If your going to use a herbiced I would spot spray only. (read the label carefully) Proper management practices that encourage a dense, thriving turf are the best method of weed control. Healthy turf shades the soil so sunlight can't reach weed seeds ready to germinate. A thick turf also minimizes the physical space available for weeds to become established. There are several management practices that will promote a healthy, dense grass. If turf is over-or under-watered, over-or under-fertilized, or mowed too low or too infrequently, the turf is weakened and cannot compete with weeds. Damaged areas resulting from using unsharpened mowers increase time needed for turf recovery, allowing for weed invasion. It is very important to understand that weeds don't create a void, they fill a void. Mulch Mow High 4+" with a sharp, balanced blade Water deeply and infrequently with 3/4-1" water. (no more than once a week in summer) What variety of grass do you have? When was the last time you fertilized?

I would cut two or three feet right across the kitchen and entry/office area, then grab a foot or two back from the dining area for the kitchen. Upstairs, the space comes from the study area, and by reducing to one bath upstairs - make it a split bath so kids can get ready at sinks while another is showering. Yeah, the second bath upstairs is nice, but baths cost more per square foot than anything besides kitchens. You have the powder room downstairs, if kids need a toilet. :) You could also eliminate a foot right across the entire width of the house - living room, office, entry, and probably space from the laundry room. You could move the utility closet to another part of the garage to grab some of that space for the home interior if you need to rework that area. You can eliminate an entire foot all along the width of the upstairs as well. Bedrooms (1/2' each), study, hall, game room upstairs. I would not make the in-law suite any smaller, but I would eliminate the "U" shaped kitchen and make it an "L" shaped kitchen. They'll have room for a slightly larger table, as well, which will be nice of they want to entertain friends. If you make the kitchen an "L" shape, you could add a small pantry and small broom closet. I would grab the laundry area in their space to enlarge their bathroom and make it "elder" friendly. Perhaps rework the coat closet for a stackable washer/dryer. They can hang hooks on that wall if they need a place for coats. Their walk-in closet is very small - sure it's that all important "walk-in closet," but they'd have a lot more storage space if you used the whole exterior wall for his and her closets. Their clothes will be easier to access should one of them need a walker or wheel chair. I like the size of their bedroom since you can include a small sitting area in the room - it's nice to get away from each other for a while. :) Going smaller means....well, going smaller, but I wouldn't take anything from the in-law suite - just change it to make it more elder friendly and give them more storage space (master closet, broom closet, pantry). Good luck! This post was edited by bird_lover6 on Wed, Jul 31, 13 at 10:39

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No, the instructions are wrong. If you decrease at the beginning and end of each row, you are decreasing 2 stitches in each row. Maybe they want you to keep the decreases at the same end? In that case, you would decrease, for example, at the beginning of row 1, at the end of row 2, at the beginning of row 3 at the end of row 4 at the beginning of row 5 and the end of row 6 and at the beginning of row 7. Therefore, all your 7 decreases would be on the same edge of your work. Does this answer your puzzling directions?????