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first time poster...long time reader -- all kit appliances advice
Comments (6)Thought I'd chime in with one more thing, since I just read the "4 y/o Bosch bites the dust" thread... Maybe it's attributable to my fastidious dish rinse routine or sheer dumb luck, but I have managed to make my low end Whirlpool Gold d/w last 12+ years. Not even really sure how old it is -- it was here when I bought this place 10 years ago and I vaguely remember hearing that the previous owners replaced all appliances two years before I bought it. I have not, not once, not a single time EVER, had to have it serviced. It sounds pretty much like a freight train during an atomic bomb detonation but it runs every time, all the time. That is the kind of reliability I need in my life. I'm wondering if I can realistically expect that with a Miele or Bosch or any other manufacturer (including Whirlpool) for that matter. ::Thinking twice about even posting this, due to the jinxing risk::...See MoreFirst time poster--floor advice
Comments (13)Don't you just love that "Can a person get some PRIVACY around here!!??" look... Another vote for hardwood in a warm mid-tone, and a zippy area rug. I'd put your end table somewhere else, put a swing arm floor lamp there toward the back corner of the sofa, and move that wonderful safe in front of the lamp to use as the end table. Then I'd move the Windsor chair around to sit beside your school desk, and hang the mirror that is now over your other sofa over the two of them, but keep it much lower - about 6" higher than the desk top. (You can move the chair when you are actually using the desk.) I'd tidy up the bookcases, add some photos or pottery or ironstone or brass things or any combination thereof here and there. Then I'd put a long galvanized or copper plant tray filled with pebbles on the top of the bookcase and set lush plants in it, to take advantage of all that nice light, and warm up the wall and the room. I'd find a pair of big tall vertical prints you really like (repros of old travel posters, or beautiful black and white photographs, or botanicals, or whatever you are fond of), hang them side by side where the mirror is now, also much lower, with a pair of swing-arm lamps beside them....See Morehello from a first time poster long time reader
Comments (26)Hey there, Frugaljon....welcome aboard. I wish to recommend to your pleasure a video on YouTube about the Hanging Hosta of Hampshire. Ever heard of them? I've watched the videos innumerable times, trying to note details of how they manage so many hosta, and what happens when winter comes, you know, just looking and dreaming. I link to one such video below. My hosta garden is 25 x 100 and is in coastal Alabama (near the Gulf of Mexico), and my zone is considered 9a or at best 8b. We have an undependable winter here, but we manage a few freezes and cold temps enough to make dormancy possible. Get ready to join the fun day after Christmas, when the Hosta Alphabet series begins. Until then, similar threads exist for last last several years. Wonderful resource. Here is a link that might be useful: HANGING HOSTAS OF HAMPSHIRE video...See MoreFirst time poster looking for some advise...
Comments (11)Are you ok with the kids being across the house at such young ages? 17 x 19 is a quite large great room. I would consider it small if you were planning on also putting your dining table in it, but you have a separate breakfast nook and a separate dining room so you're fine. Personally I don't like the stairs where they are next to your master, and that you have to walk through the dining area to use them. And like you I think the master bath needs some work. I don't love the kitchen layout. I would highly suggest posting your kitchen layout in the kitchen forum to get the best advice available. Better than most kitchen designers! And post in the bath forum for bath advice. Is the padded enclosure for you for when the kids get out of hand? ;) Overall though it is a very good layout....See MoreUser
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