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can someone with more knwoledge give me some help, please?!
Comments (10)Anthurium has a crown and is usually divided, not propagated. Most cultivated Anthuriums are self-sterile, so although they can also be started from seeds, an individual plant can't produce them. After a little further investigating, I wonder if the Pothos (Epipremnum) leaves I mentioned have thrips? "Feeding takes place with rasping type mouth parts. Infested leaves become curled or distorted, with silver-gray scars or calloused areas where feeding has occurred."...See MoreHelp! Please give me feedback on my floorplan
Comments (42)The generic Paint program works fine for copy/paste, draw lines, etc. Your image of the boys brushing their teeth side by side cracked me up. I haven't been exposed to that many sets of boys close in age, but of the ones I have experience with, that would not be something that would last very long! Actually, I would say boy/girl would need the most privacy, and girl/girl would need the least with boy/boy in the middle. Girls tend to congregate in the bathroom together - still do as adults. My sister and I had separate vanities, but we often made sure to be in there getting dressed at the same time to have someone to talk to or to get an opinion real quick. The small sink in the toilet/tub area was more of an idea of just a bathroom within a bathroom. Even though you will not use bedroom 4 as a bedroom, the next occupant might and for this size of house, 3 bedrooms sharing one bathroom is not something I have really seen....See MoreCan you give me feedback on kitchen choices?
Comments (11)You are all so great to stick with me on this project. The backsplash is the chickadees, not the bunnies...although one small one might make an appearance. I like ML's idea about putting it where I trim the carrots and cabbage! LOL The piano was inspired by the idea that a friend might have to find a home for hers...which didn't happen, so I'm starting to have second thoughts about that. It looks wonderrful in the plan, but as Nancy points out...may not work well in real life, especially in the sunroom. Also found out the idea of taking the wall down between the kitchen/dining room and making it one big space may not work, either. Some concern that changing the dining room into the kitchen will alter memories too much...and I can understand that. While it is our house, when you're dealing with family homes, I believe some consideration of everyone's input is important. In the end, we'll build what we want and what suits our lifestyles, but this is a relevant point. As I've mentioned earlier, a bit of local history in that dining room...so not unrealistic that maybe I should leave that as the dining room and put the kitchen behind it (as it is now). So, this has trashed my overall plan a bit, but growth is all about taking the best of what you have and letting go of what isn't/doesn't work, right? So, I've been trying to make lemonade out of lemons (love that phrase) and gone back to an earlier layout. I changed the kitchen just a bit, to reflect my growing admiration for Laura Calder's kitchen (French Cooking at Home). I adore her prep area...seriously, it's my favorite kitchen and I really need more space. Somehow, I didn't make that a big priority before, but after watching a bit of a marathon over the weekend, I really want to have a huge prep space. As ML keeps reminding me, there needs to be plenty of space to do the projects and recipes that one needs to do on a farm :) While I love the big sunroom, I really have always wanted the wood stove in the kitchen (very farm like) so I thought this would be the time to make that change. It leaves me a much smaller sunroom, but stil big enough for a few wicker chairs and an ottoman, space for a star jasmine or two, maybe a small orange tree...and doors to keep the kitties out, so they don't chew on my plants! LOL Also, I really want two bathrooms downstairs. Being on a farm, when there's a plumbing problem, you really need a back up. Since we may not finish the upstairs right away, I put the master bath back into the the plan. I think this made my husband very happy, so I should have done this before. So, here's the plan, with a window seat in the dining room, with shelves on both sides...for dishes, books, etc. Also has more bookshelves in the living room and a nice long one in the kitchen, against the stair wall. The fridge and double ovens are on one wall (very Laura Calder) witht the microwave on the shelf, in between. The sink is under five feet of windows (with the farm sink on the other side, in the laundry room) and there are upper cabinets above the rest of that counterspace. The cooktop is in the island, with a vent and maybe pot rack above (need a few copper pots) and all that lovely prep space. I want to have the prep space be wood, with the other countertops (including on both sides of the cooktop) be the honed granite. The storage area under the prep area (sink side) will be 18" deep, with plenty of room for stools on the other side. I wanted something a big shallower, than the standard 24" deep base cabinets, so it's easier to reach smaller items, like mixing bowls, cake pans, the hand mixer, etc. The wood stove is in the corner with a small table and chairs in the other corner. So, there you have it, my "Plan B" with a few modifications. Don't know if I've posted this before, but I think it will work well and keep the dining room intact. Also, let me get a much better kitchen (IMHO) than the one in the other plan. All the same finishes in the kitchen, including the vinyl 'brick' floors, which will also be in the sunroom, laundry and mud room. Thanks for all your help and please let me know what you really think. I don't want to bother Summerfield, again, until I know this plan will work :)...See MorePlease give me feedback on new kitchen plan
Comments (15)I, too, had worried about the cabinets coming all the way down to the counter being so close. The BlueStar installation guide says that adjoining walls or cabinets need to be 6 inches from the stove. I think that can be arranged. Question about the location of the range: At present it is centered with the island and the opening. Wouldn't it look strange if it was off center? The area to the left of the range was purposely left "blank" so that we could display art and maybe eventually a flat screen TV. For now we are going to use the TV we have and just leave it above the refrigerator. There will be pocket doors on that cabinet. It does seem a little high but it's mostly just for listening rather than watching. The refrigerator will be a standard size one, not super tall like a built-in fridge. Regarding the pet station, we have a cat and a westie (under 18 lbs) and plan to use the alcove for the filtered water station. Their food we don't leave out (because they eat each other's food if we do.) But the water thing is kind of bulky and I wanted it out of the way. As far as the drink fridge. It's mostly an overflow drink storage for beer and can drinks, just a second fridge. We will also have a bar with a beverage center next to the family room. Right now I have the island 4 feet from the range. If we make it only 3 feet will there be enough room for both of us to maneuver around there? I think I'd rather "thin" out the island. It doesn't have to be that fat. Originally I had thought that I might build some sort of storage under the overhang and actually use that space rather than just leave it propped up in an empty space. We'll definitely do that if we use a local cabinet builder, but if we do semi-custom I don't know what they might have that will do the job. Right now we have 52 inches of clearance on both the dishwasher and refrigerator side of the island. That seems like that is enough to me especially since we don't have a big family that will constantly be running through. Would you sacrifice island space for more clearance? Thanks so much for the ideas so far. Moving the trash pull out sounds like a viable option. DH definitely wants the open shelves for pot storage. I know it will be a mess most of the times and will probably get beat all to hell with him banging pots around, but in this case function wins out against form....See MoreLavender Lass
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