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Comments (26)Sammy, I understand Soncy, also knows as Amazone, may also be Alexander Hill Gray, which I already have. Otherwise it would have been an excellent suggestion. Randy, I didn't realize Marie Daly was so fragrant. I know what you mean about the personality of the polyanthas, though. I don't think I'd care to have dozens of them, although I do have Marie Pavie (a gift), and six Mr. Bluebirds (not strictly a polyantha). I do think that some of them are extremely worthwhile. Mary, I'm glad you like my garden and its surroundings. Thank you for your very nice e-mail. I have a feeling I'd really like Ducher but I was suddenly struck with a completely new game plan last night. I have had Marie Van Houtte for three years and it has languished, probably because its situation is too shady for it. So I've now come up with the brilliant idea of moving it to the spot where Ducher or another rose would have gone, between Belinda's Dream and Madame Lambard. In its place I'm going to plant either Mrs. Dudley Cross, to match the one that's already there in that area and seems to be doing fairly well, or Quietness, which I understand also does fairly well with some shade. It's amazing how your thoughts and plans can veer off mid course in a completely different, and hopefully more satisfactory direction. Thank you everyone most warmly for your help. I have learned a lot even if that knowledge is not directly applicable to my present situation. I love hearing how roses perform in different people's gardens. Ingrid...See MoreLend me your expertise! Floorplan feedback needed.
Comments (13)Here is what I was thinking about for turning Bath 3 into a hall bath that could be easily shared by unrelated by different gender and/or non-related kids. If you didn't put a lock on the outer door, but have locks on the toilet room and tub room doors, two people could use the space at the same time with reasonable privacy and no one could lock the other out of space that wasn't actually being used. Obviously, there is no privacy at the sink when brushing teeth, washing hands, fixing hair, or putting on make-up. Most of us are reasonably okay with that and Besides, those of us who grew up in the days when entire families shared a single bath learned to take our hair and make-up primping to our bedrooms to free up the bathroom anyway. But, if you absolutely hate pocket doors then this won't work very well because you'd have too many doors opening into too small a space. But it is an idea. I personally think it would look okay to have the door to bedroom 3 moved forward... but then I'm not that hung up on symmetry. Another option would be to move the door to bedroom 3 all the way to the front of the house so that it is straight across from the top of the stairs. That would give you a different kind of symmetry. But it would also mean whoever had bedroom 3 would have a rather long walk to reach his/her bathroom. Alternatively, you just could do a more traditional hall bath like this and just leave the door to bedroom 3 right where it is. Since you have room in the attic area to build a closet for the study if/when you want to turn it into a bedroom, this would work fine. As for getting furniture into bedroom 4, with 3'6" hallways, you're probably okay as long as you're not planning on putting anything really massive in there. Dressers can be tipped up on one end to get them thru the hallways. Mattresses can be bent a little bit to get them around tight corners. The biggest problem would probably be the box springs if you were trying to get a queen or king size bed into the room. As long as it's a child's room and you plan to stick with a twin or full-size bed, I wouldn't worry about it. It's great that you have a kitchen designer helping you plan the kitchen but you might also want to post your plan on the kitchen forum here on GW. Those folks are AMAZING when it comes to designing kitchens. It's also great that you have a second garage for the bicycles and stuff like that! I'd still want my laundry room and mud room to be larger tho. I agree with your reasoning about having the downstairs "bonus room." In fact, if you can find a way to do it while redesigning the kitchen space, I'd recommend a "pass thru" opening from the kitchen to the family room so that you can see the kids while working in the kitchen. But, tho I agree with you about having a downstairs bonus room, I'm not sure I agree that it needs to be quite so big. Are you planning to put a pool table or ping-pong table in there or are we just talking board games, TV, and room for little ones to scatter their toys and run around a bit? If you're thinking family night with board games, it is unlikely that half your family will be watching TV while the other half plays board games in the same room. The noise from the two activities isn't exactly compatible so it's likely that the TV watchers would drift off to the living room to watch their shows in peace or the board game players would move out to the nook or dining room. So, I'd still probably steal about a 5 ft wide strip out of the bottom of the family room to expand the laundry room and mud room....See MoreClay Sealers - Need Your Expertise On This
Comments (14)OK, Elaine, I have no choice...Lia wants to see your pins! Here is a picture from this summer at a gathering of Kitchen Table forum friends from the PA area. We are wearing heart shaped pins that Elaine made for all of us. The red just was perfect because she mixed in some bright red to help offset the nasty dulling that some colors like red are prone to after baking. They were hand-painted with the letters KT. (My pin is currently attached to the front of my computer monitor!) Miss Elaine is on the right in the Kitchen Table t-shirt and I am wearing the turquoise top. The beautiful face peeking around my shoulder is our crafty friend, Kathy_in_Delaware! ps- Elaine's DH is a real card, lol, and Kathy has the most beautiful boys you ever saw! Karen Here is a link that might be useful: KT friends wearing Elaine's pins...See MoreFuncolors need your expertise please
Comments (10)Maybe you could look at the more extensive color charts for artist colors to try to print a color swatch for a custom blend. Or maybe print out a picture of one of those cars for a sample mix. Even try a dealer pamphlet for color choices. Maybe get some opaque artist paint to mix what color you mean yourself. Even grab a black cherry and show him what part of it you'd like him to mix ;) I forget the size chip they need to read a color by machine, maybe 1 inch square? Size of a quarter as I recall. Not shiny. Consistent color area for reading. Might be a starting point, anyway. Actually, a professional mixer such as at BM can eyeball and match colors from a sample you bring. They know their colors well....See Morelaceyvail 6A, WV
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