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Comments (37)Tree decisions are really best done from a "felt" perspective on the site, not from a picture taken from outside (and looked at by people who have never been there). So with respect to removal, only do it now if you really want to, not because someone on the internet has said so, even if it is me :-) And I think you still haven't told us what kind of tree it is? It's still possible that it is something really wonderful with deep roots, and if the shade is in exactly the right place, ignoring me IS an option! For new tree placement, start with thinking about where and what time of day you want shade (I don't think you've told us yet which way the house faces). And then, from looking out the windows, which views do you want to block/enjoy? And then, what do you want arriving guests or the pizza delivery guy to be able to see? Imagine the canopy starting at about 8' high. Have once person stand inside and look out while the other goes outside holding something - an upside-down rake or an umbrella - to help imagine what it would look like from inside to have a tree in certain spots. Compare this to the existing tree. Looking out from the house, or from your side door, if you could wave a magic wand, where would you move its canopy to... right, the left, or lower? Sometimes we have certain ideas in our heads that we have to work through or see before we can let go of them, and I detect you have a certain adherence to plantings lining the walkway! The sidewalk does make a handy edge, and it is nice to have growing things to enjoy as you walk to the front door (although you more often use the other door, you say). And it gives you a place to start - it can be scary to let go of the edge and plunge a shovel somewhere in the middle of the yard. The downside of these edge plantings is that they are constraining. Hard to have a fridge delivered, or to bring Aunt Mabel in for Christmas dinner with her walker, or along the driveway, hard to open a car door and step out. I am showing below a doodled idea that expands the sidewalk a bit, but whether you plant along a sidewalk or driveway that is narrow or wide, going tall along it - with trees - is not a good idea. Constraining your feet with low plants is one thing, constraining your shoulders or head is another. Near my parents' place, some idiot planted a weeping birch right by the public sidewalk. Someone shorter than me prunes the canopy to a height that is comfortable for them :-) On a rainy night, this is... annoying! Karin L PS Bearing in mind that I am neither artist nor professional designer, here is one idea sketched onto your plan view. If you print out a few more copies of the blank that you posted, you can doodle your way to a design that suits you. This expands a bit on your sidewalk slab, and then plants adjacent to it, in a curve that mirrors the curved bed of shrubs you might put at the corner. You can place new trees into the shrubbery bed or in the central grass area however it best suits you. Whether you extend the beds along the straight parts or just have the curved parts depends on just how much planting area you want. On the outside of your semicircular shrub bed, something like carpet junipers might be the best thing - that way people won't walk over it but it will be both low and attractive....See MoreAny Seating Ideas for This Small Corner? Pix
Comments (18)Great ideas there, I love the wood Crafstman's style one especially. I do know a carpenter, don't know if he's quite capable of that kind of work, but, he might be. I actually have been scouring Ebay for some vintage tables like that one. Good ones, not so easy to come by. I saw one recently but the top was too badly chipped. I've been walking into local antique stores also and haven't seen any yet. I did see the perfect real wicker porch furniture but I was afraid the squirrels would eat it up just like they have been doing to my porch :P I can't really close up the area because of where the cabinets are let alone, when I renovated it had been sort of closed off, and I opened it up at that time so that I'd be able to have more counter space and more cabinetry. There was sort of a separation between that area as it used to be the old porch which got added to the house and I toyed with making it an arch - to match the arched doorway which leads to the hallway on the other side of the kitchen (not seen in these photos but, can be seen in another thread that I posted today about possible backsplash choices). BTW, I have a lot of Fiestaware, not vintage, although I do have a set of another vintage set similar to Fiesta - I forget the name of it off-hand. It's one of the reasons why I had some glass cabinets put into my kitchen; I have a lot of vases, shakers, small pitchers, etc. that I like to show off....See MoreJapanes Maple of NE corner of house?
Comments (12)My JM tree did fine as long as it was small. Once it was a mature tree however, the increased height meant the top of the tree was exposed to morning sun longer in the NE corner of the courtyard (two story house on east wall). Once the trunk got to be about 6" in diameter and the tree was at its full height it took longer for the shade to take over so the top of the tree got badly burnt each summer. The leaves were crisped, bronze colored and unattractive by mid summer. A small immature tree is easier. Another problem was as the tree matured the roots kept getting into the sewage system and roto-rooter was a regular occurrence. We haven't had to call them since the tree died. Here are pictures from 2010, the first in spring while it was still lush where you can see the height of the top of tree over the wall of the courtyard, the second is how it looked by the end of a typical summer. Stressed, tips bare, leaves bronzed, burnt and falling. By 2012 it was dead from heat exposure. It was a gift from my dad back when they were not very common yet, I'd had it about 20+ years years....See MoreHow to Design Climbing Rose at Corner of Home
Comments (90)Summers, what a beautiful aesthetic for your house! I love the Tudor look! I think the modern stuccos have all sorts of polymers added to make them more durable and tolerant of a wider range of weather conditions. The traditional stucco of desert regions is just sand/cement and the color is added to the stucco so you don’t ever paint it. It will last 100+ years in a dry climate with zero maintenance. Usually the the cold climates don’t put stucco down to the soil level because that’s when water wicks up and snow piles against it and it gets damaged. You see most stuccoed houses in SoCal are stuccoed down to the ground and last forever as long as no one has been pointing a sprinkler head at the bottom two feet where stucco touches the ground....See MoreRelated Professionals
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