Debbie, If you have any problems, send me an email and let me know exactly what problem you are having. I'm sure I can help. Marion is right. To post on GardenWeb message boards you need to use some 'photo hosting' company, like Photobucket or Kodak. There are others that work, but you have to choose one of them. Photobucket is easy and free so it still seems like a good choice to me. You can't insert a link on the message board directly to your computer (and you wouldn't want to for security reasons). So you put your photos on a website like photobucket and then insert a link in your message to the picture on photobucket. It's very easy. Just look at all the people who have figured it out! Kate

Glad you figured it out. I think your hand drawings are really good, btw. Above are the minimum recommended clearances for seating. If this is a high traffic corridor, I'd make it even wider than the minimum. Is the X the dishwasher? Do you plan a prep sink in your island? If you are, I think your plan looks pretty good but in order to have room for more than one person prepping/cooking, you'd want 48" aisles between the island and cooking wall. This means you'd need a narrower island. Since people really don't chat well together if they are all lined up in a row like a lunch counter, you might consider moving the seating down the island a bit with two on the side with the current seating and one at the end. This allows for better chatting there and people sitting are still close enough to chat with the cook. And it moves them down from a prep sink placed at the other end of the island so they're not likely to get sprayed. I think I would get tired of prepping at the clean-up sink as you would need to carry things too far to the cooktop and it's just adding a lot of extra steps. So, really, consider that prep sink. From the drawings, I think you are creating a very pleasing visual space but just a few tweaks would make it more functional.

Annegriet, I'm not the best person to point you toward specific inspiration photos but others on this board are and hopefully will show up soon to help you out. In the meantime you can search the photos on Houzz. Start with something in the search box like "small condo living room" as a starting point.

FWIW - when ringing the bark below the point at which you want roots to form, there is no real advantage when you include the the zip ties. You'll get the same accumulation of photosynthate and auxin in tissues immediately above the upper ring cut whether or not you use a tourniquet. Rina - ToC mentioned an important point. Auxin stimulates root growth, but its flow is polar, meaning it flows downward in phloem tissues. That means there will be a higher concentration of auxin on the underside of a horizontal or diagonal branch. If you layer that branch while it's in a horizontal or diagonal position, you're likely to get roots ONLY from the bottom of the branch. To 'fix' this (especially important if you're layering a bonsai subject) you should prop the pot up with shims a few days before you prepare the layer so the branch you intend to layer is vertical. After you have constructed the layer, keep the branch you're layering vertical to avoid accumulation of auxin at the lowest point on the cutting and a 1-sided root system. You can return the pot to its normal orientation while watering, but as soon as you're done watering you should return it to the orientation you calculated would ensure it's vertical until you separate it from the main tree. The same is true if you're starting cuttings. E.g., if you want your new tree from a cutting to exit soil in the pot at an angle, cut the proximal end of the cutting at an angle so it's as close to perfectly horizontal as possible when it's stuck. Al