Idea Design
Sun, 07 Feb 2010 07:55:33 +0000
I too think there is a disconnect between your flooring and your marble walls; the two just don't work together (not just colour-wise, but vintage-wise: those sorts of floors were never installed in a bathroom the vintage you are putting together -- you would never have seen those floors with such fixtures). Neither does the wood-framed mirror.
I think you are very fortunate in that you appear to have enough room for a salvaged vintage medical cabinet for your storage needs, allowing you to get rid of your baskets. Here are some options:
http://www.rehabvintage.net/details.php?prodId=222
http://hudsongoodsblog.com/?p=1475
http://getbackinc.com/catalog/vintage-metal-medical-cabinet-p-3742.html
Do something with the exterior of your clawfoot tub -- either paint it with a metal paint -- I like the crispness of painting it a matte black, but you can't do that because of your brown floor. Not sure what colour paint to suggest in your case... However, I recently saw tubs like yours where the exterior had been covered in glass mosaic tiles... would look brilliant if in your case, the exterior of your tub were covered in tiny silver mosaic tiles...
You can also have the feet of your tub plated -- get it done to match your plumbing fixtures. It is not that expensive.
I like the idea of an oversized mirror hung over the tub, but not that particular oversized mirror. Either go with an ornate white-painted frame or a Venetian style mirror instead. Something like this perhaps:
http://www.casuallyeleganthome.com/store/products/details/?product=VG86-1
Get a toilet to match your vanity -- there should be one available in the same range as the sink. Right now, your toilet makes the stylistic discordance in your bathroom more noticeable. It has the wrong lines for your room.
On the wall at the head of your tub, you can have a glass-door cabinet to hold towels. Something shabby-chic may be nice.
As for the floor, short of retiling it, the only thing you can do is to cover as much of it as possible with a rug. I've seen oriental-style rugs in bathrooms, and have read that if raised on a mat, allowing for air circulation underneath, that they do quite well in bathrooms. I'd read up on it if I were you, to see if it could work here. Something with champagne colours would work well in your space.
Good luck!
A couple years ago, my friend Don and I had an idea while spending way too long debating the origin of a piece of slang.
The idea:
A crowd-sourced slang dictionary that would let you browse your way back through the history of language’s oddities, define terms, and otherwise waste away a workday. Think Urban Dictionary, but for word-nerds. Here’s my designs of how it would work (click images to see full-size).
This would be the screen you would see at the site, which would be called “Age of Slang” or perhaps “Slang Ages”. The latter of which lends itself to being said as “Slangages”. Give it a try, it’s fun to say. Worth noting on this view are the ability to skip between words (of a similar type? age of creation? letter? who knows), and the ability to add words before and after the word you’re examining.
This is the screen that shows one parent. The phrase “Word” perhaps came from “I Concur”, noting agreement. That’s probably wrong, but it’s just to illustrate the design.
Here I’ve added some interface features:
- View date of “creation”
- Close word (eliminates from view if the “stack” gets too high)
- View descendant/ancestor (not “child” or “parent” which was deemed to be too, well, child-like…)
- Add descendant/ancestor
Hopefully you can see now how this might work out.
If you click the word (it’s underlined, so it’s got to be a link, right?), you get to see the definition.
And here’s what it would look like if you wanted to add a slang word or phrase. Note the somewhat “angry hipster” instructions.
And here’s the second screen, if you wanted to take credit for your addition to the database.
And I even went so far as to create a footer, with search and a dedicated “add phrase” button.
And explained the joke about “Web Two-Point-Greg”, which Don and I came up with after being annoyed over people saying “Web 2.0” too frequently. Probably a little too far.
So hey, digital friend! Want to help me out? Care to help build this thing, or at least help me make it real? I think it’s something that the world should have. Urban Dictionary is hardly the proper repository for the world’s slang.
May I offer another post?
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