Husband and I are at odds what would you choose
Sandy
3 years ago
We are looking at painting our home. I like SW pewter cast or Summit gray for main, white trim and black shutters. He would like a dark blue color or blue gray with white trim and black shutters. I would really appreciate any and all suggestions. Even a color we may not have thought about. Thank you
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Comments (58)This is a late post, but I wanted to put a word in for Glenn Drowns great selection at Sand Hill Preservation Center as he has 2 exclusive varieties which make my list. 1. Open pollinated Big Boy, for the reason Big Boy with care produces large harvests of a sprite tasting, not too tomatoey, but acidic tomatoe which is cleansing to the palate and one can never tire of. RL (regular leaf) I (Indeterminate) 2. Backfield, this is an early tomatoe of robust tomatoe flavor, huge, huge yields, dark red, hardy plants which ripens all at one time. Spectacular flavor on a determinate plant.. This tomatoe makes other early types like Silvery Fir Tree which is a good early tomatoe taste like those bland store types. It is that good in the heat and is pretty too. FL, D 3. Red Pear, huge yields of cherry tomatoes with Beefstake quality if one allows them to ripen in heat. RL, SD will need staking. 4. Azoychka, A light acidic version of Big Boy in a yellow tomatoe. Very hardy in extreme conditions, germinates well in cool sprouting and has very good yields of good sized fruits. RL, I 5. Rose, this is like most pinks in a work horse for a later tomatoe. It is huge, meaty, plants that resemble weeds for thickness and being tough. The fruit is meaty and sweet and under right conditions will be fruity. (only problem is one must cut the fruit from the vine as the plants are unwilling to give up their treasure.) RL, I Also mentions, Black Krim but one would tire readily if you had to eat just them as they are heavy on the palate. Riesentraub for the Campbell's type juice if you like that. In an additional note, people need to be warned that Brandywine is a musty flavored tomatoe which does have a smooth or slimey type flesh. This tomatoe is one which is the reason why so many people who first taste tomatoes say they do not like tomatoes. It is very distinct. Most people prefer the sweet types like Rose. Sweet types or heavies like Krim will tire people in eating them by the peck. That is why I mix and rely on the acidic types as they allow one to different flavors to keep on eating tomatoes....See MoreWhat would you do re: husband and plants
Comments (26)I thinks it look OK. Right now they are going through transplant shock so they don't look perky. The arrangement does look a bit 'tight' though. I would leave them for now. Hosta are slow growers and they won't need to be moved for a while. The big blue one will get 5' wide and 2' tall. The others, at least 3' wide so do plan a spot to move them to down the road. Your DH did a lot of work and I would just live with it at least until next year. What he did does not look bad at all. I do see your point on how you feel with the mix of Hosta looking cluttered. The rest of the property has mass plantings and also a rather symmetrical arrangement to them. You may be happier with a mass planting of one or two Hosta variety under the tree. It is just a personal preference to a style - some people prefer and 'orderly' look and some prefer a more naturalistic look. When the blue Hosta get too big for the spot just move them to another spot and leave just one or two variety under the tree. The only thing I would do now at this time is to bring the edging out a bit. Pull the edging up and move it out and add more dirt. That way the hosta won't hang over the edge and it will give the arrangement some 'breathing room'. You won't have to worry about shredding the leaves with the mower then. Moving the edging out a bit will help balance the tree against the plantings. Plantings under trees should take up two thirds of the space under the drip line or it looks unbalanced. Have you ever seen how some people plant a little bitty ring of Pansies under a huge Maple and it looks "off"? When you said the tree was "right in front of the house" I had imagined it was smack dab in the middle of your lawn, in front of the door. This tree is set way back and the plantings link the tree with the shrubs. It's going to look great once things settle in. I am also wondering that since your DH got the Hosta from his parents house, that he may have a sentimental feeling about them. Are these very old Hosta that he grew up with? I would not say anything to him about them at this time. He said you can move them and he will probably agree with you when they get too big for this spot. He will probably do it on his own. *About that Ivy............Ivy is VERY invasive and difficult to eradicate. It is banned from sale in some states. Make sure you keep after it since it comes back fast. You may have to resort to both manual and chemical means to get rid of it. It can be very persistent....See MoreOak everywhere ~ is it odd to choose Maple flooring? what finish?
Comments (37)laurie: Thanks so, so much! Got me back to Image Searching and I feel a lot better : ) roseabbey: WOW, how beautiful is that! You're talented! You are right about me having a lot of windows so after seeing your floors being darker I am not going to fret about that now, and I can see how accessorizing or complimenting dark w/lighter aspects can also pull everything together, so, thank you so much for your input. RE: Board direction, I sounds like it basically boils down to two choices... 1. Run the boards from front door to sliding doors (seems like the general concensus)=hall with boards side to side. or 2. Run the boards side to side (left to right) from front door to sliding doors=hall with boards running longways, like roseabbeys, who is right, it does not seem bowlingalleyish at all to me. I suppose an option is to have a seam where the hallway starts out from the foyer, but, I can't imagine that. Found this not-so-great picture that's shadowed bad but you can sort of see the hall that turns right past that temporary cabinet on the right. My possible plan would be after laying a new floor to maybe have a rug runner in foyer and maybe a matching one for under the dining table? Opinions welcome!...See MoreHelp choosing exterior paint palette/ What to do with odd detail
Comments (3)I'd actually consider going a light gray to show of a bright yellow front door. I'd probably do window trim in a darker grey, and just paint that white space in the middle of your windows the same color as the house. Agree about the utility box being fairly obvious. You really need to spruce up the landscaping here, that would be the very first thing I would do. A few grasses by the foundation do nothing for the look and don't really work. Put larger shrubs closest to the house and smaller ones further away. Buy some shrubs tall enough to cover that box, put in a nice curved bed by the house and another by the walkway heading up. Eventually, I'd think about adding a porch by the front door, would look more welcoming....See More
PROPatricia Colwell Consulting
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoIMO those shutters do not belong on the double windows and since you only have the 2 singles I would remove the shutters . I have to agree blue is not my fave for house color. I think gray is an okay color but I think the garage doors need to be a bit nicer since they are so prominant and I think a simpler front door would suit the house better than what you have and if at all possible plan to do a walkway to the front door from the street it will instantly make the home more welcoming.
This is sort of my idea
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Jilly
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoI think a soft green or soft gray/green would look so nice, especially as a backdrop to your beautiful landscaping.
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PROLisa Caudill Designs
3 years agoyou guys may want to install the Color snap app and play either some colors. lots of options and maybe finding a good color you both like and coordinating colors.
With your beautiful landscape, keeping that as a focal point and coordinating with that, I agree removing the Sutter's and doing wood or wood look garage and front door that pull back your mulch color into the house. coordinating colors for rust or something close to your mulch color
Color snap doesn't work well for painting your photo but seeing it on this similar house might help.
Some coordinating plus green colors
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