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Growing ficus elastica to have one trunk?
I would like to grow my ficus to be like an actual tree with one bare trunk.
Like this (not my image. only a link to what I'm talking about):
I have a ficus elasctica burgundy that is about a year old and so far only about 20" in height but its in decent condition with whats its been through. The pic is below. It seems to be 'one' plant but has 4 main trunks and several smaller ones. I'd like to remove all but one trunk and let it grow (with just one trunk structure). The arial roots can stay as I find them appealing.
How would I do this? If I pruned the other trunks wouldn't they just grow right back? I'd like them to stay gone. Perhaps prune them in the winter??
Also, I'd like to the trunk to be about 3 feet up before it branches. I know this would take alot of time to grow to this height and that I'd likely have to grow well beyond 3 feet before I pruned to get back budding into several branches at and over the 3 foot line.
So, the question is, how to do this? Examples if possible. Would love to see pics. And possible time frame? I'm thinking this might take a few years, but I'm patient.
Any ideas or suggestions are appreciated.
My current tree (currently i cannot upload as bandwidth is too low):
Hi Bedtime,
I too prefer one, solo trunk opposed to multi trunks.
The answer to your question, 'if I pruned the other trunks wouldn't they just grow right back?'
The answer is YES, but if you continue pruning, new growth eventually stops, but, takes time. Patience is necessary. :)
The object is to select the strongest and straightest trunk.
Remove extra trunks.
Perhaps, unpotting your Ficus, then pruning excess trunks and roots 'deep as possible', will slow down new growth.
Stake and tie solo trunk so it stands erect.
Ironically, the strongest and straightest trunk is usually nearest the edge of pot. lol.
Saturate soil until water seeps from drainage holes.
I use a product called Superthrive, so a few drops per gallon of water should do. ST works well with newly potted plants, cuttings, seedlings, etc.
Last, half-strength fertilizer, which can be mixed with ST.
BTW, If you're certain you want to continue with this project, begin when Ficus/Rubber Tree produces new growth.
Working on a dormant plant is a no-no.
Last summer, I Solo'ized, lol, my two Rubber Trees. One green, one variegated. I'll try posting pics.
BTW, they do not look like show plants. lol.
Variegated, before...pic was taken 2009
Variegated and green, After
Variegated RT trunk isn't very straight. I figured, after the trunk grew a little taller I'd cut below curve.
Good luck, Bedtime..... Toni
You rock! Thank you so much for taking the time to put all this together for me. Your plants look great! I I just repotted my varigated ficus about a week ago, and I know you said to wait, but I decided to prune it down as I dont want to wait and then stun it again later. Might as well get it all over with now. Yeah, I shouldn't have, but I did. I feel bad now, not following advice when I know its for my own good, sigh. : /
BUT, I am waiting for my ficus burgundy that I posted above. It hasn't been repotted and when I see new growth I'll completely repot with new fir bark / parcilite / peat moss soil and prune it down as you mentioned.
BT - at the first repot, you'll be able to determine how many plants are actually in your pot. Separate the plants and focus on the most vigorous. Training your plant to grow as a standard isn't something best done all at one time. The leaves and lower branches you remove today(or whenever you remove them) would have 'fed' the trunk, making it thicker & stronger - better able to support the top of the tree. You should leave the lower branches and leaves attached to the trunk while the tree is growing to the desired ht. As long as the tree is healthy and growing well, they can be removed at any time without actually harming the tree, but a wise grower will use them as sacrifice branches to strengthen the trunk and add taper to the tree.
Learn what you can
And go in with a plan. ;-)
your trunk won't thicken that much for many years. i have ficus lyrata that is at least 20 years old and trunks are still about 1" in diameter. the rubber ficus also tends to grow on tips only - and branches tend to get unbalanced - and will lean the trunk this way or that if too long - so you'll have to prune steady to maintain shape. the lead trunk will tend to grow very tall, while other branches won't! so it might not look too good most of the time, you know. i have seen ficus lyrata smallish standards - about 5' with may be 5 branches and bushy - but that's direct from the nursery with good light and optimal conditions. i have never seen a rubber tree standard. i love the variegated ones like you have and used to have one too - but found it quite temperamental, shedding all bottom leaves and growing just at the tip. i think they really love humidity and warmth. if you had it outside for summer, may be it'll make bushy.
Thanx for the advice. Will definately keep what's left of the lower leaves on the varigated ficus and not remove any on the burgundy when I repot in the coming months. For now I actually like the bottom leaves so it's all good.
