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Comments (7)First I have to ask, how committed are you to keeping the big giant blow up bouncy houses in your living space? There is just no hiding them or disguising them. So if you really want to keep both of them, you will always have a room that screams toy haven. Is there a spare bedroom where you can keep the larger one? Or reserve it for use outside? I think the front room will work really well as a child's play area. Using creative storage, covered baskets or even cubes on your white book case can help conceal some toys. Since you are facing into the living room when entering from the front door, if the room with the fireplace is arranged in a cozy manner, that will be the first thing you see. Is there any way you can put the couch beneath the window, and the TV next to the fireplace where the white chair is? This way when people walk in they don't see the back of the couch and the TV facing them. Maybe you can move the chair to the corner of the play room, with a small storage cube ottoman in front to hold toys. I agree, I think your dining area should stay close to the kitchen in the blue room. Otherwise it will be completely impractical when serving dinner or having guests over for a meal....See MoreHow do I complete my Living Room?
Comments (18)Hey all, sorry I have written a post every year on this and I just haven't gotten it to my liking yet and appreciate everyone's suggestions. I switched my setup from the original picture and now can be more specific on the advice I need. Based on the picture below, when you enter the home the foyer wall is huge and the lighting sconces are spaced out a lot (I am not moving the sconces). The wall is 134" long and the distance between the sconces are about 118" long. I was going to put an entryway table on the wall, but the one I like is only 48" wide. Others that are closer to 60" wide are out of my price range. I am going to put a few circular mirrors above the console table. Can anyone recommend how I can set up that wall so that it doesn't appear too weird with a shorter console table? I guess I could put a plan on one side and a standing vase on the other, or maybe two vases? I'm not sure looking for suggestions. Thanks! Here is a link that might be useful: Console Table...See MoreHow do I turn a 25ft by 25ft space of pure weeds into a great lawn?
Comments (9)There are only a couple of supposedly reputable places that tell you to till. One is the Scott's website, but don't do it. If you'd like more explanation than morph gave we could go into it, but if that works with my seconding his motion, then fine. That's not what I expected to see about your watering. You may be the exception which disproves the rule. The watering rule is "deep and infrequent." Deep means water as long as it takes to get a full inch. Measure how long that takes with cat food or tuna cans place around the yard. Infrequent means no more often than once a week when the temps run in the 90s. No more than once every 2 weeks with temps in the 80s. Why is this important? There are a couple reasons. Deep watering will develop deep roots so those roots can obtain water from deeper in the soil. If you watered every day, for example, the roots would be only at the surface because they get water all the time. Deep roots are much more heat and drought tolerant. Secondly dry soil, which is what you would have most of the time if you're not watering every other day, will not support the germination of weed seeds. Weed seeds, just like grass seed, need nearly continual soil surface moisture for them to germinate and take root. If you deny those seeds the moisture they need, then you won't need herbicide. Frequent watering is why the crabgrass seed germinates first when you try to seed turf grass in the spring. Thirdly frequent watering can allow some fungal diseases to get started in your lawn. Infrequent watering almost completely shuts off the disease. Fourth, deep water penetration helps moderate the soil temperature and sets it up for deeper populations of beneficial microbes. They need the moisture and cooler temps to thrive. There are plenty of spoken and unspoken testimonials on the lawn forums as to the validity of deep and infrequent watering. The spoken ones come unsolicited from people writing in to thank the forum. Unspoken come in from people who learned the lesson and are writing to ask about some rare nuance with their lawn, and they're always careful to mention that they water deep and infrequently. A couple years ago I ran an experiment at a new house I bought in a small town on the edge of the Texas desert. I wanted to see how long I could go without watering if I allowed the grass to grow up tall. There is still one area of about 1,500 square feet that has not had irrigation water since October of 2011. Before California stole all the drought headlines, Texas was in a drought. Well, we're still in a drought, and that tall grass is doing just fine on the occasional rain. Just for reference the grass grew to 32 inches high. I don't recommend you do the same, but it demonstrates that tall grass and infrequent watering can work together to seriously reduce turf water usage. In fact my water board secretary called me to ask if I had moved out because I was using so little water. They suspected I was stealing water somehow and replaced my water meter. So take that for what it's worth - one case does not make a research study, but it worked well for me. All the gurus on the forums will tell you to water deep and infrequent. Hope this helps....See MoreHow do I decorate this awkward space?
Comments (3)I would remove the cabinet and not put another in its place (maybe a tall plant instead); different artwork to coordinate with the dining space; and, agree that a bench would look great in front of the windows and it will be functional, too. A rug under the table (with coordinating runner in front of the bench) and roman blinds in the eating nook would tie the whole space together well......See MoreRelated Professionals
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