Hot Tub Forum
Original => Hot Tub Forum => Topic started by: Snowbird on February 23, 2006, 05:17:37 pm
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We are looking for a "festive elegant patio" look for the hot tub room so we thought we would use mini-blinds, drapes and valences to set the tone. Since the tub is essentially grey with a white tub and the walls are white and the floor is a light gray, the color had to come from the drapes and it had to be strong enough to compensate for all the neutral colors.
So, SWMBO is making the drapes and valences and I get to do the mini-blinds and valence boards. Today we finally got to hang the drapes and test hang a piece of a valence.
So, what do you think? ???
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Dang!! Do you have a couch and loveseat in there too? Is there carpet on the floor?
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What's a valence and a SWMBO?
Terminator
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Term....I am laughing my butt off!! Thank you so much!!
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Term....I am laughing my butt off!! Thank you so much!!
At me? About what? Crikey!
Terminator
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I tried to figure out what SWMBO is and the best fit I could find is Some Woman My Brother Owns.
Terminator
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I tried to figure out what SWMBO is and the best fit I could find is Some Woman My Brother Owns.
Terminator
There you go again..... making me laugh. Last person made laugh that hard was Rodney Dangerfield.
Valence is that black flowered crap near the ceiling.
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Just that I can picture you hanging a valance, that's all. Oh, yeah that's what SWMBO means....
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Just that I can picture you hanging a valance, that's all. Oh, yeah that's what SWMBO means....
I think some critter fur like beaver, muskrat, woodchuck or something would look pretty cool around the edges. Even cowhide, but not like dairy cowhide, more of a crusty lookin' ol' longhorn. For more color, you could do a faux leopard print or ostrich tail feathers with some peacock mixed in for an exotic motif. And beads, hanging beads with sparkles and glow in the dark stars.
The flowers are pretty, though, and I'm sure not knocking your tastes. The room looks really nice and the view from the sniper's perch is to die for! :)
Terminator
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Valence is that black flowered crap near the ceiling.
Uh, thats kinda what I was thinking. No offense.
The mini blinds look very nice. :)
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Valence is that black flowered crap near the ceiling.
Uh, thats kinda what I was thinking. No offense.
The mini blinds look very nice. :)
I repeat, in case y'all missed it the 1st time..... S W M B O
She has a right to be happy just like I do.
After being together since 1972 we have learned to live together. She doesn't tell me how to build furniture in my woodshop as long as I don't make any more wooden sex aides on my lathe. In return, I do not have any opinions on decorating as long as she doesn't use sheers or lace.
E Z PeeZee Japaneezee ;)
If I had my way I'd probably be living in the back of an '76 Buick wagon parked in the back of a Taco Bell parking lot.
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Why not hang the pic of the day?
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Well it looks nice but have you thought about the mold problem you are going to have?????????????
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is that a j335? I'll keep my other comments to myself.
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So, SWMBO is making the drapes and valences and I get to do the mini-blinds and valence boards. Today we finally got to hang the drapes and test hang a piece of a valence.
First off....sounds like she gave you the "he can't screw this up with colors clashing" job.....BRAVO.
Secondly, *I* thought SWMBO was "single white male big ox" or something....but I like Term's guess better.
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I think some critter fur like beaver, muskrat, woodchuck or something would look pretty cool around the edges. Even cowhide, but not like dairy cowhide, more of a crusty lookin' ol' longhorn. For more color, you could do a faux leopard print or ostrich tail feathers with some peacock mixed in for an exotic motif. And beads, hanging beads with sparkles and glow in the dark stars.
The flowers are pretty, though, and I'm sure not knocking your tastes. The room looks really nice and the view from the sniper's perch is to die for! :)
Terminator
Term
The room needs a Moosehead mounted on one wall. ;) How canyou not have a moosehead?
Snowbird,
You asked, so...
I'm not a big fan of floural patterns, and usually stay away from them (my wife and I are trying to figure out curtains in our own home) But I really like the one you chose. The Ferns give the room a nice tropical spa feel. I like it.
