Looking to furnish my formal dinning table
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Looking for opinions on my idea for my "formal" garden.
Comments (27)Wow thanks for the great ideas. I have to be honest I haven't heard of half of the plants you suggested. I will have to do some googling LOL. I am always up for solar powered things but I have yet to find a fountain in the height and look that I want that is solar. In the Netherlands things are slim pickings compared to the US. You really take those things for granted when you are from the US and move over to Europe LOL. England being the exception. England has everything the US does usually. The program I used to create the 3D renderings was Landscape Architect. (Free Trial) The trial gives you limited plants and flowers and decorative options to work with but unlike most programs it allows you to save your work and view in 3D. I have had the program a couple weeks now and its still up and running so I guess there is no time limit on it. I would highly recommend the program for anyone providing you have a basic understanding of computers and don't mind tinkering around in a new program to learn the ins and outs. I don't know what the full price version costs but if its under 200 dollars then I would say its worth EVERY PENNY! It even has people you can add into the decoration and they are animated in the live view LOL. I made a swimming pool for fun and put the girl in the bikini in it and she swims all over the pool I LOVE IT! Also an old woman will walk down the street too. Its really fun program! Its called Realtime Landscape Architect. I will include a link to it here. I just looked at the price since I went and got the link. Its 399 to buy it. I don't know if I would pay that but if Landscaping was my business I sure would. Its a bit much to pay for planning your own garden unless your a vanderbilt or something lol. The coolest things about the program is that you can view in perspective mode which is 3d, plan mode 2d, and live walkthrough which is obviously 3D and you can select the time of day, cloud cover, season and so on so that makes it really cool! The sound effects with it are nice too!!! It took me about 2 days to really learn how to use the program. It was trial and error. I don't mind your long posts I love to hear others opinions. Finding Flower Carpet Roses in Appleblossom over here has proven to be very difficult. I am still hoping I hear back from a guy named Hans that Kim from here recommended me to. The space is so small that it makes planning the plants really difficult. If I had much more space then I do then I could just use regular perrenials and plan for each blooming period from them and adjust the planting to keep the in bloom look but since those plant areas in the buxus in the corners are 3ftx3ft (in essence) besides for where they start to form a triangle shape It makes it really difficult to choose flowers to maintain constant color there. This is why I was thinking the flower carpet. since it would be in bloom the entire period that I would actually be outside. UGH its frustrating lol. I hate that I have to save then buy then save then buy it makes finishing the garden a long process. (I'm far from wealthy lol) I will post pictures as things progress. The picture here is a picture after our first day working on the garden about 2 or so weeks ago. It was a jungle of weeds. You cant tell by the pic how bad it was lol. 30 black bags of weeds lol. I'll be sure to post more pics as we progress. Thanks again for yoru suggestions I will look into them. Here is a link that might be useful: Realtime Landscape Architect program....See MoreRefinishing JUST the top of my formal diningroom table
Comments (2)Short answer, yes. When I was in the refinishing business, I did it all the time. Stain matching color is an entirely different issue. As Jeff Jewitt, wood finishing author and supplier says, "When it comes to color matching there is simply no substitute for practice. And the practice will go more smoothly if you make some stain boards and understand some basic color theory to point you in the right direction." The final color depends upon the natural color of the wood, whether it's veneer or solid, the stain or other colorants used and how you use them, the finish used, and the ambient light in the room. And it's unlikely the current finish is varnish unless it was a piece finished or refinished by a non-professional. Lacquer is by far the most common commercial finish. Varnish is just too slow to dry, not adaptable to fast application methods like spraying and is not as repairable....See MoreWhat do you think? Does a house need a formal dinning room?
Comments (161)Depends upon your interior load bearing walls or whether or not you can add to a room and increase the footprint of your home. In my view, you do not need a "formal" dining room, but if you entertain at all -- even just family or special occasions, it's a good idea to have a very specific dining space that accommodates the size crowd you have -- even if it means seating children at a bar or adjacent drop leaf table -- rather than having only a "dining nook" in and part of either the kitchen or the living room. I like the idea of an "L" shaped great room so the living room guests cannot see the kitchen at work but those guests moving into the dining room and near the dividing cabinet/bar would be able to socialize -- without actually being in the kitchen in the way or getting a close up view of dirty pots and pans or dishes ... because There would be a room dividing cabinet/bar w/overhead cabinets with class doors on both sides. That overhead cabinet with glass doors would hold glass items -- mostly clear drinking glasses but perhaps a cut glass pitcher and/or some colored glass candy dishes and/or candle holders w/candles -- something both useful and decorative. All the kitchen cabinets would have doors solid so you'd not have a constant struggle to keep all cabinets neat enough for displaying what's behind them. A guest powder room could be accessible from a mud room -- with pretty much wall to wall, floor to ceiling cabinets, including a closet for washer and dryer. The mudroom could b e adjacent to the kitchen accessible via a door beside that room dividing cabinet and also lead to a sun room or a porch or a deck or a patio so the entertaining can be indoor/outdoor.....See MoreIkea Formal dinning table
Comments (11)Product details from the website: "Table top: Particleboard, Ash Veneer... Paper foil" ... "Extension leaf: Particle- and fiberboard with honeycomb paper filling." based on the description, this seems to be middle-to-lowest quality for them. I love IKEA, some of their stuff is fantastic for the price but you have to know what to look for (solid wood, for example). any surfaces using "foil" is their flimsiest quality. it's basically a micro thin veneer, almost like contact paper. it chips, peels, and wears through SO easily. EDIT: I'm guessing from the description of that table that the top might actually ash veneer (some real wood veneers can be good), but that paper foil is possibly on the outer edges. that part of a table will get crashed into with chairs, etc, very often. if you still want this table, look at it in a showroom and see whether the sides have wood veneer, or the flimsy type....See Moresree
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