Can an ugly kids bath be revamped?
Jennifer Svensson
5 years ago
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Comments (22)Thanks Mnwsgal. I will do that too. The suggestion is also effective to uproot an overgrown greek oregano. Love the plant and it's lovely pink flowers but it's taking over as well. so I've decided to do the following : First to make space for the miscanthus in the backyard..So kill off a hydrangea annabelle which got hidden by the taller joe pye weed. Reduce the pye weed to a smaller size. Remove the bugloss and see if it can be relocated to another part of the yard. Kill off the Rudbeckia goldsturm (I've another clump located in the front yard. What do you think of the mix of a miscanthus and the Joe Pye weed? I also have a Filipendula but it's white and I rather liked the pink one - so I'm planning to remove this. In the front yard, I plan to reduce further the salvia nemerosa and to remove a boneset and a miniature joe pye weed. Then remove the miscanthus, some phloxes and then remove all the foxgloves which were ill located. Also a fushia pink achillea. In the space besides the remaining salvias, I plan to put in large delphiniums and I would like to try to get light pinks or light blue ones to contrast with the deep blues of the salvias. I also have a really nice light pink achillea & astrantias to go with the salvias. I also think the delphiniums would come up around the same time the peonies are dying off & I have a really nice one in this area. I tried to put in yellows in the form of coreopsis but for some reason my correopsis is delayed in blooming while elsewhere in the neighborhood, these have been blooming heavily. So much to do.. but the ideas are forming now... I should post a photo of my front yard..However I find photobucket to be soooo slow in uploading. Any other good website I could try for free?...See MoreTub/Shower Delima for kids bathroom
Comments (12)I would also recommend the tub/shower combo as it provides flexibility. Our kids are grown, but I cannot imagine having young kids without a tub available in their bath. Prior to our first build, we looked at pre-existing homes. One home immediately was a "no" as the kids bath only had a shower. I could not imagine trying to bathe our kids in the giant jetted tub in the master bath. As some one else said, sometimes older kids need to soak sore muscles. My S often would soak at the beginning of his sports season when workouts were tougher. I also think nothing feels better than a hot, steamy bath when one has a head cold. It doesn't need to be ugly. We also did the tub/shower combo with a tile surround in each of the secondary baths. There are some more attractive surrounds out there now....See MoreMake me feel better, show me something ugly
Comments (57)valzone5 - LMAO!! I do believe they are meant to place hand towels in. :) That lovely piece of "furniture" has since left our home...well actually it sits in my garage begging to be burned. walkin yesindeed - I will gladly send you a big section framed once i get it pulled down! :)...See MoreNeed help with ugly HVAC run
Comments (28)On one project we went through trying to design a ceiling to deal with HVAC ducts below the ceiling plane (It was a row house with masonry walls and joists that ran opposite the way the ducts had to go--there was no other place for the ducts in a conventional system) Anyway, we came up with trays and such for a couple of the rooms and it got more and more complex because of dealing with windows and such that we decided to go with just one large dropped area through the entire house, the same width and depth throughout so it didn't call any more attention to itself than possible. In my house there is only one area that has a soffit and when I opened it it was completely empty except for one corner. However, I've been in similar houses where they took it out and replaced it with a boxed out area only around the spot that it's needed. They got a higher ceiling over a 3' x 12' area, but now they have this weird box dangling down in one corner that screams "Plumbing". The large soffit is lined up with the stairs and a doorway so it looks at least much more necessary than that box which looks like a mistake. My point is, I would make it look intentional but you have to be careful not to over-design and over-complicate the ceilings in the process. A rectangular spine running down the center without anything else *might* be all you need....See MoreLisa G.
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