Category: Fireplaces

St. Augustine grass (Stenotaphrum secundatum) gives your lawn a soft feel with a pleasant blue-green shade. Grown for its salt and shade tolerance, St. Augustine grass comes with a few potential problems as well, including susceptibility to some common fungal disorders. Identifying the fungal disease is essential to picking the ideal fungicide. Brown Patch Disease The warmer weather of summer brings fungi to existence, resulting in diseases in your St. Augustine, such as brown patch disease. This issue appears as brownish dots on the blades, which often spread in a circular pattern throughout the lawn. Many affected areas perish. Nitrogen makes the issue worse, so avoid nitrogen fertilizers through the summer if you’ve ever had a issue with brown stain. Standard use of fungicides like thiophanate-methyl or propiconazole helps regulate the disease. Follow the manufacturer’s application instructions for your particular product carefully. When you apply thiophanate-methyl, for instance, spread 6.75…

It’s possible to wedge a closet into a small space, however in order for your closet also to create the most efficient utilization of the space and to be usable, it must meet some minimal design standards. A closet with double doors, A dual closet, features door arrangement and a more intricate design compared to a single-door closet, and it introduces a few further design challenges. Minimum Depth Where there is not space to get a larger walk-in closet, closets are set up. But even with a closet, you will need enough depth when they are hanging perpendicular so that your garments will fit between the rear wall of the closet and the door. The conventional thickness for a closet is 24 inches. If your available space is more shallow than this, you can incorporate drawers and shelves but don’t contain hanging rods. Side Returns The side return of A…

As a result of its thick, thick easy-to-peel rind and flavorful taste, the navel orange (Citrus sinensis”Washington”) is the world’s hottest orange to consume fresh. Though citrus trees drop some older leaves every 18 months could be experiencing a pest, disease or care problem. Spots and Scale Insects Spot is a fungal disease that causes oily, blistery yellow, black or brown spots on the leaves of a citrus tree , sometimes causing the tree to drop its leaves. The disease infects trees in the summer, then reveals symptoms two to 9 weeks later. Scale insect is a citrus pest that forms colonies on twigs and leaves, sometimes causing both fruit and leaves drop. Both greasy spot and scale could be treated with horticultural oil. Thoroughly mix 2 1/2 to 5 tablespoons of horticultural oil per 1 gallon of water and spray on the tree canopy evenly with a pump-up or trigger…

When people first see that the vibrantly colored flowers of red bird-of-paradise, they literally stop in their tracks to stare at them. Flowers in shades appear with this tree in spring through summer. Red bird-of-paradise enjoys warm temperatures and lots of sunlight, which makes it perfect if you reside in the U.S. South or Southwest. Read more flowers by colour Noelle Johnson Landscape Consulting Botanical name: Caesalpinia pulcherrimaCommon names: Red bird-of-paradise, dwarf poinciana, peacock flower, pride-of-BarbadosResource: Native to the West Indies and MexicoWhere it can rise: Hardy to 10 degrees Fahrenheit (USDA zones 8 to 11); locate your zoneWater necessity: Moderatemoderate requirement: Full sunMature size: 6 to 10 feet tall and wideBenefits and tolerances: Drought tolerant once established, however it will best if watered once per week in spring through autumn; attracts butterflies and hummingbirdsSeasonal interest: Bright orange-red flowers appear in April through September. When to plant: Spring, summer or…

Styling your mantel throughout the holidays can be a piece of cake, given those distinctive decorations you choose out annually. But when those are packed away and you’re left with a vacant mantel, how can you get the focal point of your living room or room looking picture perfect? Here are some approaches for styling your mantel just like a pro year round. 8Foot6 Start with the art. One large part, about two-thirds the size of this mantel itself, will get you almost all the way there. Then layer on further elements in smaller sizes, ideally in complementary colors or themes. sarah & bendrix Follow the rule of three. A trio of objects gathered on the mantel in sizes large, medium and small will look brilliant. Jessica Helgerson Interior Design If you don’t have one impressive large piece to hang, a small gallery wall of 3 similar-size paintings is nice,…

When I think of Seattle, I Believe of the Space Needle, sleeplessness on a houseboat, Starbucks, Singles, Soundgarden and spitting rain. Recognizing this was likely an extremely weak and stereotypical way to explain one of my favourite cities, I decided to dig deeper and talk with designers and architects at the Pacific Northwest to get an accurate picture of the Seattle layout scene. Seattle designers agree that the region’s unique climate and geography are the strongest influences upon layout. The striking beauty of the environment inspires blurring the lines between indoors and out, arranging rooms “upside down” (more on this later), using rain displays and living in homes that float across the water. Additional priorities in Seattle layout are a deep concern for the environment, comfy and outdoorsy lifestyles, and respect to local materials and craftsmanship. The combination of those influences results in residential designs which are unique to the…

Larger living rooms need some creative furniture arrangement. Pairing sofas makes a cohesive look with a stylish touch and adds that extra seating you have been searching for. Flanking a fireplace, set in a corner or pushed back to back, two couches offer plenty of seating for a crowd and will help facilitate dialogue. This approach is also a easy way to add balance and symmetry to a living room. Here are a couple of of our favourite ways to integrate double couches into any space. Elad Gonen Few things make a room feel crisp and clean like perfect symmetry. This pair of couches makes the room feel balanced. Su Casa Designs Double couches add double relaxation in rooms made for family gatherings. Game nights and rainy movie days are much better when there’s space for everyone to flake out. In a room where a parallel pair doesn’t feel very…

Sitting on the side of the road, left in a dark street or shoved in the back of a garage — chairs of all shapes and sizes are located and return to life courtesy of Andrea Mihalik. Working out of her studio, Wild Chairy, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mihalik reinvents lost designs using a no-holds-barred strategy and most of ecofriendly materials. Employing old-world tactics and new patterns, she generates boldly designed chairs that not only look good but feel great too. Curious about what is needed to create these wonderful layouts? We sat down with this reupholstery whiz to select her brain on her favourite endeavors, ecofriendly reupholstering and tips for DIYers. Wild Chairy Q. How can you begin doing this? A. I got started in upholstery almost 3 decades back. In my career, I was a photojournalist, traveling the globe shooting everything from popes to presidents. Upholstery sort of found…

It would be wonderful to have a professionally designed closet or a spacious laundry room with a custom organizational system. But most people are dealing with small spaces, limited funds and big imaginations. Oh, and materials. A Great Deal of stuff. The very first trick to great organization would be to purge (you can call it curating if that feels better) frequently and ruthlessly. If you haven’t used it in a year, out it goes (unless, obviously, it’s authentic sentimental or monetary value). Once you receive your things down to a nice, manageable heap, you’re going to want a way to arrange it. Listed below are 8 smart, cute and affordable techniques. It’s so Straightforward and yet so revolutionary. Label, label, label. I especially love this method of coordinating beauty goods into bins tagged for skin, hair, face and other. This would do wonders for my only jumbled bin of…

Decorating a mantel does not sound hard, until you really try it. Although the mantel is a little sliver of space, it starts to feel gigantic once you’ve got no idea how to accessorize it. The key with creating an eye-pleasing mantel screen will be to improve visual attention as far as possible. No, this does not mean cramming it. Instead, focus on creating a look which allows the eyes to travel and focus on more than 1 object. Melaragno Design Company, LLC Among the more well-known strategies to decorate a mantel is to apply the “three-plus-one” trick. This design technique is dependent upon different objects of different heights to create visual attention. Locate three similar items and set them on a single side of your mantel. Try not to line up them — coating and stagger them. Play around to find what seems and feels best for you. As…