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kayca
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Comments (13)Depending on exactly what you have in the way of materials, here are some possibilities which occur to me (a gardener, not a landscaping pro): 1) Use the brick to make a border along both sides. Then place the largest stones fairly regularly along the path, and fill in with the smaller pieces. (If you have a huge number of bricks, you can set them vertically along each side of the path: that's especially useful if you don't want to purchase commercial metal or plastic edging.) 2) Same as 1), but add lines of brick across the path to break up the path into rectangles. Depending on the sizes of your stones, these cross-wise bricks might be at irregular distances. If I were doing this, I'd take a census of the bricks and calculate how much space they would fill. Then I'd do the same with each of the other materials. (You'd have to estimate the square footage of the stone.) That would give me a better idea of whether I'd have enough bricks to make an edging, whether I'd have enough bricks to divide the path into rectangles, etc. And -- for me at least -- the final result would look better if the last 20% of the path didn't suddenly use a completely different mixture of materials from those found in the first 80%. Have you tried to get more bricks/stone/etc. from Craigslist? If you're lucky, you may find materials free for the hauling: bricks, pavers, chunks of wood. Gravel for the underlayment? If someone's cut down a tree and you know someone with a chainsaw, consider cutting the branches into "stepping stone" slices. Is there a place nearby which sells stone for kitchen counters? Call and ask if they will let you take scraps for free (some will, some won't). If something's being built -- or torn down -- nearby, ask if you can have unwanted bricks, pavers, gravel. When you're working with multiple different materials (flagstone, pebbles, bricks of different colors or shapes, pavers, whatever), it's best to have something unifying about the design. Symmetry isn't necessary, but you need a unifying factor. That unifying factor might be a brick border, or large stones every so often the whole length of the path, or diamond-shapes every so often, or filling in the small areas with flat tan river pebbles, or using many different materials in only one or two colors. Fill in small, odd-shaped spaces between larger pieces with unexpected additions: pieces of colored glass, pieces of children's toys, the bottom of a colored plastic drinking glass, colored glass marbles, old checkers -- anything small and hard will work. Colors are good. Cute is good. Interesting is good. Unique is good. Find these at yard sales, in your junk drawer, anywhere. Look on the Internet for inspiration. For Google Images searches, include "path" and add a word like "garden" or "yard" or "house" (so you don't get results with paths across a field or through the Sequoias). Then you might add a word like "miscellaneous," "stone," "different," "scrap," etc. Don't forget to look at Pinterest. Have fun!...See MoreClueless about their own kitchen
Comments (29)Weissman, that's a jaw-dropper and a half. What I don't understand is ... that you find something that you have little use for - like cooking - and then dedicate not one but TWO spaces to that function???? I mean to say, how much room must these people have? Wowza! Chipshot, but you can do just that. Order your car just as you'd like it. I did just that with my present BMW. Admittedly, I did need to go through a dealer and I wasn't taking a BMW body and a Ferrari engine and a Porsche transmission but I selected exactly the features I wanted from those that BMW offered, there wasn't a car with those options in the country nor one coming with those parameters, so it was built for me as I spec'd it. As in: I got word that today my car was being manufactured. The next day (or the day after) I got another status report that my car had been painted and that it was now curing. Another day I got word that my car was en route to Hamburg (Bremen? whatever) to be shipped etc. Unless I'm getting my made-to-order purchases confused, I think, because I was getting one made to my specs, that there was some option I wanted that was not available in the US offerings but was for the German offerings and I was able to get that too :-). That was in 2000. This year, we're buying another BMW the same way with the very options we want, only this time, we've chosen the European delivery route and are going to Germany to "pick it up". Which is to say, we're going to BMW to pick up the car, tootle around the country for a week, take it back to a BMW drop site for them to ship it back to the US, return home and then twiddle our thumbs waiting for the car to arrive. So you can, to some extent "build" your car to your specs. Of course, you can also "build your car" with the Porsche xmission and the ferrari engine to give you your Ferrari scream - there's a small company in Connecticut that has done just that. Car and Driver has written up and even test driven one of these venerable brand names of indeterminate lineage models. 'Course the car was a cool half mil....See MoreClueless non-cook would appreciate help with kitchen planning
