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Post by cinnabar on Sept 7, 2017 13:22:34 GMT -5
Those industrial pics take me back to my "lunch lady" days. Just add 700 walking hormones(middle-school) and it would be dead on.
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Post by nana on Sept 7, 2017 13:58:58 GMT -5
I know just what you mean. Our school is K-12 in one building, but in separate wings. When you walk from the elementary to the high school wing, there's definitely a different odor in the air. I always say, Aaaaahhh, you can just smell the hormones. It's either that, or the gallons of Axe deodorant and Bath and Body Works products giving the same effect.
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Post by dwayner2 on Sept 7, 2017 15:48:25 GMT -5
Don't feel like the Lone Ranger Nana. I have two relatives who work in the high schools and they say the halls are filled with the smell of Axe. It must be nation wide.
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Post by dwayner2 on Sept 7, 2017 15:55:36 GMT -5
Mach12, your kitchen is really looking good! I can see the counter is gone and maybe the table where we would sit and have morning coffee. Your planning to put an old table there with the same counter top, right?
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Post by mach12 on Sept 7, 2017 16:09:54 GMT -5
Mach12, your kitchen is really looking good! I can see the counter is gone and maybe the table where we would sit and have morning coffee. Your planning to put an old table there with the same counter top, right? I'm not sure what the whole plan is except for my plan, which is to say "yes dear" when the boss says where to move the stuff. The possum belly bakers table goes there somewhere and the old table with the enamel top as well but I'd bet there'll be a bit of shuffling stuff before it's all said and done.
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Post by evangeline on Sept 7, 2017 17:30:21 GMT -5
Wow, Mach12, looks super good! So clean and nice, and warm. Can't wait to see the whole thing w/the tile and the baker's table. Wow! Wow!
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Post by nana on Sept 7, 2017 20:10:08 GMT -5
Don't feel like the Lone Ranger Nana. I have two relatives who work in the high schools and they say the halls are filled with the smell of Axe. It must be nation wide. And the worst part is underneath it they all still smell like farts and burps and feet. Oh God I wouldn't be in junior high again for all the money in the world!
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Post by Chuckie on Sept 7, 2017 23:30:23 GMT -5
Don't feel like the Lone Ranger Nana. I have two relatives who work in the high schools and they say the halls are filled with the smell of Axe. It must be nation wide. And the worst part is underneath it they all still smell like farts and burps and feet. Oh God I wouldn't be in junior high again for all the money in the world! LOL, well, ONCE AGAIN this DUMBASS Kansas boy had to go google what something was---"Axe"!!! I have prolly SMELT it, but didn't know WHAT it WAS--other than OFFENSIVE, perhaps!! Ti's HELL to get OLD!!!! * sigh*CHEERS! Chuckie
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Post by mach12 on Sept 8, 2017 9:44:38 GMT -5
You're right Chuckie - This getting old stuff ain't for the weak. Axe is one thing I actually knew about but only because we have a grandson who recently graduated from high school. Back in our day it was Right Guard, at least where I went to school. I still remember walking into the locker room after gym class or a game and there being a cloud of Right Guard mist from all of the spray cans being used. You could probably have just run through the room with your arms raised and gotten all you needed.
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Post by nana on Sept 9, 2017 8:32:51 GMT -5
When my kids were teens, the difference between boys and girls was merely a matter of type, not degree. My daughter would have her friends over and you'd walk into her room and it would smell like flowers and candy and tutti-frutti cupcakes, enough to make your eyes water. Then you'd walk into the room with the video game console and my son and HIS friends, and the stench of the aforementioned trio would also make your eyes water. It's like chemical warfare.
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Post by pooka on Sept 9, 2017 8:58:08 GMT -5
"Better things for better living through chemistry" as the old 1935 DuPont slogan said, though they retired that tagline in 1998. I'm not sure what Axe smells like, but I'm sure to my nose it would want to make me gag. I knew what it was because of all the silly commercials I've seen for it.
