Moving, not looking forward to the process
lucillle
5 years ago
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Comments (26)It is one of the technical rather than one of the aesthetic issues involved in landscape and garden design. The technical issue is, in fact, that you can and must facilitate the design through the client. I like the panning for gold analogy. It could be only a matter of shaking out the sand and gravel from that pan that is handed to you to find if there is any gold there. Or, you can be proactive in determiming what goes into that pan before you start swishing it around. You have to use your clients dirt, so to speak, and he has to put it in the pan. He might not have put much into that pan and it might not have much potential in it. If you swish that around, you won't have much to show him. No one wants to pay someone who can't get any more gold out of the pan that he can on his own (garbage in = garbage out?). Instead, you have to use your experience and knowledge of the subject in order to get him to the gravel that is more likely to have gold in it. Then you have to get him to put it in that pan before you swish it around. Then you will at least show a bit of shiny color in that pan. Now you have his attention. He wants more gold, realizes that you know something about how to find it, that he is an essential part of the process, and that you are competent in controlling that process. Other than that, we would be doing nothing but arranging flowers or drawing other people's visions. There is not a lot of value in that. You won't get paid much if no one sees much value. The second part is What Rhodium hit on. Efficiency affects cost. Cost affects whether or not you can get a design job because the client has to value your design work at least as much as the amount of money you are asking him to give up to have you do it. It may be ideal to have a ton of color renderings, construction details of everything in the design, and a whole lot of design spec's. That can, in many instances, push the dollar amount beyond the potential client's value on the project - sometimes less is more....See MoreStalled again! How do you move forward?
Comments (6)I say make a plan or drawing first.I was just starting with a small vege garden and wasn't thinking of design, so just went with square/rectangular boxes Dopey me! My DH is a woodcarver/worker and I could have done some spectacular stuff! I will in my expansion! He's not off the hook this time! LOL. Anyway, do the design (really try to do the wide paths to save your back!), then just do one bed at a time! Maybe cover the rest of the area in compost and cardboard to start getting the soil into shape as you are developing your first bed or 2? That will make your next one even easier! I'm going on 10 years with the origional hardware cloth wire. Be sure to get the heavy duty stuff if you're using it for gophers! Chicken wire does NOT work! It's holes are too big and it will rot out in a couple of years! I keep my herbs separate from the vege garden proper. When I started the herb garden, I had discovered this board and the cottage garden board and made it much prettier than the basic vege garden. I have also lined the vege beds with flower planters to soften things a bit. Lastly, don't think of it as such a chore! Enjoy the ride! Nancy...See MoreMoving forward with my bedroom
Comments (15)oh gosh, now I'm confused. At first I was thinking that I would go with the straight bottom to match the tailored bedskirt, but then I remembered the bottom of my matelasse is scalloped. Does that change your mind as to which I should go with. It's hard to tell from my inspiration picture, but I'm not sure she has the wide rod at the top of the valance. Do you like the wide rod or should I go with a smaller one? Do you think she just used a small round one? Laurie...See Morecan't move forward - need help please!
Comments (36)My camera is broken, but I may take pics with my sister's tomorrow. I'll let you all weigh in :> A couple things I didn't mention in my first post is the issue we have with our floor underlayment. To tile it the right way, we have to rip all our particle board out and replace it with plywood, and it is a messy and costly process. On top of that, DH's income is HALF of what it was a year ago because he is in sales and directly tied into the economy. Also, he suffered a head injury a few months ago which he is still having problems with which is adding stress to this whole process. So unfortunately, we are doing this at a bad time for us and really had bigger plans. So I'm trying to save money where I can, and I don't have a problem with that. Okay. I think I just talked myself into the vinyl! I'll start a new thread with pictures. Thanks again everybody, and sorry for whining. I know these problems are miniscule compared to what many others have to deal with. (everybody here is so sick of me and all my indecision. It's nice to be able to come to this forum for objective opinions and support :)...See Morelucillle
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