Your Home

[June_Bride2008]

What does your house or apartment whatevery you live in look like. How do you decorate it. Just wondering......

[SerendipityCrafts]

When we first got together we didn't have a lot of furniture (just a couch, a few chairs, some small tables, our bedroom furniture and my mother's dining room set) so, we went out to garage sales, flea markets to pick up what we could afford. We refinished some pieces and have bought other pieces one by one, since then. Our style is definitely "chabby chick/country".

http://www.serendipity-crafts.com/images/SerendipityCentral.jpg

http://www.serendipity-crafts.com/images/OWOrnamentHome.jpg

http://www.serendipity-crafts.com/images/Bedroom.jpg

[NicksBride]

Your house looks SOOO cozy!

[SerendipityCrafts]

Your house looks SOOO cozy!

LOL not to mention messy and crowded. Note: I haven't shown pics of our so called "guest bedroom". :)

We are really looking forward to getting a home of our own so that we can spread out a bit and also, get our odds and sods of furniture out of storage.

[sweetvenus]

Here's some pics of my house. I'm not really done decorating yet. When I moved into this house last fall, practically everything was Pepto-Bismol pink. The carpet was pink. There was pink wallpaper on several of the walls. The kitchen countertops were a light pink (they still are). I'm going for this French/Paris thing throughout the house.

My living room colors are red, black, and white (same as my wedding colors). I just bought a new couch a couple weeks ago and it hasn't come in yet, so I still have my old couch with a black slipcover on it:
http://photos.sweetvenus.org/pictures/071117_housewarming/_res/IMG_1244.jpg

The master bedroom colors are gold and brown. I've gotten the walls painted gold, but I still need to buy brown bedding. Also, you can't see it in this pic, but there are brown curtains on the window. Sorry that my FH is blocking most of the view, lol. I was going around taking pictures at my housewarming party and he happened to be in there.
http://photos.sweetvenus.org/pictures/071117_housewarming/_res/IMG_1246.jpg

I've done the least amount of work in the kitchen/dining room. We did put in laminate floors, but I haven't painted or bought new curtains (the ones hanging up were from my old apartment and don't really fit the windows), and I want to put hardware on the cabinets but haven't done that yet. I also eventually want to put in granite countertops.
http://photos.sweetvenus.org/pictures/071117_housewarming/_res/IMG_1245.jpg

I don't seem to have any pictures from the upstairs. I'll have to take some later. :)

[SerendipityCrafts]

Here's some pics of my house. I'm not really done decorating yet. When I moved into this house last fall, practically everything was Pepto-Bismol pink. The carpet was pink. There was pink wallpaper on several of the walls. The kitchen countertops were a light pink (they still are). I'm going for this French/Paris thing throughout the house.


Love the view of the living room - was that shot taken from a loft bedroom or hallway overlooking the area?

LOL re: the pink. Our apartment was lime green & maroon!

[sweetvenus]

Love the view of the living room - was that shot taken from a loft bedroom or hallway overlooking the area?

It was from a hallway. Upstairs there is a hallway with two bedrooms and a bath off of it and then it ends at a loft area, which is the office.

[June_Bride2008]

Here's some pics of my house. I'm not really done decorating yet. When I moved into this house last fall, practically everything was Pepto-Bismol pink. The carpet was pink. There was pink wallpaper on several of the walls. The kitchen countertops were a light pink (they still are). I'm going for this French/Paris thing throughout the house.

My living room colors are red, black, and white (same as my wedding colors). I just bought a new couch a couple weeks ago and it hasn't come in yet, so I still have my old couch with a black slipcover on it:
http://photos.sweetvenus.org/pictures/071117_housewarming/_res/IMG_1244.jpg

The master bedroom colors are gold and brown. I've gotten the walls painted gold, but I still need to buy brown bedding. Also, you can't see it in this pic, but there are brown curtains on the window. Sorry that my FH is blocking most of the view, lol. I was going around taking pictures at my housewarming party and he happened to be in there.
http://photos.sweetvenus.org/pictures/071117_housewarming/_res/IMG_1246.jpg

