Build a room around a rug?
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Comments (12)My purpose for the retaining wall is two-fold. Primarily to keep our 60inches of annual rain from washing dirt off the mound I planted the tree on and into the low area around the tree that needs to stay low enough to drain water from around my house. I want the low wall to be visually appealing so I plan to match it with the rock wall (part of an outdoor shower). The bonus for the sturdy wall is that I can use it to help support a freeze cover during cold winter nights. My main purpose for posting was to get input from folks with mature Dancys to see how big they get. I'm guessing mine won't get as big as some since my winters will be a little rough on my tree. I'm in Zone II, it's recommended for Zone I....See MoreBuilding a built in entertainment around fireplace?
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Comments (27)We literally designed our new build around our kitchen. Although I love formal dining rooms and living rooms our new house has a huge kitchen and great room instead. The dining area will have an 4 x 8 table that will hopefully be capable of handling every day dining as well as entertaining. The seating area will have a 3 x 6 "library table" behind the sofa and I envision this table as a potential homework station for kids and grownups bringing work home from the office as well as a game table/jigsaw puzzle table/mail sorting table (I don't know if anyone else still does jigsaw puzzles but our family loves them). If I can find the right table we will pull it away from the sofa so it can also serve as an auxiliary dining table when all the aunts, uncles and cousins are here for the holidays. The one level island has space for 4 counter height bar stools so this will be for anyone who wants to keep me company while I'm prepping, for those who prefer lunch and snacks at the counter and additional seating space for big family get togethers. Our children are grown but we hope that this house will remain in the family long after we are gone and maybe some of our grandchildren will grown up in it. I'm entirely in favor of your desire to have the homework and most especially computer use somewhere under your supervision and I hope I've set up a great room and kitchen space that will work for younger people as well as for DH and I who are empty nesters. Sometimes I think it gets harder with every generation to find a way to make sure you are passing on your important values to your children. Ours were in high school when cell phones, internet use and so many other technologies were flowering (weeding?) but I felt that we had already instilled at least 12 years worth of values before all of the technology was so ubiquitous. It sometimes makes me laugh to think that our big issue was insisting on no TV's in the bedrooms and that the only TV was the family TV. Of course, "everyone else had their own TV in the bedroom." Sorry to be so long but all of this is by way of saying that I'm all in favor of family togetherness and learning from each other. I've learned a lot of technology from my children and they enjoy teaching me. I still like to think that they learned a lot at the old kitchen table about values that they remembered when they were older and alone with the computer or cell phone....See MorePatricia Colwell Consulting
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