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Carpet Inlay - Bad idea? Okay idea? Fantastic idea?
Posted on 11/12/21 at 12:18 pm
Posted on 11/12/21 at 12:18 pm
Mates, the shag green carpet is gone but the entire piano room is now wooden and way way way too orange....
My idea is to sacrifice the (ugly) oak floor by installing some period appropriate terrazzo tiles, but they are $10 per square foot and I can't really afford to drop $7k for the huge space right now.
An alternate idea I had is to only tile the perimeter of the piano room with the terrazzo tile and then have a 12' x 15' carpet inlay in the centre of the room with this FLOR carpet tile (only ~$3 per square foot). For reference, that rug in the picture is 9' x 11' so the future inlay of 12' x 15' would encompass the entire sectional / coffee table / accent chair and fit the room perfectly.
Here's an example of what that would look like (more or less) - just wondering if anybody has presided over something like this before and what are the upsides / downsides?
My idea is to sacrifice the (ugly) oak floor by installing some period appropriate terrazzo tiles, but they are $10 per square foot and I can't really afford to drop $7k for the huge space right now.
An alternate idea I had is to only tile the perimeter of the piano room with the terrazzo tile and then have a 12' x 15' carpet inlay in the centre of the room with this FLOR carpet tile (only ~$3 per square foot). For reference, that rug in the picture is 9' x 11' so the future inlay of 12' x 15' would encompass the entire sectional / coffee table / accent chair and fit the room perfectly.
Here's an example of what that would look like (more or less) - just wondering if anybody has presided over something like this before and what are the upsides / downsides?
This post was edited on 11/12/21 at 12:22 pm
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Posted on 11/12/21 at 2:40 pm to SirWinston
Why not just a really big rug?
Posted on 11/12/21 at 4:51 pm to WhyMan
I could try that and it would be a ton easier but I feel like the orange wood floor coupled with the orange wood walls and orange wood ceiling and gold / red (equals orange) fireplace is still just too damned orange.
Having a terrazzo tile floor would give the room some diversity in colour and material as well.
Having a terrazzo tile floor would give the room some diversity in colour and material as well.
This post was edited on 11/12/21 at 4:53 pm
Posted on 11/12/21 at 5:00 pm to SirWinston
I say big rug and fill space with greenery (like you did behind your couch). That will break up the orange, but keep that beautiful mid-century design intact.
If you had the absolute itch to change anything, I'd probably elect to keep the floors/ceiling/fireplace intact and put some 1/4'' sheetrock over walls and introduce new color that way.
Qualifications: I watch HGTV with my wife sometimes.
If you had the absolute itch to change anything, I'd probably elect to keep the floors/ceiling/fireplace intact and put some 1/4'' sheetrock over walls and introduce new color that way.
Qualifications: I watch HGTV with my wife sometimes.
Posted on 11/12/21 at 6:45 pm to Baers Foot
Well that's a thought! You know those brick half walls by the windows are actually flower beds... I could just pop some snake grass in there and take off the pillows and voila! A pop of green
This post was edited on 11/12/21 at 7:16 pm
Posted on 11/12/21 at 7:24 pm to SirWinston
Are those giraffes in the corner, mate?
Posted on 11/12/21 at 7:37 pm to OldHickory
Aye they are
Posted on 11/15/21 at 8:33 am to SirWinston
Your house seems to be a modern loggy cabin type home?
An inlay may work for that, but I would go the rug route. Wouldn't want anything permanent if I wasn't sure about it.
An inlay may work for that, but I would go the rug route. Wouldn't want anything permanent if I wasn't sure about it.
This post was edited on 11/15/21 at 8:34 am
Posted on 11/15/21 at 11:34 am to SirWinston
Why not paint the wallboards or the ceiling boards between the beams to make color be less overbearing?
Posted on 11/15/21 at 12:30 pm to SirWinston
Lose or paint the paneled doors to give the room some contrast.
Posted on 11/15/21 at 4:10 pm to SirWinston
Pathetic
Posted on 11/15/21 at 6:16 pm to SirWinston
get it all sanded and restained darker
orange wood is so 1970s now
orange wood is so 1970s now
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