They don't do refunds for sofas out here but Everett's Furniture you still let people do a trade in on their old thing for something new and they got a little bit of money off but not a lot

I am not a fan of natural sisal rugs. We had one in our beach condo several years ago. It didn’t last one year without shredding! If you like the sisal pattern, go with a nylon rug. I would just start fresh in your beautiful room. Hang your art, get your table and chairs, then decide if a shortened rug would look good at the other end of the room. I do love your rug.

I really like the wallpaper in this bathroom. The mirror is just so boring and with a lack of frame, floats odd for me.

And as much as I like pretty much the whole look, I find the wall color choice is too light, and would go darker on the wall. The dark to tie from the flower leaves and the lines of the stone.

Wow!!! i have Exactky!!! the same problem! i havr this light orange soda looking stain on whites. i just washed new white linens and they came out with orange splotches everywhere. i did add a bit of bleach. has happened before! so weird. we have hard water, why does this happen sometimes and not others? how do u clean the hard water residue out if that is the problem?

New siding someday, but in the meantime maybe a trim board covering the horizontal seam, plus paint?

The parking location is not ideal, but it can look nice. I moved the parking spot closer to the road, as you suggested is possible. I show a simple pergola over the truck, but If that isn't in the budget, clean gravel/grass edges and a connection from the parking area to a widened walkway would make a big difference. I'm a quiet harmony person myself when it comes to colors, but if you prefer a sharper look with more contrast, go for it. (I used gray here for trim boards to tie to the roof, which is a mid-tone gray and does not contrast sharply with the dark blue and white.)

Okay all Houzz friends - as promised, here’s my update on the consult appointment I had today with a pro. She gave me lots to think about & some feedback. She wasn’t too interested (my reaction) in my vision of a garden with mostly mini & dwarf conifers explaining that plant selection is the last step. Who knew? Next step is a concept drawing & we talk about that & tweak etc. Then comes measuring the space - a very technical process. A layout created & approved. Plant selection last. Then comes lining up contractors. If her preferred contractors are used she will oversee the plant placement on site. She also would select all the plants. She did like many of the plants I already have & some she hadn’t seen in a garden setting before. She did say that a vertical element would be a really good thing - like a tree. Eileen - she’s talking your language! 😊 I asked about a Yew like one that I have & she said no, not columnar but vertical & some width. Okay, okay everyone! One thing she said is that my front yard is ”very tight” & ”very round” - all the shapes are round. 😆 Well, yes, okay I see that. I got out my cutters after she left. I don’t shear anything, I prune by the cut & snip method - more natural. But, regardless of what happens going forward on this project, some of my round plants that aren’t conifers are being taken out.

Here’s an update on my water feature bubbler project - they’ll be back at 7:30 tomorrow. The 3 columns laying there are basalt. We chose them with the orangey color because they go with the flat rock that was layered in the bubbler & that will be reused on top of the loose rock. The smaller piece in foreground is the bowl that will catch water from the columns & be a bird bath.

Hi Eileen - agree it’s going to be a longer process & we assumed that based on scheduling for the skills needed. Summer is very busy time! And, yes, fall is for planting, right? I don’t know if the designer has an aversion to round shrubs & conifers or if it’s her design eye wanting the contrasts of shapes & heights. As she explained, plant selection is last so I’ve no idea what she’d use. She did comment I have no grasses & that she liked the day lillies in that small border in my 2nd pic because they flower & are ’grass like’.. I’m sure it’s the movement of grasses she likes. In the meantime, here’s our finished water feature - we love it! I’d taken out the smaller plants behind it so I’m now working on what to do there.

