4 1/2" is what I generally use. With the door closed, the threshold should be equally centered.

I have the same color furniture, and have moved twice, struggling with wall color each time. Now I'm facing a third move, and thinking of not going with either of the previous colors. I think toooooo much. The first house was very large and totally open - lots of natural light from every direction. I ultimately chose Lowes Fairmont Suite Gold. I liked it, and got lots of compliments. The window treatments were hard though, because brown didn't do it, gold was too much, red was wrong .... finally I went to a quilting shop and found a paisley that was called chocolate but was really a black background with gold and about 4 shades of warm browns, one of which was identical to the leather furniture. It also has the tiniest amount of dark olive green in it. I used black drapes and made swags from this fabric, as well as throw pillows. Then I moved and the furniture found itself in a much smaller room, closed off, but with super high ceilings that made the room not feel as tiny as it is. I went with my favorite dark olive green .... which I cannot for the life of me recall the name of now. Ugh. Looks great! Now I'm moving to a small townhouse, decent natural light but the views aren't so nice - the parking lot in the front and the back of the row of townhouses on the next street - most of which have heavily toy-littered yards. I will definitely be using some full sheers to block the less than pleasant view. The lr color will need to flow up the stairs and in to the hall, so I'm not liking the dark green. The gold I used previously feels too intense for the space. I'm strongly considering finding a much lighter gold ... but that's hard because it seems the lighter you go on the card, the more yellow pops out. I like gold; I do not like yellow. I suspect I'll end up with a golden tan as opposed to a gold. BTW, I'm still using the same fabric that I bought for the first house and it looks just as good with the green as it did with the dark gold. I know for economy's sake I should take it to house #3 and yes, I do like it, but I'm also getting a little burned out on it. Please let me know what you choose to go with. It's always nice to get real home photo inspirations as opposed to magazines and professionally staged photos.

No, you only use a saddle as a transition between two types of flooring or sometimes two levels, what you would be doing is making a tripping step. You could use the marble saddle instead of the wood saddle perhaps, but that depends on several other factors.

I never find the saddlebacks on my gingers because they would much rather eat my roses lol. They do sting something fierce. It hurts so bad. I got stung a bunch of times this summer. Vinegar helps a little. I don't spray anything here and the chickens don't want anything to do with the saddlebacks so I just have to watch where I put my hands lol. I spray them with the hose sprayer and they will fall off and I can step on them. I guess if I was more ambitious, I could get a spoon and scoop them into a cup of soapy water. NEEM would probably work good on them too. What are you fertilizing your turmeric with? They look awesome! ~SJN