miniaddicted Posted April 8, 2017 Author Share Posted April 8, 2017 with small print Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debsrand56 Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 I like grape toile with scroll. The scroll is so light, it's almost a solid-colored wall, but better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrchob Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 I like the one on the right,but it's hard to see the yellow papers in their true color. The grape toile looks great with your floor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathieB Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 2 hours ago, miniaddicted said: Grape Toile by itself and with scroll I would do all the walls with the scroll and add interest with wall art of various sorts. To my eye, the grape toile is way too big. It's overwhelming. But then I have a very muted gold-on-gold wallpaper in my real kitchen, so I may be a bit biased. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
queenannediva Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 I agree with KathieB. I find it difficult buying wallpaper online. I have a 4-1/2" high stack of Itsy Bitsy wallpaper most of which I will never use for various reasons. I have no problem buying Brodnax Prints paper online as I always have their printed catalogs so I can see the paper in print in my hands (I just don't order directly from them). i am wondering why those of you ordering Itsy Bitsy papers are not orderig directly from their website? i Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 IMO the grape with the scroll is awfully busy. I'm inclined to agree with Kathie and use the scroll design, if it were me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 I agree the scroll print is the best. However, you may be able to use the grape toile on a small wall... on a large one it is a bit overwhelming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miniaddicted Posted April 9, 2017 Author Share Posted April 9, 2017 10 hours ago, queenannediva said: I agree with KathieB. I find it difficult buying wallpaper online. I have a 4-1/2" high stack of Itsy Bitsy wallpaper most of which I will never use for various reasons. I have no problem buying Brodnax Prints paper online as I always have their printed catalogs so I can see the paper in print in my hands (I just don't order directly from them). i am wondering why those of you ordering Itsy Bitsy papers are not orderig directly from their website? I do have 4 of Itsy Bitsy catalogs, and I do order directly from her website. First, she has removed many of the wallpapers from her site, not sure if it's due to an agreement with other mini online sites who carry her paper. Second, the photos in her catalog and on any website I've seen them are not to scale but rather to show detail of the pattern. Third, I have only one brick and mortar and she only has a small representative selection. So, yes, this makes choosing her papers online a challenge. Up until now, I have somehow been successful and happy with my selections and scale, but it's truly become frustrating and expensive. If anyone has any tips or sites that give you a true scale oh her papers, please share! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrchob Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 I found it even more challenging to order Itsy Bitsy in half scale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miniaddicted Posted April 9, 2017 Author Share Posted April 9, 2017 I bet, Janet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miniaddicted Posted April 9, 2017 Author Share Posted April 9, 2017 I'm driving myself crazy over this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miniaddicted Posted April 9, 2017 Author Share Posted April 9, 2017 Its done, and I like it! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1martinimomma Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 Looks great! Perfect choice for the kitchen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miniaddicted Posted April 9, 2017 Author Share Posted April 9, 2017 I'm going to return the farm toile. In all fairness to Itsy Bitsy Mini - I snapped a few shots of the paper and the catalog. But the small snippet in the catalog is just too hard to judge. The online photos are misleading as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparklepuppies Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 I really like the scrolls. Looks very nice. I can understand how you like the red in the paper to go with the floor, but the patterns were a lot. I think you made a great choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathieB Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 I think you made a great choice, too. But as I said earlier, I'm a bit biased. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrchob Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 Looks great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 Once you get your cabinetry & appliances in place you can see where to hang pieces of wall art and your mini kitchen will be lovely! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparklepuppies Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 Can you cut out the grape pattern, and frame them? Then hang those in a grouping. Then you can have your red and gold. :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miniaddicted Posted April 9, 2017 Author Share Posted April 9, 2017 32 minutes ago, sparklepuppies said: Can you cut out the grape pattern, and frame them? Then hang those in a grouping. Then you can have your red and gold. :) Clever idea! 2 hours ago, KathieB said: I think you made a great choice, too. But as I said earlier, I'm a bit biased. Yep, toned down walls will allow more flexibility in adding decorative art. I have now also papered the MBR and the 2nd floor hall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debsrand56 Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 Great choice, Heidi! It's going to be a very pretty Tuscan kitchen. I like the cabinetry, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miniaddicted Posted April 16, 2017 Author Share Posted April 16, 2017 Wallpaper dilemmas have plagued me with this house recently. Went to the local shop yesterday and picked up a few to experiment with. I settled on a stripe for the other large room on the 2nd floor. It may be a boy's room but didn't want too youthful of a paper. I love how it turned out and will give me some flexibility as to how I furnish it. I primed the insides of the 2nd story 'attic' spaces above the end wings of the house. One of those rooms will be a bathroom, and I think I've decided on a paper for that. But getting them primed was the first step. I figured it was time I stained the first floor wood floors - got out my cherry stain and gave them a coat. While they were drying, I decided to experiment with a couple of stains for the study wood floor - the mixed wood strips and squares. The same cherry stain wasn't working, neither was a more oak like stain, and I found a compromise between cherry and oak that complements both woods on the floor. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathieB Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 The warm tones of the study floor work well with the wallpaper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miniaddicted Posted April 29, 2017 Author Share Posted April 29, 2017 The study wood floor took a turn for the worse. I did another round of stain on my main cherry floors, and proceeded to do the same with it...forgetting I used a different color stain. So now its too dark. I tried a few things - sanding way down, and then staining with different color. I think its a lost cause. I've got some Brodnax parquet on order - that will work out much better. In the meantime, I did get polyurethane on the first 2 floors of wood, and have moved on to crown, baseboard etc in the living room. Its coming along well - I've got some frieze from Falcon that I used before for a Whitledge roombox and am doing that same thing. A strip of wood behind the regular crown to project it out a bit, then the frieze below it. I'm happy with how its turning out, although its going to mean some time and patience around the fireplace. I will need to touch up with spackle and paint in corners to fill my gaps. I'm also doing the wainscoting paper from World Miniatures, and baseboard. I only have the fireplace wall to finish now. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mid-life madness Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 The moldings are beautiful. The room is very grand and fitting for the house itself. Sorry about your floor, but I agree that the parquet will be awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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