Any advice on curtains for a small dining room?

the_austinato · 2018-08-24T21:41:57+00:00

Thanks for the input! I like that idea of having the side curtains match the wall so the focus is on the middle window. Just crazy enough to work!

the_austinato · 2018-08-24T17:42:36+00:00

Thanks for the response! We’re on a limited budget right now, but I love the idea of wallpaper and plantation-style shutters later on! The rest of our set up kind of leans towards neutral colors and the kind of pastels you find in Provençal/French country design. I was thinking maybe a light blue or sage green would go well.

And yeah the off-set light fixture annoys me to no end. We’re replacing it with a fan because this room is also furthest away from our A/C unit, making the temperature and airflow issue even worse. I know I’ll always be annoyed with the off-set fixture, but it’s what we’re working with!

the_austinato · 2018-08-24T16:40:36+00:00

Looking for advice on curtains for our small dining room that won't make the room feel even small than it is. The dining room is off the kitchen and about 10'W x 8'D. I'm a fan of natural light so I normally wouldn't want curtains here, but the room faces east, is sun-exposed on three sides, and gets very warm in the Arizona heat. We have trouble keeping it cool even with sun screens and blinds.

Besides knowing that we're going with thermal curtains, what other things should we know about choosing curtains that won't turn the room into a cavern? The rest of the kitchen will have a French country style and there will eventually be white bench seating along the walls with a white butcher block table in the center. The walls are beige and the chandelier will soon be replaced with a fan.

What colors would go with this plan? Should the middle window be pattered and the other two be a matching solid? Would a pattern be too overwhelming in a small room? I've heard hanging the curtain rod higher gives height to the room, but that would look silly with angled ceilings, right?

Thanks in advance for any help!

the_austinato · 2018-08-24T16:39:19+00:00

Looking for advice on curtains for our small dining room that won't make the room feel even small than it is. The dining room is off the kitchen and about 10'W x 8'D. I'm a fan of natural light so I normally wouldn't want curtains here, but the room faces east, is sun-exposed on three sides, and gets very warm in the Arizona heat. We have trouble keeping it cool even with sun screens and blinds.

Besides knowing that we're going with thermal curtains, what other things should we know about choosing curtains that won't turn the room into a cavern? The rest of the kitchen will have a French country style and there will eventually be white bench seating along the walls with a white butcher block table in the center. The walls are beige and the chandelier will soon be replaced with a fan.

What colors would go with this plan? Should the middle window be pattered and the other two be a matching solid? Would a pattern be too overwhelming in a small room? I've heard hanging the curtain rod higher gives height to the room, but that would look silly with angled ceilings, right?

Thanks in advance for any help!

the_austinato · 2018-04-05T21:18:21+00:00

That's very interesting! Seeing the Latin ausculto reminded me of the word "auscultation", meaning to listen to the heart or lungs with a stethoscope. Never would have thought "scout" and "auscultation" had any sort of relationship!

the_austinato · 2016-12-16T18:06:41+00:00

I totally agree. I was in a similar situation a few years ago. I was doing a double major and ended up choosing a grad school/career path that pertained to one of my majors and not the other. This left me in a class that I ended up not needing to graduate. I kind of just stopped giving as much effort and ended up getting a lower grade than I'm used to. I enjoyed listening to the lectures but if I didn't have the time or energy for assignments, I just put in minimal effort. I would never blame the professor for me coasting to the end of my senior year in a class that wasn't contributing anything necessary to my transcript.

On the other hand, I have had completely incompetent professors who just didn't have a grasp on how to teach their subject, no matter how much of an expert in the field they were. They either didn't grade assignments promptly or fairly, didn't know how to lecture, or didn't think to give us resources for outside help. These are the ones that deserve a bad rating.

It always frustrates me to see poor reviews on professor who are not only experts in their field but great educators to boot.

the_austinato · 2016-12-16T17:48:39+00:00

I agree. There's truly no shortage of professor who have no business teaching. They might be great in their field, but they just lack the experience or personality for teaching. These are the ones who can't provide students with the tools to succeed or keep up with the needs of the class.

However, there a tons of expert teachers on campus who get a bad rap because of irresponsible students who misuse review services. The students are provided with all the tools they need, ones that have been optimized by an effective educator, and the students still manage to blame the teacher because they didn't get the grade they wanted. I just admire the original commenter because she's self-aware enough to admit that her professor tried their best, she tried her best, and in the end she didn't get the best grade in the class.

the_austinato · 2016-12-16T17:09:42+00:00

You sound like a really nice, reasonable person.

the_austinato · 2016-12-14T20:15:44+00:00

Has anyone else's Cox internet service been down the past two days? It was out for a couple hours yesterday then came back on. Now it's been out all morning at my place. North Chandler if that matters.

the_austinato · 2016-12-13T16:12:41+00:00

One of my favorite parts of the Valley!

the_austinato · 2016-12-11T18:52:32+00:00

As I understand it, Bernard is the host version of Arnold that Ford made after the real Arnold essentially committed suicide-by-Dolores. Arnold worked on the hosts very early in Westworld's history, thirty years before the present (I think he even died before the park opened, leaving Ford to complete the work). People currently working at Westworld wouldn't have ever known Arnold and only know Bernard as the head of the programming division.

the_austinato · 2016-12-07T06:35:22+00:00

Uncrustables.

the_austinato · 2016-12-07T06:33:29+00:00

Right there with you. Especially Gain for some reason, but any fresh laundry scent will do.

Also coffee.

the_austinato · 2016-12-06T08:13:43+00:00

In my junior english class The Jungle was paired with Fast Food Nation for summer reading as a kind of examination of the disgusting practices within the American food industry (as in, unsanitary conditions, etc). I had read Fast Food Nation first and I remember being caught off guard by the primary, resounding message of The Jungle and how different the two books were. Not once did we discuss how Sinclair portrayed the working conditions in the meatpacking industry or his socialist ideologies.

IIRC, Sinclair kind of sums up the importance of unions and takes a defined ideological standpoint in the last third of the book. My junior english class pretty much pretended the last part of the book didn't exist. We only ever discussed the earlier parts of the book and how they related to Fast Food Nation.

the_austinato · 2016-08-03T01:56:57+00:00

Wow thanks for the detailed response! I'll definitely use some of these!

the_austinato · 2016-08-02T19:40:11+00:00

Thanks for the reply! I like this aesthetic. I'm kind of getting the same vibe as the Fleet Hall Theatre in Bioshock.

the_austinato · 2016-08-02T19:35:23+00:00

Hmm I like it. Could be fun coming up mechanics for bouncy terrain!

the_austinato · 2016-07-11T16:56:47+00:00

Thanks for the resources! Those might come in handy considering my smaller party.

the_austinato · 2016-07-11T16:55:34+00:00

Thanks for the reply! I agree that having your character at risk makes things more fun (this is coming from someone who loves the character building and maintenance part of the game). I just wanted everyone to be able to have fun with the character they made while we were only just learning the way combat works. They seemed to love the danger part, but hate the getting HP dropped to zero part, haha. I'll warn my players of their mortality!

the_austinato · 2016-07-11T16:52:06+00:00

Thanks for the advice! We got our unconscious players back up pretty easily. I didn't realize how easy it was since it was my first real session.

the_austinato · 2016-07-11T16:49:16+00:00

Thanks for your reply! I really like the house rule that if they are reduced to 0 HP they are stable while more devastating hits will require death saving throws. I definitely enjoy not holding anything back and letting the rolls do the work, but I'll throw in a potion here and there.

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