And I chose the strongest growing trunk on the varigated ficus. :)
Good info. It seems this might take a while. : / Anywho, that's okay. I have time. I would pay good money to get an indoor grown ficus at a nursary but they usually only seem to sell small ones that around about 1.5 - 2'. Varigated are even smaller.
I'll be putting most of my plants outside on the balcony when it hits 14C+. They'll be out for about 5 - 6 months and will receive full unobstructed sunlight from about 10 am - 8 pm. This should be enough to give some serious growth hopefully.
i hope you mean at night? it's tropical, so min is at 60-65F, so it's ..more like 15-17C at night. and it does not take direct sun all day - it has to be filtered. it might burn. although in tropics they can be in full sun, the indoor trees won't be able to take it. they need shade above 80F(28C).
I bring them out when the temp is about 14C and back in at night if the morning temp is going to be below 15C. If I notice burn damage I'll put it in the corner of the balcony where there is shade most of the day but the transition outside in full sun will be a slow one. Right now it's getting full sun indoors and is doing fine.
Thank you for mentioning this though. It's a great point and I'll keep this in mind a little more since you mentioned it.
You did an excellent job pruning your Rubber Tree. It's standing quite erect and perfectly centered.
Upper foliage is large; you're definately doing something right. :)
Yes, it can take years for a solo/Standard trunk to thicken, but waiting if fine with me.
I've never seen standard Rubber Trees sold locally, but they are available online.
Still, I'd rather wait than pay 150.00 and up for a plant. Not to mention shipping cost. That's the reason I said, waiting is fine with me. :)
It's recommended repotting/pruning from spring-summer, but IMO, most rules aren't written in stone.
If one knows what they're doing, 'appears you do,' there's nothing to fret over.
Bedtime, don't feel bad. :)
Did you save or toss additional rooted trunks? Doesn't hurt to keep second or thirds as a precaution. Know what I mean?
Do you feel green/burgundy grows faster than variegated?
Good luck with both Ficus. I'm certain they'll do well. You sound determined; determined people get the job done.
Hi Al.
StewartsJon. Now, that's one, beautiful standard tree! I love it.
What's its height? Toni
I tied a green peg to the varigated plant and now it is standing perfectly straight.
Wow, that is a beauty. If I could find that at a nursary I'd easily put a couple hundred down for it but they don't seem to sell anything over 2'.
I tossed the other trunks. I don't want any more plants then I already have... I found that my burgundy grows about 50-100% faster then the varigated version with leaves about 50% bigger.


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My 57 year old mother just passed away in her sleep this past Thursday, May 12th. I hadn't seen or spoken to her in 2 years due to some family problems. My mother and I were so close before that and I always thought that I'd see her again and be able to tell her how much I love her. Well, now she's gone and I'm a mess. I hope and pray that she knew how much I loved her before she passed. I wrote her a long letter and placed it in her hands at her wake on Saturday. She was cremated this morning and I hope that letter was with her. I just don't know how to get over this empty feeling. I'm so guilt ridden cause I can't imagine her thinking that I didn't love her before she passed on. Any opinions on this?
Jennifer, I understand your feelings. I know your mama loved you and she knew that you loved her. In her heart you would always be her baby. Writing that letter let you get things out and I'm sure it helped you. Just remember the good times you had together. Sometimes life gets in the way and hard feelings are tough to get over. You are loved still. Your mom is now in heaven and loves you and wants you to be happy. Blaming yourself for not doing this or that in the years past won't do you any good. I wish all the best for you.
Duane and Susan...your words mean so much. Thank you for lifting my spirits during this horrible time. I know her spirit will live on and hopefully my love for her is strong enough for her to feel it wherever she may be. This is the most traumatic thing that's happened to my in my 28 years and it will take some time for me to get back to "normal". Mom will be in my heart forever and I will do my best with each passing day to be someone that would make her proud.
guilt is something that you have to work through-
the letter was, incidently, a brilliant start.
telling her during your quiet moments (and taking time for quiet moments) will be another step.
after that, the best thing to do is to atone for the mistake by proxy- literally, paying it forward.
if you used to cook with your mom, bake in her memory, and share the food with people who valued her- or total strangers, who would benefit from the kindness.
if she sewed- make pot holders out of an outfit she never liked on you any way, or start a quilt from favorite garments, and think of her while you work. (you can do two- one for the memories, one to 'sacrifice' by donating it to a shelter, or to a church raffle)
if she gardened- plant a perennial, and express your love for her by tending it until it is big enough to share with other gardeners.
if you're church-going, instead of paying for masses or candle vigils- give of yourself, donate TIME, or the skill of your hands. I know too many churches that seem to frown on this- if they're greedy, find your local Unitarians or Society of Friends (or habitat for Humanity, or women's shelter) and give of yourself there.
