What overhead light would you suggest?
areese03
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If you had these, what layout would you suggest?
Comments (1)This is my first year for sfg, so I don't know about placement, but i have grown all of these. Basil gets bushier than you might expect - do not underestimate teh amount of room it needs....See MoreCoffee Table/Trunk/Ottoman What Would You Suggest?
Comments (12)Trunks as coffee tables are called toe-smashers in my house. I've gone through three. :-) There's gotta be at least a little bit of room underneath for the toes to go. While storage is a nice idea I also found it a PITA since if I wanted to get something from the trunk I had to clear everything off the surface to open it. I would rather have drawers or even a lower shelf I could put flat baskets on (maybe those tailored leather baskets/deep trays?). I rather like something along the lines of the Map Table from Pottery Barn in a satin black painted finish, if you want to bring some of the black from the bar area over here - it's severe enough to play well with Mission furniture without being matchy-matchy at all: I don't think the ottoman-with-tray-for-"stuff" routine is a good idea for the sports-and-beer crowd. It's just asking for something to get tipped over. As for the glass rings, we have not had problems with tables and nightstands with good quality finishes - although I have my DH trained pretty well, there are a couple of my goonier friends who will set a sweating glass down on a table right next to the coaster. We put our feet up on the coffee table too (barbarians! LOL)... this is why I bought an old table with the top wrapped in old copper sheeting, because the more it gets bashed up the better it looks! ;-) However, if this is expected to be a major, major problem, a tile-topped table is right in line with the Mission flavor of the furniture. This one is quite pricey but it gets the general point across very well:...See MoreThis Living Room needs help, what would you suggest?
Comments (27)Vintage orange floors here too! What worked for me was to just let it be what it was - using the right greens/blue greens seem to make the floor read more like a reddish brown which is a lot more palatable than orangie orange.. I second the advice to avoid dark expresso stains on the floor - not only does it show dust and dirt but like anything itll look dated in time and then what. When I redid my floors (the aforementioned vintage fir with its orange tendencies) I was advised to use a deep tone sealer (not a stain) to tame the orange tendencies and give it a beautiful tone. Also what I learned - very often its the OLD POLYURETHANE on the floor that's yellowed and taken on that sickly dingy color - not the wood itself! Which means taking that off, and putting on a clear non yellowing waterbase finish with or without the deeptone sealer could look FABULOUS. - the place I went to had all kinds of wood samples with different finishes I could take home and look at Now, are these old growth vintage wood floors? If so that's another reason to not stain - by totally obscuring the grain with heavy pigmented stain, you may be missing the opportunity to have some TRULY drop dead STUNNING floors. Cant really make out the grain/color too clearly from here, but you might post close up photos of the wood over on woodworking forum and see what they think....See Moredo you still need overhead lighting with LED mirrors?
Comments (1)Unfortunately, without additional lighting of some sort, the bathroom will look like a nightclub....See Morebadgergal
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