Hall tree or shoe bench?
Lilian C
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Comments (16)Caminne, that is a BRILLIANT idea, because I definitely need as much bookcase space as I can squeeze into every room, and at the moment there are no built-ins. Now, les917 cautioned against putting something just to the left of the door as you come in (i.e. on the living-room side of the door), to avoid cramping people (or dogs) as they step around the door, which I think it good advice. But if you look at my floorplan, you can see that there's quite a bit of space between the front door and the front wall windows. Floorplan: I think it should be possible to put a bookcase so it more or less lines up with the left side of the entrance to the dining room, which is about where I'd want the living room rug to end and the entryway rug to start. (Not describing this too well, but will try to photoshop a furniture-arranging floorplan soon.) In any case, I think that would leave plenty of clearance to get around the door - more clearance than you'd have in the entry to most historic rowhouses around here, anyway. That would preclude using the big desk as a sofa-table-type room divider, but I think it would solve two serious storage problems at once. I wonder if it would even be possible to have two bookcases back to back, with one facing the living room for books and the other offering baskets for leashes and mittens and whatnot on the door side. I'm thinking maybe about 36" high - high enough to make a divider, but low enough not to block light and to make it easy to put things down on top of. Hmm.......See MoreHave you seen any good coat/hall trees lately?
Comments (18)murfy - Thanks! I love it, too, and basically stole it, so that's why it wasn't sold off with the bulk of our A&C things when we moved. Unfortunately, the current abode is an MCM home with lots of glass. L O T S of glass. Like, in the 19' x 50' great room that includes the kitchen, DR, LR and garden, there is exactly 30' of wall available for furniture placement. The rest of it has to float or be against glass. The poor costumer is stuck in an office for right now....See MoreWhich trees to plant along the outer side of this bench?
Comments (23)For tree ID, show a close up of the leaves, branches and trunk bark. I can't quite tell from that far away. If YV were here he'd get on your case about pruning it though (little joke). If you are new to gardening and lawn and tree care, baby steps! I can see from the view of your yard that you have a lot of trees in the back. You might want to surround your patio with low growing shrubs and larger perennials. That way your view into the yard wouldn't be obstructed. That said, there is something nice about a small decorative tree surrounded by groundcover that appeals to me. That close to a patio, I might go for star magnolia. They are small and fragrant lowers and look pretty good the rest of the time. Another very small bushy tree is Sargent crabapple. Also fragrant. We have them at the arboretum where I work. They used to be very popular but are now hard to find. But if you're thinking about crabs, they are nice. It's hard for a specific recommendation when you don't know what you like. I love fragrance so I'd pick smelly shrubs like lilac, clethra, fothergilla, Carolina allspice, pinxterbloom azaleas, mock orange, sweetbay magnolia, (that one is a small tree), fringe tree, yellowood, or japanese snowbell. Big smelly peonies and tall phlox and day lilies. But that's me. To figure out your style, you might Google "shrubs around a deck" or "plantings around a deck" to get an "inspiration photo. For example, this is my speed for a garden, chock full, but it might give you a headache and you might want something more orderly like the second photo. This is something you have to sort out before selecting plants--what kind of utility and "look" are you going for??...See MoreYour kitchen hardwood floors: shoes off or shoes on? I want to know!
Comments (54)Hardwood throughout my entire first floor, including the kitchen and all entry areas. Residents don't wear shoes in the house. Human residents, nor furry ones. :) Visitors are not given any rules upon arrival. :) Most people see you walking around in bare feet, or socks, or slippers, and immediately move to take off their shoes. Depending upon who they are and why they are there, I often tell them don't bother. For instance, if it's the HVAC guy and he's going to work in the cellar, I couldn't care less if he keeps his shoes on. As someone noted upthread, the nice thing about hardwood is that it does clean up very easily. I prefer the residents keep shoes off the floor b/c it does keep the floors cleaner, but there is no way I would ever make a guest remove their shoes. As far as damage - most of the damage to my floor comes from the toenails of the 20 pound furry lunatics who share my home. Yes I keep them short - no lectures on appropriate dog nail procedures please! They are young and love to run and play - nails dig in on cornering no matter how short they are. :) However there has been some damage from people in shoes who had rocks stuck in the treads. Most of it from the early days when the house was under construction because sadly my GC was an inconsiderate moron regarding things like this. TL:DR. It's hardwood. It dents. I do what I can to keep the dents to a minimum but don't stay up at night about it either....See MoreRebecca Quandt Interiors
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