Well there are a lot of ways to fix the situation, some better than others. I am going to tell you what I would do, but it's not the only way. My first step is a soil test (www.loganlabs.com, basic soil test). While waiting for the results, I would apply Moss Out to the lawn to kill off the moss. This may need to be repeated a few times. Weather permitting, I would do an application of Weed B Gone max and Weed B Gone CCO. This should be done at least 4 weeks before seeding, so the end of July would be the last time I would apply those herbicides. Once you get your soil test back, then start amending the soil. Since you are in Connecticut (so am I), it's highly likely you will need to lime your soil due to our geography and location, plus moss is often an indicator of acidic soil. Most people in CT need calcitic lime, but your soil test will tell you which one you need, if any. The best time for seeding in CT is around Sept. 1st. So you have to decide if you are going to kill off the existing grass and starting fresh (renovate), or overseed what you have. If you do renovate, you will apply Round-up to your yard in August. Renovating sounds like a daunting task, but the results are almost always better than an overseed, plus you get rid of older grass cultivars in your lawn that are not as good as the newest ones. There are four major cool season grasses to pick from, and they depend on a few factors, but the biggest one is sunlight. How much sun does the area receive on a typical cloudless summer day? Once you have that info, you can then decide which grass to use, and if you want a specific cultivar or blend of culivars, then you should source and order that as soon as possible since seed sellers often run out of inventory due to high demand around this time of year. Once seeding time rolls around you basically spread the seed, roll it, topdress if you want to, and keep it moist with frequent daily short duration waterings. If you killed everything then you don't have to worry about the existing grass. If you didn't, then you should cut if as low as possible without scalping the yard. Now this is a very basic overview of the seeding process, so once you decide on what you want to do, then we can get more specific. All questions are valid, there are no stupid ones (well maybe a few).

Orchid_pixie, 1. Buy a heavy duty tiller, if you decide to try to cultivate your soil. Don't do what I did and get the "cheap" $188 model at Walmart. It will only leave you $188 poorer & shaking your fist at the sky as you realize you wasted your money on a puny tiller that got you nowhere (and which, to boot, is hard to start unless you have the upper body strength of a titan). 2. I too, love gardenias & have been trying to grow them, with varied success. So far I've killed 1 1/2 plants (I would say two, but I won't know if the last one is dead until it warms up & I can tell if there are any remaining signs of life). Of the plants that have survived my attempts to grow them, I currently have two indoor veitchii (one at home, one at work -- I'm conducting an experiment to see which lasts the longest before dying horribly, or preferably, which blooms first!) and four frost-proof gardenias that I bought at Pike's and planted outside in my front garden bed. As for the frost-proof, they seem to be doing okay, and given that you're in the northern part of GA, I would give those a try before buying some of the less cold-hardy varieties. However, whatever you decide to do, do yourself a favor first and read the suicidal gardenia thread I'm posting for you below. The first time I read it, I literally laughed so hard that I had tears streaming down my face. Enjoy and good luck! Here is a link that might be useful: Suicidal Gardenia

Your room looks fairly traditional, and I would opt for a larger and beautiful Persian carpet for this room. I'm sorry, but I really don't care for those drapes in the room and how they're hung. I can't see the fireplace very well, but it seems to have a more reddish color and the drapes have more cool colors. I would put up Roman shades or something similar where you don't have that triangular fall of the curtains, perhaps in a creamy color with a subtle flower pattern in warm colors, pink, red, yellow, which will tie in with the Persian carpet. You can then recover the chairs in a stripe, solid or pattern (the pattern should have a different size than the curtains) in complementary colors. I would personally choose stripes or possibly a check. The pillow colors can also be pulled from the rug. The lamps look a little strict and boring, and instead of the mirror there I would find a lovely painting as a focal point, and prettier lamps with round, lighter-colored shades. I don't really love that particular painting over the fireplace, since it's somewhat lacking in impact, but art is very personal, and I hesitate to advise. It's a very nice room, by the way.

I’m not sure I understand your question. Are you looking for a place to BUY a vanity? ORDER a custom made vanity?