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RE: A Couple Points of Clarification....

Posted by Jim Hodgson (A) on November 26, 2007 at 15:15:57

In Reply to: RE: A Couple Points of Clarification.... posted by David Aiken on November 26, 2007 at 12:30:39:

A number of points made here are very well taken. (And don't worry about saying that mine is "not a high-tech system." That's sort of the whole point -- but a different discussion, right? :-) With that, I've been shown by other posters (and have done some exploring on my own) what a "high-tech style environment" looks like. Sorry -- and absolutely no offense intended -- but not for me.

That said, I don't want anyone to be confused. This room is pretty damn far from being the most beautiful room in the home. (Which is why it became "mine, all mine" ;-) I'm not going to ruin the look of the place by covering up the walls of a room that's not even original to the structure. The balance of the place is constructed of 100-year-old chestnut logs; floors are either barnboard or slate; ceilings are petrified cypress. And enough rooms have views. No, this room is the "ugly duckling" for sure. I don't find the rock-quarry-for-walls look particularly attractive, so don't worry about recommending things that would tone that "ambience" waaay down. At the same time, though, nor would I find egg cartons glued all over the walls particularly attractive.

So, I guess I'm left with a simple issue/question: if I can get away with padded wall-to-wall carpeting and drapes across the glass doors (as I originally proposed) for starters, then will some amount of tasteful fabric that is meant to be hung on a wall calm this room down? It could be anything from vintage Native American wool blankets to Indian or Far Eastern tapestries. (My wife's a decorator and has access to tons of this kind of stuff.) Or is the high-tech look, as David suggests, about the only thing that is going to turn this into a success?

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