Here are some of them. Will add the names from the pics later. The names I'm adding are what was on the pic on Pinterest. Not sure how accurate they are. Names are above pics. Astrophytum asterias cv Super Snow Dioscorea Elephantipes Golden Barrel Astrophytum myriostigma Hakujo Aechmea Zebrina.. No name on this one but clearly some type of Haworthia.

Depends on what you are trying to accomplish. What does life breathed into a space look like? Hardscape? Plantings? Contractors may or may not be experienced/qualified to create a pleasing layout of elements that work for your site, family, and intended use. Usually not. Also, pictures from the internet will not necessarily contain plants that are suited to growing in your climate or designs that will work with your site. A designer will ask a lot of questions about how you want to use the space, assess the possibilities and limitations of your site, offer creative ideas, and give you a plan that meets your needs and wants and is appropriate to your home. Then you get a contractor to install it. Photos can give a designer an idea of the “look” you prefer, but that’s about it. The additional cost will be recovered by the savings you will realize by the expensive mistakes you won’t make. A tree that has to be cut down in five years because it’s too close to the house or rains messy litter on the patio constantly will cost a few bucks. Or expensive shrubs that die in two years because there is a known pest that is decimating them in your area. Contractor may not know these things, designer will.

So I think I’m going To eventually switch out the lighting but that would entail changing my dining room chandelier as well so it all be cohesive ( dining room and kitchen are very open to each other so they either have to be similar lines or the same chandelier ) so that can be my future project! tearing out the backsplash is a nonnegotiable it’s custom-made and granite all the way up (I actually love my backsplash) i think an eventual lighting change is the way to go. I’ll keep my eye out on finding the perfect lighting. Ty everyone !

Absolutely - go ask the neighbors to please bulldoze their homes and bulldoze the addition on your home so that the natural daylight streams through the widows. While you are at it replace all the bulbs in your home with 4000k bulbs even though industry standards are 2700k (soft white), 3000k (bright white) and 5000k (daylight). The other alternative is to find a color that is appropriate for your less than ideally lit rooms. You will want to pick your lighting first. I use Cree brand 5000k lights in my home, but I also decorate with taupe, purples, teals and reds. Taupe is that color that lies between pink beige and violet gray. Purples and taupe turn muddy when you use yellow lighting. In a cottage or cabin you may prefer the softer feeling that 2700k or 3000k provides. Both work beautifully with a fall color palette and can work well with any palette that is warmer vs cool. A bright white can go gray, flat, dingy in a room without good lighting - white needs light to look white. Many of the rooms depicted on the internet are photographed with studio lighting Wow they look stunning, but is this the aesthetic you are trying to achieve? So now - how to find the right white for your home. I am going to ask you to not think about wall colors yet. I want you to think about the colors that make your heart sing. The colors that make you feel like a 10 when you are wearing them. I would encourage you to use these colors in your home. Maybe not as wall color - (especially if you look fabulous in fire engine red), but you will want to bring these colors into your palette as accents and in your art and fabrics. Don't forget that you will often be wearing these colors while lounging on the sofa. Do you really want to completely clash with your surroundings? You may also have to adjust your choice based on the other colors in your home that you can't afford to change or don't want to change. Cabinet colors, flooring colors, countertops have to be considered when you are selecting your colors. We can usually find ways to work with these colors and the colors you love, but you can't ignore them. You have to work with them. Now pick your lighting - what color lighting will complement your colors and your skin tone and hair color. Once lighting is selected you are ready to pick your neutral. Whites are really just lighter forms of neutral colors. The neutral tones are pink beige, orange beige, yellow / gold beige (darker shades of yellow beige are gold beige), green beige, greige (between green beige and green gray), green gray, blue gray, violet gray and taupe (color between violet gray and pink beige). Which one of these works best with the colors you love and the colors that love you? To combat the gray shadows in poorly lit rooms you may need to add a bit more color so it doesn't look flat or get grayed out by the shadows. This doesn't mean you have to go really dark or really bright unless your rooms are as gray as the windowless garage pictured above, but you may have to go to an LRV closer to 80 than 90 and increase the chroma. (Chroma is the level of color vs gray). We can get you to the right whites and colors, but you will need to test them in your space. Always test your colors with large painted samples. Look at one sample at a time. Don't sample directly on your walls - I like using 140 lb water color paper to create my samples. leave a white edge on your sample or use additional sheets of water color paper around the sample. Look at samples at different times of the day and on every wall in your home. Look at one sample at a time - as soon as you bring in a second sample you will be comparing the two. You need to compare them with the other elements in your space - the other white will never be there so you don't want to test it next to something that will not be in your home. Hope this helped