Is this working?...Part II
Kanga
8 years ago
A huge thanks to aktillery9 for helping me locate this little gem for in between my wingback chairs:
Now for Part II: My husband insisted on a recliner in the living room. Nothing crazy...just espresso colored leather and very comfy. He has been bugging me for a table to sit on the right side of the chair...he's right handed. The chair is quite close to the "guest/kid" hallway. If I put a table there, it needs to be small, but functional. I was considering a wood pedestal accent table....circle top to avoid corners with small kids. The play room (aka originally a dining room) is to the left. With the one I picked...does it work well with my new martini table? They are on opposite sides of the living room. Would this just be a hideous plan? Or should I tell him to suck it up and use a table on the left side and his left hand for his coffee...lol! Here is chair/space:
Here is the table I picked (one on right...just purchased the one on left tonight):
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Kippy
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Comments (10)Being in a relationship such as this one, can strike mortal blows to one's self esteem. There is no respectable outlet to obtain assurance of your desirability. That doesn't mean that you are lacking in that area. You have to make an active choice not to let your mate's lack of interest define you. Every day make the conscious decision to affirm yourself. Don't let their choice not to engage you in a healthy way control how you view yourself. Don't give your personal Power away. We all know what the definition of a healthy marriage is. Once you come to the realization that you are not the blame for, cannot control the situation or change it all by yourself, you can then restore some balance in your life. There is no point in banging your head against a brick wall. The unegaged partner has to not only want to change but have the drive and persistence to work at it thru whatever medium they then choose. Then, together you can set some goals. However, oftentimes in these situations the problems are long standing with mutual particiation in fights and talks about it with negative results. All of the issues work together to create a complicated maze of issues. I read somewhere that in these situations the sexlessness accounts for 90% of the other problems that the couples complain about. Struggling with this issue impacts upon all the other aspects of married life. For me the teachings of Alanon saved my sanity and gave me new tools that helped me to maintain my marriage. The bottom line is about how you finally decide to choose how you want to live by making an inventory of your life goals and needs. Then choose. Explore all the avenues available to make changes that will help your marriage and work at it. When you reach your "rock bottom", then the time comes to decide. Stay in Peace or go .... hopefully with Peace. Good Luck to all who are dealing with this issue....See MoreKitchen at work...post what you are cooking! Part II
Comments (108)jsmith: Salivate, salivate, salivate! That dessert pizza looks yummy! modthyrth: The Nutella pizza does sound wonderful. I'd read about a version with marshmallows, but not mascarpone. (Salivating again!) We're doing pizza tomorrow, weather permitting, so I'll have to try that as we DO have all the ingredients on hand. Can't wait to try it. About the lemon drop pizza, it's a direct steal from the Forno Bravo website. A company called the Pizza Gypsy made it for the first FB Expo last spring. Here's a link to the recipe, as well as a discussion about tweaks to the recipe. We've decided that we like it best when we cut off the rind before slicing the lemons. We tried taking off all but the barest minimum of the rind and pith, but that still left the lemon slices with a tough edge. Your idea of blanching might work well. If you try it, please let me know the result. Whatever approach you take, it's very, very tasty. BTW, we blithely ignore the "spread a thin layer of mascarpone," instruction and spread a thick layer!...See MoreDecorating for the Dogs Part II
Comments (3)Thanks so much! Delivery is slow from home furniture mart, but I knew that ahead of time. It took about 6 weeks to get that piece - but I really couldn't find anything locally that I liked as well. Do check out their coupon page on their site - I got a nice discount that I was going to use to pay for white glove gold service. I did ask for the white glove gold service (bring it in, set it up, remove the boxes). Instead, somehow there was a glitch and it arrived with curbside only. However, the actual delivery men were very nice and did bring it into the den for me. As for following up with funituremart on that $100 service - OMG! It was like that credit card commercial and "Hullough, my name essss Peggy"! "Peggy" obviously could not understand a word I was saying. There is NO WAY that guy's name was "Bob". I then got on the phone with his boss "Russel" (yeah right). He had "Peggy's" accent - I SWEAR I am not making this up. My husband and the delivery guys who were still in the room were actually laughing so hard their sides were hurting in the background listening to us. They did get it sorted out eventually and sent me a check for the $100. So they definitely made it right. We put the unit together ourselves and discarded the boxes and saved $100 in the process. Bear in mind, the furniture did arrive when they said it would, and the unit is gorgeous and very substantially made. I think the whole room now has more of an art deco feel instead of the British Colonial it did have....See MoreHelp! Ugly plywood cabinets! Part II, Finally!
Comments (59)Note that wood filler will crack over time as the wood moves if you are intending to use it to fill cracks between wood pieces. You'll need to use caulk to avoid that and caulk can not be shaped and molded like the woodfiller. I had the plywood style cabinets you have, but in much much better shape and was just going to do a replace the doors and hardware and re-configure a bit because I saw in person how the added wood to the doors looked after a few years in my friends home (looked nice when just done and they did spend a lot of detail work on it). However since my boxes were built in large pieces I couldn't reconfigure and ended up completely replacing the boxes too.. This was my old house. In my current house we have plywood built cabinets that all looks nice on the surface, but are cheaply built IMHO. We've fixed slides twice, the doors are a bit warped, drawer boxes need some help soon. I also installed some IKEA cabinets in our dining room which holds all my daughters toys. They get as much use as our kitchen cabinets and have held up so much better as well, plus they have been handled by little people who are not careful. They are low VOC and has the nice bells and whistles of full extension soft close drawer glides and soft close doors. I really want to switch my kitchen cabinets to IKEA, but for me to do that I need to come up with a better layout to satisfy the other issues with my kitchen. Unfortunately for you it doesn't look like cabinet grade plywood was used on your cabinets due to the roughness which is another huge difference between yours and irmaly's starting point. If you insist on keeping the boxes vs. getting the nice bells and whistles you could with IKEA cabinets, then at least save yourself the frustration and get some new doors/drawer fronts and also some new drawer boxes. In my old house I used Scherr's to replace the doors in my 2 bathrooms and for a master vanity I built and used all wood in poplar - a cheaper paintgrade wood if you want to avoid the MDF. However having MDF as the center panel in a door makes the door more stable and less prone to wood changes with humidity. I agree with most though that starting from scratch would be worth it vs. the amount of time you'll spend on what you have and then how long it will last after that. You'd also have a better starting point with new cabinets and re-configuring the space. Sure you can do what you want and end up with it looking a whole lot better- but you said you were short on time and working with what you have is going to take a long time to make it look pristine. That is a lot of filling and sanding needed. Never mind how you plan to fix the edges so it looks good. That line would bother me to see the line between the applied wood and then the ratty edge underneath that will need a lot of work to made look good again. Sure you wouldn't see it when closed and looking straight at them, but when open or from the top or side it will be hard not to notice. Also are your existing doors the right overlap to be able to change to concealed hinges?...See More
tibbrix
8 years ago
Kanga
8 years agoAs always, thank you all for your comments and advice. To answer a few requests of changing the room, I have tried. Turns out THIS is the best layout regarding furniture and function (yes, the tv is partly to blame). As it sits now, walking by the recliner is not bad. For a while my husband was using a small bed side table, turned length wise, for his coffee. I move it when we have company. The kids (5 &3) don't run into it, but it's too big and looks ridiculous! What are thoughts about this little contraption: ?????
deeinohio
8 years agoI would use a C table (not necessarily this one)-- small and slips under the chair for more stability. Like this:
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