I'm not a big fan of pink and personally wouldn't have been the dominant color I'd choose for the panels. But that's just me. I think they look nice and really make a big difference in the room. It finishes it off very well and is very tasteful. Great job. :)
AS I mentioned, my wife and I are doing curtains, but after 5 years realized we have no ability to pick out curtains, colors, or styes. SWMBO has hired a proffesional and they should be installed in the next few weeks. One of the rooms they did was the room I redid over that heads out to the hot tub. I am curious on how the colors and styles they chose will look (I wanted a tropical spa look too). I'll post pics if the room doesn't come out too horendous.
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What's this about a MOLD probelm potential?
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I've seen places that look WONDERFUL because a woman's got "the touch" and has a great eye when it comes to decorating....(that, by the way, would NOT be ME.) that's why I didn't screw around too much early on when we bought our house....EVERY ROOM upstairs had a wallpaper border of a different design, at a different height...however, the colors all blended WONDERFULLY with the decor in each room..and I figured I can't duplicate that, so why screw with success?
Recently I got gutsy (decided I'd had enough of the cracks in the walls and ceiling from settling, and the dull spots from where we patched nail holes), and I've just finished painting the kitchen and hallway, however...and I'm amazed that it turned out so well...instead of one color on the walls, I did what looks very much like vanilla and chocolate soft serve icecream....used a "woolie" 2 part roller system to blend....and it looks GREAT. (hubby doesn't agree, but he doesn't complain, either...good man.)
I think I'd cry if I had to figure out window treatments on my own, though... *lol* I'm just not that coordinated.
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I don't know.................about the pretty things hanging on the wall................
I do know I didn't see the spotting scope, rifle rest or the beer cooler......................
Shame shame..................... ::)
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Daddy always said, "Son, if you set yourself up to be a target, expect to get hit a time or two and don't bitch about it." So I ain't!
But thanks for the comments, both for and against. Even you Term, aka SWMBO (single white male big ox). ;D
drewstar
If I had a moose head, it would be up there... for about 12 seconds and then it would be the back seat of my car. No use starting a war I don't care if I win.
A beer tap is not for me. Beer is too weak and I have to drink so much of it to get a buzz on that I spend more time in the bathroom than the hot tub. I prefer a 50-50 mix of vodka and OJ with a little peach schnapps thrown in for flavor. And don't water it down with too many ice cubes.
We started out wanting red and black to compliment the gray and white in the room. But red is a tough color and it is real hard to find a red that fits anything. We see black and gray as the dominant colors with the others giving us a way to tie in just about any object we put in the room. But now that you mention it, the pink is a little stronger than we wanted. Maybe the black and rose marble windowsills will help a little.
As for stripes and flowers, we usually are pretty mild when we decorate. No loud colors or patterns. But this time we decided to jump off the cliff with the hot tub room. Until it is all done, it will be hard to tell whether it is Starkist or Charlie the Tuna (Good Taste or Taste Good).
Good luck with your drapes. I would like to see pics when you are done. You can send them PM if you don't feel like being a target.
Lablover2004
Mold will not be a problem. In the winter we have a powerful vent fan controlled by a humidistat set at 70%. It only comes on for about 50% of the time when the tub is open. The room is neither heated or air conditioned so we expect the windows to be open most of the summer.
orlandoguy, its a 385… and feel free to comment.
Term
I never thought of it as a sniper's perch, but it would work great for that. Unfortunately I happen to know there are people in those houses down there that can shoot as good or better than me, so we respect each other. I do have a Ruger Mark III with a red dot scope that I use to keep the red squirrels from eating the baby birds, destroying the bird feeders and my house. Damn things are worse than termites! And there are few cats in the neighborhood that may have to have a meeting with Mr. Smith & Mr. Wesson if they don't quit wailing on summer nights.
T-lady
You do what you like in your house. It is nice to hear compliments, but if you are happy with it, the negative stuff shouldn’t be a problem. I enjoy laughing and I see most of these comments as being more funny than negative. Make the people you care about happy and the rest can either get used to it or be miserable.
Cappy
No furniture other than a small table, a TV, a stereo and the CD racks. It's just hot tub and Schwin Airdene exercise bike. Room is 12x18 and the tub is 8x8. There isn’t all that much space left.