I'm a bit overly sensitive to many chemical perfumes. If it weren't for the fact I smoke, my sense of smell would be even more acute. There's one kid at work who uses Lifeboy deodorant soap. At least that's what I think it is. I want to throw up when he walks by.
I've used Ivory soap for years because it's the only one I can tolerate. I have used some hand made soaps of late that use natural scent's. Botanical based perfumes don't seem to bother me. The old man who use to live next door moved his dyer up the the enclosed front porch, & he put the exhaust vent on the side next to my driveway. Some nights I would come home to it running, & the dryer sheet smell was horrendous. I'd have to hold my breath until I got in the back door.
In some ways, I'm getting to be that stereotypical crusty old guy that says, "get off my lawn". And not in a nice way. I do my best to hold my tongue, & only think it, I don't say it. I was sorely tested tonight at work by one person. I just pretended like he wasn't there. I think it made him even more irritated. I think I said four word to him all night in response to a strange question early. After that I was silent, even if he spoke to me. You don't make war with me. I win or die. I don't care which. But I battle with passive resistance. There is no defense to it. I've heard it quoted that Mahatma Gandhi said, "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win."
I'm sorry I've led us astray. mach12, what kind of a tile back-splash are you going to use? Something with a bit of color, or are you going for a neutral palate to highlight the red stove?
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Post by mach12 on Sept 9, 2017 13:09:07 GMT -5
Pooka, We're going to do subway tile but it'll probably have an accent strip. We keep waffling on the strip (there are a heck of a lot of options) and the grout color so who knows. I found a box of tiles with peppers on them at a thrift store and showed them to my wife and just got the look, so good thing I was just kidding around.
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Post by vaporvac on Sept 9, 2017 14:14:47 GMT -5
mach12, I think plain subway tile would be so classic and I don't think you'd ever get tired of it. Most accent tiles don't age well unless they're more of a period look and are almost impossible to change out at a future date. Of course, if there's something you've pined over for years, it's already stood the test of time.
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Post by nana on Sept 9, 2017 14:48:40 GMT -5
I went with rainbow accent tiles in my bathroom because I couldn't choose. Also because I love rainbows. I wish now I had chosen rectangular subway type tiles, but at the time I knew I just wanted a white background and the square ones were cheap. If you don't want to go all rainbows, how about just a color to match or complement the stove? You know THAT will be staying!
I would have given you the same look as your wife. Chili peppers are cute, yes, but you would probably regret them in short order.
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Post by vaporvac on Sept 9, 2017 20:15:54 GMT -5
Nana, you're forgetting that chili peppers actually match his stove in both colour and name!
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Post by mach12 on Sept 10, 2017 1:00:45 GMT -5
mach12, I think plain subway tile would be so classic and I don't think you'd ever get tired of it. Most accent tiles don't age well unless they're more of a period look and are almost impossible to change out at a future date. Of course, if there's something you've pined over for years, it's already stood the test of time. I agree, Vaporvac. I like the looks of the white 3" x 6" subway tiles and we might end up going that route yet. I don't have much confidence in my design sense though and have always subscribed to the "less is more" theory. We're probably going to have to make a decision within the next week or so though.
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Post by pooka on Sept 10, 2017 2:30:06 GMT -5
Subway tiles are a timeless look, with maybe a line of simple accent tile, or a few random contrasting colored tiles, but nothing too strong. Those tiles with peppers on them may sound neat now, but in a few years, they may get tiresome. What you've got so far is a neutral palate. Too much color or busy designed tile would be distracting. Better to stay neutral, & add color with accessories that can be moved around or changed easily. Let the stove be the center attraction. Use colored accessories to enhance it's surroundings.
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Post by mach12 on Sept 10, 2017 11:49:22 GMT -5
Like I said, the pepper tiles were just a joke. I didn't buy them and wouldn't have - just part of a long bit of teasing that goes both ways. Like last Christmas when she gave me a pepper Christmas tree ornament. I have a few surprises for her for when the kitchen is finished (including several bags of pepper lights that I found at a flea market) and we've picked up some pepper items that she loves (including a couple of things Dwayner came across while he was here) but her main theme will be chickens.
