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Tiina Virtanen
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Comments (21)Doors: Front door - there is nowhere near your front door to put stuff. Can you eke out a narrow cupboard into the gyprock cavity of the garage - for umbrellas, shoes, keys etc Master bedroom - not sure why you would have a double door to the master bedroom (Unless it is to get a humongous bed in, due to the narrow hall?) If so, consider putting the kitten door closer to the front door - I expect the majority of movement would be to/from closet and to from kitchen? You don't want to walk out of the closet and get a door in the nose. Master bedroom - you have a mix of pocket sliding and opening doors. Can they both be pocket sliding - to give you more room in the closet. (Both doors would then slide into their pockets towards the west) Make sure that the electrical switches for the Bathroom are on the Eastern side of the doorway, (if you move the door to the other side) to avoid the door hitting them. (I am assuming that the plumbing for the ensuite shower is on the South Wall, common to the laundry. If not - it should be to save $$$) Fridge door - with the fridge in that location, every time the fridge is opened, the passage to the kitchen is blocked (Maybe? I can't scale very well. If it isn't blocked then you would be doing the lambada with whoever is at the fridge) Bathroom and toilet - 720 doors won't allow someone with a walking frame to easily access. I would put the same 820 doors you have everywhere else. Toilet 1100 wide with a sink seems narrow to me. Get yourself some masking tape and lay out the toilet walls and showing the door opening (with a bit extra for your door furniture. Check that you can actually navigate between the door handle, the sink and the toilet. Hallway: 1200 wide hall won't allow you to put anything other than the slimmest of pictures on the walls. You could sneak some space back from the Eastern side, if you could live with narrower bedrooms. (remembering to leave circulation space around the beds, which with the window orientation have to go north/south)....See MoreTo reupholster or not ?
Comments (110)G'day Folks, My wife and I, like Jess (Strons) am a very proud owners of Nore Furniture, still used daily, and purchased in the late 70's! The collection includes a dining Table/dining and lounge chairs, coffee/lamp tables, and a Buffet. Interstingly, when we have visitors, the two Nore lounge chairs in the lounge are always taken before the modern lounge suite is used. (which annoys me, as the Nore furniture are the more comfortable by far) The remaining items are used in our Family/Ding area. Due to having constant use over the last 6 years with grand children, several of these magnificent pieces of Art are needing a little lift, re damaged finish. If your father does remember the stain details, I would appreciate his advice! The pride, skill, and love that went into this furniture still shines thru to this day! Cheers Dennis...See MoreRetaining Wall Dilemma
Comments (21)I quite like the idea of concrete sleepers for your retaining wall. They keep the modern mood. Not sold on Ridgi's faux timber look, though. If your drainage profile would allow it, continuing the brick of the pillars would look quite good, too. For me, the biggest landscape issue is the almighty fight happening between the two different sides of the driveway. You have the stick-up-the-rear formality of the camellia hedge fighting the looseness of the grass and shrubs on the other side. You need to decide on a single mood and go with that. Really!! I'd go, actually, with a loose boulder or gabion wall with a planting behind it similar to that on the left (narrower) side of the driveway. Have a think about what you actually use that front lawn for, and if it's only there to keep the dirt from showing, add some trees and shrubs and underplanting. Shout yourself a tame forest! This will take up a lot of water if your climate's a bit wet, and stabilise the slope, too....See MoreNeed Opinion with end look of garden
Comments (25)It's always tough trying to find a hedge that will grow in sun and shade, especially when you want a uniform look. Having said that, it isn't uncommon for designers to use a couple of different species - for example one species to boundary fences with another to the front fence. I'd consider lifting the canopy of the existing trees to let light in for more even growth across the hedge, however I'd still expect it to be a bit uneven due to the varying conditions throughout the garden. Viburnum tinus is a good pick for both a sunny position and a shady position, it will eventually get to 2m height and can be kept as low as 1m. If this isn't large enough, you could also try Portuguese laurel, (Prunus lusitanica) which will get to 4m easily enough. Both of these aren't particularly fast growing, but with adequate water and food they should be good for your situation. Murraya is another one that will tolerate sun and shade, though not frost. You won't get as many flowers in shady positions, and it may look a bit straggly. Your local nursery may be able to advise on what is readily available. When you plant, preparation and ongoing care is going to be important as it look as though you have a few plants that the hedge will have to compete with as it establishes (your neighbours conifers and your pears). Digging a good wide planting hole, plenty of organic matter mixed with the back-fill, as well as regular watering and feeding until the plants get established. Much as the Flower Carpet Roses are tough (especially the original pink), I wouldn't recommend planting roses in anything less than 4 hours of direct sun a day. You'll end up having issues with blackspot and mildew, and they're not going to give you the neat box look that you want. Flower Carpet Roses (Tesselaar Roses) are a good tough rose, however some colours (cultivars) are tougher than others. Pink is one of the best performing varieties, and as suggested, reaches a bit more than the height on the label. That may not be true of all the different colours though. Be careful propagating any of the flower carpet roses, only ever for yourself as they are rigourously protected either with trademark names and/or Plant Breeders Rights, making it illegal to sell the propagated material under the flower carpet name, or at all (in the case of PBR). Good luck!...See More
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7 years agoDet är kanske ingen tröst, men eken mörknar något med åren. Jag jobbar en hel del med ek. Kolla gärna min hemsida, där kan du se ekföremål som inte är så ljusa.
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7 years agoJag tycker att det låter som en bra idé med en bordsduk som täcker bordet och några fina kuddar till stolarna. Det är kanske det alternativet som är snällast mot plånboken också :) Annars kan det vara väldigt fint att helt enkelt bara byta ut stolarna till ett material som bryter av något.
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6 years agoHej Tiina!
Ett tips för att bryta av - men samtidigt behålla det fina ekbordet du förklarat att du har - är att enbart byta ut benen. Välj en klar & härlig färg så blir det ett tydligt avbrott i all ek varpå bordsskivan och golvet inte smälter ihop lika tydligt! Känner du till företaget "Pretty Pegs"? De har massa olika bordsben att inspireras av så spana in deras sida här på Houzz då de har en kategori för just köket/matsalen!
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2700kelvin, smart belysning