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I'm currently remodeling our kitchen and planning the layout for new cabinets and counters. I removed a drop ceiling, small bar and a knee wall, included in the before photo.

Generally the kitchen feels much more open and better now with the adjoining small dining room, but I'm trying to decide on the cabinet layout. We never really used the bar countertop before for food prep or anything, though the cabinet space underneath it was helpful.

I've considered adding a smaller peninsula coming off of the left end of the counter to the left of the sink, not as big as the bar was before but just to add another cabinet and some counter space. I can't tell if it would look odd or if we would like it though. We do like the open format currently but I'm trying to get ideas for what I may not be considering.

The kitchen is about 9 feet deep to the wall and 12 feet across. It is a bit too small to have an independent island in the center. We considered a butcher block top mobile cart added later if we don't do the peninsula and end up wanting more prep surface. The adjacent dining area where my tools and workbench are currently is about the same size as the kitchen where we plan to put a kitchen table.

Any input about this or personal experience, or really anything that may be helpful to consider at this stage would be very appreciated. I am trying to get it right. Doing most of it DIY but trying to end up with a functional and comfy space.

I finished installing this tongue and groove ceiling in my house and still need to trim the peak and edges. Wondering if anyone has any interesting or good suggestions to trim the peak at the top?

There was a faux beam there before with popcorn ceilings, but the beam was huge and poorly done so I removed it. I considered adding another smaller beam, or possibly just capping it with a flat piece of trim and maybe some accent pieces on it. I'm still debating on doing a ceiling fan or not, if not I'll likely do some kind of light fixture from the top center.

Any suggestions would be really helpful, thanks. I have patchest the base brickwork where the former beam was since this picture was taken, so no limitations there.

I am remodeling our kitchen and just finished removing a drop ceiling to level the ceiling with the adjacent dining room. I am making plans to install all new cabinets. There is currently a 4 inch rigid duct that enters the wall near the ceiling above the cabinets (on the right side of my photo). It is the dryer vent that exits the roof and due to the layout of the house it had to be routed into the kitchen to get around the top plate of the wall.

I'm looking for creative ways to hide this duct. I expect the new cabinets will be a bit higher than these at the top but still not all the way to the ceiling. I know I could build a small box and drywall it around the duct, but not sure if that would look odd to only have a small box around it with the rest of the run further back on either side.

I also thought about making a shroud by bending a sheet of stainless steel, since I'll be installing a new range vent above the stove with a stainless steel canopy also.

I looked for other products made to cover duct like this and did not find much.

Any ideas or suggestions are more than welcome, thanks.

I removed a drop ceiling in our kitchen and am about to hang drywall. I've never dealt with a corner bead before so looking to learn how to do this.

I'm m wondering if I can just use metal corner bead on this small part or if I need to rip the corner bead out of the whole corner to the floor and reinstall it?

Any tips appreciated, I'll be hanging the ceiling too which is a first for me. Thank you.

I am working on a lighting for this ceiling and am considering a linear pendant light similar to the photo. I would like to use dimmable tape lighting with a driver and create my own from a piece of wood if possible. I'm considering this to use as uplighting for the room.

I'm wondering two things: Any input about this style of uplighting for this room? And also, I don't understand how these fixtures that I see online hide the wiring for the light in the hanging wire connected to the mount. Are the wires that hold the pendant hollow somehow? Does anyone know of a kit for building my own light like this? I've looked around online but have not found it.

Thanks for any help.

I am remodeling our living room. I think the previous owner had some water damaged at the top of this wall. No mold anywhere and the leak has been fixed. The wall is solid. But the top of the sheet had some drywall that crumbled away. I scraped the loose stuff off and am trying to decide how to fix it.

I'm installing a tongue and groove ceiling and trimming where it meets the wall. It would almost cover this but not all the way. It feels a little too small to cut out and patch, but maybe I should? Otherwise I considered sealing it with this shellac BIN primer I'm using elsewhere in the house, and then using hot mud to level it.

Any pointers or suggestions welcome. Thank you.

