2016 Harvest Home
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Comments (34)Yes, dhygarden! I should have mentioned ebony and Madagascar rosewood in the same breath as ivory. I returned home in September from a year in Zambia doing research, and the elephant situation is dire. Zambia is one of the few African countries whose elephant population is not going down, but South Africa, who has the largest elephant population, has terrible problems with ivory poachers, even though they have a very aggressive program to stop them. As long as there is a market for ivory, the poachers will not stop. I spent time in an area where we had elephants and they are magnificent creatures. To kill them just to take the ivory is so... well, I could go on, but that's not the question at hand here. I usually don't have a problem downloading pictures or reading photo-heavy blogs, but Joni's was an exception. She could re-size them and make it a lot easier for her readers. I do have to say, other than the first picture of her daughter's table, which I thought was pretty neat, I didn't care for any of the others. That second picture, of the Veranda bedroom, was perfectly hideous, in my opinion. Looked like it reeked of Chanel and cigarettes and belonged to a high class madam. LOL Of course, just my opinion, someone else may think it's awesome! :-) I'm not sure the reports of the death of gray aren't greatly exaggerated. ;-) Maria Killam says gray is still "the neutral of the decade," and we're only halfway through the decade. A lot of people here on the gw forums are doing new kitchens and bathrooms as we speak in gray. Maybe it's not as popular to paint all the walls in the entire house in gray, but I think using gray is still quite acceptable. In my kitchen remodel, I'm doing all the cupboards/cabs in gray, the IKEA bodbyn in their SEKTIONS line. The counter will be black (I think, still deciding), the sink will be white farmhouse, the appliances black and stainless, the table and chairs white (eat-in kitchen), the back splash stacked rock, mostly gray but other tones too, the area rug under the table maroon with gray and white, window trim in maroon and wooden horizontal blinds in white. The wallpaper by the table/chairs will be a textured very, very light gray, almost white, and the floors will be vinyl planks hardwood look, grayish whiteish whitewashed. I don't feel like that's too much gray. (But I'd love anyone's input into the whole color scheme!) I doubt any of my friends will say, "Oh that gray is so last year!" Actually, none of my friends would ever say anything remotely like that, lol. I agree with violet west in that it's bold and daring to do a "permanent" fixture like a bathroom floor in a very bright color (or colors), but as she says, you'd better have the time, patience, and money to re-do them when that color starts to look pretty dated. I have a bright yellow sofa that's really a queen sized futon. But I can buy new covers for it for less than $100 on Amazon. Not that I have $100 to just throw around all the time. I ordered it with the yellow in 2011 and it's still yellow. I'm probably going to order a new cover in gray linen and get maroon throw pillow covers. My living room will have the same floor as the kitchen, as the LR, K, and DR are all one big great room. My accent wall will be stacked rock, just like the kitchen back splash. The area rug is a bigger version of the kitchen rug, maroon with white and gray. Same wallpaper on the one wall. I don't know what to do, if anything, about my chocolate brown recliner and loveseat. But then Maria Killam said yellow is hot this year, especially yellow sofas, LOL. Figures I'd be changing OUT of the yellow sofa the minute it becomes trendy, haha! But even though it might be fun to do, say, the bright yellow IKEA cupboards or a floor in primary colors, those are things I won't be able to afford to change, plus I think it's wasteful to rip up perfectly good stuff just because you want to be trend-setting. I'm confident my gray and white color scheme with pops of maroon will stand the test of time...and if not, who cares? :-) As long as I love it, that's all that matters. :-) Lana, well said. Monica, you did it right. People used to buy houses and pay them off. Unfortunately for my kids' generation *(genX), the crazy housing bubble taught them that houses are virtual ATM machines, sell every couple of years and buy something bigger and better. Of course, that all came crashing down in 2008. Now these kids in their mid-30's are stuck upside down in houses where they owe far more than they're worth. What Monica and her husband did was to pay off the loan early (easy if you just