Suggestions for designing this corner
D Scott
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Re: HELP! Need suggestions for what to do with this corner!
Comments (10)Have to agree that the look isn't pleasing in the above design suggestion. Sorry to be blunt but it's boring and does little to catch the eye. Depending on the sun exposure, Euphorbia polychroma would provide contrast to the spirea and is zero maintenance. Stokesia would also serve a similar function and demands as little attention as the Euphorbia--absolutely none. For more zero-care color contrast, Heuchera/coral bells 'Palace Purple' comes to mind. Throw in a shorter ornamental grass--Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Hameln' comes to mind--and you'd solve the entire problem corner. I don't think a trellis under the A/C unit would do anything other than detract from the plants if you select the right combination of different colors & textures....See MoreSuggestions on what perennials to plant in shade corner garden? Zone 4
Comments (4)1) I think you need some matching mounding shapes on the opposite corner by that cone shaped conifer. 2) I have had plain old-fashioned annabelle hydrangeas growing in such a space. Michael Dirr, the shrub guru, claims he's seen them growing in very dark dry shade, so I tried it in a bad spot. Their form was open-ish rather than dense and full, flowers were sparse, but they were cheap and green & filled up the hole very nicely with a different texture. They add a bit of loose height to a naturalistic grouping of hosta, ferns, variegated Solomon's Seal, a carex for linear shape, all over a base of plain green sedum. The carex and sedum stay green all winter for me, with the hydrangea flower heads persisting above. My planting is very informal...a sheared yew and one of the larger hosta, or a mass of a medium-sized one, would give a more tailored look if that is your preference. Pachysandra or epimedium would also offer a tailored evergreen groundcover, even if originally in just a single patch in your white gravel while you wait for them to grow enough to spread further. Oh, and you could put a bright vase shaped hosta in your urn beside your door, if you want to repeat that shape and integrate the urn. But do trouble to shop a proper nursery to choose from the 100's of varieties of hosta. The hosta board here would be able to suggest a vendor in your area who has a display garden, and there are excellent online hosta specialists who mail order very fine plants, but I strongly recommend against buying hosta from the big boxes, though I think they're fine for simplest hydrangeas or ordinary yews. Hosta have some disease issues being spread by cheapo irreputable vendors, and you want strong plants that haven't been prematurely forced into weak growth....See MoreSuggestions on how to fit fridge and microwave area in corner nook
Comments (22)I have been thinking about all of your comments and have made some revisions to my original thinking, and I have worked with an IKEA person to re-do some of the plan. Doorways do not have interior molding and are just openings. I was told that it is virtually impossible to have a pantry set at a 90 degree angle to the fridge because there is no wall to hang the pantry cabinet from. So, that's out. I am leaving a full height pantry cabinet to the left of the fridge (to make the passageway into the kitchen larger), but I am making it 18" wide rather than the currently planned 24" wide. And I'm putting the microwave on the other side of the room instead. The fridge will have a side panel, and the 24" deep pantry will be set back from the front of the fridge so the fronts are not parallel. I am putting the microwave across the room in the corner to the left of the range. I had planned a standard wall cabinet there. Instead I will have a cabinet that goes down to the counter top. That cabinet will have two shallow drawers with an open cubby on top of them. The cubby will contain the microwave (this way I can just put in an inexpensive microwave). There will be cabinet doors on the portion of the cupboard above the microwave cubby. The photo below is the idea that I will be replicating (except I will have a small section of wall maybe about 20" deep that the left of the cabinet will butt into so it will be an actual corner. And I will have a flat counter on the peninsula rather than the raised ledge section.. Do you think this will work better? Ever since I began planning this kitchen, the microwave placement has just been a bear in terms of where to put it. When we were first starting to think about this project, and when shopping was easier, we did see the microwave that @wdccruise linked and liked it. I went back and took another look online at that option today. It could still be a possibility maybe, but there are some negative review comments about usability that bother me. And, we have to go with recirculating because this is a townhouse that has no way to vent to the exterior, and I have found some other hoods that do provide better function with recirculating. I really appreciate all of the thoughtful comments and advice you have given me.....See MoreDesperately seeking suggestions for awkward corner nook!
Comments (73)Apologies if this has already been said but I don't have time to read all comments. I had a living room that was similiarly awkward and it took me so long to find a good furniture placement. Bear with me. While I can't see the rest of the living room, I suggest arranging the living room furniture with the end of that stone wall (fireplace I assume?) as if it were the wall. So in other words the rug would stop where or near where the fireplace ends. What makes that lovely space awkward is that it looks as if it's trying to be part of the living room. My suggestion would be, after you move the rug, switch the table and chair. Table under painting, chair in a "room with a view." It becomes a destination, a resting spot, a lovely special corner for retreat. At that point you have created an entrance area for the living room, possibly a gallery effect on the wall. Add a lamp to the table below the picture to make it a a real statement piece, which it is! Maybe some lighting in window area. Then you play with placement of things in the corner that draws the eye and gives people an opportunity to say, what's the story behind those skis? P.S. What a view out that window!!...See MoreEileen
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