Challenge in my office floor plan, has 2 entries, desk placement?
kelstra54
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Comments (10)timbu - I'm sorry you're having to garden around someone else's dog. It's harder to deal with/forgive when it isn't your own. Sorta like kids. :-) woodyoak - I couldn't agree with you more. Cassie is a young, 11 month old rescue dog and she is blossoming here. (We've only had her about 3 months.) She gets regular exercise and challenging brain time learning tricks as I plan to use her as a therapy dog once she matures. (and for German Shepherds, that will be about age 3) I've changed the landscape design in several places in order to make it work better for her. Perhaps not as pleasing to the eye for some people but it works for us and it works for our big girl (68 pounds and still growing.) My hedgerow around the fence line gives her a good place to run and patrol for squirrels. I altered the path I had designed to be less curvy because of course, she won't run in a curved line. I'll have larger areas of mulch without plants than I had planned because she prefers that for taking care of business. I've given up the idea of a pond because she wades right in and will make do instead with bird baths and pot ponds for wildlife. She isn't big on digging unless I am digging, but I taught her the "dig" command because then it was easier to teach her "no dig". She enjoys it for short term but prefers to bury things by putting it down in the mulch and moving the mulch over it. I will probably give her a dig pit anyway just because it is challenging for her to have to find things I have hidden in there. When we trucked in DG and mulch and discovered how much she loved having a hill to sit on, I altered the design again to give her a few more "high" spots, one in the shade and one in the sun. She enjoys being there and we enjoy seeing her happy. All this means is that if you love dogs and you love gardens, you have to find a way to make them work together. That's why, after a few months of watching her, I knew I needed to give her straight path through my best view. I've had a few branches "trimmed" by her as she runs by and I'm sure I'll have that happen more and more as the plants grow but our attitude with dogs in the garden has always been if the plants can't handle it, then we planted the wrong plants. The dog is just being a dog. :-)...See MoreFloor Plan Challenge . . . Is there one for me?
Comments (6)Momtoblondie, I see that you have learned a lot from your first homebuilding experience. So many people see various features that LOOK beautiful and they get those put into their homes only to find out that they are impractical for real-life. I applaud you for realizing that you should put your dollars into features that you will actually enjoy and use and are not for show. People like you are educating me, so keep telling us what does and does not work. A big pet peeve of mind are overly complicated rooflines that (as you mentioned) suck up dollars that could be put into space or features inside the house. I also concur with you on the too-open floor plan, the fact that the family/living area suffers from noise in the kitchen in open plans, that a wide open entryway/foyer lets people at the door see too much of your entire house....See More2nd floor office entry- off master bedroom or hallway
Comments (26)Also...now that each bedroom has a bathroom...are you putting son in front bedroom? Just thought it might give younger girls more privacy and they could each have window seats, if they like. And it makes their rooms almost identical, except for bathroom window :) I'm guessing older son might want a desk or chair, but that's based on my nephew at that age...or maybe drums. LOL...See MoreLiving/Open Floor plan HELP! Cantilever 2 sided fireplace challenge
Comments (8)Hello and thank you to everyone who left a comment! It really helps when someone can look with fresh eyes. This is the space where we live most of the time. The two recliners on the kitchen side of the fireplace is where we mainly read and it also functions as extra seating as it seems the kitchen is always where people congregate. It's one of those spaces that I can't really figure out what to do with. It's funky because it's also a walkway of sorts. The curtain rod is one of those adjustable ones and has just gotten lengthened over time as we open and close the drape. So, no reason why it's so long, lol. Thank you and continue commenting. I'm loving all the input.!!!...See Morekelstra54
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