I recently purchased a split entry home in Massachusetts. The home has an existing back porch built off of the dining room. This porch needs to be redone, my husband and I would like to extend alittle bit as well but nothing to fancy. Just trying to get some ballpark figures as to what we can epect to pay. I am terrified of sticker shock!

"Don’t jam the lever you moron" said Edd . They were standing on the lawn as I tried to pick the door’s lock with honestly an old set of lock picks . Even focused on my work I was aware of everything my friends were doing . Robberies was never my first choice but desperate times call for desperate measures ; me wanting to drive a nice car and my friends with their own life long dreams . As the latch unclicked indicating the lock had been picked ; I sighed in relief and slowly opened the door making sure not to step on the wooden floor . Keeping my feet on the carpet I slowly walk in followed by my friends equipped with bats and crowbars . Making our way to the dining room ; they get busy robbing the house while I walk in the living room in hope to find something that would get pawned easily . As I walk in I see a man sitting on the stool leaning against the kitchen counter eating an apple while holding a silenced .45 acp with the other . Already afraid of going to jail ; seeing the man my blood froze and then the idea of going to jail was most certainly welcomed . " Get out " said he , in a low intimdating voice . I ran grabbing my friend by the collar pulling him out and being followed by my other mates .
That night after telling them my tale , we sat in the living room watching the tv when the house we just tried to rob earlier that evening was now on the news . The news lady kept mentioning about how a hitman massacred the entire family and escaped . Frightened and completely shocked , we locked our doors and decided it would be best if they all crashed at my place that night . Trying to sleep and failing misreably ; I decided to go down for a drink to help me sleep when I noticed something warm beneath my feat . Upon switching the light I quickly realized the red mushy liquid was blood and everyone in the house except me was no more . Trying to escape something hit my upside the head and I fell hard bumping my head against the hard tiles . Looking up I saw a man with a pistol pointed at my head and a grin on his face . "Any last words ? " asked the man slowly squeezing the trigger . Afraid for my life and looking like a deer in headlights I cared no more about my messy feet or bleeding scalp . " Please , teach me " I requested and closed my eyes waiting to taste death for the first and last time .

The Ballroom

The Dining Room

The Hall

The Billiard Room

I have a billiards room that is three steps down from the dining room. I want to put up crown molding (for decoration and to hide painting edges) but I’m not sure if it will work. A few issues:

1) one of the windows in the room barely leaves enough room for the molding – would this look strange?
2) one side of the room is partially open to the dining room, it has three cut outs where I have bamboo shades, not enough room for molding above the cut outs. Weird to have one wall of room without molding?
3) there would be one corner that the molding would end because around that corner leads up the stairs

I did try a few pieces on the regular parts of the room and it does look nice. I just don’t know if it would look strange.

Just painted green metallic color (dark hunter like green) from Ralph Lauren, was going to put lighter green in between but ended up liking the green and white together.The two greens was going to be to dark for me. What color should go under the chair rail? Leave it off white as well? PLEASE help haven’t put together dining room in 3 weeks cause i cant decide.

My sister and I had two male parakeets about the ages of 5-6 years old. About 3 days ago, a cat had come in through the back door and toppled their cage off the stool and to the ground, in an obvious attempt to kill them. My sister witnessed this just as it was happening and scared the cat away before any more damage was inflicted. She described the birds as being very calm and unharmed right afterwards, despite their cage being a total mess. However, about a day or so later, we noticed that one of our birdies could barely fly. He was always an adventurer and he liked to leave the cage and fly about the kitchen and dining room, but he remained on the kitchen floor and hallways, crawling about for a couple hours, unable to fly back into his cage. I noticed that he was able to fly about a foot or 12 inches high, but then would come crashing back down to the ground. We managed to get him back in his cage manually, thinking that his wing(s) would heal within a matter of time. A couple days later, which is today, I peered into his cage to find him lying face down on the floor of his cage, dead. The other bird was flying around like normal, but my poor other bird was smack dead. Confused and distraught, as he was otherwise a very healthy bird living in a fine environment, I put him in a lined box so we can bury him later today. I have not yet told the rest of my family- they are all still asleep. What do you think the cause of his death was? =(

My kitchen cupboards are white, my floor is light greenish/grey, and I have dark green/black granite style bench top (counter top). What colour would you choose, for the bar stools (with backs) that will sit around the centre bench top? The legs of the bar stools are black steel (which ties in with the black blinds and black and dark green bench top, but I can’t make up my mind as to whether or not I should play it safe, by ordering the seat and backs of the chairs (the leather/vinyl) in black/grey like the blinds, or same dark green/black (very close) as bench top, or burgundy/black for a tiny bit of colour to the kitchen (assuming that I will add a couple of other burgundy decorative vases, or dried flowers, or anything decorative in that colour, to the kitchen area. My daughter is saying that a little bit of colour in the kitchen will look good, as well as tie in with our burgundy curtains, which are in the dining room next to the kitchen….even though the burgundy bar stools will be the only thing in a burgundy/black colour in the kitchen. What would you order?

