soonermagic is moved in!!! LOTS of pics!
soonermagic
16 years ago
We've been in for about 3 weeks now and while most of our stuff is unpacked, we're still furniture shopping and tweaking, and we have no window treatments yet. So most of these pics are of empty spaces just before we moved in. Can say that we're loving the house thus far and it exceeds our highest expectations, so the pain of the too-long building process is already diminishing. For those that may not have followed our story, we tore down a house a couple of blocks from the Univ of Okla and built new, but to look as if it's a renovated 1940's era house. One of the very first tear downs here.
Here's the exterior:
Front Door (custom made of knotty alder with custom stain):
Here's the kitchen (custom, site-built cabinets):
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A better shot of the island:
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Pantry/Hutch:
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From kitchen back towards front door, main living space (those are walnut hardwoods):
Our Master Bath (steam shower & funky way-too-expensive bathtub):
Laundry room cubbies:
Landing (with custom bookshelves):
Future Kids Bathroom (delirium granite--green & purple--much more impressive in person):
Linen Closet Hutch (narrow room, so hard to get good angle):
Guest Bath (Red Dragon Granite):
Gameroom:
Tiny backyard, fully landscaped (view from balcony off gameroom):
Detached Garage behind house:
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Comments (12)Heuchera gemination- you want seeds that are last year so keeping them for more than a year not a good idea. Seeds are tiny, while it possible to WS them, one has to be very careful not let drainage from the top. Seed is easily germinated at warm, just sprinkle it on surface and keep moist. Wonderful way to combat winter gardening withdrawal- start seeds inside, they really do not need much light and because they stay small for longish time they do not take a lot of space. There is no need to transplant them early in separate containers since their root system is small/ one of the reasons while they heave so much during the winter/. They separate very easily when they are larger. They could grow bigger until you are comfortable with their size and then you can either transplant them into garden or transplant in separate cells. By next year you will have decent size plants. Coloring does not show well until they are into their second year so suggest keep most of the seedlings- you can see if it is going to be dark or green form but veining and tone comes later. It has been my observation that heucheras grown from seed of the plants in my garden have better survival rate as compare to store bought- which I can not keep alive more than a year. So far I have seed only dark or green form, am looking forward to see if I could find a yellow one. This year I have tiarella with good yellow coloration but not heuchera. Fun stuff!...See MoreLots of ponderosa pine, to move or just down cut down
Comments (6)you can NOT drive large machines for building houses.. over the root zone of large trees .. they will eventually die from soil compaction ... but in tree years.. that might be 5 or 10 years down the line. .. so there is little use in saving older ones .. too near to the construction ... so unless someone can define the driving area.. and your contractor will abide by such.. you will be severely limited as to what is useful to save ... i live in MI.. plain old green pines.. not the foo foo ones.. grow 3 to 5 feet per year ... when you start with a 2 -3 year old bare root ... and give them a year or two to get 'established' [and that includes PROPER AFTERCARE] .... and will easily outgrow.. a 5 to 8 foot transplant.. in the first 5 years.. its all about transplant shock ... frankly.. there are NO SLOW PINES ... if i were you.. i would mark out the building area.. and the access driveway ... mark that out.. remove everything nearby.. and one of the tree pro's will have to delineate that distance for you [they can confirm scot above] .. and stake and police tape it all off.. it will look rather comical during construction ... and then perhaps.. expect to lose a few more ... and it is actually good.. because you dont really want dying trees falling on your new house.. and that would be the beauty of planting new.. nearer to the house ... the death rate of moving 20 footers would be extreme.. even if you paid the best of the biz to move them.. its not a DIY type thing IMHO .... and i bet it would cost tens of thousands of dollars ... in theory.. anything can be done.. its just budget and las vegas odds ... or extreme heavy labor [like that one guy at the link .. if you use the search in GW.. you might find his other posts by searching his GW name] .... which is not my game.. but maybe its yours ... now.. if you were doing a log cabin.. and were going to do it with a horse to drag in logs.. with no basement.. maybe we can save more ... but you didnt give us any facts in that regard.. so we are left to ponder large machines.. etc... so.. ID and remove what must be done to ease construction .... and when you get to landscaping.. get back to us.. and list options on stock.. and probably providers ... good luck ken Here is a link that might be useful: link...See MoreMoved evergreens on same lot - what can do I ensure they won't di
Comments (2)Only apply fertilizers which is good for grow new roots. Do not over fertilize it. Keep them well watered. Transplanted trees have smaller root system. So it may not be able to support the entire plant. So you must keep them well watered. You may want to prune them. Apply plenty mulch (4 to 6"). Watering, and watering.......See MoreEnd of season pics ( lots of pics)
Comments (8)Island - I may try to dig that oleander and leave it in the garage. I was just going to leave it because, once, again, it's loaded with scale and it also had gotten too big to drag in and out of the house. I sprayed it down yesterday, so I'll probably try and dig. Yardman - You sound the same as us. We are pretty clockwork with frosts right around Halloween here in Pittsburgh. As far as what stays and what goes, pretty much everything outside now (and in the pics) will stay out except I will dig the alocasias and maybe the cannas. I will be trying the butia and washie outside this year....See MoreHappykate
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