Why doesn’t my living room look “right”?
Holly H
4 years ago
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Comments (20)Greetings! I found a Spanish Jasmine growing along a footpath, reglarly walked on, never fertilized or protected from frosts, and thriving! The fragrance is what attracted me, and when I saw the conditions it was growing under, well, I knew it would fit right into my garden! I looked around for rooted babies, and found 2, dug them up,(leaving the mother plant in place). 2 years later and they have started blooming, with a stronger fragrance in the evening. I don't fertilize them, planted them in ok soil and left them out in the frosty coastal winters, all the abuse they could stand and they came out smelling. If you think Spanish Jasmine can't take frost, it can take some, not a deep freeze, but some snow. Perhaps you give yours too soft a life, mine dry out regularly, get soaked in our monsoons,and to top it all off,on a third floor balcony that faces north, they live in pots, not the ground. I have found that many fragrant plants, esp herbs actually have a more pronounced flavor and fragrance when they need to struggle......See MoreWhy doesn't my KD like this layout idea?
Comments (7)Okay, this made me laugh, because your proposed layout is exactly what three different kitchen designers *told* us to do with a similar (though smaller) space! :) (We didn't, for a number of reasons, none of them having to do with light or a wall effect.) Our finished kitchen looks a lot like your top layout if you put the door where your wall oven/pantry are and make the mudroom door a blank wall, and then put the fridge at the end of the lower cabinet run on the right instead. We kept a floor-to-ceiling built-in cabinet that is about the same size as a counter-depth fridge where you're proposing your fridge, though. I can't tell exactly what your dimensions are, but our space is 11'x17'--looks like this is maybe more like 21' with some more width too? I've never seen our space without the high cabinet to the left of the sink, but it has never occurred to me that it was blocking any significant light from the window (ours is a 6' double window over the sink). It's just not that deep, and the window is large. We do have windows at the bottom of the diagram near the table, though, so maybe that helps? One thing I really like about having something tall at the end is that it helps keep the eating space and cooking/cleaning space visually separate, though I can also see people disliking it for this reason. At any rate, we built a design that several KDs we interviewed thought was crazy--keeping an old built-in cabinet next to the sink and keeping the fridge on the opposite side of the kitchen from the sink/stove L--and it has worked out beautifully, so while I'd listen to the KD's arguments to be sure you understand the pros and cons, I also wouldn't be afraid of doing what is right for you, even if she disagrees. Where would the fridge go otherwise? Seems like swapping it with the ovens or pantry would have the same issue....See MoreThis zucchini doesn't look right
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