One of our concerns with going strictly with Subway tile is, with bead board ceiling and bead board style cabinet doors, having too many straight lines combined with too much white. I think right now she's looking at how a strip of textured tiles would work. We like the glass and metal tiles too and most can be cut down to half or 1/3 height for accent strips.
With my job having moved us all over the world and knowing we'd be selling our house within a few years we've always had to look not only at what we like but at what a buyer would like. They say that when you're selling a house you want prospective buyers to come in and start placing their furniture and belongings into the house and we've found that using that approach has the added benefit of making decorating and redecorating a lot easier. Sheesh - with as many places as we've had you'd think this would be easy.
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Post by nana on Sept 10, 2017 11:53:59 GMT -5
Nana, you're forgetting that chili peppers actually match his stove in both colour and name! Mea culpa. I did forget. But I still think chili pepper tile is a bit like dressing twins in identical outfits: adorable when they're infants and then annoying once they get bigger. But of course that's just my opinion. For someone else it may be their ultimate happiness, in which case, I'm all for it. To each his own! Keeping in mind of course that Mach12 most likely wants to stay married...
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Post by pooka on Sept 10, 2017 12:15:24 GMT -5
The best thing to do is look at lots of pics of what others have done. With the internet, that can be mind blowing. Search for styles & colors that appeal to you & your wife mach12. Perhaps something will emerge that strikes your fancy. You want something that will compliment the rest of the room, & not to be to brash. So far you've got the red stove & that rich warm butcher block that will dominate, so harmony with it's surroundings, & you & your wife is key. Paramount though is the phrase, "happy wife, happy life".
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Post by nana on Sept 10, 2017 12:20:39 GMT -5
Subway tiles come in colors, and also glass. This probably wouldn't be the right color for you, but it is a really nice look: Or you could go all in on the subway look. Some of those stations are artworks in themselves: You could do something to really showcase your stove.
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Post by pooka on Sept 10, 2017 13:15:56 GMT -5
By George, that first pic look like the same sink, or something nearly alike. It appears to be glass tiles. That's cool. Or maybe something like that with an iridescence to it, or an antique variegated finish, but only if the wife agrees. I've got a pic somewhere of the tile behind a low antique stove done in one inch square tiles in a field with a boarder like the last pic where they spelled out the year of the house or stove. As I said, there are lots of inspirational pics on the web to get ideas from if you can zero in on an idea you & your wife like mach12.
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Post by mach12 on Sept 10, 2017 14:52:16 GMT -5
That does look like the same sink. I like those colored tiles, too. I don't know what would go with the red stove other than white though. My wife has already got a lot of the stuff for decorating (goodness knows she has had the time) and it's mainly red with some black. As awesome as the red is, I'm thinking there's a lot to be said for having a white stove!
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Post by nana on Sept 11, 2017 14:20:59 GMT -5
You would want something subtle, I think. Your stove is the star, let the backsplash be something that enhances rather than competes with it. I like Pooka's idea of iridescence. My mother-in-law has old wineglasses that have a delicate soap bubble iridescence with a golden cast to it. Now that would be something!
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Post by vaporvac on Sept 11, 2017 14:32:59 GMT -5
If you used plain tiles with matching grout, you wouldn't notice the lines so much. My PICC has a piece of diamond patterned SS behind his stove and it looks really good. I think with the red one needs a really neutral backdrop to let it shine. My B has nothing behind it and I'm keeping the 1934 kitchen original and that means no tile that only the rich could afford at that time. : ) It's a modest bungalow. When did backsplash tile become de rigeur? I remember being so impressed while living in Belgium with the floor to ceiling tile, but all their kitchens (and baths) had central drains to flush everything down. Nana, you BS is perfect for your stove.
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Post by mach12 on Sept 11, 2017 17:15:32 GMT -5
Nana - I totally agree and that's exactly what we're trying to do. We figure that we have the time to look at what we can find, ask around, and do like Pooka says and dig through the internet to find some options. We totally don't want to distract from Pepper's beauty but we do want her to have a nice place to live.
