2 & 3 yrs ago only had 1 male come to nectar feeder for a couple weeks. last year had both male and female come to grape jelly and nectar feeder for a couple weeks also. this year we set out 3 feeding stations with nectar feeder, grape jelly and a bowl of diluted grape jelly. had multiple males and females coming to all 3 feeders. the males likes solid grape jelly the females likes the diluted grape jelly. our first sighting for orioles were may 3rd. they stopped coming by may 25th. they disappeared for about 2 weeks and returned June 6th. by June 30th starting seeing baby orioles. we have been blessed to see parents and babies playing and flying from tree to tree in the trees that surround our property and also feeding at 1 particular feeding station.

Thanks for the pics! From what I see I would buy two toned curtain panels in either a deep blue or a deep red and a one inch diameter decorative curtain rod for each window. Your window over the sofa window will most likely require two panels on each side of the window and the rods need to be hung from the ceiling and 10-12 beyond the window on each side. Try the big window first before you put them on the siding window. You might not need them on the slider but buy them all together so the colors are the same run for the curtains and the rods are the same tone and style.....the one inch diameter will add more oomph to the curtains; don't skimp and get narrower ones.....you need the weight to balance the sofa weight. I love your three prints but please add a fourth in the same frame and style, the stack them one over the other two on each side on each side of the sofa window beyond the curtains. Two together will make them look bigger and more impact. Have the top one centered at 57 inches from the floor, the lower one should be three inches below the upper one.....I think that will look centered and make your big window your feature wall.....open the blinds for daylight. I like your two round mirrors and I would try to find another one that is similar but not the same and arrange the tree randomly in a tight grouping on your dining room wall. Put your two most loved pillows on the sofa and nothing on the chairs. Remove all the table stuff in the entire room. Add back the blue ware on your dining table, Cluster your plants on the sofa table, Try a glass hurricaine modern candle holder on the cocktail table with a big fat candle in a cream tone and put it on a wooden or metal tray....you want to edit down all your table stuff to just a very few; minimalism at work here. haha Two matching end tables on either end of your sofas in a modern vibe, in a square shape. Your lamps seem a bit small for the end tables, but you can lift them my making simple stacked square wood bases painted white? Or you can put them on your console and buy new red or blue lamps that are heavy and taller. Lamps are trial and error I find but they are hard to find between 28-30 inches......the price goes up but the short ones just do not make it, so it might be a future purchase......these are just ideas I would do in my house; I am not a decorator but I like to try things out. Remove the corner cabinet and the smaller wood console at the end of the sofa; re-purpose them in other areas of the house in different ways.- Geometric curtains on one inch rod 10-12 inches beyond window Vertically stacked prints with top one centered at 57 inches above floor Single item on cocktail table Tall lamp on table that is even with arm of sofa, single item on cocktail table, two pillows Strong two toned curtains hung from ceiling with multiple panels. This room has some interesting things going for it....cool cocktail table decor, looks tight and planned, great baskets for storage that you might consider incorporating under the console, but just one or two baskets or boxes. The pharmacy type floor lamp could look cool by the blue chairs in the corner? Examples of geometric curtains that you might like; note the wide diameter rods. Try to find lined curtains, they just hang better....Target, Lowe's, Wal Mart, World Market, all are great sources....I found all of these on line....curtains should be 93 inches long, often times you have to order online, most stores only sell the 84 " standard length..... I like what you have done in your room! Keep it up!

I don't have equipment to measure the pressure differences but I have done some qualitative tests to evaluate the velocity of air that comes through a known opening (small window) for H/M/L blower settings as well as the velocity of air exiting the blower exhaust. What I found is that the pressure difference between the kitchen/dinette/family room space is greatest on the LOW blower setting and less on HIGH and MED settings even though the volume of air exiting the house from the exhaust is H/M/L as you would expect. I attribute this to the lack of MUA on the LOW setting due to the closed MUA damper. The hood flow I am perfectly satisfied with although it bothers me that the low setting is lower than designed because of the lack of MUA. I believe replacing the airflow MUA switch with a simple current sensing switch will be a good solution. We live in the PNW with a fairly mild climate with low temperatures seldom below freezing and never below 0 degree F and our furnace does not seem to have any trouble keeping up with the colder MUA inflow so far (although we have not had many cold days yet). opaone: Our MUA damper is a Broan MD10TU with a motorized damper triggered by a remote flow sensor switch. Thanks for the input on interlocking the MUA with the blower - I had thought that would be a good idea for MUA performance but not considered the static buildup aspect. The 6" MUA damper originally installed with the furnace is interlocked with the blower so I guess I better research how that works. And thanks for the kitchen compliment.

”Best” is so subjective; it depends on what layout works best for the user without blocking access to doors, windows etc. Your brother should set his desks up however suits him. It’s not like Better Homes and Gardens is going to come around and score it.