Hermann house renovation

[iris lilies]

I wish I was closer. Most of those rocks looked fairly flat. (looks like you could have used them instead of the brick for a walkway)

Things I would do with them, a place for under the trash cans, by the mailbox (don't have to get so close or worry the trash will kill the grass), pad and possibly the fire pit itself (at least a pad under it to keep fire from spreading). The old two tire track driveway and maybe a pad to keep your husbands trailer. (keeps it out of mud, and can be considered paving)

don’t you have limestone where you are? We had it all over the city of St. Louis as well as here. I’ve always planted iris rhizomes with a rock on top to keep it steady in the dirt until the roots catch hold. I line flowerbeds with rocks. DH made a very nice limestone Rockwall at our house for my flower bed. They are very handy, you’re right.

[ToomuchStuff]

don’t you have limestone where you are? We had it all over the city of St. Louis as well as here. I’ve always planted iris rhizomes with a rock on top to keep it steady in the dirt until the roots catch hold. I line flowerbeds with rocks. DH made a very nice limestone Rockwall at our house for my flower bed. They are very handy, you’re right.

There is a quary and it's expensive, other then that, most I see is the side of roads where it rises up out of the ground and the highway dept and local street crews don't want people screwing around with their natural walls.

[iris lilies]

My decorating guru, Laurel Berne, said she dislikes having the backs of sofas face you as you enter a room.

I was temporarily disheartened by her words about the placement of my sofas.

But then—-Look how Viscount Althrop, 9th Earl Spencer has styled his great English house’s main room. Then look at my room. See similarities?

sofas flank fireplace: check

sofas have back to doorways: check

Curved doorways: check


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Laurel, I rest my case.

[rosarugosa]

FWIW, I like yours much better. The Viscount's taste is a little too ostentatious for me.

Speaking of taste in home decor, I just finally left a home decorating FB group. All houses must be gray with white trim. All interior brick must be painted white or black. Everyone must have a huge TV over their mantel. All floors must be LVT. All kitchen cabinets must be white or sage green, with quartz countertops. People were actually painting custom solid cherry cabinets (in some cases that they themselves had put in, but now didn't look "updated" enough). Everything in fact must look updated, but it was the woman who needed to make her huge new living room look "more expensive" that allowed me to finally break free.

[iris lilies]

FWIW, I like yours much better. The Viscount's taste is a little too ostentatious for me.

Speaking of taste in home decor, I just finally left a home decorating FB group. All houses must be gray with white trim. All interior brick must be painted white or black. Everyone must have a huge TV over their mantel. All floors must be LVT. All kitchen cabinets must be white or sage green, with quartz countertops. People were actually painting custom solid cherry cabinets (in some cases that they themselves had put in, but now didn't look "updated" enough). Everything in fact must look updated, but it was the woman who needed to make her huge new living room look "more expensive" that allowed me to finally break free.

that Facebook page does not sound like a good thing at all. There are so many decor sides out there, hope you find a good one if you’re looking for one. I follow several on Facebook, Reddit, and Instagram.

[iris lilies]

Here, finally, the staircase is being finished. We have had an ugly temporary staircase for nearly 3 years. DH is using his carpentry skills to install it.

This is one area where we could have hired it done but probably the cost would have made us faint in horror. Would it have been worth it to have it finished earlier? I dunno. I fear even a professional job would not be as perfect as DH would make it even tho this is a very simple staircase. It will have oak treads and painted risers. It has a standard non-fancy newel post. Things are more simple in our Hermann house than in our
victorian city house.

In our major renovation we reversed the staircase so that it goes up when you enter the front of the house, necessary to bump up headroom on the 2nd floor landing. Our house was confusingly built with the “front”,facing what is now the back because apparently the original owners thought there would be a main road going around the back of the house.

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[happystuff]

Nice! I would love to have a handy person around the house!

[ToomuchStuff]

Can't tell, is that a chisel in the last picture? (trying to figure out what he would be notching)

[iris lilies]

Can't tell, is that a chisel in the last picture? (trying to figure out what he would be notching)

Oh, you would ask that. Yes, he was notching an edge piece and it’s funny you should mention that because he complained that I took the photo of him using a chisel I told him “oh no one will notice that.” Ha ha I guess you noticed.

[happystuff]

Oh, you would ask that. Yes, he was notching an edge piece and it’s funny you should mention that because he complained that I took the photo of him using a chisel I told him “oh no one will notice that.” Ha ha I guess you noticed.

Can't slip much past this group!