What pool enhancement do you think makes a "statement"?
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I Think I Made a few totems, What do you think?
Comments (13)I made all nine in two days. Maybe I do something different. I stack and glue the pieces all at once. I don't have the patience to wait for each piece to set...the tall thin one is my favorite. I found Candle sticks and the mini vases on top at one yard sale Saturday Morning and had it put together as soon as I got home. If you want to see them close up click on the picture and I have singles of each close up in the album on Picasa. I must confess the red birdbath is simple clear glass that I have painted with glass paint. I wanted to try my hand at revers painting on glass. I am please with the results. I may have to make another painted one I have lots of clear glass but color sure makes a statement. When I started I was only gonna make one or two, Because I had no interuptions I just kept going! I wanted One of each color of the rainbow! LOL They will all be displayed in one Bed, held in with sand then Mulch. I also found Brand New White vinyl edgeing to use but I want to paint it first or at least wash it with some color. I am worried about Hurricane season. LOL Here are some pics of the bird bath. From Glass Totems From Glass Totems Not happy with inside pics..I will be sure to post pics when I bet them all out side. Thanks ya'll!...See MoreWhat do you think happened and what to do?
Comments (6)We have a lot of clay here too, it's really a pain when you go through a drought followed by heavy rains because it can move a lot under those conditions. If the decking is demo'd they can indeed drill dowels into the pool walls, it won't affect the plaster because they're drilling into the back side of the walls. Unless they use a bit that is too long and it goes all the way through! Here are some pics so you can see what I'm describing, in this first picture they've set the steel and about every 36" they left a rod extending vertically. They will later be bent down and will be cast into the decking. In this picture you can see that they've bent the bars down and then placed additional reinforcing for the deck over them. This was after it had rained and the bars were partially into the sand, but before the decking was poured the bars were placed on chairs to raise them above the sand. Ideally the reinforcing should be centered in the decking slab. You can also see in this picture where they installed dowels into the existing sidewalk in the bottom of the picture. They drilled into the sidewalk and installed dowels about every 36". This is similar to what they should have done on your flatwork. This is a finished pic, mainly to show the mastic joints. There should be a mastic joint between the flatwork and pool coping, and also between the new decking and existing decking or sidewalks (if there are any). In our case you can see (barely) a mastic joint on the backside of the coping and also where the decking meets the existing sidewalk (existing sidewalk is to the right, it's a slightly darker color)....See MoreWhat do you think of a bar in this midcentury hallway addition?
Comments (5)Thank you guys! sushipup1-there would only be two bars..hallway and dining area/office. I have to do the dining one because I am tearing out the bath in the middle of a red rock wall. We are pretty sure there will be damage to the wall so I thought putting a bar there would be a good idea...but I could make it more of a place to display dishes and midcentury items. There will be a huge door to close it off also. So you think two is too much? The house will be almost 5000 sq. feet when done, if that helps (way too big!). Allison-I know what you mean. I tried to make it as private as possible by adding the hallway to separate the bedroom from the rest of the house. Currently, the bedroom is on a street corner and I would prefer it set back on the property in a quieter area. There are lots of succulents and a big tree that will give it a lot of privacy from the pool area....See MoreWhat garden flowers/foliage do you use to enhance rose bouquets?
Comments (23)I used to make bouquets for my mother and never remembered to take a picture:-( These are lovely. Several of us may remember Thedarklady (Marina Parr) posted drop dead gorgeous bouquets 5 yrs. ago. She used interesting containers. Lots of Austins and as these bouquets were for church they did not need to last. Often the roses varied in size as well as petal count. I noticed her fillers were mainly lavender, green or white. Ageratum - lavender tall one Campanula Sarastro - deep deep lavender with mauve roses Caryopteris flowers clematis Comtesse de Bouchard (pastel bluey-pink) Echanacea - white or green single Euphorbia 'Diamond Frost' Gladiolus 'Green Star' Heliotrope - purple Hydrangea - 'Limelight' and 'Annabelle' Salvia farinacea - purple single Shasta daisies Statice - white Valerian officinalis - white Thedarklady's photobucket has changed. Here's one I saved. Bouquet by Marina Parr...See MoreParagon Pools
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