Dream reading nook anyone?
Annie Deighnaugh
10 years ago
What's your dream reading nook?
This one's not hard to take...
...except I'm not sure how much reading I'd get done vs. how much day dreaming....
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tinam61
10 years ago
birdgardner
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Comments (31)SHERRY � Your garden is simply beautiful and is the garden of my dreams. Mine will never look that finished because gardening on four levels with glacier slurry on the house pad level that is deer fenced for the roses is incredibly hard work. My garden is a "young" garden and I think I have dug my last rose hole in rock. I was given over 100 bands as a housewarming gift and had to buy a pallet of soil (and hauled it up from the street level to the house pad level) and find over a hundred large containers and plant them before I could concentrate on putting things away from the move from Socal to Nocal. LAVENDER_LASS � I agree about taking more breaks. I also fix my lunch in the morning so that I will take a lunch break and not be starved for energy. LINDAWISCONSIN � the only reason I mentioned my exercise program was because nothing I had done in my previous life, including all of the gardening chores prepared me to garden on four levels. When I saw what my friend had accomplished on her property, which was purchased at the same time as mine, I decided to make a life-style change. It has made the gardening work easier, but it is still hard work. Yes, I have to split wood and shot put it up from the street level to the house pad level and stack it in the woodshed, but a lot of physical activity stops for months when winter hits. SHERRY � all retirement gave me was more garden projects ! I had more time, sooooooooo, but I also have a young garden. There�s still a lot of hard work to get it even close to what you have accomplished and I am 63. I think I am going to shorten my garden project list for this year. JERI � I am looking for cold hardy succulents for one bed, but I haven�t had time to research them. I have planted lower care plants in the beds around the house so that they are no longer filled with weeds, but you are right, they still need maintenance. HARMONYP � We had three days of rain last week which saved me from worrying about things all being deep watered on all levels .. but I had a fire fuel reduction crew working out here this spring. I spent one whole day working in the drizzle pruning back everything that could possibly go into their last burn pile which was scheduled for Wednesday. I spent half of the last day in pure rain hacking back the ivy hedge that hides the propane tank for the burn pile and came in soaking wet. No joy. BUT the burn crew hauled all of the waste down to the street level and pruned back three large shrubs that I just couldn�t get to before that last burn day while I pruned the one large rose I have on the street level. MENDOCINO_ROSE � I don�t have automatic watering, so that�s what creates my time conflicts on all of the levels. Hauling hoses can be hard work, too. SHERRY � today is my last full day in the garden this spring. After I water in all of the plant food I put down yesterday, mulch and water the street rose and re-build it�s deer cage, I am going to spend some time cleaning house because I have ignored it for the last several weeks. Yes, there is a lot of work I should do before the real heat hits, but I need a break. I am sorry this post is so long, but the most important lessons I have learned about gardening this spring came from my rose friends from another rose group who suggested that I not aim for perfection, take time to take care of myself and especially take time to enjoy what I have accomplished. You have created a beautiful garden that deserves to be enjoyed. Smiles, Lyn...See MoreAnyone Growing 'Bull's Eye, Dream Come True, Ketchup n' Mustard?
Comments (10)This is my third year with Ketchup & Mustard. My DH is very supportive of my gardening, but really doesnâÂÂt get too excited about anything other than our vegetables. Ketchup & Mustard is one of only two roses heâÂÂs ever picked out and requested that I plant. He loves this rose, so it stays in my garden. Otherwise, I probably wouldn't grow it. ItâÂÂs a rather good rose except that it blackspots terribly here. IâÂÂm just not crazy about the blooms. I think itâÂÂs the contradiction of the harsh coloring verses the small frilly bloom form that doesnâÂÂt appeal to me. It is a prolific bloomer; the blooms last a long time and then self clean; the red never fades or burns in all day full sun here (the yellow does soften some as the blooms age); it stays short which is fairly uncommon for a rose here (mine is still under 4 ft in its third year and about as wide); the foliage is a bright, shiny green (when not covered in BS); no fragrance whatsoever to my nose; weak canes that droop badly in our stormy spring; the blooms will nod after a rain, but the petals themselves are very rain tolerant. My camera doesn't capture the brightness of the tomato red & yellow very well, but here are a couple of pictures anyway: I prefer the blooms when they are nodding after a rain:...See MoreReading nooks (as in space) - yours & kids
Comments (7)We're a family of readers and I've managed to create reading nooks in several of our rooms. Here's DD's room. I'm not sure how well you can see them, but there's a small wrought iron bistro table and chair pulled up next to her window seat for extra seating, etc. Out of the pic, to the right is a matching built-in bookcase: This is a close-up of it with the new throw pillows for it. When I designed this area, I made sure that her window seat would be wide and long enough to serve as an extra bed for company. I bought 4" thick foam and made the cushion for it. In our guest room, this chair by the window makes a cozy place to read. BTW, just last week I replaced the carved wood nightstand there with a more Western-looking oak one. No pics of it yet, though: In one corner of our living room, I created this cozy spot where I like to read. I just took this pic and have to apologize for the glare. This area is to the right of our fireplace and has a window above it and a glass door wall out to our front portal on the other side of it: And finally, I actually have 2 reading nooks in our MBR. This is one to the left of the bed, next to the glass door to our wall-in garden. I tend to read here more in the Summer months: Once it's cool enough to light a fire, I prefer to read here: I've also made a cozy reading area for us out on our front portal, complete with 2 lamps so that we can read there after dark, which we do a lot at this time of year, but I don't want to overwhelm you with pics (LOL) ;^D Lynn...See MoreDining table and nook....anyone else have both?
Comments (34)Edible- Not at all....please, ask any questions you like. This is a thread, specifically asking for other members' solutions. MamaGoose- Thank you for the CL listing, but I live closer to Spokane, WA. For some reason, the powers that be at Yahoo list me near Boise...several hours away. LOL A drop leaf table would be nice, as would a larger table, but I don't think we have the space. I was thinking more of a bistro table size, since the dining table is much larger. Any projects will be over there....or next door at the old farmhouse. We're planning to clean that up and start using it as overflow (almost as you would a basement) in the next year or so. That means we'll have mom's craft table over there, my husband's man cave, our garden greenhouse space (old porch) and extra food and pantry storage. Probably even the big freezer. It's a little longer walk, but no stairs! :)...See More
Olychick
10 years agorosie
10 years agoI was looking for a cottagy pillow-piled daybed filling one end of an enclosed porch and didn't, but this is close enough. :)
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Not sure they are all actually nooks, but they look like comfy places to read to me!I love the view in yours!
dlfrun66
10 years agorosie
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anele_gw
10 years agoHere are some of my favorites:
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anele_gw
10 years agomustangs81
10 years agoFun2BHere
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Sueb20
10 years agoWell, my new screen porch is 97% finished, so right now it's my ideal reading spot. My favorite place to read in general is on a comfortable lounge chair at the beach. Any beach!
PS haven't laid down the rug, assembled the second coffee table, or received the "real" corner/end table yet...
annie1971
10 years agoAnnie Deighnaugh
10 years agoThis one, not so much....
Might as well be cramped up on an airplane seat....
Oakley
10 years agoSoothing topic! lol. This is where I have my morning coffee and then take my book there to read several times a day.
I love having a big front porch. This is just one end of it.
There's some chalk drawings on the concrete. :)
siasconset
10 years agoMy new house has two reading nooks, decorated beautifully by the previous owners and now empty and in need of design inspiration. I will certainly be asking you all for help! Here is the first one (from the sale listing):
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