Love to see all these beautiful homes! Our family room is where we spend all our free time. In the moments that I'm not running around the house or chasing the small person seen in the picture, I am watching HGTV or using my laptop while sprawled on the couch. I can't seem to get my act together to take new pics for this post. I have rearranged and changed things quite a bit lately, but this is what it looked like a few months ago: Lo Jen

Thank you guys! blfenton, you are right! I want this to be an updated midcentury. I actually want the bathroom to look contemporary modern, with lots of white-clean, modern, and bright. The exterior will replicate the mcm architecture but the interior will be more updated. I am really stuck on the floors and very nervous because I want to do the whole house in one floor type. kwsl2-That acutally sounds like fun. I wouldnt want to pay to fly someone out here though. I have called a few places so far. One was recommended by a store, but they dont do residential properties. Another one I called only does multimillion dollar homes and wasnt interested. I called a couple other places, but havent gotten a return call. I called an architectural firm whose work I really like, but they do their own work and didnt know of anyone. I am also nervous about the cost. A lot of the stuff I see online is very expensive multimillion dollar traditional/farmhouse style homes. Maybe these places are expecting calls from builders or architects and not homeowners?

They need a plant festival in charlotte county, dang it. I've not heard of one. i might stop by hd tomorrow. I was planning on heading to the beach for mom's day and home depot is on my way. As for bromeliads, i received a couple way back at a in person garden web plant trade. They were 2 different ones. I planted them in two different pots. But when i went to divide them for the first time the one had over grew the other and i only had one variety in both pots. Its now growing happily under my oak. It covers a huge area now, like maybe a 10' x 6’ area. Its the first plant to bloom after winter.

ha ha jokes on me ! I read your post to say you were looking for id's on 3 of them . My only excuse would be ......well no excuse . I misread ,it's as simple as that . No problem , If you know who they are that's great . I have some I wish I could id many thanks to my dogs for running off with the tags and chewing them up. Here's some examples . Anyone want to hazard a guess? The one I really want to id of course I cant find the picture of at the moment . I will keep looking for that picture . Oh and one last thought, jo_pyeweed don't you dare stop posting !!!!!! Who am I ? only clue I have to this yellow one is that it blooms in end of May in my zone 6 and is about 2 feet tall here , does anyone think this could be Custard Candy ? Found the other image I was looking for . Anyone know this plant ? It's a shorty ......maybe 23 or 24 inches tall.