Vaporvac - The kitchens in our places in Germany had tile in the kitchens too and I loved it. Our first place, in Bamberg, also had a kachelofen, one of the tile ovens where you burned a few sticks or a couple of lumps of coal and the house stayed warm all night. I swore I was going to install one when I got home but that's still sitting there on the back burner. I thought about doing the diamond pattern stainless too! I have a scrap of it left over from doing a taco truck conversion a few years ago so it wouldn't even have cost anything but when we compared it to having subway tile behind the stove we liked the tile better.
I have a minor surgery in the morning so will have the rest of tomorrow and the next day set aside to do computer searches while I'm sitting here feeling sorry for myself. Hopefully we'll find something so I can get busy on the tile part of the job.
I can't say enough how much I appreciate everyone's ideas and advice.
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Post by vaporvac on Sept 12, 2017 0:28:57 GMT -5
I hope you feel better and take time off to recuperate.
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Post by pooka on Sept 12, 2017 7:42:09 GMT -5
I hope your medical issue is resolved in short order mach12. Take a load off & relax for a change. I like the idea of subway tile, but with a difference. Something a bit warmer than stark white & institutional. You've got plenty of that now. The butcher block warms it up some, but you need something a bit softer in appearance above it. Perhaps something with a weathered or aged look or iridescence, with a small colored line half way up that will run through the middle of your outlets. You could even have a few feature tiles along the line like pictures in a gallery, but nothing too distracting or crowded. When you said your wife was collecting chicken accessories, I did a search for "chicken tiles". I was looking for something understated, & not too cartoonish. Perhaps something with an antique feel to it. I ran across this company that makes hand made tiles. Terra Domus Tile - handmade tile. custom mosaics. art tile. - Tile Collections The "Richfield Farm Tile Collection" is what caught my eye. The "Burlap Texture in Dark Turquoise", "Chicken Feet and Pumpkin Seeds" & "Corn Texture" were very interesting. The "Richfield Glaze Options" were a cool idea for colors & textures for the line. These are probably a bit pricey & require a six to eight week lead tile to be ordered, but they are ideas for the line. I don't think you'd want the line to be more than an inch or inch & a half wide. Just enough to add an eye catching feature in the transition from the warm butcher block up to the bright white above & bellow. My artistic eye is drawn to things like the tiles this company makes. They may not be an option for you, but they are ideas.
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Post by nana on Sept 12, 2017 13:57:16 GMT -5
That website does look pricey. I felt like I could hardly afford to look at it! But I agree, it can give you some nice ideas. Hope all goes well with both your surgery and your search, Mach12.
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Post by mach12 on Sept 12, 2017 17:17:01 GMT -5
Quick note here before the pain meds kick in lol. Thank for the well wishes! All went well. Basal cell cancer on my ear, so like I say, pretty minor. The doc took one look at me and said "fair skin, blue eyes, and Pacific Northwest native; just a matter of time". The tumor was pretty deep so she got in some extra carving practice. I told her she's ready for carving her Thanksgiving turkey and she says "I'm a Texas farm girl and we know how to carve most anything, so don't go making any sounds that might confuse me". She had to do a graft to rebuild the area and says it'll likely not even be noticeable once it's all healed up. There I was, all ready with a bunch of not-so-original stuff like "you should see the other guy", and it sounds like I won't need it. I'm okay with that.
Thanks for the link Pooka. We did a quick look through and saw some really interesting things in the Portfolio part so need to take some time and check out the options. I figured out last night how to copy pictures of the tiles from the sites and put them in my design program (Home Designer Suite from Chief Architect) and actually place them in my kitchen plan, so now can almost try before I buy. I did some playing around with the glass subway tile and it looks awesome but I can't get the darned stove to place properly in the picture. I'll call the software people tomorrow and get them to help me figure it out.
One of the coolest things about this kitchen is how Chambers folks from all over the country are part of it. It's not going to be one of those magazine kitchens but it's still going to be pretty darned special.
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