I've done the least amount of work in the kitchen/dining room. We did put in laminate floors, but I haven't painted or bought new curtains (the ones hanging up were from my old apartment and don't really fit the windows), and I want to put hardware on the cabinets but haven't done that yet. I also eventually want to put in granite countertops.
http://photos.sweetvenus.org/pictures/071117_housewarming/_res/IMG_1245.jpg

I don't seem to have any pictures from the upstairs. I'll have to take some later. :)



Really neat. I like it. I'm just not into decorating or doing anything special I try. lol

[Danielle9608]

Here are some pictures on the day we closed on our house. But we have made a bunch of changes since then:

kitchen:

http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff190/danielle9608/IMG_3102.jpg

we painted all the cabinet white. But after the wedding we plan to completely remodel this.

dinning room:
http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff190/danielle9608/IMG_3120.jpg
We ripped out the pink carpet and put it in our basement. We put down hardwood floors in its place. We kept the light fixture which at first I hated but it grew on me.

[Danielle9608]

Outside:
http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff190/danielle9608/IMG_3122.jpg

Back yard:
http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff190/danielle9608/IMG_3118.jpg

Deck:
http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff190/danielle9608/IMG_3115.jpg

[Danielle9608]

I will have to get some after pictures :)

[Jamie'sBride]

This is where we currently live...apartment :(

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3197/2299699913_e99b6403af_o.jpg


And this is the house we hope to be living in in about a month...just put in an offer, about 2 hours ago. (EEEEKK!)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2368/2299699987_a150d5993a_o.jpg

[hummingbird521]

Here is some pictures of our house:

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j155/hummingbird521/SUNP0033.jpg
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j155/hummingbird521/SUNP0036.jpg
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j155/hummingbird521/SUNP0037.jpg

[June_Bride2008]

Pretty places. I need to get some pictures of mine up here.....I love everyones. Thanks for putting some up. :)

[Diamend]

EEEk!!! I loooove this thread!!! It gives me ideas!! I can't wait to go home and take pics of my house now!

[Goin2thechapel]

My HOME!!!
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b233/rurumydog/100_1317.jpg

The back of my house
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b233/rurumydog/Backofhouse.jpg

My kitchen
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b233/rurumydog/100_1426.jpg

[Diamend]

My HOME!!!
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b233/rurumydog/100_1317.jpg



I love your house!!!!!!!

[Nekochanpurr]

Mine is a very small messy one bedroom apartment. I will try and get it presentable enough for pics tonight, though. LOL. Its not really 'fixed up' or anything, though. Waiting till i can someday get a house before i get into all that. *^^*

[WebLady]

Here are some pics of our place ...

Our living room (note the dog toys on the floor there and blankets for them on the sofa *hehe*)

http://forums.onewed.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2171&stc=1&d=1204316470

Our Sofa, and the art peice DH made that we were married in front of :-)

http://forums.onewed.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2172&stc=1&d=1204316480

Our table (and one of the dogs on the love seat and another dog toy on the floor) DH made it too

http://forums.onewed.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2173&stc=1&d=1204316487

Our bed; DH made the frame and head board :-)

http://forums.onewed.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2174&stc=1&d=1204316493

[WebLady]

I can't seem to find a picture of the outside of the house, except at night during Christmas.

But I found this picture of part of our office; DH made the cabinets ;)

http://forums.onewed.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2175&stc=1&d=1204317352

[FFC]

Danielle I love your kitchen.. the black and white contrast is fantastic :)

[Danielle9608]

Danielle I love your kitchen.. the black and white contrast is fantastic :)

OO thanks but we repainted the cabinets white. I will upload the after photos now :)

[Danielle9608]

here is the after pictures, sorry for the sideways pictures. I dont have photoshop on my laptop.

http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff190/danielle9608/DSCN0182.jpg
http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff190/danielle9608/DSCN0184.jpg
http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff190/danielle9608/DSCN0185.jpg

[Danielle9608]

http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff190/danielle9608/DSCN0186.jpg
no pictures of the upstairs room, its too messy up there, lol

http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff190/danielle9608/DSCN0193.jpg

http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff190/danielle9608/DSCN0195.jpg
I was going to clean off the table, but sadly this is how my dinning room usually looks.