Brook
Thanks. I had to stand my ground on the minis. There was a strong move for sheers and I threatened to burn the house down if she put those up. She likes the flowers and I like black. That’s how 30+ years of marriage teaches men to compromise.
spiman
My wife likes to watch birds and stars. I am going to buy her a scope of some kind as a gift. When she is working I can check out the teenage girls down over the hill. There are several backyard pools in the neighborhood.
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Sorry this is so long but I wanted to recognize everyone that took the time to respond.
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Term
I never thought of it as a sniper's perch
Now don't BC a BC'er (bullcorn), you know good and well the whole reason you built that room was for battling the New World Order and the spa is just for cover (brilliant on your part, I might add. All that high density water will defeat most small arms fire) :)
Oops, better quit talking about guns before Soakin' rises from the shadows and reprimands us.....
Terminator
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Snowbird, If you were looking, as you say, for a festive
elegant look, I would say your wife has successfully done that. She has complemented the white walls with a beautiful mixture of colors that are pleasing to the eye and that frame your fantastic view. I love the floral pattern and by using the drapery, the colors are carried to the floor. This is very appealing to me because it makes me feel warm and comfortable. I have a large sun-room on my house. I used a large floral pattern to upholster the furniture and make covers for my blind tops. My room makes me feel I am in the tropics! and as soon as I walk in there, I get in a good mood. I am sure that is the feeling that your wife gets when she enters you newly decorated spa room. So...I love her taste and I give her an A+ for achieving just what she set out to do, make your room elegant and appealing. I'm with Cappy, put a little love seat in there and you have the entire package. (And I would use one of the dark colors, perhaps the green fern, as a cover)
Oh, and a palm tree.... ;D P.S. Don't you know better than to ask men about decorating? ;)
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Thanks Boni.
We are in the market for a palm tree. The corner where it will go has a 9 ft ceiling so I think one about 8 feet would be just right. With big leaves that overhang the tub.
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But it has to be artificial. Although the tub is indoors, I like to open the windows on cold days (wifey hates it) and that would kill a live tree.
See, we get almost all of the advantages of an outdoor tub without the negatives. ;D
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I got your palm tree........be afraid....be VERY afraid.
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K, I actually like that pic and the lighted trees/animals. However if I had an elegant back porch like that even I know better than to ruin it. It would look great and be fitting in my ghetto/white trash yard. :)
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Snowbird, Hubby bought himself a very inexpensive fake palm at Big Lots and it sits on the deck next to the tub, even through the snow storms! He has this Florida thing and when he is in the tub, the palm tree helps his imagination. You can find very realistic ones at some of the craft stores and with the 50% off coupons, they are not too expensive. I love my live ones and they take up more room in the sun room than we do! I also have a 20 foot tree that was only about 1 foot tall when my hubby gave it to me 23 years ago! ;)
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actually, brook.....that gator would look great alongside the tub.....heheheh
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Snowbird, Hubby bought himself a very inexpensive fake palm at Big Lots and it sits on the deck next to the tub, even through the snow storms! He has this Florida thing and when he is in the tub, the palm tree helps his imagination. You can find very realistic ones at some of the craft stores and with the 50% off coupons, they are not too expensive. I love my live ones and they take up more room in the sun room than we do! I also have a 20 foot tree that was only about 1 foot tall when my hubby gave it to me 23 years ago! ;)
My wife lives for Michaels, Joann Fabric, Crafts n Stuff and Rag Shop coupons. There has got to be a palm tree in one of those places.
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I heard that martha stewart once made a palm tree. she went out in the yard, got grass clippings, wove them into the fronds...used old TP and PT tubes for the trunk, and some old stuffed bras to make coconuts.
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My husband really does love the palm trees and last year at Christmas time, the kids and I decorated a weeping cherry tree with lights so that at night it looked like a big palm tree. Then we added huge snowflake lights and they looked like coconuts! He had no idea until he gave us grief for having extention cords all over the yard. He plugged it in and was amazed.
t-Lady, I love everything in your picture! I bet though, it would cost an arm and a leg for all of those.
Snowbird, you are a computer guy, get coupons for your honey on the websites. All of those craft stores have coupons weekly and they will send them to you in email!