then... start a scrap book of you and your mother as you were without whatever family nonsense parted you. rebuild that relationship, and carry it forward. that will allow you to tell her story to your children (or your god-kids, if you're like me, and non-breeding) without the shadow of the feud.
it's not easy, and take some effort- but it pays you back over and over again. trust me. it's people like my brother that worry me- he simply doesn't care. not only is he not feeling guilty- if I suggested such a thing, he'd be somewhere between amused and offended (well, more offended, since he's not a fan of mine, either)
I am so sorry for your loss and for the feelings that you are experiencing right now. Please know that a mother ALWAYS LOVES and ALWAYS FORGIVES and ALWAYS UNDERSTANDS. I learned this from my own sweet mother and as a mother myself, there is NOTHING a child of mine could do to make me stop loving them. NOTHING. A mother knows her child, from before she was born and she knows you loved her and love her still. Her spirit lives on in and around you. Conflicts are a part of life, no one is spared. Sometimes we lose our loved ones before things are settled. Don't let that undermine what was REAL between you. I wish you peace. Chinacats suggestions were wonderful. I'm going to take some of them for myself.
Jennifer, I second what the other posters said. I would also suggest that you share your story with others. We might think we might have all the time in the world to make amends, but none of us knows that for sure. It's a valuable lesson, and might save someone from having to go through it themselves.
My sympathy goes out to you.
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If you're currently 8/12, I think you're doing yourself a disfavor by referring to your guild as casual.
How many guilds are that far? The number must be quite high, but the ratio is probably a little underwhelming.
My guild is currently 3/12. In Wrath we were able to pour through ICC and, eventually, kill the LK. We're not bad players, we just have limited time and a bit lower tolerance for stress. We're not the only guild like this, many guilds are experiencing the same thing right now.
I'm not suggesting that all raids should be easy, that wouldn't be fair. What I AM suggesting is that there should be an entry level raid for guilds such as mine. It doesn't need to be a pushover, but it does need a little easier difficulty curve. Look at Sarth/Naxx in Wrath, Kara in BC. That's what we're missing right now.
4 Undead Warlock
What an accurate was of describing it.
I think that the only way people feel this way is because they just want epics. Up the chance that trash can drop epics (make them lower level if you like) and all of a sudden they'd get much more interesting to most people.
See all the raid trash runs for proof of this.
Edited by Breathless on 3/12/2011 10:23 AM PST
No please, that would mark my wit out, not another wave dungeon/raid, they are not fun.
85 Human Paladin
OK then just for you firelands is going to be molten core redux. You spend more time on the trash than you do on the bosses.
Oh God don't remind me of the core hound packs... trying to coordinate AoE on those was annoying as hell only then to watch them start to respawn again lol
Ttrash is boring, no mattter if they drop epic or no. Now, a little trash like in Ulduar is fine, even if they dont drop anything.
A raid with too much trash is boring, doesn't matter they drop or not anything at all.
I feel like the poster you quoted.
85 Blood Elf Warlock
I have to agree with everything Rihanna said. Raid dungeons are blander than ever. I lost complete interest in raiding due to the 2 trash mobs -> boss model. It feels rushed and I consdiered the entire dungeons, not just the bosses, as the complete raiding experience.
This content fails to fulfill the complete experience for me.
I wish raids would take a step back from these epic boss encounters to include something more akin to the HoS endurance challenge or Razorscale is probably a good example too. Where the boss himself isn't overly challenging (in terms of mechanics), but the waves of adds are designed to wear you down, which makes him more difficult in the end.
Some of the hokey mechanics in these raids are getting a little tiresome.
While it's nice that instant kill bosses contain a mechanic in their room to prevent death; it's not really a formula that can be repeated over and over before it gets stale.
Trash is boring.
i wanted to repost what someone else said with a healthy dose of this.
How about we get the best of both worlds? People seem to have forgotten the gray area between black and white. We can still have winged dungeons and we can still have hallway dungeons. Make both. The main problem that people came across with hallway dungeons was the trash, which is simple. Just don't make so much trash.
Edit: Or, read the quote from the poster above me. That's a great example of raids then and raids now.
Edited by Joolz on 3/12/2011 11:21 AM PST
What we need is a raid like ToC AND Kharazan.
Heres my idea:
DotA, the raid.
Players assist waves of friendly npcs in fighting through enemy npcs to kill enemy generals (bosses).
Basically it's a combination of ToC in which the encounters are themselves made up of waves of trash followed by a boss.
