Need help determining how many yards for drapery
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Comments (12)At our house we had poor clay soil - yours may be different, - but over the years our process has been something like this: Initially, we dug in compost fairly deeply (6-8 inches or more) into the soil. Recognizing that a lot of the 'action' is at the surface, we tend to not dig deep anymore. So first the initial breakup, then plant, then use a lot of mulches. In the perennial beds and around trees and shrubs we used free shredded yard waste mulch. In the veg. garden, grass/leaves/sawdust or partly finished compost, or sometimes lasagne style stacks. Over the years this is tilled in by the worms. We don't do much deep digging now, even the tomatoes just get a small hole with a scoop of compost mixed in. The clay develops a porous structure from wormholes, freeze/thaw, etc. that is destroyed by digging. Of course if you don't have clay you may not care about any of this. I just had too much coffee. :-]...See MoreNeed Help Determining If These Trees Can Be Helped And How
Comments (16)For everyone's peace of mine, especially for myself, I'm going to call a local certified arborist to come out and take a look at these trees and provide me with some expert recommendation on what to do with them, even if it's nothing. I am stressing out about the trees b/c this past winter I had a smaller one completely uprooted by just the heavy snow. During the beginning of spring I had another tree that appeared to have it's lower bark gone just completely break at the base like someone took a chainsaw to it (it was that clean of a break). I have two other pine type trees up front that have hardly any bark on them and also look diseased. Just last week some tree that was mine broke during a storm just like the one up front except it fell on the neighbors car, so this is why I am freaking out about getting these things looked at....See MoreHow many yards of fabric??
Comments (8)2 yards per panel isn't going to be quite enough if you plan to make the curtains about 67-68" long. You're going to need about 3" at the top for a pocket (more if you're going to use a wider rod), and for something that length, you don't want a skimpy hem--it looks junky. You'd probably want at least 8" or so to make a nice looking hem and give the curtains stability. So, I'm getting--67 (finished length) + 3" for the top pocket + 8" for the bottom hem + 1" to give you 1/2" to turn under top and bottom = 79" per panel. 44" fabric will be fine. If you make 2 panels of that, you'll have about 1.5 fullness and that's fine for a boy's room--you don't really want their fabrics to be too boufant-y. I'd recommend buying minimally 4.5-5 yards for the curtains--but if I were making them, I'd get 6 yards and use the extra for some other accessories--throw pillows, for example....See MorePlease help trying to determine how much fabric I need
Comments (16)If I could get away with not redoing ALL of them, then I would. I'll tackle anything (and have recovered armchairs), but to get 8 chairs the same without wanting to tear out my hair in the process, well, I would avoid that. What if you took off ALL of the backs and used that fabric for the damaged parts of your chairs (even taking one into an upholstery shop and see what they would charge? It may be way less than you think and it won't cost anything to try). If that's cost prohibitive, then I would tackle the bad seats myself using the back fabric. Then I would get new fabric for the backs of all the chairs. It doesn't have to be heavy duty fabric like you would need for the seats, you have nothing that you have to match, and you can have something fun! You probably can get away with drapery weight which will be less money. Heck, you might even see some drapes on your local classified or ebay that can be had for a song......See Morehooked123
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