The best thing you can do right now is pull the mulch back a foot and a half away from it!mulch this time of year keeps the soil from warming up.Everyone of my palms that I planted this early last year did what yours is doing,a week is not enough time for any plant to adjust to the spring/outside weather but there it is,you should see rapid recovery by July,both of my waggies were down to one leaf last spring after early planting(they both started with 9)one grew 5 new leaves and one a couple,they both made it through winter fine and are working on there second leaves already,let it go for now,it will recover as is if it's going to.

Thank you! Gail, the light is old, not original, but probably 20 years. During my light hunting, I did see many similar ones.. try searching for nautical lighting or coastal lighting. There was another company I had booked marks as well.. I'll see if I can find them!

You don't think 18x20' is big enough for family room? We like to gather in the family room and that's where we spend most of our time together as a family. Are there any wasted space that you see? Yes lots of wasted space and the room sizes are not what they seem. Here in the first plan, I drew in red the walkways to get to other rooms or to get to a door to get outside, or to a closet. These need to be a minimum of 3' and 42" is better. 3' is tight feeling. Notice how much of the house is taken up with walkways? So for example. The living room which says it's 16' x 22' really isn't. The 22' is really only 15'-16' deep because of pathways. However the width is even worse. First you have the fireplace wall which takes up 1'6" right there. Ideally behind a seating area at a counter you need 5' of walking space between the counter and for example your sofa. So now the 16' width has been reduced to 9'6". (16' - 5' - 1'6" = 9'6") Even if you skimp and make the area behind the island 4', that still only leaves you with a living room width to put furniture of 10'6". Considering a sofa or large chair is 3' deep, that now leaves you with a space that is only 6'6" from the fireplace or again if skimping on the space between island and sofa 7'6". Similarly, the nook which says it's 10' x 8' isn't. You'll lose 3' because of the door to the porch so the 8' is now only 5'. However the loss because of the pathway to the game room is even worse. It's not a loss of 3' like someone above suggested. It's almost double because those are double doors. Assuming those double doors are 5' wide, then the space for the nook is only 5' x 5'. A very small table is 3' x 3' so where is the seating room? The second layout is a bit better, but still nothing wonderful. The living room will not be 20' wide but will be 17' wide. Still not shabby though. However the 18' width again you need 5' between seating and island countertops so now your width is down to 13' wide. Plus you will have the problem of how to lay out furniture with a corner fireplace. Corner fireplaces are a bear to lay out furniture in. And again with the nook. the nook will not be 10' but 7' wide and the length will not be 12' but 9' wide. 7' x 9' is doable for a small table and chairs. Also as others have said, even if the houses are oriented north/south, they will still be dark on the interiors. Light can only penetrate so far. One thing you haven't told us is how big is your property. These two plans are meant for suburban lots and not if you have acreage. If you're building on acreage, look for plans that are long and lean. Or, I, T, or H shaped Add to that a U or L shaped plan too.

Sueb, it looks great! I love that it has some height to it for mixing drinks or serving platters. Initially I liked the first painting even though it was dark, bc I liked how it had green and the wall was green and then the bottom half of the wall was red with the cabinet and rug. But the second print looks so much better bc of how bright it makes it look. The first was definitely a dark hole. There is some extra room on the sides of the print but I kind of like it. Maybe see what kind of items will sit on the cabinet before adding more art. In case you have a tall something. You did great!