A few questions as I start my remodel
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Comments (18)I agree with what has been said but would like to throw 2c at you. I started out in bonsai years before I knew what I was doing. I had a mid size regular pot with 6 small leaf ficus growing in them for years. Ill be honest, I have had them since 8th or 9th grade, 16-17 years or so ago. I have always pruned them, just didnt have the right pot and soil to call it bonsai. Then I moved to florida and could not take everything so I gave my prized plants to my sister. We as fate would have it, my sister moved down to florida a few years later and passed the plants back to me, she managed to kill one. So since they have been in the same pot for about 10 years I transplanted them to smaller individual pots. Im not at the bonsai stage yet, still had regular soil and the pots just a bit too big. Anyway, I guess to shorten this story up, I was getting board with growing plants the regular way. I have always pruned the plants like a bonsai, just never had the right pot and soil. So I started by buying a few juniper and I think a boxwood. I had no idea what bonsai was so blindly I planted the trees in small pots, regular soil. They died after one scorching summer in florida. So my next try was a few years later. I went to the local bonsai shop. I got steered in the right direction. Ill have to say, this site and the internet in general has really steered me right. But experience and patience really pays off to. Its just a big balance. So I have about 6 real bonsai and about 6 pre bonsai, they are being pruned but in regular soil in pots. Thats my story how I got started. But thats not what I was going to say. Small tangent here. What I would do if I were you, epically if you are growing indoor. Say away from juniper and the pines. I would go for a ficus, the small leaf variety. Use the soil Lucy mentioned. The reason for going with ficus, they are great indoor, out door and handle drought good. Over watering they handle well unless your watering like a mad man. Just get it some light like stated above. The link below is one of my ficus. Its the only one being bonsaied, the other are pre bonsai. Here is a link that might be useful: Bottom picture...See MoreAm I crazy to start a kitchen remodel in my situation?
Comments (21)Ha, This is funny to me...All I have to say is...Darn baby gates! Allow me to explain - We have a 2.75yr old and a 6 month old. The plan was to get the kitchen done before the new baby came, but we planned, and planned, and planned, so long that he beat us to it. He was born in July and once I was over my postpartum recovery, we got back to kitchen. DH slowly started to demo the kitchen, doing some plumbing and electrical, leaving the major appliances intact as long as possible. Then the day came that we had to tear out the rest to get to the final bit of plumbing. Drywallers finished in November and we were all jazzed to get those cabinets in. WELL, one thing after another happened, winter colds with the kids, that previously booked vacation we had to take (glad we did!), then DH caught the flu or something, etc. All this with just a temporary kitchen (microwave, crock pot, frig, sink in the laundry room, and eating out A LOT). Just as DH was starting to feel better, I was on the demo'd side of the kitchen messing with paint chips and granite samples when I decided to step over the baby gate we had put up to keep my toddler out of there. My feet got all tangled up in the gate, my hands were full (luckily not with Baby), and Tiiiiiimmmber! I fell, slamming my shoulder into the wall, and broke my arm. Cut to 3 weeks later and here I am just starting to feel well enough to handle the kids on my own so DH can get back to working on the kitchen. Is there a point to my story?...Not really. Well, maybe it is to always walk AROUND the baby gate, NOT over! (painful lesson to learn). Actually my point is, with all that, we are surviving. Toddlers eat fairly simple foods and babies are even easier in the food department. The baby is sleeping through the night (knock on wood) so that does help. DH and I are tired of eating out, but we'll get through it (even if it is taking twice as long to lose some of that baby weight!). We debated waiting until the kids were older, but we just wanted to get the remodeling done so we could enjoy our kids and the home for years to come. My advice would be as everyone else said...Make all the decisions you can before you start demo. You don't want to be mid-remodel and still debating granite choices like me...and watch out for those baby gates!! Best of luck to you with whatever you decide....See MoreKitchen remodel about to start...cabs ordered.. can I change my oven?
Comments (3)It depends on the cabinet line, your overlay, and how long it's been on order. Some lines build the cabinets specifically to the manufacturere's cutout dimensions, especially lines that do beaded inset. Some do a generic cutout that the installer enlarges on site to the specific dimensions. If you ordered more than a week ago, most lines would not allow changes at this point if it's in the que. Some might allow the addition of a cabinet, but not the alteration or deletion. It might be possible to cancel the complete order and resubmit it entirely. It might be possible to change the specs for an added fee. There are a lot of maybe's. You have to talk specifically with your KD to know what they all might be. You should pull the specs for the two models and see exactly how they differ so that you can be prepared to discuss the issue with those relevant facts....See MoreStarting my Kerdi install tomorrow - a few questions
Comments (10)I'm not a fan of Custom Blend unmodified, but if I have to use it, I'll buy a bag of portland cement and just add a trowel of portland cement to each batch of Custom Blend I mix up. It enriches it a bit.It still meets the criteria as being unmodified. Versabond? I've used it. And I've had no issues with it. It's lightly modified. The studs, I agree with a screw hitting the seam between two studs sandwiched together as not being an issue. For framing shower doorways, I screw the jack/king/trimmer studs (whatever they are called in your locale) together with deck screws....See MoreRelated Professionals
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