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Comments (11)Hi Alina, 3'to 4' is rather a small hedge. Your clematis do grow slowly the first couple of years though. Here in the PNW my arborvitae hedge can easily grow 1' a year, where do you live? In 2-3 years they may be able to host your maturing clematis. I wouldn't plant any large type 3's on it(sweet autumn, Polish spirit, Huldine, Comtesse de Bouchard, etc.)as they may overwhelm even a 6' hedge. I would plant your clematis 3'-4' in front of your arborvitaes. As your hedge matures the branches will grow outwards several feet and this will keep your clematis in the open so the rain will get to it. That way you won't have to move them farther out in 5 years time. Is there a lawn in front of the hedge or is it a garden bed? If it is in a garden bed you could just make some inexpensive rebar teepees and grow them up that for 2-3 years until your hedge gets larger to host them. If there is a lawn in front of them it may be rather awkward planting them now. I don't know if you would need to use the paper tubes. My hedge was old and mature and had a dense, shallow root system that was hard to even get a shovel through. Your trees are young and shouldn't have an extensive root system. I don't think they would compete with the clematis roots much planted 4' away. By the time your hedge is mature your clematis will already be well established. The paper tubes may wick moisture out of the soil if the tubes are several inches above ground level. Do you have any pictures of your hedge? That would help. I too went through the obsessive ordering phase. I planted about 40 in 2 years. I unfortunately had to slow down as I ran out of room. I would love to order some of the new varieties, but that means some of the old ones would have to go. I am starting to take out the poorer performers so I have room to start ordering again. Those hybridizers keep tempting us will all these new beauties, it is hard to resist. Good luck with your clematis Kim and Alina. Karen...See MoreHow Gardening connects us
Comments (6)YES, YES AND YES!! My first real garden - about 20 years ago - was a most effective psychiatrist! Immediately after work, I would jump into some old clothes and attack the weeds in my garden. In about thirty minutes, not only was my little garden weed free, I was stress free. During my husbands' long illness, gardening was impossible but I still got that gotta-dig-in-the-dirt itch every spring. We were in Tampa the last year of his life and I watched the seasonal changes longingly. (Florida DOES TOO have seasons!) It wasn't until I got a new computer and was on line that I discovered The Garden Web quite by accident. WOW!! Here was a whole world of knowledgeable people who were delighted to answer all my dumb questions! And people not five miles from me who held plant swaps - a term I'd never heard before. HOW COOL!! Now, like so many of you, I have plants and trees that will forever be reminders of the lovely people I've met, their generosity and our delightful get-togethers. I love you all!! cora...See Morematching color for sink, toilet and tub
Comments (2)If you go with American Standard products for the tub and sink, you can almost certainly get linen or bone. AS has no shortage of undermount sinks, although I'm not sure I'd trust HD to get a custom cutout exactly right. (Maybe if your counter is not too enormous you could check local stoneyards to see if they have a remnant you like? With so many people abandoning plans for remodels due to lack of funds, many suppliers who are feeling the squeeze are more likely to bargain.) If they have a linen/bone/biscuit color in the standard sinks they sell with the countertops, it may be a lot easier and cheaper to use that. Do remember that unless the different fixtures are right on top of each other in a tiny bathroom, it's okay if they're not a 100% perfect match. Really. Especially in the case of that undermount sink, which not only will be separated from everything else by the countertop - which is what people will notice - but partially hidden by it at most viewing angles. In my last bathroom (which was 8.5x8.5) the tub, console sink, and toilet were all by different manufacturers who had different ideas of what "white" was, and I was the ONLY one who noticed. I asked several people and they looked at me like I had two heads. I forgot to notice eventually, and only thought about it when I was reminded by a thread like this one. (Man, I miss that bathroom. *sniffle*) Other companies have colors they call linen or bone but it's not certain they'll match exactly - if you fall for a product from another company, call their customer service line and see if they have a color that comes close to AS' linen or bone. IIRC Kohler Biscuit is more or less equivalent to AS Linen. Get a color chip if possible so you can compare the two. (You can order Kohler color chips right from their website.) As for the granite/tile color issue, you don't necessarily have to get "matchy-matchy" - if it's, say, a golden color speckled with brown, that's very neutral and you can put a lot of things with it without necessarily being restricted to shades of gold and brown. A mossy green, for instance, would be very pretty. Or one of those cool wood-look tiles, maybe laid in a herringbone (yes, I adore herringbones!) or basketweave pattern for added interest. For the wall tile around the tub you could also ignore the granite completely and work off the tub - perhaps match the tub color and use relief-patterned accent tiles (Daltile has scads of gorgeous ones) for a lovely monochromatic/textural effect, which is very elegant....See MoreHow much/complicated do you think this is?
Comments (10)Yes, this was obviously built that way on purpose--house was designed with a round kitchen, but a curved bar like that could be put into a lot of great room style kitchens, and the rest could be retrofitted into certain places. I agree with Steff about the approximate size. I also agree that the cabinets themselves don't look round. Even if they were, if it were only the fronts, rather than front and back, it wouldn't be too big a deal if you're starting with the premise of custom. Curves are made with MDF and veneers. Concave fronts can be achieved with standard hardware. I don't think you can do anything this sleek for your budget, however, unless you can DIY a lot of it--at least detailed plans. Creating the curved wall takes patience and a lot of care. Adding veneer if you have a proper wall isn't so bad. I think a good home craftsman or finish carpenter should be able to do it for a reasonable price/amount of work. If you can find stock cabinets that you can make work with this, you could then work with the installer to get the angles right, and maybe stay somewhere near the budget. A lot of it is how determined you are. I don't see the difference between the waste for a curved counter and for a wide counter. If whatever you have is wider than half a slab, and you don't have window sills or shelves or laminated edges or something, there's just as much waste. Fabricating the counters shouldn't be a big deal for a good fabricator with the proper tools. I've had granite done in a much more complicated pattern. Really, I think you could figure out how to get a look inspired by at least....See MoreOana
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