Michaels had some nice fake palms for $130.00 last week. ;D
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Well, some of our curtains came in this weekend and I was pretty happy with what we picked out for the "spa-laundry room".
This is a small (12 x 12) room at the end of my house that has the washer and dryer, ironing board, and a freezer in it).
We put the hot tub just outside the house, going through this door, the tub is just 3 steps away. The room was a mess (holes in floor, walls ceiling) This room was the last on my list to re-do, but since having the tub, and guests walking through it, we cleand it up a bit (new subfloor, tiles, wainscoating, paint, cabinets and curtains). Hoenstly it was embarrassing to have people even look at it.
Here are the curtains we picked out. They are bright and fun, and give the room a bit of a Carribian touch. I'd still like to do more with the room, but I wanted to share with outhers the color and paterns we picked out.
So, FWIW, if otheres have a similliar project, here's a data point:
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The towel bar is great. Not shown are some robe hooks. The cabinets work great for storing my chemicals and supplies. Over all It's a great place to get out of the tub and dry off, hang up wet suits and towels. It works well for us.
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That has got to be the nicest laundry room ever. Wow! You almost hate to mess it up by doing laundry. Good job.
I've got that same double towel bar in one of my Vero condos. They work well and look great. My wife hung ornate tassels from the ends to add a little pazazz.
You made a good choice on the drapes. They are a nice contrast with the white.
BTW, is that your rubber ducky? ;D
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That has got to be the nicest laundry room ever. Wow! You almost hate to mess it up by doing laundry. Good job.
I've got that same double towel bar in one of my Vero condos. They work well and look great. My wife hung ornate tassels from the ends to add a little pazazz.
You made a good choice on the drapes. They are a nice contrast with the white.
BTW, is that your rubber ducky? ;D
Thanks snowbird. I'd love to do more, but my wife dope slapped me and reminded me "It's just a laundry room for crying out loud! Clean it up and focus on re-doing the baths!) ;D
The hampers are good to. Going out to the tub, I can strip down, throw my cloths in the hampers. Comming back in, grab a robe and on the way to the TV room, stop off at the bar, and get a re-fill.
That's my wife's rubber ducky. It vibrates. :o
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Beautiful job, Drew! I love the curtains and the whole room looks so crisp and bright! I can't tell from the picture, is the bottom half of the wall paint or is it some sort of board? I want to re-do my son's bathroom and I want to run beadboard about 5 ft. up the walls but I have never done anything with that material before. Any ideas?
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Beautiful job, Drew! I love the curtains and the whole room looks so crisp and bright! I can't tell from the picture, is the bottom half of the wall paint or is it some sort of board? I want to re-do my son's bathroom and I want to run beadboard about 5 ft. up the walls but I have never done anything with that material before. Any ideas?
My house is a split level (or raised ranch if you will). This room is located on the lower level. The bottom half of the wall is actaully the foundation of the house (The window is almost at ground level). But yes, the lower half of the wall is called "wainscoating". It's a beaded board (Toung in groove look) painted white. The walls under the wainscoating were in horrible shape. It was put this up or re-do the dry wall. ( ugh!)
In another room, i bought individual touge and groove boards and stained, and installed them.
I've seen folks go half way up the wall and cap the wainscoaint off with a chair rail.
In this room, I bought a 4 x 8 sheets of wood with this pattern cut into it (Home Depot). It was easier to install it looks just as good. I had also considered using Cedar, and mounting them at a slanted angle ....but the goal here was: quick, clean and under budget.
Get the full sheets. Get real wood (Home depot also has laminate sheets that look like wood, but its a pain to work with and looks like it wont hold up well. The wood looks just as good as the "real" wainscoating" I put in my other room . It cuts with a saber saw and installs easy as pie (contsrution adheasive and nails to the studs). Try to cut the boards only along the grooves to hide seams. This stuff did have more "defects" in the the individual wood baords.
I would recomend painting rather than staining. If staiining, you should go with a higher grade. clearer wood.
I had to remove the base boards to install this. (not a bidgdeal, but you need to re-cut your baseboard when you re-install them)
Also, on outside courners, I had to buy a U channel to match to cover the gap where the corners meet.
