dinadorotheaney's ideas
Branched drain system for greywater.
Foster Huntington converted (book: The Cinder Cone) a 390gal. stock tank into a hot tub with two wood-burning Chofu stoves.
Large stock tank as a pool. Supplier: Tractor Supply Co. Build a bench around it. To create an in-ground pool, dig out the soil.
Galvanized water tank with copper color paint, on cinder blocks.
Painter's cloth for window treatments.
Moorish tiles made of screened plywood with a ship-grade finish cover the right wall above a sink. this tile does not stain or warp.
Hidden range hood behind custom cabinets.
Cottage kitchen, white, new windows, pattered tiles.
Pantry cabinets.
3x5ft kitchen island
White cottage kitchen, remodel.
Embossed light grey concrete countertops and backsplash. Walnut for cabinets.
Kitchen table
Kitchen
Kitchen
Kitchen
Kitchen
Kitchen wall and trim paint: superwhite in eggshell and semi-gloss by Benjamin Moore. Clean, modern style antiques and wood antiqued mirror door for wall cabinet, old frame in gold. Carrara marble countertops and backsplash open shelves in old wood and white cabinets Windows right and left to porch w. white frames Antique farm table and 4 old chairs
Kitchen
10x49ft swimming poll with wooden deck in Italy.
ITALY
Raised beds
Raised beds
Raised beds
Raised beds center pathway: concrete pavers set in 1/4" pea gravel
Raised beds
Raised beds Two a 4x4ft beds Two 4x8ft " One 2x15ft bed
Raised beds 20" tall, construction with 6x6" redwood. A-frame design for bird screen and cold frame. spring+fall: A-frame with chicken wire. winter+early spring: A-frame with lightweight plexiglass. Both have hinges to open the frames. Plexiglas-frames are propped open with galvanized poles during the day. On chilly nights the poles are removed and the sides come down + mini greenhouse. Drip-irrigation system
Raised beds
Fall garden Jap. stewartia (stewartia pseudocamellia, z.5-9) : fiery red-orange fall leaves Paper Birch 'Renaissance Reflection' (betula papyrifera 'Renci', z.2-6) : vivid golden leaves in fall :
Fall garden 'Iijima Sunago' jap. maple(acer palmatum, zone 5-8) : dark copper leaves turn bright orange in fall. 'Hogyoku' jap. maple (z.5-8) : apple-green leaves turn golden in fall.
Fall garden 'Grace' smokebush (cotinus "Grace') 'Lady in Red' ninebark (physocarpus opifolius) golden wooly sunflower (Eriophyllum lanatum, zone 3)
front yard makeover
Bedroom-lamp with stings of beads
Sloped driveway planting, low rockwall along slope, a few feet off driveway.
Outdoor fireplace
Stonework/mix different paving materials
Space like Klosterruine
cobalt-blue adobe wall and bright chartreuse garden chairs
terracotta-hued brick walls and indigo blue shutters. Terra cotta has a lot of brown in it= neutral.
Succulents in bowls with drainage hole, plant in sand or pebbles,water 1x per week, filtered sun or part shade. Cuttings: let dry first before replanting.
Sempervivum tectorum, plant in sand.
Red Emperor/Emperor 1deep red jap. maple for some sun
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