After 3 variations of trash and boss, you kill the big bad boss.
This way it feels like instead of waiting around for you to kill them off one by one, the enemy is actually trying to repel the players.
You could also fit in some interesting gimmicks of controlling friendly npcs like on the Kil'jaeden battle, or piloting/assisting vehicles like on the Flame Leviathan and Gunship Battle.
(I personally think the Gunship Battle was one of the funnest encounters of Wrath, although it was pretty easy.)
90 Dwarf Paladin
A fight is only melee friendly when you can do the fight with melee only. None of the current raids are such that you can do them with melee alone.
90 Night Elf Druid
casual != skill
Now unless all you do is raid one or two hours a week then okay. Yet if you put in a couple of nights of two hours each, a raid of skilled players can full clear and then do a full clear in three hours total for all raids.
It just all comes down to both individual players skill, how fast they can adapt, and raid synergy. 8/12 is doable by PuGs who know how to play their class well, have experience in those fights and work well as a team. The fact that I am seeing PuGs downing chogal is showing that it is doable for those casuals of who jump on when they want to do PuGs.
From what I hear KJ does have a good amount of quality PuG players, although personally I will say it does have its fair share of those who need quite of bit of hand holding or are better left dead on the floor. I mean how do you fail at ToC, not just a person yet a whole raid get stopped by the first or second boss, seriously how do you fail the raid that was PuGed on day one.
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90 Blood Elf Paladin
I personally found trash fun, always reminded me of other games where you play through the level with bad guys around and fight a boss at the end.
What we need is a raid like ToC AND Kharazan.
Soooo Hyjal? Yeah that turned out well /sarcasm
90 Human Warrior
Soooo Hyjal? Yeah that turned out well /sarcasm
Damn, beaten to it.
Also: SWP, Ulduar, Kara are all instances of good raid design.
ToC, Hyjal, MC are all instances of bad raid design.
100 Night Elf Warrior
I don't like trash, but I don't like winged raids either. BWD looks really nice, but the overall map of it couldn't be anymore bland.
Much like ToC and Cho'gall to Sinestra, I would like to see the raid instance change when a boss dies. Not exactly like the floor falls out, but you go in a room, boss dies and you leave the room and everything has changed outside. I am not talking about phasing either.
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Sleep Inn & Suites I-45 / Airtex
222 West Airtex Boulevard
Houston, TX 77090
Phone: (281) 872-6200
Fax: (281) 872-6201
This popular water park is located within half an hour's drive of Houston. Multiple pools, thrilling water slides and raft rides make this amusement park fun for the family and a great way to escape the heat during the summer. Race against your friends down the six lane "Stingrary Racer," or chill on an inner tube in the lazy river. Dining options in the park include four restaurants and multiple food kiosks, so rest assured your hunger pangs will be satisfied.
21300 Interstate 45
Spring, TX 77373
+1 281 355 3300
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Peermont Metcourt Suites
Conveniently near the airport in Kempton Park, Peermont Metcourt Suites is close to International Terminal Duty Free Mall, Kempton Park Golf Club, and East Rand Mall. Also nearby are Value Mall and K90 Shopping Centre.
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Peermont Metcourt Suites has a full-service spa, an outdoor pool, and a steam room. Public areas are equipped with wireless and wired high-speed Internet access (surcharges apply). Business amenities at this 3-star property include a 24-hour business center and meeting rooms. Dining options at this business-friendly hotel include a coffee shop/café and a bar/lounge. The staff can provide concierge services, tour/ticket assistance, and wedding services. Additional amenities include a casino, spa services, and a sauna. Guests have complimentary access to a roundtrip airport shuttle during limited hours. Self parking is complimentary. The property has designated areas for smoking.
The 80 air-conditioned guestrooms at Peermont Metcourt Suites include laptop-compatible safes and coffee/tea makers. For a surcharge, guests can use the in-room wireless high-speed Internet access. Rooms are equipped with LCD TVs with satellite channels. Bathrooms offer shower/tub combinations, hair dryers, and complimentary toiletries.
Very good -food , service and room
All in all the stay was comfortable as can be visiting South Africa.
