TV seating for 4-5 in this tiny walk-thru living room? Help!
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Comments (42)Rabbit! Rabbit! I always forget! Suzanne, I second BJ's request. We wanna hear! I hope that everyone is having a wonderful weekend. I know that I am. I went to lunch with a friend from another forum on Friday. ( That was FUN!!) and to dinner with another friend last night. So far today I've been to church and am going to sit down and watch the Dodger game with DS. Then, off to a movie in the late afternoon. I have been "good carbing" it without a hitch for 2 weeks now. I have been making a lot of the recipes from the Good Carb cookbook that DeeMarie gave me for Christmas.I have discovered that bringing sunflower seeds to the movies keeps me away from the butter soaked popcorn and I do not feel deprived : ) This looks to be another busy week. I am hoping for better time management on my part. It is so easy to get distracted when you are working from home. I better learn, as in September, I will be making a lot of Home Nursing visits and time efficiency will become imperative! "See you" all tomorrow! Tikanas ( who is kayaking vicariously thru Raeanne....)...See MoreHelp! walk-thru today--large item missing
Comments (44)I am sure this is not totally true with all areas of the Country; and with even a few inspectors who work for the City of Seattle - but here in Seattle, it seems the only thing the Dept. of Land Use, Construction, and the Permit office - are interested in - is raising your taxes, and charging you fees. We're finishing up a remod on the house my lovely wife grew up in. About 6 years ago - we had a 96% efficient furnace installed. Permitted. After the install - we called a free inspection company - totally private firm - who sent out a man and inspected the furnace install. Stated it was a good job, but found a couple of wrong items, (a leaking fitting for example) - and fixed them free of charge. He spent about 40 minutes looking over the furnace install. His company is paid by a broad consortium of furnace installers who are fed up with shoody and bad work being done by some installers... However - when we had the City inspector come on out - to inspect the furnace - he wasn't even in the basement for 20 seconds. Surprised he even went downstairs. He walked in, said: 'Yep, that's a furnace. Where's the permit to sign?" He signed the permit, and then made a remark (because it was obvious we were doing some remod work) - Looks like I'll be getting some calls to come back here... Then he left. That was the city 'inspection.' This house had a foundation problem. We had it fixed. Several Engineers involved, etc. The structural engineer stated it needed 14 pin pillings. But the city office said: 17 The structural engineer told us: "It needs 14; but city says 17. So 17 it is." What did this do? Increase the cost of the repair, and the fees I paid to the City. Now, some time back - my wife become a RE Agent. A house down the street went up for sale, and the seller was making some claims about upgraded electrical service. (Wasn't.) But ALL the work (as it turns out) which had been done - had been permitted. But, out of curiousity - we inquired of the City to ask if it had been permitted. The city said: NOPE. No permits. We talked with his RE A; and the guy became rightfully pissed - because he HAD purchased the permits. (And the city did not change the status of his permitted work, and did not come out and take a look at his house...) So, that got us to thinking some more - and we asked the city about OUR Foundation Repair. And they said: NOPE. No permits. You never had that done... And after yelling at them for about a month, and contacting the Geo Technical Enginerer - who faxed us the documents he had submitted to the city - the City finally stated: You should have CALLED us (we had - the completed documents had been submitted to them...) and told us it was completed. At this point, the only thing we are willing to do - is if you will pay us another fee of $100; we will then reopen your permit; and send a guy out - who will then be able to look at nothing (since it is all closed up) - but we will then file your permit under closed; and put it into the records - that it was actually permitted and finished. So - NO - I didn't pay them ANOTHER fee! I had already paid them several THOUSAND dollars for the foundation permit, and all of the stuff which goes with that, and they had received the proper docments when the job was completed. They just didn't bother to do their job. And NOW they want MORE money!!?? I HAVE the signed off engineering documents! I am steamed at the city - but they have all the tax money, and all the power. And they don't care. So - I am FED UP - with the City and their regulations, and the permit process... In Seattle, it is not about safety, it is about City Revenue. And power tripping with inspectors. And you can find some court cases around the country, and some other stuff if you look in the news - where various inspectors have just been power tripping on home owners or contractors they decided they don't like. You don't want to buy a home - if some of the work hasn't been properly permitted. Fine. I DON'T CARE. I don't have to sell to you. I have permits, and I have paid thousands in fees - to only have the permit office not bother to even do their damm job. And the neighbor two houses down - experienced exactly the same thing. So - I don't call them anymore. And my words towards the permit office and process are unprintable....See MoreSS Support - Mon. 4/5 thru Wed. 4/7
