guidelines to colors that work together using chroma and color theory?
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Lori A. Sawaya
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Comments (8)Thank you takadi, luckygal and petalpatsy, Takadi, yes, that's where I started thinking about doing my large lot with a modified lasagna system. I had 1st heard about no-till last summer. I worked front office of the local daily paper when a woman came in to see if she could obtain some old papers that we'd be throwing out anyway, explaining her garden plans with a system she was going to try called "lasagna". This spring I had trouble securing a tiller and my corn (I know, not supposed to start corn inside, but OH WELL) was getting tall in the peat pots. Googled, learned, didn't have all the layering amendments, just wanted to get the darn things in the ground. Dug little holes, added bagged compost and the seedlings, surrounded them with wet newspaper and straw. Darned if the little buggers didn't start growing. Color me proud yet astonished! luckygal and petalpatsy, my bad. I wasn't clear on / failed altogether to mention a couple of things. 1.) I wasn't hoping for a totally changed yard by next spring. It was kind of an over-the-next-few-years thing that I had in mind. Sort of a "what can I do now, INEXPENSIVELY, to condition/amend the soil in my yard? If I don't need the space for anything important immediately, what can I grow here that will show a benefit in my soil down the line?" I know that 2, 3, maybe 4 years will be needed to show any noticeable improvement. I have no clear-cut plans for the space, but heck, I might want to put a Hawaiian-themed tiki garden there in a coupla years, and I can't see straw and newspaper as a fitting compliment to the MaiTais and the cute cabana boy. 2.) I would, of course, use my mower to chop/shred all materials except the large branches. Even if they were to decompose a little, I would just put what's left aside and throw them back in the following fall. Luckygal, OOHHH them skeeters! Yup, I got 'em too. I didn't mention that my woods out back is really the slope-y banks of a creek that runs thru my town, called Sewer Creek. Yeah. Capital S, capital C. The city actually named it that, and it runs thru MY BACK YARD!! It contains the drainage from several, nay, HUNDREDS of upstream residences. And when it's not been raining lately, it just sits there. Stagnant. Skeeters. My tiki torches WILL be citronella. The plastic...not sure if I need it, but a certain area of this back lot is visible to a certain area of the street, although not by much. I figure, having squares of plastic anchored in my lawn says, "Hey, I'm doing something/fermenting something/growing/germinating/fill-in-the-blank something", whereas a field of stomped, overgrown, left-to-die foliage says, "I don't give a rat's patootie how my yard looks." Oh, what does BTDT mean? Petalpatsy, lots of good advice there, thanks. I already had plans to hit our local breakfast cafe for coffee grounds, and the grocery store's produce manager for veggies that they can't sell. Hadn't considered the bale-o-straw displays, that's a new one to me. I had thought of ringing the doorbell at one house near mine, only to ask, "What is that breathtaking bush by your front door?" Seriously gorgeous, hasn't bloomed yet this year, but when it does, I'm goin' a-ringing'. And I remember you...you're the nice gal that puts compost blankies over struggling earthworms. That's cool. Joyce...See MorePental (formally Chroma) Quartz Countertops in Lattice
Comments (36)Sonyala, I was looking at the Lattice as well. As I recall, it had a slight green undertone. Take the sample to look for backsplash tile, and it will become obvious to you when you compare it to pure white tile for the backsplash. I thought the best backsplash for that countertop was a marble. Many of the Benjamin Moore colors in the 1400's and 1500's would look good for a wall color, depending on whether you want light or dark. I'm not a professional, but I would definitely avoid colors with cooler undertones....See MoreGuidelines for Accent Walls
Comments (6)Here is the floor plan. It is an odd room, you walk in the door from a small stair landing and first go through a short "hall" though about 18 inches longer than what is in the drawing.) Closet in front of you, to your right the bathroom to your left an opening to the room. The room has a vaulted peaked ceiling that follows the roof, but it flattens at the top (flat part runs from where you walk into the room to the wall with the window, probably 6 feet wide.) The faint outlined rectangles are the bed and two dressers. The furniture is all stained medium brown. The decor is simple - either medium blue bed bedding(we have now) or a teracotta color (could never find nice stuff we could afford to pull off that look) but no crazy patterns with all the wall color. The colors I am considering are pretty similar, so it would not be a striking accent (two yellow-greens - BM pale avocado 2146-40 & castleton mist HC-1, two gray-greens BM Mesquite 501 and Dried Parsley 522 & one paler green BM rainforest dew 2160-50. In our old place, we used BM Dill pickle on the walls and something lighter on the angles/ceiling (that was a much larger room with lots of drama so a more intense color worked.) I was thinking of one of the more yellow greens on the walls, a gray green on the east wall where the bed is and a lighter yellow green on the angles and flat ceiling (it could even just be a slightly lighter version of the yellow green on the walls.) The other question is the "hall" that leads into the room. I thought that could be a complimentary gray with a hit of green which would lead to some mild punch in the room. Opposite the walk through from the hall to the room is a bathroom. It is very mellow - putty polished large format tiles on shower walls, calcatta marble hex on the floor. So I though the grayer walls in the "hall" would be a better transition to the bath (which will probably be some very neutral shade of white, gray, putty or taupe) than the more vibrant greens. Insane or interesting? Better ideas? I can scrap the idea of an accent wall all togehter, but much of the house paint is pretty mellow so we thought we could have some fun in here. Here is a link that might be useful: photos of bedroom wanting accent wall...See MoreOT Peony Poppies with roses - good idea in theory, but...
Comments (64)I love a very full, cottage look, so I tend to actively seed poppies in areas I know will be more densely planted come spring. I loved how the poppies emerged from drifts of Jupiter's Beard, Statice, Lomandra in shadier spots, and some other plants in the front yard. It helped limit the sight of the lanky plants certainly. Amidst the roses that are grown in a more traditional way, the poppies stand out like sore thumbs. However, I love the flowers and it's not a public rose garden, ha. I can grow lanky poppies and not feel one bit worse for it. I tried some of the 'Erewhon' and 'Blue Shift' Sweet Peas from Annies in that area this year and they were beautiful! Great cut flowers. It's probably a bit cooler here though. I had them on lattice amidst other climbers. 'Jeri Jennings' is next to some volunteer dark purple sweet peas. The picture above shows some sweet pea foliage, but the flowers mostly finished before 'Jeri' started blooming recently. Right now I've got Nigella springing up in an area that is almost exclusively populated by succulent/drought tolerant plants. It's a strange look, but fun until I consider that I'll need serious gauntlets to rip out the dead Nigella soon. Puya are amazing until you weed around them and I'm mostly growing the smaller types like P. mirabilis and alpestris. A lot like roses actually!...See MoreC DeV
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