Sarah B. - I appreciate your good advice on hazards of dry creek beds with regard to fall risks. I absolutely plan to hire able bodied people to do home maintenance things we should not be doing because of personal risk hazard and not wait until the day we cannot be doing the task because we’re not physically able. We already have a guy who cleans our roof & gutters ( we live under fir trees) and another who cleans our windows. I have a strongly ingrained fear of falling, breaking something & winding up either immobile or having to use mobility aids to get around. Caring for my extremely mobile mom who lived in an independent living retirement community is what opened my eyes. Though my mom, in her early 90’s then, didn’t need even a cane or walker, I saw all those in both independent living and the assisted living community side, who needed them and badly. Getting to that point of need due to simple body failure or illness is quite different than having an injury caused by something avoidable. So, I do appreciate your reinforcement to my plan!

Kathy

If this were a situation where a rising lake level caused problems, you might have a very small case at trying to make it work (depending on price), as lake levels can rise and fall. You are talking hillside erosion from heavy rains that have caused the hill to shift.

The house is a teardown at best. Do not attempt. You will regret the decision.

Moreover, depending on where it is located, you may not be able to get building approvals.

The existing frame and screen stops may need to be modified to change to inside set.

Well. Opinion of one?

Flank the sofa with bookcases. Take them up to the ceiling, and across. sink the sofa between, and have a lovely view at a fraction of what well done built ins will cost you on essentially 14'! Add sconces, or a picture light over a painting you love.

Books only need a depth of 12 or 13 inches.

You want an elegant proportion , so bottoms at no more than 30" h x 33"- 36" wide and 24 "deep ( sofa width depending ) and tops to the ceiling at 12 or 13" DEPTH, both sides, ALL the way up and across.

I've done it for a client, ( sorry no pic) but it's is elegant, cozy as hell.

Basically? A version of this, below.

Put a pretty non wood console in the window, add a lamp, you bought the other lamps, you are getting bergere chairs add a cocktail table!

Bet you can do a lot of that, from what the entire wall of built in WOULD have cost., very well done.

Agree on the antique gold but forgot the product name. Thank you

I'd take cues from your artwork for a solid or low patterned rug, and for curtains with more of a pattern.

Your furniture is beautiful but the scale of the room is feeling off. I would aim to over time do away with the mirrors, which do not do your home or furniture justice. I'd put the cabinet on the long wall where the mirrors are, allowing for more room for fuller drapes. The drapes could be a more decorative element of the room.

I agree with @Kendrah about the mirrors. They’re not adding any decorative value consistent with your furniture.

Your dining room has nice pieces. You might find a pretty rug for underneath your table on FB Marketplace, or on sale someplace. That one item can set the tone for your dining room by bringing in colors you like.

Three different ones.

I think your fears of it looking dirty are real. Even if you don't have a lot of dirt or mold or moss or twigs or leaves adhering there, how can a white anything not look dirty? And I think you will always be aware of the dirt/dust whatever that will naturally congregate next to those nice ridges.

And as I write this, I am aware of my white metal downspouts and gutters which after this winter have a lot of dark gunk in the many crevices formed as it comes down off the roof. And if you have white siding or know someone who does, go look at that.

Before you decide, look at that beautiful house after a year or two.

Dark trim would work cos there are some dark bricks exist.

Looks like a good number of plants to create a full garden look & much bettter than existing. My caution is to be sure to allow space for growth. Stagger the plants - no soldier like rows. Add a bit of space center to center in addition to what plant tag says. Mulch all that space - it’ll look great. I’m looking for my path to walk up to your front door….it looks like I have to walk up driveway to garage & then across the porch. Not a great welcoming set up. You have to take out lots of grass anyway for your nicely expanded planting beds, right? Why not take the time to plan a walkway from the driveway to front door that’s in front of the tall shrub that is already there? Looks like it creates a nice small tree shape as long as you keep the bottom growth pruned off & trunk exposed. Use pavers or flagstone as your walkway. Plant most of the plants for that side in front of the new walkway in an expanded bed. Plant some of them along the porch edge with the existing small shrub tree. You’d want to put in a rigid path border to hold the gravel in place around the stepping stones. This is a much smaller project than your initial plan to whitewash brick which seems none of prior responders favored - me either. Leave it & create magic with prettier color on trim & doors.