pay a little more than the minimum every month!), take out prudent equity loans to add on, rather than buy something bigger, pay the loans off. Now they're set for the rest of their lives in a home that they love, and it's theirs free and clear. Homes are still the best investment around IF you do it that way. Kudos to Monica and her DH! Lynn, I too really enjoy looking at pictures of other homes, even when they're not my cup of tea. I like seeing people's creativity in many different styles. I still think the bottom line is if YOU think it's beautiful, then it's beautiful. If YOU'RE happy, then who cares what Maria or Joni or anyone else thinks? You're the one living there day in and day out, and if your home makes you smile, that's all that matters. :-)...See MoreHouse Beautiful 2016 Kitchen of the Year
Comments (40)When I see chandeliers like this ANYWHERE, but especially in a kitchen, I always want to know how often the help comes in to clean. I've cleaned a crystal chandelier (once!) and said never again. To keep it sparkly, one must remove each bobble one at a time and clean it with ammonia, dry it and re-attach it to the chandelier. In a kitchen, this would be a task that would have to be done at least monthly. The whole thing is just OTT. Kitchens and bathrooms are rooms one uses multiple times a day and must have a degree of practicality where cleaning is concerned. Unless one lives in an English manor house, why on earth would they want such high ceilings that will be difficult to keep clean? I love polished metals (including brass) in a kitchen but the brass on the marble is just WAY too busy. Trophy kitchen for trophy wife with trophy twins? Okay - that WAS snarky but really.......See MoreGarlic harvest 2016
Comments (13)Great harvest Mary...you are doing very well and much better than my second year harvest. Previous to this year (last fall's planting, )I used 6" grid spacing in my raised beds and last year had some neck rot problems that I attributed to the overly wet spring and also possibly lack of airflow due to intensive planting. Last fall I used 6" spacing within the rows and 9" spacing between the rows hoping that the extra room would allow better airflow, sun penetration to the soil surface, drainage, and root space. The extra room seems to have done the trick as I got my best harvest ever this year. I am probably going to cut the spacing between rows down to 8" this fall and am thinking about increasing the spacing in row to 7"....See MoreWSJ: White Is 2016 Top Color But It Can Hurt Home Values
Comments (40)powermuffin lol, they remind me of the Pigpen character in Charlie Brown. My 10 yo grandson is a cross between Bear Grylls and "Pigman"...I only know of these people because hunting, fishing and survival shows are his passion. Sweet Sawyer is her own little free spirit that likes to chase butterflies, fireflies and pick flowers, but, follows her brother thru the woods like a loyal puppy. When Thatcher was younger I used to tease him that I'd have to pick him up by his ears and plop his nekkid self in the tub (too dirty to walk thur the house!) I can't truly appreciate her decorating style because it's so totally opposite from mine, but as long as she's thrilled with the outcome, that's all I care about. Here are a few pictures I took the other day. They're doing most of the inside work themselves (except for sheetrock and kit. cabs). She's going for an old OLD farmhouse using as much old OLD stuff she can find and/or build from old OLD stuff. She made most of the light fixtures. I hear she's making bathroom faucets but I haven't seen any yet The sloppy mortar job was left on purpose Someone forgot to spray the shower ceiling The "window" above the range area is an old door. It opens onto a covered patio that attaches the main cottage to the guest cottage. Step down into the vestibule that connects the main cottage to the master cottage. Floors are plywood cut in 10" width planks. Standing on the porch of the master cottage looking towards the porch of the main living area. LOTS of outdoor living space...master cottage porch, main porch, guest cottage porch and covered patio (with fireplace) between main house and guest house. The babies have 20 acres to run on :) Dining room Light above old OLD clawfoot tub. She got this at an auction. It's older than dirt but she rewired it, cleaned it up and painted it. The outside of the clawfoot tubs look a lot like the old OLD door at the top. I thought she would be refinishing the outside, but no :o BTW, DH (who is their contractor) dubbed this house the "Whitehouse" months ago <g>...See MoreLoneJack Zn 6a, KC
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