V + J Reno
The style of the wall, i.e., including interesting door/window between two common spaces; color; texture, we like, but we are not sure there is any where we would need or want such a wall.
Seems very much a good aesthetic for Vikas' mother as well as for us or others living in the downstairs in law apt.
Possibly for our livingroom...built in Divan/windowseat with storage underneath presumably. Recessed. Or for downstairs apt.
Julie likes these very large sliding closet doors but not sure where they would be appropriate if at all. Vikas neutral on these.
bathroom in Mumbai house. Like wood.
Julie originally saved this picture because she likes the built in cupboard style closet/cabinets for bedroom; doorless (or possibly with unseen door in back hall) transition from bedroom to another room (?bath or living area?) being recessed behind bank of closet area. Also this perhaps creates more sound barrier between the bedroom and the living room/kitchen space. Vikas and Julie have gone back and forth and are not seeing eye to eye on what aspects of this might make sense for our downstairs apt.
Like Window "seat." Recessed area also defined by color
Curious if double doors (opening in ) lead to a narrow solarium but which then provides access to an outdoor deck or patio not fully visible in the photo. Light and access to outdoors and yet the grillwork (metal or wood?) provides privacy.
Just an Indian aesthetic here, and of course the swinging chair.
Possible new top floor design to accommodate different uses at once as well as over time: teenager's room with space for sleepovers; guest bedroom; (sewing/TV room/home office in future)
Like this combination of wood, white, colored tile (Vikas). Julie likes the view to and from the living room (in how it is limited) as well as the built-in shelving into the bank of cabinets at far left and long wide drawers for pots and pans under the cooktop. However we are retaining our stove/oven so the long deep shelves for pots needs to be elsewhere.
like the tiling (Vikas) but Julie worries about maintenance of grout.
The jutting out of rectangular cabinets with many angles seems a recipe for bumps and bruises. Tile backsplash requires too much effort to clean. Hood shape seems good. I don't like the shine of the granite. The wood color is nice, though. (written by Julie).
Julie thinks the room flow from kitchen to living area is nice but otherwise does not find a lot of appeal here-picture must have been originally saved by Vikas.
Amount of light let in, for the new top floor, and the spacious feeling in general, would be good.
Probably nothing here is applicable to our house but we like it.
Julie loves everything about this space.
The way the kitchen opens to the dining area is nice, the potrack, and the knives on the wall, might be good for the new downstairs itchen
This reflects an informal, eclectic style that is like ours, and the graphic art on the walls makes a lot of sense for us (Our Bread and Puppet posters) in the kitchen in many ways. A truly Sturdy pot-rack would be good but doesn't the wall get battered and stained by the arrangement in this photo? (also the spice rack is inadequate for our spice pantry, but that does not mean we would rule out visible rather than hidden area for spices as they have here...just that we would need a whole wall, with deeper shelves, for it, and it couldn't be a wall that the sun hits.)
open shower and niches
Open shower we like. However, as elderly folks will be living here at least some of the time, the lip of the shower area would be a problem. In India where open stalls are common, the floor of the bathing/shower area is sloped down for drainage. This bathroom in the photo has an enormous amount of space to work with that we don't have, but we do like the niches in the shower area and, all things being equal (the concern for keeping grout clean), the style of the tile is nice.
Lots of opaque glass in the in-law unit bathroom to let light in gets a thumbs up from us.
Like Niche storage in both parts of thisbathroom, large overhead showerhead, especially like the OPEN doorless aspect (if that is what we are seeing), intrigued by CEMENT TILE (painted), and we are undecided about wall mount toilet
Interested in exploring surfaces in bathroom other than tile that do not require grout, have less potential for mildew, etc. We like the granite/stone look. Are there doors for the shower stall? A glass partition and open area but doorless is something we want to explore.
Idea of built in storage in bathroom makes a lot of sense to us rather than adding some bathroom storage in the form of "furniture," e.g., cabinets.
Saved because it is another view of a saved item (exterior)
Bringing the outdoors in but with an overhang so that you aren't sitting directly in the sun when you don't want to be. In Sydney where this is, it would be a necessity and is not so much here yet there is appeal to shelter from the sun yet benefitting from the sun. On the east side of the house where the current area for garbage and recycle is located, would a semi-outdoor flooring surface adjacent to a landscape (once the asphalt is removed) work? Would there be synchronicity with the design of the internal spaces/deck on east side of house, if an outdoor granite or other "flooring" were to span the entire width of the house (and then some, including where the white picket fence and gate are now?) Is there potential for this on any other plane of the house footprint?
Not sure I like neighbors being able to see into the house in this way.
like the wood door like the overhang
wood feature, opaque glass nice
Nice idea for keeping mudroom area separate but ligh.
Like the idea of wooden doors [or the like, at entryway] for a residence that are like the iconic doors you'd see in Mexico, Spain, or India. ****We don't otherwise like anything about this entryway, even the design on the doors themselves, other than that their material, size, and role in the space.**** Also note that glass if used in the front door or same plane as the front door should be opaque or glass block.
Possibly, undecided, but maybe we like the idea of flooring choice helping to define an open space spanning living and kitchen. But maybe not. Don't otherwise like anything about this space.
Don't like paneled exterior but do ike the recessed and wooden entryway.
thumbs up for a sheltered entry
DISLIKE. too Woody Allen.
We dislike the steel cable style, but the idea of a "boardwalk' style deck on the west side, maybe, outdoors, we like.
I spent a lot of time in a house with a picture window when I was growing up. In the winter, when it's bare, we don't want to be as visible, and we don't like the paraphernalia of curtains, so this is currently a conundrum.
I like the warm wood color at the entry, the view all the way to the trees at the back, and the high ceilings. I don't like the idea of having a view into the house when the front door is shut...if that is indeed the front entrance to the house.
another pic of same backsplash
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