Coffee table or something else?
Michelle Santillo Olson
4 years ago
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Comments (10)Looks to me like your plant is getting too much light and probably needs to be repotted. The yellow leaves are old and need to be removed. As a rule of thumb, AVs are planted in pots 1/3 their size. AVs are normally rosette in shape, laying flat with each layer of leaves overlapping the ones below and increasing in size. Remove any leaves that are smaller then the ones above them. AVs have shallow roots and grow better in shallow pots rather than deep. The bottom row of leaves should be level with the rim of the pot. Plant should be centered in the pot and the soil should be slightly below the last row of leaves. Dust any bare places on the neck where the leaves were removed with a rooting hormone to prevent fungus and promote new root growth. There are many good books on growing AV that would help you. The one I use and recommend is Pauline Bartholomew's 'Growing To Show'. She discusses every aspect of growing beautiful AVs. Personally, I grow every plant as if for a show. The plant is then at it's full potential of health and beauty. I also recommend Kathy Spissman on eBay for pots. Her pricing is good (100 for $10 usually)and her shipping costs are resonable compared to most other suppliers. Check her out! Here is a link that might be useful: Kathy Spissman's eBay Store...See MoreLayout 1 or 2? (or something else all together...)
Comments (12)I also disagree with moving the fridge to where your ovens are drawn. While it would centralize food storage, a nice idea for the cook, it would come at the expense of having everyone else drawn into and across all your work areas. That's actually about the worst place I can imaging having a fridge with a family and kids. It wouldn't have worked for my family with kids (I'm down to one at home for just another year and he's at school, meetings and rehearsals most of the days and into the evenings). I would probably prefer your first layout as a balance between the cook's needs and the family's. If you get everything to the table before a meal and don't need drink refills for everyone during a meal, I think the fridge placement will work. If you tend to have to get up and get things from the fridge half a dozen times a meal (we did) then the second layout might work better (you need to be more organized as a cook), but I agree that the prep sink will probably not be used much then. If it is next to a mudroom pantry cabinet, it might wind up being hand washers in your way rather than your prep sink. KWIM? I couldn't move my fridge off the back wall of my kitchen without making everything worse. We put fridge drawers in the breakfast room to draw much of the beverage, breakfast, making lunches and snacking traffic out of the kitchen. It worked well for us, but it was an added expense. Neither of your fridge locations are as blocked as our was, so I think you can make either work. I would pick the one that works best for your traffic -- in other words, do you go back and forth more when baking and cooking or do family members get up from the table to get forgotten items, drink refills, etc more during meals? The first layout is further for putting away after a meal, but that is easy enough to consolidate. Have you worked in the existing kitchen layout? Does that oven location work for you? It is a bit restrictive and would bother some people. It could also be an issue if kids are in the pantry while you are cooking or baking. I could be okay with an oven there, but I do not like micro placement there. It is across the kitchen from the fridge and across from the breakfast room and family room. The only thing it seems well placed for there would be taking micro popcorn (which we don't use) out of the pantry and then taking it into what I think is the dining room. Everything else is in the way. I would try to fit a micro into the end near the breakfast table or near the cooktop and fridge -- on the family room side. We got a micro drawer to make the placement work for us. They are more money, but it was still our least expensive appliance and solved a lot of issues. Well worth it for us....See MoreCan u help me with my living room I need area rug ang coffee table an
Comments (27)caligirl5, thank you. The rug is from eSaleRugs. I don't know if it's still available. The nice thing about this company is that you can return a rug you don't like without having to pay a shipping fee....See MoreEmpty nook in kitchen? Built-in desk or something else?
Comments (7)10 people could have 10 "perfect" uses for the space - and none of them might work best for you. The best use of space meets a need you have. If you need a space to sit to do bills, read recipes, whatever - a desk might be great. I had a small desk in a nook in my kitchen - a beautiful ash desk that belonged to my grandparents. But because it is small, and just a few feet from the kitchen table, I always sat at the table to do "desk" work. Consequently the desk was a clutter magnet. It did serve several purposes: the drawers held file folders and office supplies; I had cabinets above that held cookbooks and larger office "stuff" (envelopes, scratch paper, phone book). The knee hole space was where I put my purse and briefcase. When I remodeled my kitchen, I chose to eliminate the desk, but incorporate all the desk functions, except seating. I built a wall of cabinets, including file drawers, shallow drawers for office supplies, shelves (behind doors) for larger office items, as well as dog supplies (food, treats, brushes, etc). I even included a couple of outlets inside a cabinet, so I don't have to charge devices on the kitchen counter! I have a calendar inside one cabinet door, and a magnetic whiteboard inside the other door. After all that - my advice to you is to carefully evaluate what you most NEED to use the space for, and design the space to fill the need....See MoreMichelle Santillo Olson
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