I am looking for help deciding on lighting options for my living room I am remodeling. I am about to install white pine tongue and groove on the ceiling. The slope is fairly steep, I believe it is an 8:12 pitch. Typically we are lamp people and don't prefer overhead lighting, but also I don't know much about design and I figured if we ever sell the house people may find lights installed in the ceiling an appealing feature so I am considering adding lighting while I have it gutted. I am considering 4 can lights, and a ceiling fan without lights. After looking at the super slope can light housings for a traditional e26 bulb, the housings seem really large and I am somewhat concerned with how much insulation they would take out of the ceiling. I have looked into LED low profile cans, such as the screenshot I posted. I'm wondering if this type of light would look good in this room, or if anyone has any suggestions generally about how to light the room. The room is not super big, maybe 250 square feet, and the ceiling is 14 feet at the highest. We like warmer lighting generally but otherwise are open to all ideas. Any help or experience would be much appreciated.

I am looking for help deciding on lighting options for my living room I am remodeling. I am about to install white pine tongue and groove on the ceiling. The slope is fairly steep, I believe it is an 8:12 pitch.

Typically we are lamp people and don't prefer overhead lighting, but also I don't know much about design and I figured if we ever sell the house people may find lights installed in the ceiling an appealing feature so I am considering adding lighting while I have it gutted.

I am considering 4 can lights, and a ceiling fan without lights. After looking at the super slope can light housings for a traditional e26 bulb, the housings seem really large and I am somewhat concerned with how much insulation they would take out of the ceiling.

I have looked into LED low profile cans, such as the screenshot I posted. I'm wondering if this type of light would look good in this room, or if anyone has any suggestions generally about how to light the room.

The room is not super big, maybe 250 square feet, and the ceiling is 14 feet at the highest. We like warmer lighting generally but otherwise are open to all ideas.

Any help or experience would be much appreciated.

My friend gave me this San Pedro cutting, it grew this sprout (pup?) this year and has seemed really healthy. Over the weekend it started leaning over and I'm wondering if I should be worried about it. It wiggles slightly from the base.

It was growing basically straight up until now and has seemed really secure so just wondering if I need to do something for it before something happens. I don't know much about cactus. Thank you for any help.

Looking for help, this was my mom's last rose and she is no longer living so I'm trying to save it if possible. It did great the past couple years but unsure now. Gets morning to midday light, we have had quite a bit of rain lately so don't think it is thirsty. No fertilizer ever since it is as my dad's and he doesn't really know how to care for them.

But this year it is not nearly as bushy as it usually is, it's leggy and has some sad looking tips and blooms. I have read about RRD and it does not look like that to me. Some holes in some leaves but the new growth on it looks a healthy color with no holes.

Any help appreciated, thank you.

First image is our actual room, next two are renders of ideas we have had. We are definitely doing the tongue and groove ceiling, and tiling the floor likely in a similar tone to the image.

I'm considering replacing the red brick tile with a dark slate colored tile. We feel like the brick is going to look too cabin-y with the wood ceiling and kind of clash with the tones we like. It's just a veneer facade brick not a real brick chimney.

Any input on potentially dark tile fireplace? This room is somewhat smaller than the AI makes it look but has 14 foot high vaulted ceilings so feels nice and open.

I'm wondering if the charcoal color fireplace would make the room feel small or drag the attention to that wall too much. We are pretty sold on getting rid of the brick so not sure what other options I may have.

Thanks for any input.

Hello, currently sourcing tile to tile most of our 1200sq ft home. Everything except the two bathrooms. We are looking at Atlas Concorde Cove collection tile as the price fits our budget through a local store and seems like a decent tile.

Anyone have experience with this tile, and have any input on color for a tile that's throughout most of the house? I know it is largely dependent on our style preferences, but I've never floored a whole house before and am sort of out of my element regarding design.

So far we think we like Ivory most, but the sample we looked at in person was small and I'm unsure what a whole house might look like in it. We are trying to avoid a cold and sterile gray.

Any input welcome.

https://www.atlasconcordeusa.com/porcelain-tile-collections/cove/

Just looking for some opinions. These are stock photos of tile we are looking at. We like all three of these tones, but are leaning toward the more beige called Earth.

We are installing a white pine tongue and groove ceiling, small living room but vaulted ceilings. Decent natural light but not a ton. We are sealing the ceiling wood but not staining it so it will be a natural color. There is a tall red brick fireplace in the room though we are considering slate tiling over it or painting it.

Anyone have input or things I should consider regarding any of these tiles when paired with the t&g ceiling?

Thanks for any help.