I am glad I provided some humor for you. Just this morning, we unloaded about 5 ton of granite boulders and placed them on our "mountain." Now that the handcart is beefed up, it makes moving these boulders a lot easier than you would think. We had to build a trail (that we were going to build anyway, btw) ahead of time just in order to be able to move the boulders into place. We also had to put boulders into place just to keep the 50 or so Knockout roses from floating down the mountain. Those pumps are scary looking. I am guessing that each one of those babies is going to use $50 a month in electricity. 9000 gph and they can push the water 60 feet vertically. I blew the rear end out of the Ford F-150 the last go around driving 300 miles to get concrete pond molds. Each waterfall will have a series of drops with 3 small ponds. We will be building them inside the garage this winter. With all of the excavation and ponds and mountains and gigantic boulders, our formerly "huge" place is getting to feel smaller and smaller. We will eventually stop when we run out of room. I have been eyeing the vacant lot across the street and wondering if the county would let me "connect" my property to it with some sort of wooden pedestrian bridge across the street.

I'm sure it's the brugmansia that has rooted. You can pot the brug. Keeping it warm and in a well lit area is good. It can go outside when it warms up. Plumerias take a long time to root. They are also rooted differently then most other plants. They need bottom heat and a very well draining potting medium that is allowed to dry out completely. You should take a look at the GW plumeria forum to see how it's done.

We have a powder room and a full bath in our house. My uncle is an interior decorator....we have the option to add a 3/4 bath (shower only) to our master bedroom, OR to expand the existing full bath into one large bathroom. He suggested that we expand/remodel into a larger full bath, leaving us with the same 1 1/2 baths. This is from an interior decorators standpoint, and also someone who doesn't have children. I'm more practical. It doesn't make sense to me to spend the money to expand the existing full bath into a larger bath from a standpoint of resale value, when I could sell this as 1 full bath, 3/4 bath, and 1/2 bath. Would I love to have that huge full bath? You bet. Does it fit into our current home? Nope. We live in an English Tudor style home, the rooms are typically small scale, with little closet space. Lots of character, spanish plaster, hardwood floors, etc., but that's the trade off. Our full bath measures (tile to tile) 4'8" x 7' 4". By no stretch of the imagination is this a large bath, but it is a full bath nonetheless. You can't use the commode and open/close the door (not sure that you'd want to anyway), because your legs are there. Next to the toilet is the sink, and directly next to that is the tub, and the linen closet is in the hallway. Our powder room measures less than 5' x 5'. Again, small, the door would swing onto your legs if you are on the commode, and the sink with a counter/cabinet that runs from wall to wall, is right next to that. So, based on your overall measurements and available space to work with, if you really want a full bath and either a powder room or 3/4 bath, I think it's doable. Small, but doable. I personally would look at it from a standpoint of who your market will be when you sell. We live in a neighborhood comprised of families with children - that's who our market will be when we sell, so I'd rather add a 3/4 bath to our home than to make the one full bath that we have a bigger one, based on practicality alone. And, children or not, I personally wouldn't purchase a home without a bathtub. But that's just me, I'm a girly-girl and I lOVE taking bubble baths. Good luck with your remodel, whatever you do. Don't forget to take before and after pics!

Have you considered re-doing chair seats in a pale blue of some sort to match the curtains? I think that it what is throwing things off. Your wall color is conflicting with the chairs. If you change the chairs, the wall color will just be a neutral backdrop.