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Hotel size
- This hotel has 80 rooms
- This hotel is arranged over 1 floor
- Check-in time starts at 3 PM
- Check-out time is 11 AM
Required at check in
- Credit card or cash deposit required
- Government-issued photo ID required
- Minimum check-in age is 18
Travelling with others
- Babysitting/childcare
- Pets not allowed
- WiFi and wired Internet access in public areas *
- WiFi in rooms *
- Free airport shuttle during limited hours
- Free self parking
- Accessible parking
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- Breakfast daily (surcharge)
- Bar/lounge
- Coffee shop/café
- Free reception
- Outdoor pool
- Tennis on site
- Full-service spa
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Playground on site
- Golfing nearby
- Casino
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- Sauna
- Arcade/game room
- 24-hour business center
- Number of meeting rooms - 7
- Conference space
- Meeting rooms
- Concierge services
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Laundry facilities
- Wedding services
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Year Built 1190
- Elevator/lift
- ATM/banking
- Designated smoking areas
- Disabled parking
- Accessible path of travel
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
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- Air conditioning
- Coffee/tea maker
- Private bathroom
- Shower/tub combination
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Satellite TV channels
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- WiFi (surcharge)
- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
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The onsite spa has massage/treatment rooms. Services include facials and body treatments.


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Are "Phase 1″ Projects Just A Waste Of Money & Time?
Q: You're putting time and energy into this "temporary" job for the master bathroom (not to mention some money), so why not just go ahead and do the full gut job? I know you guys watch money really well, but isn't this not the most cost-effective in the long-run? :) – Karen
A: This is a great question, and we thought it would be fun to elaborate on the subject. Because it's safe to say that we love saving a buck, but we also like showing an old house some love and making it feel like home, so here's our take. First of all, I think a lot of people think like Karen does – in fact we had that same exact instinct when we moved into our first house. It was so tempting to just to freeze a room until we had the budget to completely redo it.
But we slowly learned that sometimes a small "sweat investment" in the form of a few upgrades to tide you over for a year or two until you can save up the loot to fully redo a room (and really think it through) is completely worth the Phase 1 effort and the small amount of money you might sink into that interim upgrade. And sometimes doing a few small things to improve a space before diving into a bigger redo can actually save you money because they give you a chance to (inexpensively!) figure out what you like and what you don't like as you go. It can definitely cost you more if you don't discover those things until the middle of a big gut job when time is money and the stakes are a lot higher.
Let's take our current master bathroom makeover, where we're aiming to spend around $100-200 on a Phase 1 makeover.
We got to the point where we just couldn't live with the old carpet in there for another day, so to us, showing the room some interim love just made a lot more sense than living with things that made us groan for a few more years. Especially since inexpensive updates like a few cans of paint and a new mirror (which can always be used in another room down the line) can easily make it a lot more pleasant in there. Note: this is just a photoshopped rendering of our plans, but next week we hope to have the floors stenciled!
Why not just get to gutting things right away? Well, we learned all the way back in our first house (even before we started blogging) that doing a full renovation when you only live somewhere a few months means you might not have time to think everything through. For example, it took us over a year of living with our first kitchen to realize that if we closed off a door we'd gain 70% more counter space. Had we rushed into a renovation, we never would have come up with that plan – so we'd have new counters and cabinets – but the same cramped layout that we started with.
Soon after moving in we did a Phase 1 makeover while we saved up for a more major reno down the line. Just some paint on the cabinets and peel and stick tile on the floors (along with updating a few appliances that we reused when we fully redid the room). Let me just tell you, it was so worth enjoying a somewhat updated kitchen for that time (during which we got married in the backyard and had 75 of our friends and family over). Sure, we spent a weekend painting the cabinets, another weekend updating the floor, and dug into our savings for about $150 just for Phase 1 (that's a guess at the total cost for the primer, paint, and the peel & stick tile) but the "return" on that money & time investment was that for over a year we got to walk into a room that felt fresher, cleaner, and more like us, instead of feeling stuck or frozen in the before shot for over a year.
When we had finally saved up the money – and had fully thought it through – we got to renovate that kitchen and ended up loving the outcome. It was completely worth the small time/effort up front for a Phase 1 update while we saved our pennies, and the fact that we ended up with a completely redone space that we adored (with a lot more function than anything we could have slapped together right away after moving in) definitely confirmed that this phase-by-phase, over-time method just seems to work for us.
The same thing happened in our full bathroom at that first house of ours. We started with this carpeted and crocheted space…
… and we did some simple updates like pulling up the carpeting, re-caulking things, adding some paint, and bringing in some sweet art, new lighting, and accessories to tide us over for a few years.
But up close both the floor and wall tile was cracked and damaged, so although we loved it, we sadly couldn't salvage it.
So when we finally had the money and time to tackle a full gut-job a few years later, we were excited to dive in. And thanks to spending a lot of time planning every step, we only spent around $1800 on a full bathroom renovation, including rebuilding this room from the studs (new walls, new trim) along with a new marble tile floor, new fixtures, a tub/shower that we tiled to the ceiling, a new custom vanity, etc.
