The varmint missed this foreground section of tulips and they have made it to bloom. There should be tulips in the Creeping Jenny and the bare mulch spot where the Moonbeam Coreopsis is starting to come up. There should be tulips stem to stern.
These look pretty good though. The dianthus was just added to match the planting on the other side of the entry for when the tulips fade away in the heat of no spring.
This I suppose is what Kerria japonica should look like. This is the first time I have ever seen it look other than a ratty spindly half dead horribly suckering shrub that might consider a few sparse blooms. All I can say is that the ground level haircut I gave it last year must have done it good.
Wood stain dilemmas: The lovely brochures from the store are next to useless in matching colors and are no indication of what the store actually has in stock. They won't even order things from the stain color brochure if it is not on the shelves. What fun navigating that quagmire.
Golden Oak (on the left) that looked like a good match on the brochure was so not the cabinet color. Cherry is on the right next to the raw wood color. Looks much beter. And look at those lovely tiles that will be my floor.
The second stain attempt Cherry (on the left) is an exact match to the lightest tone in the cabinet.
The stain color is chosen. It will be cherry. But they don't sell it in one gallon buckets only in pints and they won't order it because, ah they'd have to buy a whole case. WTF?
There you have it folks, the tile floor, the kitchen cabinets and the stain color for all the wood ceilings, loft floors and cross beams. Now I just need to stain the wood and install the tile floor.
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4 comments:
It will be lovely. Cherry always is my favorite, so I am particularly partial to you choice. :-)
It's perfect, Christopher! Nice warm tones for the winter when you will be spending a little more time inside. The Client garden looks quite good in spite of the critter damage. Are those lily flowered tulips? I love 'em! :-)
Frances
I agree with Kitty! Nice to have it all decided. LOL re the store - as my husband likes to say, "and these people vote!" (:
bev
Kitty I am thinking it will look pretty sharp. The drywall will be painted a strong color, undetermined at this point, to tie it all together.
I will be inside a bit more in the winter I suppose Frances with a good view from the computer desk. I am fairly certain the skinny petal, yellow, green, pink ones are the Green or Viridiflora tulips.
Bev your husband sounds like my father.
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