Move stuff around and suggest decor please!
Rochel Block
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Comments (2)Developing a "color scheme" in the garden is very subjective - there are very few (if any) design 'rules' about color and what appeals to one gardener may not be favored by another. The short answer is do what you want and what you think looks good together :-) Searching through the archives of the Landscape Design forum might turn up some previous, lengthy discussions on the subject, however, they might just add to your confusion! Transplanting hardy plants - like the roses, hydrangea, many perennials, etc., should be done as early in the season as you can manage and as soon as the soil becomes workable, ideally when the plants are still dormant. Waiting until too late causes unnecessary stress and can lead to transplant shock. This can also be done in fall as well. Adding to your garden for season long color is also a very broad topic. Visit nurseries and as many public gardens as you can in your area and at various times and see what they offer or have planted together. Again, plant choices (aside from any hardiness issues) are extremely subjective, depending on the look you wish to foster - a cottage style garden, a more refined, formal look, low maintenance, etc. Just select plants that share the same growing conditions as those you wish to plant with them - for roses, that would be plants that like full sun, rich soil, frequent watering and fertilizing. Hardy geraniums and lilies are good choices. You might want to scout out any free seminars offered by area nurseries that deal with garden design or locate a garden club active in your area that can mentor you. If you are in to self-study, there are many excellent books on garden design available that will walk you through the basic principles to help you get a proper feel for creating your new space. And books or mags with lots of "real" garden photos will help as well, much like the garden visits. It's a long term process and few get it right the first time - be prepared to dig and relocate each season -) Good luck and have fun - that's the most important part!...See MorePre Move-In Suggestions, Please!
Comments (7)If you aren't moving it in your own car, the "open me first" box or boxes should be marked, in big red letters, "LOAD LAST" so that the movers don't bury it. I also like to hold out my small toolbox for last (or even in my own car) so that I have the basics on hand. If your bath and kitchen drawers are cleanly finished inside, consider not lining them at all, but instead putting wire mesh organizers in them to corral the stuff. Cork seems nice at first, but it's a bear to clean...the drawer itself is much easier to clean if there is nothing there. Sticky things leave residue, paper crumples and tears, fabric slides all around, and the process takes too much time and energy anyway. I like the mesh things because you can just sling them into the dishwasher from time to time. Are you living near enough to your new house to make a few trips yourself? If you do, consider moving a load of clothes to hang in the closets for each of you; taking enough bed and bath linens to load your linen closet with sheets for each bed and towels for each bath, stocking the fridge and pantry with what you will need for the next meal and the first breakfast, plus paper towels and plates, and juice or sodas and cups for you and the movers; and setting up the baths so you all can take showers without having to dig around for things. (Think about what you would need at hand if you were going to a hotel.) Then you will be able to function the minute you get there, no matter how exhausted and brain dead you are! My final tip, and I have done this for my last two moves, and been crazy happy about it, is to hire someone or a maid service to come in while the movers are finishing the loading to dust, vacuum, and quickly mop the old place. Just the basics...but you will be too tired and distracted to want to do it, and it will make you feel so competent and responsible....See MoreHow would you decorate around this TV? Or would you move?
Comments (31)Call your cable company and ask if they have a smaller more attractive box if you have had it for more than a year. Can you post a picture of what you see looking from the sofa directly forward? Could you just put the TV right there in that area, it looks wide and then put a screen behind it. I have added a link. You could put pictures across the top row and maybe just solid color paper or something in the others. Good luck and please post when you decide what functions for you. Here is a link that might be useful: photo screen divider...See Morenew curtains and moved some stuff around
Comments (33)I'm new to this forum. I was looking for decorating ideas. This is one inviting comfortable looking room. I do have a couple ideas that I would do. I think the room has too much furniture. The TV looks off in front of the window. It seems a bit cluttered even with very little clutter because of the amount of furniture. The room needs a focal point. The TV in front of a window catches the eye because it's dark black in a white room and in an awkward place. I'd put the wicker chair, the small dresser(?)next to it and the brown piece behind it in another area or store it. I'd also remove the piece on the left of those wonderful brown chairs (the one with the vase and the plate) unless it's a part of the sound system. In that case, I'd just remove the vase and plate. I believe this will "open up the room" and make it look a LOT bigger. I would put the tv where the wicker chair/dresser/brown piece was. I'd also remove the wicker pieces from the coffee table but leave the candle. I think you have "too much of a good thing". The carpet, the mantle and the rest of the seating arrangement is wonderful! You have great colors and a lovely dog :) PJ...See MoreRochel Block
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