Another option depending on what's in the rest of the space, and how big that space is, you could think about a butchers block in the space, very farhouse and extra benchspace never goes astray....See MoreFarmhouse
Comments (16)Thank you all for your suggestions and advice, there are some great ideas there, I particularly like the look of corrugated iron in keeping with the 'farm' theme. If we were to go down the path of applying mortar, could we then paint it all? I've attached an image of something that I think could work if we were to do that.. To give an idea of the style that we're hoping to achieve - the interior of the house is largely laminate timber walls which I'm in the process of painting white and we're pulling up the brown tiles (in the living/kitchen/dining area) and carpets (in the bedrooms) and replacing with floating floorboards and new carpet in a neutral colour. The attached image is the most similar I can find to our 'style'. We are very lucky to have such an amazing view that's for sure! OkLouise, thank you for providing a name for the bricks - I have had such a hard time researching what to do with them because I had no idea what they were! Thanks again everyone - I really appreciate you putting thought into our project!...See MoreFarm house exterior colour scheme - colorbond cladding
Comments (62)apennameandthata i don't know... vertical is more shed like style, while we still have a colonial style base and veranda. Dust will be an issue here (although its not so bad in that particular spot on a river, good protection from trees) but pressure wash will be regular practice anyway. Thanks for all your suggestions and I will take all on board, especially sandstone ideas. I don't this I want this house to look pretentious, but how can I describe that, I am after some subtle "wow" factor or something a bit different, but it must look like we knew what we are doing and YES, I want it to look like high quality build and not a transportable house or kit home. The house rectangle is so simple that I worry it may have that boring factor in its looks and that is why I am looking for some ideas. My problem is a tendency to overthink but I hope I will find a balance at some point :) At this stage I think: galvanised tin everywhere (or that zincalum), rusty steel posts, aluminum windows with timber look, sandstone features around main door and sandstone chimney. We had a big flood last year and the spot never goes under water, its on high grounds even though it is only meters from the river....See MoreExterior colours for 60s ranch style blonde brick farmhouse.
Comments (15)Don't suppose the roses are iceberg?, I can just see your dogs scaring the life out of the poor fish. My same farmer Friend had his roof spray painted on a similar period house to yours, and it was a perfect no problems, I think that there good and bad and ugly trades that do these roofs, I know a neighbour was not happy with the quality of his and had to be redone and then another managed to get a really dodging one going around doing roofs and driveways that were total rubbish. A good job removes and resets all the ridge line tiles repairs adjusts and replaces tiles where needed. and remember to keep too many people from walking around on your tiled roof as this can add to more cracked brittle tiles. Re painted down pipes I wouldn't worry at the moment, a house nearby has just had roof painted mid gray and walls rendered a very soft pale beige/sandstone colour. Windows doors eaves, barge boards, down pipes are all white and the gutter is the same as the roof colour, simple, it's hard to match paint colour with brick work so I think I would be going with unpainted white the same as the neighbours I just mentioned, they won't get scratched that way and your down pipes aren't terribly visible from the front. A farm house bedroom for you x, Ticking,linen,timber, black and metal and a blue wall like your fireplace...See Moreleahlange
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