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Comments (10)Duane, Years ago when I joined this site, I remember posts from you about Duke (your moniker "Dukerdawg" was always smile-evoking to me too). Earlier this spring I was wondering about you and your buddy as I had not turned up any posts from you in the longest time. I am so sorry, Duane, that Duke has left you for now. (But only for now!) It sounds like you had a wonderfully grand ride through this life with him - each of you was lucky to have the love of the other. Keep your memories close at hand. They obviously are so very precious to you. Thanks for sharing them with us!...See MoreHow to go from dark and dingy to light and bright?
Comments (58)Just an update: Thank you all for your wonderful suggestions and help thus far! As some of you have suggested we are looking into UCL lighting options, and will be contacting a lighting specialist to add additional lights to the kitchen. The fixtures we currently have will also be replaced. In the mean time, we've begun prepping the room for paint. We'll at least get the walls primed until we can decide on a color. Someone asked early about the soffit, and we got curious and cut a small section out to take a peek. The soffit is concealing wiring and plumbing so that will stay as is. Yes, all the cabinets are green. It's not a color that we enjoy so they will be repainted. I'd like to paint the perimeter cabinets some shade of cream/white and paint the island an accent color. Another issue we've discovered in our cabinet doors are not solid wood, they appear to be some kind of particle board or MDF. In the photos below you'll see where damage has occurred to the bottom of the door (sorry I couldn't get the photo oriented correctly). Should we look into replacing the doors, can you buy cabinet doors without replacing all the boxes?...See MoreHelp selecting soft apricot colored english shrub rose...Zone 7a TN
Comments (9)Like Chris, my impression is that rust is not likely to be a problem for you in your climate. Drier areas, yes. Your climate is probably more like mine, where blackspot is likely, but rust is not. A non-Austin rose that seems to like the hot and humid conditions of the Southeast is 'Colette'. It has an old-fashioned look with fragrant, sumptuous apricot blooms, and can be grown as a large shrub or low climber. It isn't a great rose everywhere, but it might be a good one to try in your neck of the woods. I don't grow it myself, but I do hear that it's a good choice for the southeast, and might give it a try someday. I agree with Ingrid that 'Tamora' has a good reputation. I also agree with her that it's much more sustainable and better for wildlife (and pets) to grow roses that will be disease-resistant in your conditions than to spray chemicals. Easier and cheaper, too. Sometimes roses will be prone to blackspot and or powdery mildew while they are young, but will "grow out of it" as their root systems and immune systems mature, so if you decide to go no-spray, you may need a little patience. Have fun deciding, Virginia...See MoreHello. I need a white/off-white paint color for our new build home.
Comments (15)So we have south facing with a similar floor color, similar cabinets, and similar island (all of our bases are knotty alder stained mission oak, not just the island, but same idea). We chose Hanstone Paros Quartz counters which I guess lean cool but aren't super stark so they work with the warmth of the rest. Our backsplash is a chloe tile. We have extra white trim & cabinets. We chose SW Drift of Mist for the walls. I think it's a lovely color but it IS a color. Warm gray, that leans grayer in north rooms and looks nearly white in our south rooms. Trying to go lighter would've just looked washed out IMO. Here's what two similar whites look like next to each other. Drift of Mist on the walls. Kind of hard to see it in a photo, but it just looks off in person. This photo is also in a low light room so the DOM looks grayer. The color expert on this site (Lori Sawaya) mentioned in a previous post that if you want different colors between trim and walls, they need to be separated by a chroma of 0.3 (I think???) to not look like a dirty version of the same paint. Thankfully our contractor painted most of our stuff extra white (this was a happy mistake - we had chosen pure white) - I can tell that the one area with pure white trim (chroma 0.4) looks muddier next to drift of mist (chroma 0.6), while extra white (chroma 0.3) looks better. ETA Lori's color site if you want to poke around: https://thelandofcolor.com/...See More- last monthlast modified: last monthroxsolid thanked carolb_w_fl_coastal_9/10
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