Thank you, Dan. I looked them up again online and saw that they are in fact wanting to be much taller, so they are ruled out--I am not one to torture plants or to try to fight my site or my soil. In case you or anyone would like to recommend something else, here's additional info: I'm looking for foundation shrubs that will stay under 2.5" or who can be kept that height without being tortured. I prefer natural shapes--nothing carved into balls or flat-tops. I do not like junipers. I would like something green, not red or purple. Does not have to be evergreen. If it has flowers, they must be white. Non-flowering is also fine--the shrubs are not responsible for being a wow-factor, I've got lots of room for flowering perennials to do that. We're in central Kentucky, slightly clay-ish soil but well amended by previous owners. The house is brick on a concrete foundation and I've read that'll make it too alkali for azaleas so close to the house. No experience with azaleas, so don't know if that's true. The location gets full sun in the morning, and is shaded by the house by mid afternoon. Looking at the plant list of my local independent nursery, I ran across the Sweetspire variety "Sprich", also called Little Henry, which is short, cute, natural in form and has white flowers. Other than that, I have no ideas. Looking around my neighborhood (built in the 1960's), you'd think there was a law passed that boxwoods and yews are the only foundation shrubs allowed, so I am not getting lots of ideas from what others have done. Thanks for any and all suggestions.

Yes - we have an acid washed concrete floor in the kitchen. (We didn't mean to, when we ripped up the tile to refinish the terrazzo, we learned that the terrazzo did not extend to the kitchen). I think it looks really cool, however, because ours was under tile and the guys did such a crummy job, there are lots of dings and chips in it. And, you can see the scored criss crosses from the old tile. Even with those problems, if we were going for a different look in our kitchen, I would probably like it. However, it just doesn't go at all, so we are going to put something over it, just have to figure out what. Not much help for you, sorry - but did want you to know that I do think it turned out very cool looking, and I think ours would look good in a kitchen or house that had either an older european country style going on, or a more modern industrial loft look.

That is good to know about your pavers-- lot of our lanai stays in shade from about 11 am on but still prefer the white base... Regarding the pool safety fence--just had conversation with guy who installed fence for friend of our daughter Their fence goes all around their smaller pool cause they have lot of patio space on around the pool--too hard to close part of that off... Our pool is larger than theirs and more rectangular--we can do two sides easier but might cost more cause more panels and the gate was expensive--like $400-- but for our situation I think we will need one-- I am not sure I can physically pull those two sections together to try to get fence back up---there is lot of tension in that kind of fence... But he also said that putting it in after pavers were down was not problem and that the pavers the posts were in wouldn't need to be cemented He could just use a longer aluminum sleeve and drill a little deeper than usual... He also said that black mesh/poles were the way to go that the eye will travel through black mesh much easier to see what is on the other side than white mesh...which kind of surprised me... but it is really pretty easy to see out through a pool cage's screening which is black...

Your views are wonderful. I would not feature the den/office as it looks teeny-tiny. I would only mention the first floor laundry, not list a picture as it is nothing *wow*. Your master bedroom looks very small. Is there any way to take a picture to make it look larger? In contract, Bedroom #2 looks bigger, brighter and just... better. The master should look better than the secondary bedroom. The living room looks small. All the furniture is pushed to the walls and there seems to be too much for the space. I'd remove the TV stand in the corner (just for the picture), move the rocker to that corner, and retake the picture. See if the room now looks better. Your bathroom picture is less than good. Do you have a master bath? Does it look better than the pic you have listed? From the pictures you have listed, if it were me I'd pick these 12: ⢠maplewood farm ⢠view south on a clearer day ⢠a better master bedroom pic ⢠bedroom #2 ⢠a better living room picture ⢠screen porch inside (definitely not that outside pic) ⢠2-3 kitchen pictures (as that is clearly gonna help sell the house) ⢠playroom ⢠either the upper mayfield or lower meadow ⢠a better bathroom pic