Comments (7)Thank you everyone for replying! WaltAvatar, Glad you liked the captioned dual-photos! I created them by setting up a table in Microsoft Word, with two rows and two columns, without a border. I used the upper row for the captions and inserted the photos in the lower row. Then I took a screenshot using Snagit. Let me know if you would like more detailed directions. Thank you very much for the image of the dog feeding station! Right now she pushes her bowl around the floor. (I have to feed the cats in the powder/mud room because the dog will eat their food before they can.) Keeping fresh water available is a problem and your photo gave me an idea - maybe I could use the leftover refrigerator/icemaker tap for a pet water station? Hmmmm... Regarding the cooktop ventilation - yes, I have learned about downdraft ventilation issues from reading here, and I understand that I will need a hood at least 3" bigger on each side than the cooktop. It's just not drawn in the plans. Regarding the lazy susan - Good idea. I would prefer larger drawers for flatware, towels, and such, and using a cabinet door under the bar for rarely-used items would be fine. Regarding a prep sink on the long island type counter space: I agree, that would be desirable, but would require jackhammering the slab to run new plumbing, so that is out of the budget. Benjisbride, Yes, you are right, the kitchen faces the front yard. I originally had a small 3x5 foot dining table where the computer/sewing desk and file cabinets are now, and since I wound up never using it for dining but as a desk, I removed the leaves and it is now my breakfast table. Desertsteph, I never thought about the refrigerator between the windows. There is of course 110V on that wall and running the icemaker line should not be a problem. The only issue I have with the refrigerator there is, admittedly, one of aesthetics and not functionality - I was thrilled with how that massive stainless box "disappeared" when it went into the pantry space. I didn't realize how much I disliked having that hulking mass in the room! On the other hand, putting the cooktop in the pantry alcove would let the range hood "disappear", and it would be more functional because it would be against a wall. Regarding family size - "more kids? spouse? how many working in kitchen? anyone cook?" No kids and I'm in my late 50's, so none will be coming. No spouse (divorced). No entertaining - my spread is about 45 minutes from the nearest city, so having people over is a once- or twice-a-year occasion. So it is just me in the kitchen. I eat a lot of salads, simple steamed vegetables (broccoli, cauliflower, that type of thing); roast a turkey breast occasionally, boil shrimp, make a stew, and fix scrambled eggs. I make pecan pies at Thanksgiving....See MoreI'm clueless. Kitchen recessed lighting placement?
Comments (2)My kitchen is smaller than yours (151" x 114", with about 66" of floor space between cabinets on opposite walls). I have three 5" cans along the long counter, each about 4 ft apart (center to center) with the center one approx. midway. Two more cans are along the opposite wall (which is not as long and has the frig and pantry) -- these cans are about 3.75 ft from the first row. The area is very well lit with these 5 cans -- no dark areas or overlap. You do want to center the cans over the counter edges of work zones-- that will illuminate the work area without casting a shadow. If the cans are behind someone working at the counter --> shadow. Also, try to place any can that is in front of a pantry so that the can will illuminate the inside of the pantry, not be blocked by the open pantry (or frig) door. A larger space might look better with 6" cans, but that really is a matter of personal preference. The difference between 5" and 6" is minor to my eye. f you go with 4" you will have to have more of them....See More
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suzanne_sl
8 years ago"I want double bowl sink as I don't have a prep sink."
Maybe. Maybe not. There's been a lot of discussion here about single vs double sinks, and it's worth a look because people are really passionate about their choice. You might find that one argument or another resonates with you, and that's what you should do.
Personally, I'm in the single sink camp, no prep sink either. I've found that the large size is so much more useful. I always did the washing up in the largest pot needing to be washed. In our old house we had the Kraus 32" single and it was lovely.
Kraus 32" sink, currently on sale at expressdecor.com for $284.95:
In our new house we've installed a Kohler Stages 45, which isn't even close to $285 :-(. It's not hooked up yet, but I go over and pat it occasionally. For drooling purposes:
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PROStarCraft Custom Builders
8 years agoIf you have a dishwasher, look at an asymmetrical double bowl sink. The large basin is large enough to wash large pans while the small basin (which should contain the disposer) is handy as a substitute prep sink.
namarie
8 years agoWe wash a lot by hand and, after having a single bowl sink in our last kitchen which I liked because of the ease of washing large pans but didn't work well for us because we wash so much by hand, we went with the Blanco Silgranit Performa sink which has a 60/40 split with a low divide. It's the best of both worlds because we have a double sink but it's still easy to wash large pans. Also, I love my Silgranit sink. I would never go back to stainless.
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