Help.. My house looks like a one eyed monster!
deena
7 years ago
I need ideas please on how to offset the void beside window (poor design from the original designer many years ago). Its a recent purchase for us that we have renovated inside and out with a white/monochrome theme. The house is all white. Another window cannot be placed here as inside wall is bathroom shower. Need external solution only. Thank you in advance for your ideas!
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Comments (4)I was looking at the plan and although your question is about styling I noticed something. It doesn't look like the wc has a washbasin which would make it a proper powder room and it seems to me you could do that by borrowing a corner from one of the walk-in robes. Corners in robes are difficult spaces to utilise efficiently anyway. If you want to avoid arguments over who gets the bigger walk-in robe you could perhaps take the corner out of the other one to create a cupboard in the hallway. I agree with the comments about your home being shared with the people and things that matter to you and reflecting your travels and interests. I'm not sure you can 'buy' instant character, even if your builder was amenable to using recycled materials. I think getting the basic colours right to begin with is the main thing, and as suggested, an Ideabook will help you get ideas and get feedback on them. For street appeal I think landscaping is more important than people sometimes allow. Display homes look impressive but have been lushly planted for instant effect and I have seen some that looked terrible a few years after being sold. On the other hand some new houses don't have enough planting, and that can also look terrible even when the house itself is architecturally impressive. The token row of whichever plant is in fashion in an expanse of pebbles does not necessarily enhance the architecture and certainly does not make the house look like a much-loved home. When browsing Houzz or the real estate websites, I sometimes see houses I dislike even though they tick all the boxes for colours and features I like, and I sometimes see houses I like despite having colours and features I would not personally choose. There is something that comes together to create a home that looks happy and loved which is very appealing....See Morehaephestus
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoI'm not sure of your budget, but what about an external timber or laser cut privacy screen which stretches across the entire width of the wall.
Something like these:
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So, you'd basically be pretending that the window (or windows) stretched across the entire expanse and place a privacy screen across that expanse.Or you could paint an eye patch on the wall and have a pirate house! Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me!
Gioenne Rapisarda
7 years agoThe vine may not gel with the contemporary style - but I LOVE the idea of the external timber or screen. Could even have it so it opens over the window, like the first link:
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7 years agoAdd an awning like above length of that wall to give impression of two windows
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7 years agoHa, some of these pics are so funny! deena it's only the light looking like a nose that makes our brains interpret your house as a face. Delete the light fitting. Adding the address will kill the symmetry that makes the face jump out.
Or maybe some faux windows....
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