But it was certainly nice not to spend years living with this carpeted bathroom with a duck curtain, and do that Phase 1 update – even though we couldn't fly out of the gate with a full renovation immediately.
So this method has been serving us well for a while now (holy cow, over seven years!) and we expect that nearly every room of our current house will have a multi-phase progression since we're planning to be in this house for a nice long time. We don't want to rush into anything without fully thinking it through and we'd like to save up for things that we truly will love for the long haul. But that doesn't mean we have to live with old carpeting and wallpaper – and that we can't toss up a little paint up, hang some art, update some light fixtures or faucets, and generally make the place feel fresher and more like us as we plan those larger scale undertakings and squirrel away some money.
In fact I think moving forward and experimenting within a certain space (not just in your head or while staring at a picture in a magazine) is a really helpful step when it comes to getting it right down the road with your major renovation. This was our first attempt at our first house's bathroom. Scary, eh? But it turns out we had to paint the windowsill black and toss up a blue pashmina to learn that it was NOT what we liked (I thought it would be "so Domino magazine" and it was so… bad).
So we course corrected as we went, and ended up with a room that we could really enjoy in the interim, which then led to a brand new bathroom that we loved even more down the road. I guess one way to look at it would be that those small updates over time are like stairs. They build to a better result, and they bridge the gap between your before to your after. Without Phase 1 in here, we might never have arrived at that "love it" Phase 2 result, which might now have led us to a "love it even more!" Phase 3 outcome. So expecting to freeze at "before" and then skip right to "after" might not happen for everyone. But for us, that step-by-step approach over time just seems to get us from point A to point C without as much stress as attempting to skip right from what we hate to what we love in one fell swoop.
And sometimes it's amazing to see how a few updates like paint, art, a window treatment, and a few accessories can bring an old room back from the brink without a major makeover down the line. Yes, in some cases a Phase 1 update can help you see that you don't need to gut something at all (hello, money savings!) – and realizing that you can actually work with what you have can be the equivalent of finding a thousand dollar bill in your couch cushion. Take our $51 guest bathroom mini makeover, for example. We had pretty much planned to work with this tile from the start (it was in great shape and we thought the vintage yellow tone was charming) so we hoped this bathroom just needed a few cosmetic fixes… but others who came over couldn't see how it would ever work without bringing in the sledgehammer.
All we did was paint, add a window treatment, hang some art, and remove some bad elements (like the mirror that reflected every guest's full body while they sat on the toilet) but when the decorating dust cleared, even my mom was saying "you've made a believer out of me."
So you might think a room needs a full gut job, but experimenting with some affordable for-now fixes might just prove otherwise and save you a whole lot of money and effort down the line. And the only way to find that out sometimes is by diving into Phase 1. So if you wait and skip right to Gut Job, you might never know how charming a room can be with just a few wallet-saving fixes. Our hall bathroom was a slightly more involved update than our guest room (we framed out the mirror and added a built-in shelf), but the tile was still in great shape, so we got to work with almost everything that was there already. Note: pardon the yellow cast on this picture, it was move-in day and I was rushing around shooting in the wrong mode.
After spending just $168, we had a completely fresh looking room.
The cool thing about this method is that if Phase 1 does the trick, you're done! And you're probably thanking your lucky stars you didn't go straight to full-reno mode. And if Phase 1 only serves to "tide you over" instead of majorly saving you from a bigger renovation, it's still a win because you get to smile more as you save up and percolate on Phase 2 plans down the line. Plus going through the thought process of Phase 1 can better help you pinpoint what you still don't love about a room (the layout, damaged tile, missing counter space, etc) and you get this bonus "learning experience" before jumping into any major construction down the road.
What about you guys. How do you balance your desire for a space that feels fresh and homey without blowing a bunch of cash you don't quite have? I'm sure it's different for everyone, so I'd love to hear what works for you. Do you do the ol' freeze thing and just try not to think about all the things that bug you? Or do you sprinkle in some inexpensive updates along the way? Don't get me wrong, we still have a bunch of rooms that we've been ignoring for months (can't do 'em all at once!) but I like to think that those "we just can't take this anymore" moments are what help us decide what needs a Phase 1 intervention most of all, and then we can dive right into that with some gusto.
