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Comments (15)Jenny, Yes...those are single flower garden stake hummie feeder balls. I'd made a deal with WalMart to buy their left over supply a couple of winters ago. Had the idea of the hummie-port in my mind and was waiting for the opportunity to buy lots of those cheap! I don't use that 'hummie-port' during the summer as there are only about a dozen regular hummies here now. Also I just can't keep the ants from crawling up the wood post. In addition, the feeder holes on those plastic flowers are the perfect size for a bee to get it's big butt stuck in - so I had lots of dead bees clogging them up! I had put it out in the yard a couple of weeks ago to try to get some photos - had filled only six flowers but it rained and the water got into the upright holes. I didn't feel like lugging it to the backporch so I just turned the flowers downward to let them completely drain. I saw a hummie a few days ago trying to get up under the flower to check it out :o) Cute...but I wasn't fast enough with the camera. Maybe I'll set it up again and try to photos during the fall migration. ~ Cat...See Moreunique/favorite features in your build....
Comments (19)Don't use often enough, but love our Ann Sack's Onzen tub. Bought extra drawer bases (2) when ordering MBath cabinetry and installed in MCloset. Each has bookshelf sitting on top/back. DH has books on his. I have a few books and sentimental things on mine. We each have a few leather storage containers also. Toto toliets, ADA height with self-closing lids. LOVE the lids! Self closing drawer hardware in kitchen. Kitchen cabinetry ordered from England. Probably my most favorite thing. Deep, generously sized verandas. Front is flagstone. Upper and lower back verandas stained concrete. Tornado room is huge and located under the front veranda. Solid concrete. Wide door openings throughout house. Door from garage into back hallway is 4 feet wide - movers loved it. Extra deep coat closet inside that hallway. Plenty of floor space storage for extra/unopened dog food, cat litter, etc. Custom sliding panels to conceal great room TV when not in use. Custom door made from vintage shutter on niche next to FP for TV/DISH equipment. The niche was originally a coat closet (next to foyer). We live in the South, and it was a waste for us. Vintage seal from a NYC bridge used over range. Granite counter in the laundry room that runs continuously along one wall. Cabinets/sink/washer/dryer. Love the counter over the w/d. Second laundry room on lower level with larger w/d. Storage! Storage! Storage! All guest rooms have walk-in closets with painted built-in shelving. Each has a small floor to ceiling shelf area also. All bathroom cabinets have feet, no bases. Making them more furniture like. Like Chisue, I hate can lighting. Only have it in the bathrooms and kitchen. If it weren't for DH, we wouldn't have any. I used 4 sconces in both MBR and great room for extra lighting (plus lamps). Copper cupola. Extra deep garage - like Susan said above - can pull in, close door and still walk around vehicle, unload groceries. Also added space between cars. NO pole/supports in garage. We also used Hardi-panels (the stucco looking one) in the garage. Our GC had done it in his home. You can hose it off (we haven't needed to, but we could lol). Painted. We also have the same trim used inside our home inside the garage (base, crown, windows - 2x6 clear pine stained dark). Didn't skimp on finish choices in lower level. It's open on there sides (is not a basement) and we live on a lake so it's a great space. Sheetrock ceiling, not drop down. Same limestone counters in bathroom as main level baths, etc. Poured 14 foot walls. This left plenty of space between floors for HVAC, etc. Ended up with 10+ foot high ceilings. Hallway in lower level is L shaped and 5 feet wide. Five bookcases are built-in in first part of L. Second part of L is getting four bookcases installed today. Had trim carpenter build a potting bench style table inside the walk-in pantry. The microwave and toaster are kept there, and it's great for setting down grocery bags or unloading or making a sandwich. Customized shelves in pantry to my specs. No food storage in kitchen cabinetry. Measure three times, cut once for floor outlets in great room! Exterior outlets and faucets - don't skimp. Copper backsplashes in kitchen and laundry room. I love our home. Here is a link that might be useful: my house tour...See MoreImportant Home Features - Your Opinion
Comments (38)For us it's a pretty small list of "must haves". It MUST have a connection to the water. By "connection" I mean it either has to have a water view from the house, the garden, or even driving up the street. Water is everything here. Otherwise, we'd lose the reason for living here in the first place. But, we're looking for a property that's out of the flood zone...and there's the rub. We want water but no flood threat. Oh, no...we're NOT picky! That's the only reason we'd leave our current house. We're too close to the water. After the above, everything else is negotiable. We're adaptive people. We'll live in 800 s.f. if the water connection is perfect. We don't want a large home. So, I prefer to have our house be located very close to an historic inn & close to our boat. We use our boat as guest quarters. When you live on the water in a tourist trap of a village...suddenly you have a lot of 'friends' you never knew about. We like to be able to truthfully say, "I'm sorry, we don't have room but you can stay on the boat or at the Inn!" :) Hey, it's not that bad. The boat has a larger galley than my kitchen plus you'll sleep like a baby from the gentle rocking of the boat! Hmmmm, maybe, we're going about this all wrong. Maybe, we should get a bigger boat for us & we already have a dinky house for guests! Ah, that's a sign of a well researched 'disease' known as "Ten-footitis" & it attacks many boaters right around this time of year. It also hits in September-October which are boat-show months. rofl We've looked at about 30 homes in the past year. All but one have failed to move us emotionally except one but that's a whole 'nother story. :( /tricia...See MoreShow us your favorite room in your house
Comments (81)Love all your rooms inside and out! Here are mine. Our DIY kitchen that we are still working on( DH rather) and our front porch. I used the painters tarp and grommet ideas for curtains for the porch so now we can sit and watch the storm.I call it the "biggest little porch in town" You are looking at the whole thing in the photo, there ain't no more. But it is big enough for 3 to sit and the 2 dogs can lie on the porch with us. We have our morning coffee outside after our walks. I included photos from May when I had painted the free CL loveseat and made pillows so you could see the colors in a better light. I am just using grosgrain ribbon right now, I plan to make tiebacks out of the stripe canvas. Of course the roses arent blooming like that now....See Morephoggie
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