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Spacing of crocus in lawn
Comments (6)80 bulbs is very very few for that space. You should really be looking at a minimum of 10 per square foot to get a good display in the first year, and anything less than a couple per square foot will look very thin. They will clump up quite quickly but then you'll have a wide scattering of clumps so you still don't weant to spread them too thin. You can always add more later, of course. If you wait long enough, like five years or more, you will start to get self-sown plants from some of the species crocus. So I guess its up to you whether you want them very widely scattered over much of the lawn, or fairly widely scattered over just an edge. Either way, expect to be a little disappointed the first year. Until you start putting in silly numbers of bulbs, it is hard to get a really full display. Single crocus flowers are very delicate anyway and tend to get flattened by the first wind or rain, they are a little more robust when they clump up....See MoreBathroom a design departure from the rest of the house?
Comments (2)Hi wi-sailorgirl. Our master bathroom is quite modern and clean-lined (you commented on our vanity in another thread). The rest of the house leans a little more towards cottage-y. The exterior is (will be!) very new England-y beachy shingles, varnished craftsman fir door, onion-glass lamps. The kitchen we just did has natural-cherry shaker cabinets, marble counters, and white subway tile backsplash. The house has hardwood floors, white trim, and shaker-style 5-panel doors. So, our master bathroom is significantly more modern than the house's permanent fixtures. However... our furniture and lighting contains a lot of mid-century modern stuff, so there is a bit of continuity there. Another thing: although the bones of the bathroom are modern, we kept some cottagey things, like we continued the divided-light windows that the rest of the house has. And we continued the old-fashioned 2-part baseboard that the rest of the house has. I also added some things to soften the straight-edged modern, like a framed drawing and a soft, floral-embroidered panel as a window treatment. I defintely think you can blend cottage and modern successfully! Especially if its what YOU really want....See MoreDesign issues with the 'stone' switch plates on backsplash
Comments (16)Or what about plain ole' cheap beige or ivory plastic or painted metal? In addition to being completely budget-friendly, they'll totally fade into the background and you'll never 'see' them at all. If the faux stone ones are a good match, they'll have a similar 'fade into the background' characteristic. And if they're *not* a good match, you'll have spent a lot of money for a not-good match. Not to mention that some of them have a decdedly 'plastic' character to them -- so I'd recommend seeing before you buy. ORB or copper, while pretty, will call attention to themselves, which is probably not what you want. Consider also that 90% of the electricians working in my market area don't bother to install outlets all at the same height, or even level! It's horribly frustrating if you're the kind of person who will notice....See MoreDoes everyone do Tile Backsplashes?
Comments (17)Those English kitchens are stunning and a bit severe. (Did you notice the ones without range hoods? Yikes.) I think the short splashes work in those kitchens because of a few reasons. They're English. ;) They all have inset and painted cabs. The counters aren't quartz or granite (or at least the handful I looked at weren't.) The bs strip is shorter than the builder-grade 4" strip Deeageaux must think of. When I think of throwing up a 4" strip of counter material on a remodeled 1960-2000 kitchen without the period reference mentioned by MCMesprit, I agree with Dee in most cases. IMHO, it's dated and looks prefab. I'm also not a big fan of how it breaks up the small area between counter and uppers. It puts a pretty noticeable horizontal line across the room, and you then have to add another element, usually paint, to fill the gap between 4" strip and uppers. It usually looks busy to me. As I get older, I'm getting fussier about my spaces being busy. I need simple, clean, quiet lines and surfaces. Thats just me. :) With a busy quartz and you being overwhelmed, I suggest keeping the bs tile very simple. No pattern. Also, you don't have to pick a tile this week, do you? Take your time and relax. Browse kitchens on the Finished Kitchen Blog or design websites like Houzz and Decor Pad to get a sense of what you like. For example, do you like tiles that pull a darker or lighter color from your counter?...See MoreJennifer Hogan
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