Comments (30)I'll take October and wear a Halloween costume!!!! And I don't mean a French maid costume either. I was thinking along the lines of a middle aged school marm! LOL Raeanne - Thanks for the heads up about Thursday's Oprah. I didn't realize it wasn't shown live. I will definitely watch on Thursday. We should have told Gretchen to wear a flower in her hair or something! LOL Gretchen - Tell us what question your boss wanted to ask or some other identifying factor so we can look for you. Sometimes they scan the audience so fast, it is hard to pick out people. Patti - Even if I don't say it, I miss you when you don't post. Give chef Dave a hug for me. NHSuzanne - Great report from Curves! Was that your first weigh-in? How did your body fat improve? That is the number that I was happiest with. I went from a poor reading to a good reading and now I am shooting for an exellent reading! BJ - I am like you. I hate scales. I know that sometimes the scale helped shock me into eating better, but for the most part it had the ability to send me into a mental tailspin if I didn't like the numbers I saw. I hid the scale in the fall and now I try to judge my progress by the way my clothes fit. I did have to weigh in when I started Curves and of course the nurses always make you weigh in at the doctor's. Speaking of doctors, mine called yesterday and said my thyroid levels were thru the roof. I have to cut my dosage of synthroid for a month and get my blood retested. I didn't feel that I was hyper, but I am now wondering if that is one of the reasons that I can't sleep. (I can cat nap, but I can't sleep at night when it counts.) I am heading to my Stitch 'N B*tch tonight, but I will be stuffing postcards into flyers instead of sewing. At least if my hands are busy, I should be able to control my mindless munching. I told myself I will either eat the appetizers OR the dessert but not both. I haven't been eating past 7/pm and last time I went to sewing I overate and my stomach let me know it wasn't pleased. One more day and two parties to go. All the kids were here today and that hasn't happened in a long time. We didn't get to practice our program as much as I would have liked because of all the absences, but I was proud of the kids. They did a great job today. Hello to anyone I missed. I'd figure out who I missed but I have to get ready to leave. Later, Marci...See MoreHelp with casual living/tv room layout and design
Comments (3)You do not give any measurements, and that makes it impossible to envision. Measure each wall in the room. Measure from a corner to door and window frames. Measure the width of the door and window openings. Draw out the measurements on paper so that one foot equals one inch. You don't have to use graph paper, but use a ruler to keep the scale accurate. Position the door and window openings as accurately as possible, and if a door opens into the room use a curved arrow to show which way it swings. When everything is drawn out look for obvious pathways. Since you describe this as spacious, there should be room to walk around furniture groupings. Next measure your furniture—sofa, chairs, tables, bookcases, TV, etc.—that you plan to use in this room. On a separate piece of paper draw the outlines of these pieces at the same one foot equals one inch scale. Label each furniture piece and cut it out. Now you can lay these furniture pieces on top of the room floor plan and move them around till you like what you see. Here is a picture of one room plan. As to where to put your TV, many people put it next to the fireplace so as to keep the focal point on that wall. If there is not enough room there choose another wall. Don't place the TV in front of a window, especially if you watch TV during the day, because the backlighting causes eye strain. All the guides I have recently read say the bottom 1/3 of the screen should be at eye level of a seated person. These guides also recommend sitting much closer than I would have thought, and that distance varies with the resolution of your set. For instance, a 40" 1080P HDTV is best viewed between 5' and 8.3' away, whereas a 40" 4K Ultra HD TV has optimum viewing between 3.3' and 5' away. Here is the link to that info. That seems ridiculously close to me. Should you have no suitable wall for the TV consider using furniture as a room divider to hold the TV as below....See MoreRelated Professionals
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