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Lily Guidry
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Need help with layout of trees along fence. Pics included
Comments (7)@Yardvaark. Thank you. I never even thought of arranging the trees like this. I think this will be beautiful. I'd have to transplant the Japanese maple, and maybe one of my burning bushes. I cannot make the front (left of the bed any wider due to the fence gate, but I am going to widen the straight stretch to 6 feet and I am going to extend the flower bed so it curves around the garden shed. The front of the bed is large enough that If I remove the maple I'll be able to arrange Serviceberry as shown in your drawing....See MoreEdited w/*tidy angles* Open Concept Regrets - Help with layout/design!
Comments (27)I think you have done a great job with the space and configuration that you have. There are things that could have been done better, but you didn't know what you didn't know. You can beat yourself up for not knowing, but that is water under the bridge. Focus on building a home filled with love and creating wonderful memories for you and your family. The smallest home I lived in was a 2 br, 1 bath, 600 square foot bungalow that I lived in with my husband, my niece, 3 dogs and 2 cats. We had no garage or basement or attic storage. We also were young and just starting out and had no money, but we had each other and we had friends and I have wonderful memories from that time of my life. We lived there for 9 years. As the years passed my niece moved back to PA. (I grew up in PA and moved to Southern California in my early 20s). My husband and I moved to a much larger, much nicer home. Two people living in 1700 sf with a 2 car garage! It had huge windows, a nice yard and was light and bright. I loved my home and had built a wonderful network of friends, but still missed my family in PA. My husband loved his job and was quite successful I ran a small business that I loved. It brought in a good second income, but I was working with animals and providing services to people who were disadvantaged, homeless, terminally ill . . . It was more about the fulfillment of the work than the money. With his income I could travel to PA 2 or three times a year and spend a month/6 weeks with my family and I was good with this. Life was pretty darn good. Then my husband lost his job and fell into a deep, chronic depression. He couldn't function, couldn't work, couldn't do anything. I had to get two additional jobs to make enough money to pay our bills. I decided that I couldn't keep up this pace forever and decided to go back to school and get my IT certifications as a network engineer and DBA. For two years I ran my business, managed road shows for Costco, worked as a merchandizer for Red Star Yeast and went to school full time. I'd fall asleep while eating dinner or taking a bath, sometimes I'd doze off if I had to stop at a red light. I had no time for anything or anyone. I had no life and I had a husband that was angry at me for not spending time with him, angry at my success and spiraling down into deeper and deeper bouts of depression. Turns out that being happy had nothing to do with having a bigger or nicer house....See Morehelp with layout of mini office
Comments (1)I would center the rug in front of the window. place the desk in front of the window with your back to the window. face the loveseat/sofa toward the window, facing the front of the desk (in the middle of the room) as if a client is talking to you as you sit at the desk....See MoreHelp me layout this space in new build
Comments (21)Thanks for all the ideas. This will be a year round second home. The lake is out the family room windows and large master window. Lot is sloped. We will have a walkout family room, 2 bedrooms, a full bath and storage in basement. We will tear down the existing structure and rebuild but zoning rules dictate we must use the existing exterior footprint and cannot add square footage. We have a builder managing the process and our plans go to an architect soon. I prefer a pantry to more cabinetry due to how we work in the kitchen. We do want both a table (small) and an island. I appreciate your thoughts and ideas....See Morebeeboo22
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