is it necessary to match boxwood?
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Protecting boxwood in winter
Comments (13)Though I no longer live in an area where wrapping in burlap is necessary, I do know that it was predominantly used to protect a plant against damage from snow load. Shrubs can be susceptible to breakage in a snowstorm that may drop many inches at one time. Major infrastructure damage caused by the weight of a wet snow/ice fall is preventable. The other reason for wrapping a shrub is to prevent winter dessication. When the soil freezes, so does the available water for the plant. Plant cells, still transpiring in the winter and losing their moisture content, become very susceptible to dessication in the winter. Add a little wind into the equation and the fact that broadleaf evergreens have more surface area from which to lose moisture and tissue damage will be the result. I personally fail to see the problem with protecting valuable plants. I grew up in a snow belt. We would get enormous volumes of moisture-laden lake effect snow. If you waited until after the snowfall to shake off the snow instead of preemptively protecting them, too bad...so sad. Layers of snow protects the root system and crowns of low growing plants. We don't want it collecting on the upper tiers of our broadleaf evergreens. Whether or not it's a smart idea to protect your boxwood depends upon many factors ; local climate, boxwood species, exposure to prevailing winter winds, and expected annual snowfall My dad kept a supply of burlap and 1 x 4s stashed in the garage from which he would fashion teepees over his valuable yews to protect against snow load breakage. It was a simple part of routine maintenance attended to every year, much like pruning the roses, dividing the perennials, deadheading the annuals, mulching the beds, etc....See MoreTrim kit - is it really necessary?
Comments (27)You could do what we did - put your microwave behind cupboard doors and not worry about trim kits or the whims of changing MW sizes. Heck, you could even keep your old black MW if you put it behind doors. Ours is black (and almost 20 years old!) and all our other appliances are white. IME, it's not a big deal to open cupboard doors to use the MW. Even though we're remodeling, we're going to do this again. At least that's the current plan. We'll have to see whether it's still feasible since we're planning to go with a convection MW. I'm very tempted to hang onto that old MW. 3-5 year life spans?! That's inexcusable! It's not just the money wasted that ticks me off, it's the waste of resources and the energy required to replace short-lived appliances....See MoreMatching sink and tub faucets - necessary?
Comments (8)Here is the issue I encountered when trying to match by a single manufacturer "set". Here is the sink faucet style I am using in the bathrooms (one widespread, one center set) The house is 1965 so for better or worse I wanted a faucet that was of the period: Kohler Taboret: This is now discontinued but the problem with the tub shower valve was that it was temperature only no volume control. So I found this set that went well with it because of the cylindrical handle, I thought. So I thought maybe I should use the sink faucet as well: very plain and sleek, but clearly too 2000s for my vanities. And what would you think the tub filler would look like for these? 1) there is no wall tub filler for the Kohler Taboret, it's a roman bath filler, and since the faucet already tends toward ungainly, the tub filler was awkward looking. 2) so what about this tub filler? It picks up the sweep of the Brizo handles and is very plain. Nice, right? Except that its not Brizo its a Hansgrohe filler The "matching" Brizo tub filler is this, which is awkwark looking, to me, and too 2000s for the house. So I can see why the OP raised this question. And when I was searching pretty exhaustively for something where I liked every piece I saw it over and over. I liked the faucet, but the valve I didn't. I liked the valve but the tub filler was weird. And there are a lot of ugly shower heads out there. Who wants a trapezoidal shaped shower head with pointy corners? Not me. Theres another brand I picked, Speakman, for a nice solid plain shower head. So one bathroom has all Kohler except the tub filler. (But no volume control in shower) One bathroom has Brizo, Kohler, and Speakman. And the third bathroom has Brizo, Kohler, Speakman and Hansgrohe. And it all coordinates, but it isn't a matching set....See MoreIs it necessary to have a large tv stand for a large tv?
Comments (10)You may not "need" a cabinet that was made to be sold as a tv stand. A floating shelf or a box shelf or a sofa table or a credenza or a bookcase or dresser or the orphaned top of a hutch from a china cabinet or, if you want quirky, even a fireplace surround and mantel (even without the fireplace) could work just as well for the purpose of having as a place to set tv/media related items beneath the tv; however, as you make your decision, do consider what wires you want/need to hide. If you appreciate symmetry, you will want whatever you do finally choose to be at least as wide as the tv. so if you're considering either 67" or 70" tv, if you choose an item that is at least 70" wide, you will not be disappointed with the width. If you prefer to hang your tv on the wall above a shelf, but you don't want the wires to show, you could use hollow porch post pieces to cover the cable and electrical wire creating a pair of faux "legs" for your shelf....See MoreDorian W
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