[Danielle9608]

http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff190/danielle9608/DSCN0194.jpg
http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff190/danielle9608/DSCN0196.jpg

[WBandMe]

Wow Danielle your house looks beautiful. I'm a much bigger fan of the "after" cabinets, too :)

[smileyone2002]

everyones houses are so cute and might I saw SO clean!! I will have to clean a little bit this weekend and take some pictures!:bblol:

[Kirby]

I love seeing pictures of houses! I am so jealous of those of you who own homes. I can't wait until we can buy.

This is our apartment. It is a 100 year old former brothel, turned triplex. It's right in the middle of what used to be a famous red light district. Seriously. Crazy, huh?

Living Room:
http://aycu17.webshots.com/image/44896/2005948021375755722_rs.jpg

http://aycu26.webshots.com/image/43985/2005989691459688373_rs.jpg

http://aycu07.webshots.com/image/46246/2005913443412376470_rs.jpg

[Kirby]

Kitchen/Dining: (tiny!)
http://aycu26.webshots.com/image/42625/2002031788836812383_rs.jpg

Bathroom:
http://aycu38.webshots.com/image/44997/2002062253053045318_rs.jpg

Office:
http://aycu30.webshots.com/image/45269/2002076450296046730_rs.jpg

Bedroom: (this room is the most dated and ugly! I love our bed though!)
http://aycu14.webshots.com/image/47333/2005979460957962863_rs.jpg

[Nekochanpurr]

Peridot!! I think its really cool! I love that you know the history about that place!! Neat!!

[Diamend]

But I found this picture of part of our office; DH made the cabinets ;)

http://forums.onewed.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2175&stc=1&d=1204317352

I love your cabinets!!!!

[Diamend]

http://aycu26.webshots.com/image/43985/2005989691459688373_rs.jpg



We have this pic in our bedroom!!

[thetsakid]

well...my house my parents bought as a retirement home but cuz me and fh will only be in this town for a couple of years and they aren't close to retirement they have given it to us to use rent free. but we have to regut the whole inside...and its 27 days till the wedding and we still have no paint and no water! ok but i has a very little kitchen and 2 bedrooms, a wash room and nice living room but the rooms are very awkward sizes but i'll post pictures as soon as we get it done!

[Whitewater]

Peridot Bride, this is going to sound like a *really* strange question, and please feel free to kick me if it's too personal, but I was looking at your pictures and couldn't help noticing the anomalies in there . . . .

Does anybody in your house smoke, and was there anything or anybody smoking at the time you took the pics? (Cigarettes, incense, etc?) and secondly, What are your thoughts about the paranormal?

Oh, I guess I have another question too -- do you know anything else about the history of your house? Have there been any stories about people having traumatic experiences there?

Whitewater (curious to hear the answers!)

[Kirby]

Peridot Bride, this is going to sound like a *really* strange question, and please feel free to kick me if it's too personal, but I was looking at your pictures and couldn't help noticing the anomalies in there . . . .

Does anybody in your house smoke, and was there anything or anybody smoking at the time you took the pics? (Cigarettes, incense, etc?) and secondly, What are your thoughts about the paranormal?

Oh, I guess I have another question too -- do you know anything else about the history of your house? Have there been any stories about people having traumatic experiences there?

Whitewater (curious to hear the answers!)

Jon smokes, but never in the house. I was the only one home when I took the pics, and I don't smoke or burn incense. The pics were taken last summer, maybe a month after we moved in. The only smoke I can think of might be coming in from the terrible forest fires we were having. Also, the guys downstairs smoke, and it could rise into our apartment maybe?

As for the history of the houe, I mentioned in the post with the pictures: "This is our apartment. It is a 100 year old former brothel, turned triplex. It's right in the middle of what used to be a famous red light district." From what our landlord told us, the building was a brothel, which doesn't surprise me because our city was quite known for that. The last one didn't close until the 80's. At some point, someone bought this building and converted it into three apartments. It has two floors- the whole top floor is ours and the bottom floor has two small apartments.