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I definitely see the value of doing a few cosmetic updates to tide you over until you can do the big reno. Our favorite room in our house is this awesome sun room/TV room just off the kitchen. It was built in the old garage of the house and has huge windows on two walls and beautiful handmade tiles on the floor. But the walls are old paneling that was painted once in 1986 or so and now is dingy, grey, and full of pockmarks and stains. We plan on completely gutting the kitchen and opening it up into the TV room. We will replace the horrible panels with drywall and raise the ceiling. But I don't know if I can stand one more day looking at these dirty walls!!!! I really want to paint them and I let myself be talked into waiting but now I think I am going to move forward and just buy some cheap paint and clean these walls up until we can afford the major updates. Thanks for the inspiration!
Paint IS cheap! And such a quick, easy fix. I LOVE the 'paint and primer combined' stuff – I've found it covers so much better. It costs more per gallon, but if it takes two coats instead of three it actually ends up costing less overall. There is something really satisfying about covering up dingy or ugg-colored walls with fresh pretty paint!
I totally agree! But I haven't seen added yet – I think it also depends on the person, how much they enjoy/don't mind doing projects vs. how much they enjoy the payoff. For me the renovating is an enjoyable hobby and I *hugely* enjoy the improvements (fun eye candy in your post, all the before & afters!). But for some people each phase might require a lot of effort/time/energy/planning…so I could see for some people it could be better to save up the energy/effort etc for one go. :)
As someone who usually skips Phase 1 to hold out for Phase 2, I am now in agreement with you. You allude to the psychological value – looking at the drab, old space will bring you down. Waiting left me with a growing disinterest in doing anything about the ugly space, which made saving up to redecorate more difficult. If you can spend a small amount of money and a small amount of time to transform the space, you will also gain a pickup in how that space makes you feel when you look at it. You'll be happier in that space while you are making final decorating plans and want to finish the transformation.
And while many people don't (or shouldn't!) renovate based on resell, it's good to not leave small phase 1 type updates off your list just in case you get a job offer in another town or the house you've been admiring finally went on the market and you suddenly need to sell your own house.
I needed to read this post today!! We are in the process of getting quotes on re-doing our kitchen and are getting pretty discouraged at the price tag. This post made me rethink the complete overhaul and start thinking of smaller budget updates we could do until we save up the $ to do the whole thing.
Thank you!! :)
I am slowly learning to do things in phases too, which is hard sometimes. When I bought my bungalow it was a time capsule so there were some things that HAD to be done before moving in-hardwood floors, paint and of course serious cleaning! I have done things without "phasing" and some decisions I end up wishing I had done something different. I have to agree with the comment about "paralysis by analysis" I sometimes overthink some choices and get "stuck" and do nothing!!
I completely agree with you that you should take it slow and do renovations in phases. I think this is especially true of kitchens where you really have to spend time using the room to get a feel for how the space is used.
I'm glad you covered this. My husband and I bought our first house 2 years ago (which is 163 years old! and stuck in the 70s) and we've yet to do anything to it. We hate most of the style of it, but every time we think of changing something, it becomes like a "if you give a mouse of cookie" book … if we want to paint the room, we have to pull down the paneling, if we pull down the paneling, we'll have to remove the flowered wallpapered horsehair and plaster underneath, if we're going to remove the walls, we should add more than one outlet to the room, etc, etc, etc.
After living here 2 years, it still feels like someone else's house. It's all our stuff, but even the curtains belonged to the previous owners. We've fallen into the mindset that if you're going to do anything, you have to do it all. While our house is in pretty good shape for it's age, it is a fixer-upper and it will take quite a while more of saving before we can get started on some renovations.
So, thank you for showing us a new perspective. I might still not be sold on painting the paneling, but I may try my hand at making some curtains at least.
Something about a 163 year old house ('born' in 1850!!) being stuck in the 70s just struck me as hilarious. I mean, I can hear the house now: "Hey! I made it to 1974! Whaddya want from me?!?! Kids these days…sheesh.." Maybe it's just me. I bet you find some cool stuff when the time comes to start pulling down paneling!!
Oh! and by the way, I can't wait to see how you're going to update your kitchen!
Great post! We bought our first house 4 years ago and renovated the bathroom before we moved in. While it was needed (the beam below the bathroom was rotted), I wish we had more time to figure out exactly what we wanted. There are things I would have tweaked and spent more time on. When we got around to the kitchen, I was much better prepared!
This one is a 50/50 for me. I def share your "live with it awhile" mentality until you figure out how that space is going to work for you and what may make it better…then pull the trigger, take it to the studs.
Having 3 small children painting cabinets (sooo much work!!) isn't gonna happen. I can barely get a room painted…While they look great, the time isn't well spent..IN MY WORLD! So it makes more sense for me to just save the money (while I may have the paint, primer etc on hand..it just takes away from other "quick jobs")until I can buy new cabinets or start the actual demo. I actually don't even like painting the walls until I know they are all staying…but I do realize that is a little extreme.
