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Comments (5)Thanks Sierra & Toots... yes it is love-in-a-mist, and the white flower is Cilantro. That reminds me, the cilantro is done blooming now, I'd better yank it out... it's seedy! I liked the first one, the inside of a hollyhock, it looks like it's made out of plastic....See MoreDon't like grain look of Oak flooring, what to do???
Comments (3)I also do NOT like the very 'wavy' graining of some oak flooring. On the other hand our renovations will include putting in approx 1300 sq ft of oak hardwood . I should explain myself. We have several pieces of very classy & beautiful furniture over 100 yr old.They are white rift/quartersawn oak -and our home has a craftsman style feel to it. We did not want the floor competing with the furniture so the regular oak was out & we also needed a prefinished flooring due to health issues. I researched the web for Prefinished, White, Qu/Sawn Oak and found out that here is Canada there is only one company that carries this flooring & their name is www.coswick.com . We received large (15" X 17")samples and they are just absolutely beautiful!!! The graining is very straight(rift)with some quartersawn thrown in . The web site is great and you get a very good idea what it will actually look like . The price is very reasonable-we were quoted $5.99- 7.49/sq ft -guess which one we chose!! The white oak wood is from Belarus in Europe -so because of the shorter growing season the hardness is comparable to domestic red oak -not the domestic white.. We have had the samples for several months and I have treated them quite badly(on purpose) and they are standing up very well to the abuse ! We are in Alberta, Canada -no dealers here but the order is coming from Ontario--I just saw on the website that there are 2 dealers -in NY & Mass. Sorry to go on & on but IF you like oak as we do but NOT the very busy(classic) pattern -this is a great option ! As you can tell we are thrilled !!...See MoreWhat would you do? We don't like DD's boyfriend!
Comments (44)jterrilynn - " We always feel like we lost our puppy or something" I have two boys and that's how I feel when a girlfriend is gone. My eldest son went out with a girl for two years and everyone really like her. When they broke up his cousins asked him if they could keep her and get rid of him. :) Back to topic- When above son was in high school he was part of a group of kids who were/are good kids - smart, responsible nice kids. They weren't the in-kids or the jocks but they were the kids who accepted the nerds and the new kids - the social group where parents wanted their own kids to be a part of in school. They weren't perfect but the silly things they did never overshadowed their reputation. In first year college he met a new male friend and started hanging out with him. I think there was some thrill to hanging out with this kid.This kid didn't have a good reputation (drugs were the issue) and that's how I approached the problem. Instead of forbidding him from seeing this new "friend" I talked to him about reputations and labels. My son (and his friends) had a good label and this boy did not. I explained how easy it is to go from a "good" label to a "bad" label or reputation and how so very difficult it is to get back that reputation. I explained that even though he may not do anything wrong the bad label is easily transferred. People like to talk about the bad kids but seldom about the good kids because that isn't tantalizing or scintillating gossip. I explained about the purpose of gossip and how stories can get exaggerated and with the advent of texting and tweeting how quickly things can spread. So I asked him what kind of a label did he want for himself and what kind of a reputation did he and his friends want for themselves - for now and for the future. My son chose to get rid of this kid but I think it was hard for him but he had goals and figured out that being involved with this kid could hamper those goals. Selfishly, I also told him that I didn't want this kid and his reputation to hamper my reputation. As my son's mother I could get dragged into the gossip as well. ( what was she thinking allowing DS1 to hang out with that kid, etc) I just explained that he would eventually be moving out of the neighbourhood and I wouldn't be....See MoreFloor tiles that look like marble, but don't cost like marble?
Comments (6)These floors look beautiful! Are they slippery? Has it ever been a problem? I was all set on getting polished porcelain and my contractor just told me its very slippery if I put it by the entrance and the stairs to second floor. I have little kids....what am I to do? Thank you!!!...See Moregardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
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