I don't know any actual stories about people who have lived here or their experiences. I know that it wasn't vacant anytime recently before we moved in. Right before we moved in there was a family with a few young children. Before that it was some other college students.

As for the paranormal, I am unsure. Right after we moved in a few strange things happened that freaked me out. That was last June, and nothing has happened since then. I was convinced at the time that we had a ghost, but since nothing else happened I have quit worrying about it.

The first time, I was in the bathroom, and the bathroom door handle turned like someone was trying to come in. I said "Just a minute" because I thought it was Jon. About ten seconds later, I opened the door and no one was there. Jon was in bed, and couldn't have even gotten to bed that quick and said that he wasn't trying to come to the bathroom.

The second weird thing that happened- A few weeks later maybe. I was at home by myself, watching tv on the couch. It was a weekend night and Jon was out with his buddies. I started falling asleep, so I decided to go to bed. I checked the doors to make sure they were locked, then went to bed. My dog Zeus was with me, and a little while later he started barking. There was some people across the street having a small party so I thought he was barking at them. I told him to be quiet. He ran around the house and continued to bark like crazy so I finally got up. When I went to the kitchen, the door was wide open, which leads to our back porch. The screen door on the back porch leading to outside was also wide open. I freaked out and called Jon, convinced that we had an intruder. I stayed on the phone with him while he drove home- he was just a few blocks away. In the meantime, I was holding a big kitchen knife and I left the doors just as I had found them. He searched the house and found no one, and nothing missing. He said I probably didn't close the doors all the way and that the wind may have opened them. Ok, that could have happened with one, but definitely not both doors. I told some people at work and they were convinced that we have a ghost. We joked about how it could be some dead prostitute. My boss told me that if I ever see a ghost to talk to it and ask for peace. Unless it is red she said- then we should move out immediately.

Like I said, since nothing else has happened in months I have pretty much stopped thinking about it and trying not to worry about it. I get freaked out easily. The fact that you just brought this up out of nowhere just from seeing pictures is freaking me out though. What do you see that you find strange? I looked at the pictures and didn't see anything odd, except some dots, which I thought were just dust or reflections.

Tell me, tell me!!

[lizzy]

My home is definitely a reflection of me and my taste. In college when friends were spending money on beer and going out, I was saving money to decorate my apartments. Needless to say, for 28 I have a pretty complete house. Still a few rooms and pieces I need, but all in time. I am not big on dropping lots of money from stuff so vintage stores in Austin and around the beach have been where most of my furniture has come from. The house has a pretty rustic-chic look. None of the shabby chic pink flowers, but lots of the older funky furniture. The nice thing about decorating that way is all your pieces are so unique. It may take more time, but I love that no one else could re-create my home.
We are finally out of debt (mainly from wedding) and doing a bit of re-decorating right now. Got new kitchen light fixtures and hardware. Removed a icky recessed light fixture. And am finally adding some curtains to the living room. Took the vertical blinds down the day I bought it and just hadn't have the funds to replace yet.
The house has really high ceilings and lots of windows so we painted the living room and brownish-green and the kitchen a deep red to help warm up the house. I think it is quite cozy and even though I would love to leave the city I am in, I will miss my home dearly!:bunny:

[SerendipityCrafts]

I looked at the pictures and didn't see anything odd, except some dots, which I thought were just dust or reflections.

I don't see anything odd either. You have a lot of glass and chrome in there, so it probably is the flash bouncing off stuff in the room. I don't see any smoke at all :purplex:

Dust can show up too .... LOL time to clean? *just teasing* (I am the one to talk)

[EarlyBird]

in the picture of the living room if you look to the top left peridot you can see a smoke looking object and their is no mirror or reflective material.. the same thing in the picture with the furnace it looks like on either side of the flume there is a little bit of smoke..

[Rainbow Brite]

Ooooooo post more pics you guys! I need inspiration! lol