My kitchen cupboards are white, my floor is light greenish/grey, and I have dark green/black granite style bench top (counter top). What colour would you choose, for the bar stools (with backs) that will sit around the centre bench top? The legs of the bar stools are black steel (which ties in with the black blinds and black and dark green bench top, but I can’t make up my mind as to whether or not I should play it safe, by ordering the seat and backs of the chairs (the leather/vinyl) in black/grey like the blinds, or same dark green/black (very close) as bench top, or burgundy/black for a tiny bit of colour to the kitchen (assuming that I will add a couple of other burgundy decorative vases, or dried flowers, or anything decorative in that colour, to the kitchen area. My daughter is saying that a little bit of colour in the kitchen will look good, as well as tie in with our burgundy curtains, which are in the dining room next to the kitchen….even though the burgundy bar stools will be the only thing in a burgundy/black colour in the kitchen. What would you order?

The main colors in my adjoining breakfast room and living/dining room are teal, cranberry, pink and black. I don’t know what color to paint my kitchen?
I failed to mention that I painted the cabinets white. Also, the breakfast room is teal and the livingroom is taupe.

I am just curious as to what my house value would be in your neck of the woods. I own a 4000 sq 3 level home on 1/2 acre. I have 3 car attached garage and a heated work room. I have 3 bedrooms/3 bathroom (one with whirlpool tube). Master suite has walk in closet and balony. I have a large finished basement with bar and entertainment center (built-in) and pool table. The basement is finished with rustic barnboards on the walls. The main floor has entry, livingroom, dining room, kitchen and laundry room and a bath. Living room has fireplace and built in book shelves. entry is done with slate tile floor. Living room and all of the upstairs is done with Hickory hardwood floors with blk walnut inlay. upstairs has the 3 bedrm and bath and a loft area with built in bookshelves that over looks kitchen and dining.

I am just kinda curious what my house would be worth in your area. Thanks.
don’t forget to tell me where you are at. I know what my house is worth in my area. I am just curious about the housing market in other areas of the US.

I would like to panel my dining room with rustic redwood paneling, has anyone ever done this?

I am completely baffled. He is almost 3 1/2. He was housebroken at a very young age and learned very quickly in only a few weeks. We have NEVER had any problems with this before. All of a sudden, he has begun to pee in the house. Not often, and usually in the morning.

For instance, I woke up at 7:00 am this morning and took him outside to pee. He pee’d 3 times and seemed to empty his bladder. While I was getting my children their breakfast and dressed, he peed in our dining room on a barstool leg. Not a lot of pee, but enough to make it stink in the room.

He has never done until recently. He was neutered about a year and a half ago.

I want to update my kitchen. The cabinets are off white with brassy antique handles. There is beige tile and my appliances are white. I am going to put up an Earth/Clay stone black splash with a mosaic border. I am open to painting the cabinets (cant afford to replace them right now) I want to paint my kitchen a dark brown/cafe color. Any suggestions. My Living area is burnt orange and the dining room is white. I want to paint the dining room too. The dining room is situated between the kitchen and living room; so, I need the colors to flow smoothly between the three rooms. The floor in the living and dining rooms is light color wood. Help! Thx!

I am living in a small, furnished apartment in Costa Rica and it would be great if it felt more like home. The main room (which is comprised of the kitchen, "dining room", and sitting area) is an awkward L-shape. The furniture is actually more like patio furniture. I am a teacher, so buying large pricey furniture isn’t yet an option. If anyone knows of any good sites, multifunctional pieces, or tips please help me.

My kitchen and dining room are open to each other and the walls are a mellow orange the paint was toasted coconut. I wanted to do a vintage mexican theme, I was inspired by a wrought iron rustic looking wine rack we have that looks really good next to the orange. But now I am stuck, mainly on wall decor… help! anyone have a fabulous idea?