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Thanks Drew. I have the T&G pine in the room I am in right now. I stained it 20 years ago but have just sealed and repainted (the color is real similar to your green on the top of the chair rail). For the bathroom, I thought the beadboard (synthetic what ever it is) would be better than wood because of the moisture. I just wasn't sure about butting the edges together because what I have looked at in Lowes has blunt edges, not T&G. so that seam would be real obvious. I wasn't sure how to deal with that. I know it is probably a bit tougher to cut too because if it isn't a real smooth cut the finish could chip.
I think I will check out the Depot because I also need flooring, and a vanity. I was hoping to do this over the weekend while my kids are camping so I need to start collecting my materials. Thanks for your help!
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Thanks Drew. I have the T&G pine in the room I am in right now. I stained it 20 years ago but have just sealed and repainted (the color is real similar to your green on the top of the chair rail). For the bathroom, I thought the beadboard (synthetic what ever it is) would be better than wood because of the moisture. I just wasn't sure about butting the edges together because what I have looked at in Lowes has blunt edges, not T&G. so that seam would be real obvious. I wasn't sure how to deal with that. I know it is probably a bit tougher to cut too because if it isn't a real smooth cut the finish could chip.
I think I will check out the Depot because I also need flooring, and a vanity. I was hoping to do this over the weekend while my kids are camping so I need to start collecting my materials. Thanks for your help!
I can't remember if I went to Lowes or Home Depot, but they both had similliar product.
The laminate stuff look like it would chip out when i cut it, and also would ding up easy. Go for the 1/4" wood panels. Cut your seams along the gooves and for outside corners you could bevel this to 45 degrees, but it was easier just to buy a v chanel to cap it.
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Three pages. Wow.
I like the look of the room.
If I had that awful white stuff on the ground, I would want an indoor room for my spa as well. In fact, we have been doin' our soakin' down at the showroom for awhile now - strictly after-hours: don't want to cause anyone to have a coronary or die laughin.'
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Three pages. Wow.
I like the look of the room.
If I had that awful white stuff on the ground, I would want an indoor room for my spa as well.
WHAT? ! ? ! That white stuff on the ground is the best stuff for out door hot tubbing! I feel sorry for folks who can't sit outside in a snow storm and enjoy the hot tub. It is absolutely the best.
You haven't tubbed until you do it in a snowstorm!
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If I found myself in a place where it would be possible to go sit in a hottub in a snow storm, I would be booking passage on the next available airplane headed south. I am originally a New Englander and have memories of carrying car batteries inside the house because at temps of 40 below, batteries tend to freeze. Snowing 5 or more inches per hour. Winds approaching hurricane force. Snow piled up so high on the side of the roads that the street lights up on the utility poles were blocked. I am OUT on the whole scene.
To each his own. My one wish at the moment is that Castro would go away so that Havana could be recovered for various business activities such as liquor, gambling, and illicit sex. It is warmer there in the winter than it is in South Florida. I could stand to move where it is warmer in the winter provided the right kinds of amenities could be ensured. :-*
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My hot tub has been the best solution to a husband who thinks like you guys, but has a wife who loves the winter and change of seasons. He loves the hot weather and would be happy sitting under a palm tree or riding in a golf cart for the rest of his life. BUT He actually admitted to enjoying this winter because of the tub and when it warmed up the other day he commented that it just isn't as awsome when the air temp is above 50! That's OK, because soon we will be opening up the pool ;D
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... My wife hung ornate tassels from the ends to add a little pazazz.
I think I saw your wife's act at a club I mistakenly wandered into. How does she get the tassels to go in opposite directions? ;) ;D :o
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not that my opinion means a hill of beans in Bermuda.....but I like it. I actually prefer the laundryroom theme to the tubroom setup, but both are very nice.
Two thumbs up, Ebert.
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I think I saw your wife's act at a club I mistakenly wandered into. How does she get the tassels to go in opposite directions? ;) ;D :o
Opposite directions is the easy part.
The hard part is not letting the towel rack hit her chin.
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Opposite directions is the easy part.
The hard part is not letting the towel rack hit her chin.
Don't let the rack hit her in the chin?
You are a very lucky man. :D