What’s the rule of thumb for pictures and windows?
Santana Ortiz
4 years ago
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Comments (2)The size of the molding is also contingent on the house style, room size and it's age. I have a 1949 colonial with 8 " base molding with a shoe molding at the bottom. Ceiling only has a picture hanging molding(1 1/2"), no crown. New kitchen addition will have a 4 5/8" maple crown with a rope insert. You want the crown molding to be proportional to the room. Ron...See MoreRule of thumb for hinge side?
Comments (7)The photo above is exactly how my cupboards and dishwasher are arranged also. And as for 2 doors opening against each other in your base cabinets, that sounds 'wrong'. Truthfully, I don't think any ways are 'wrong'. But they just need to make the most sense and be as functional as possible in your set up. I would want some changes from what you currently have. I think if you are using a kitchen planner or designer, they will likely agree with you....See Moreshrubs against the house; breaking 'rules', etc. Our beautybush case
Comments (11)The thing is......there really aren't any "rules" :-) You will not find any landscape design text that will state "do not plant too close to a structure" or "avoid placing taller shrubs in front of a window". Most of these are just common sense practices or at best, a rule of thumb. And like anything else with gardening, it will be very situational. Sometimes taller and airy shrubs are intentionally planted in front of a window to act as screening! Personally, I'd rather look out into something leafy and green than need to pull shades or close curtains :-) One of the reasons I do not post much in the Landscape Design forum (even though I am a practicing landscape designer and garden consultant with a pretty successful 30 year business) is that I dislike the emphatic insistence by nearly everyone that too tall or too close shrubs must be removed and that a tree cannot be placed so that it obscures a direct view of the entry. Poppycock!! These are not landscape design principles but rather just personal opinions!! In all my years of garden consulting and design, I have seen these so-called garden design no-no's in all manner of permutations. Sometimes they obviously do not work but many times they do. As noted above, if the placement does not damage the structure or the plant itself and it is something you, the client or homeowner values and likes, then it is perfectly acceptable to leave it in place and work/design around it. And that also includes trees planted close to a foundation. It is not automatically a bad thing but again very situational........depending on the tree species and the structural integrity of the foundation, it may very well be a non-issue. So by all means, go ahead and break the 'rules'....because they really do not exist outside of using some common sense :-) If it works for you and you like it, then go for it!!...See MoreWhat’s your rule of thumb for mixing traditional and modern?
Comments (9)I am sorry about going awol on this post! I had a rough week. For those who couldn’t answer- I’m sorry I didn’t mean to imply there was a hard and fast rule, I just am a very rules oriented thinker. Creativity doesn’t come very naturally to me so I need something to build on when I start a project! hollybar- Bev & Patricia answered your question better than I could have, I think. I mostly just meant which do you start with, modern or traditional pieces? Bev & Patricia thank you!! I’m so glad I posted this because I would have assumed that only the opposite is possible. Traditional first and modern last. like for example, * traditional architecture tends to work with anything * traditional couch works with a modern coffee table * traditional table works with modern chairs * modern lighting tends to work in traditional spaces Bev your photos totally changed my perspective! Which are the modern aspects in the first photo? I don’t have a very good eye always for that kind of detail. I see mostly traditional...See MorePatricia Colwell Consulting
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