Daydream thread... without the rose-tinted specs

Davesnave

alfie_1 wrote: »

what about a big old iron emmersion heater tank chopped top and bottom ?

Or an old cast iron 'copper' with its bottom cut off with an angle grinder?

They have an outward-facing lip at the top.

Better_Days

Bathroom nearly finished

Before


Now (Mr BD chose the mosiac tiles)

Better_Days

Sorry to hear the dreaded kidney stones are back Dave. Lets hope the cider vinegar see them off. Is it similar to the ACV I give to the chickens?

Mr BD has been offered a part he couldn't refuse today from one of the local theatre groups - as a fairy - now Mr BD is not tall, or slim or graceful, so lets hope its a comedy:rotfl:

alfie_1

now that IS a before and after !! what a difference BD...

LIR's barf room went from a cupboard to amazing too...

makes me want to "do " my barfroom....cept it dont really need doing ...:o :rotfl::rotfl:

Better_Days

By now you may be guessing I've found the batteries to my camera
Raised bed which I planted up yesterday with courgettes, toms and marigolds and peas


Lupins


Poppy (this bed is bare still as we are getting a tree stump taken out and I don't want my plants trodden on)

lostinrates

alfie_1 wrote: »

may have this wrong but i think olives dont need excessive space at top. they tend to have short solid roots not far reaching [outwards anyway] so enough to stabalise im guessing ...
what about height of pot ? will it be in a wind tunnel area ? stability?
what im thinking is ,if its gonna be bottomless then a pot half sunk in ground sounds more stable. so need TOTAL height ie 2ft up, 2ft down...:D:D

what about a big old iron round emmersion heater tank chopped top and bottom ?
now i may know of the whereabouts of one of those....;)

Yes, fibrous roots need to reach down for water, that's all.


Sinking is an ace idea I had not thought of at all.

I think a cast iron thing sounds great. . How tall is it?

lostinrates

Davesnave wrote: »

Or an old cast iron 'copper' with its bottom cut off with an angle grinder?

They have an outward-facing lip at the top.

Would be GORGEOUS, but wouldn't it cost a fortune?

lostinrates

Bd, I love your bathroom transform! We are thinking of shiny tiles ( though clear glass ones) for our 'en suite' too. DH likes a bit of shine. . Funny these men, huh?


I like quite plain things, but, uh, have my eye on quote a dramatic and unusally modern for me wall mural ( or the replication there of) in the bathroom to make the shiny tiles work.

All this against white. As I did the last bathroom in white my family are a bit confused. I never, ever use plain white, only off white, and now I am talking about using it twice in one house!

Better_Days

Any ideas about what to do with this small 'courtyard' area which the kitchen looks out onto. We are going to move the wood store. The area faces East and the kitchen faces south, but there is a lot of shade from the garage (I don't intend to retain the toilet and broken lawnmower as decorative items although perhaps the former could be used as a planter ). Would really love some thoughts on what plants would be happy there, in pots perhaps or if we make a bed where the woodstore is. Ferns perhaps, clematis..... (PS I hate the pink slabs)

alfie_1

"real" copper is at a premium and harder to find but i THINK dave meant an iron version shapewise of a "copper"... getting confusing but if i understand dave right...then i know what im on about...if not im a dork.