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Trying to decide on a polyantha or two
Comments (18)My three favorite Polyantha roses are: "Mlle. Cecille Brunner" a light pink rose with the shapliest and most fragrant roses of the class. "Perle d'Or" an apricot hued rose. Both have a Tea class parent from which they inherited Old Garden Tea shaped blooms. "Leonie Lamesch" has roses the color of a tropical punch, orange edged with cerise-red. Foliage is quite interesting in its' appearance, and reminds me of a fictional tropical plant. followed closely by "La Marne" warm rich pink hues edged with rose-red, but not overly saturated. "Little White Pet" fastest re-bloom of any Poly I've grown. "Katherine Zeimet" white, and upright, in a colder climate this could make a good border plant. I love Polyantha roses because their growth habit shows much of the grace of a China class rosebush, both have twiggy growth habits and attractive foliage. Because there are fewer yellow roses among Polyanthas, I thought I'd mention a FLorabunda from the 1940's that has the graceful twiggy growth habit of a Polyantha, nice foliage and is a slender willowy plant. It's "Poulsens Yellow" and vintagegardens.com sells it. Its' floral style is artless and natural and the color is light to medium yellow. Petals are large for the size of bloom and have a rather silky texture. It is altogether a lovely plant. Luxrosa...See MoreWhat "art" would you hang on these entry-way walls?
Comments (33)How about some elegant black iron scroll work? There are scads of varieties and they are often the perfect solution for a wall that needs that certain "something". (The photos are from my home.) I recommend choosing art that a) reflects your interests and b) makes you happy every time you see it. You said you can't your hang travel visas and martinis, but why not? You could frame your travel visas and arrange them under a large matte. For the martinis, you could either buy a painting or print of them or literally frame some martini classes in a shadow box. You might also consider vintage travel posters from places you love or that you've already been to. Your home is very nice!...See Moretrying to decide between a Trane and a Carrier
Comments (5)Northeast Oklahoma location.It is a pretty humid climate. Replacing 22 year old Lennox 125,000 BTUH (all say this is too big but then most quote 120,000 . Carrier quoted 110,000. Furnace is cycling a lot. I don't remember on the AC. Design temps 19 and inside 70 in winter, 99 and 75 summer Heating BTUH 51482, cooling BTUH 38315 Latent cooling Load 42759 BTUH required total capacity at 0.70SHR ---4.6 ton 80% because we won't live in house long enough to get pay out higher efficiency and rates are pretty low here. my own load calc that I did onlne calls for 43795 BTU cooling ( temps 100 and 75) and heating 35941 BTU ( temps 72 and 14) we don't have many days with low temps of 14. I'm sick of this and I think 5 different contractors, all from either the carrier site or Trane should be enough. Thanks for pointing out that the Trane compressor was not two speed. I've looked at two many numbers and thought that it was. Trane said I could pick my thermostat. They liked TCONT800 I'm leaning to the carrier since he is the only one who did a loadcalc. I asked for one from all the contractors when I called and they still didn't do one....See MoreTrying to decide on up hill or down hill lot
Comments (21)We finished a house in the Rocky Mountains (snowy, similar to your situation) on an uphill lot. We bought the lot years ago, and based our decision on things like orientation, view, the other lot choices and a trail running along the back of the lot (which was a plus for us). We might have purchased a downhill lot if it had all of the other features that we wanted. What we like, now, about an uphill lot. Our slope is roughly the same as the lot you're looking at - doesn't seem like much until you want to put a house on it. Our driveway has a slope, of course, but it isn't very steep. It gets snow buildup because of the orientation, but not icy and we didn't have any issues this winter with difficulty in getting up the drive. We have a ground-level entrance, which is much better in terms of snow buildup and shoveling outdoor stairs in the winter. Inside, a stairway (half a level, a turn, then another half level) goes from the entry up to the main level of the house. So yes, we have to bring groceries up stairs, but at least they're inside. We have a great outdoor space out back that's dug a bit into the hillside (about 2 feet or so), with hot tub, grill, tables and chairs, lounge chairs, etc. The view out back is the forest (similar to your lot); it's peaceful, and we love looking out at the trees and animals. I've found that the views are more enjoyable from ground level. (Our "main" house is a walkout basement with a deck, where the views are from one flight up.). One advantage that we didn't consider is that it's very nice to have ground-floor access out back. Spouse can go out to the hot tub without going down any stairs. And I can head out on the trails behind the house directly from our main area. It works very well for us. We only have a small deck out front, partly because it's a northern exposure and we thought it would be too cold for a bigger deck there. Turns out, that's not the case. But because it's a retirement house, our little Juliette deck is just the right size for the spouse and I to sit out front in the morning with coffee and the newspaper. As with most things, there are advantages and disadvantages to an uphill or a downhill lot, but some of the factors may be different for you, based on how you would use the lot and the house you put on it....See MoreSummer K
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