But any CHEAP little purchases that you know you can use in the future (example: mirrors/light fixtures) is def a worthwhile spend.
I personally love the multi-phase approach that you guys have developed because it reminds me that homes (and home updates) are a process and layered overtime. We live in an apartment and there are a lot of rules about what we can and can not change, but we get through it by bringing in small things like curtains, art and furtniture with personality and continue saving for a house that we can really do work on. But the interum its nice coming home to a space that feels like us.
My husband and I are completely into phased projects. At our old house, we had the 1950s pink tile like your yellow guest bath, and when we first moved in I thought that I would have to rip it all out, but after reglazing the white tub, getting a white shower curtain, new white window curtains, new paint and eventually a new pedestal sink, we realized that it wasn't so bad after all. Adding in a fresh paint color and more white balanced out all of the pink-ness and we were happy with it!
We did the same thing with our pink-tiled bathroom, and now we don't mind it a bit! Some people actually think it's kinda charming.
From my experience the best thing to do is live in your house for a little bit and get the feel for what the rooms are meant for. My husband and I are first time home owners and we were really convinced that our fourth bedroom would be the perfect office. I pinned tens of pictures of offices and planned on spending thousands of dollars to bring my vision to life. We both work full time and are not that handy so we never got around to executing my vision and that turned out to be a good thing.
We never used the office as an actual office, we are not "office people". I actually ended up getting dressed in that room a lot and slowly moved my clothes in there. It has become ridiculously clear to us now, after a year, that the room is meant to be a dressing room. Now if we could just get on that.
With that being said, and with all due respect, I think stenciling the sub floor is probably going to be a waste of phase 1 effort and money. How will that tide you over for a year or two? I hope to be made a believer.
I think sometimes the Phase 1 stuff like stenciling a floor is a way to try something fun and a little more "design risk" that you might not otherwise. It's like purple streaks in your hair- you do it for a summer, but for most people- not for life. I'm excited to see how it turns out!
Okay I Googled and found this and I think you youngsters might be onto something:
I agree with doing upgrades in phases. I just think you should choose your battles carefully. Painting sub floor looked like a losing battle to me. This person seems to have gotten it right!
Good Luck!
I'm totally for phase 1 but I think my husband is a just wait until we can do the full thing. Last year we were under contract on a house (which we ultimately lost because my husband's job was eliminated) and I was planing some updates. The main bath needed a major overhaul but I knew we couldn't afford it. It had the 50's pink and black tile on the lower half of the walls and floral wallpaper on the upper part. My plan was to take down the wallpaper and paint the upper half. Then I wanted to try one of the tile painting kits for refinishing tile and paint all the tile white. I'm thinking the whole phase 1 would have been under $100 but Andrew thought it was a waste of money if we were going to redo the whole thing down the road. I know I would have ultimately won because I probably would have just gone out and bought the stuff on my own one day. Hehe :) Sadly we'll just have to wait until we find a different house now.
I think it depends on why you're doing a phase one redo. Do you know that you're going to do a big gut job later and want something tolerable until then, or do you just not know what you want but know what you have now isn't it? For me, I've made a few temporary (and cheap) design choices just because the "before" was so bad, and I wish now I had chosen something more permanent. The floor in my kitchen, for example–I put down peel and stick tile that is just not heavy-duty enough for my family. I could have put down ceramic tile but I didn't know what to choose. I should have just picked something neutral and classic and gotten on with it. Now, not only do I not have the time or cash to redo the floor, I hate looking at it. I've repaired it a few times but the tile is now discontinued so I can't fix it anymore. In my case it would have been better for me to just skip that "phase one" redo and go straight to the finished product. But I can see how other cases would need a temporary redo, especially if you're planning to rearrange permanent fixtures like cabinets or plumbing.
I am so with you on making a few small updates to tide you over until you can really put in the time and effort to fully update something. We just moved into a new home and I have only taken on the challenge of painting two rooms so far, the master bedroom and my daughters room. The upstairs bathroom is a terrible turquoise green and has horrible linoleum floors that weren't put down correctly. I would love to rip everything up but I know I don't have the patience or the money to put into it right now. So I bought a new shower curtain that has turquoise in it but has a lot of navy, gray and white and helps to tone down the walls and I actually kind of like it right now. I bought gray accents and white and gray towels and for now I can live with it.
I LOVE this post, we moved into our 22 year old home just 3 months ago, and are doing "phase 1″ all over the house until we have the money to do a big overhaul. Our master bathroom needs a major update, but for the time-being we are just painting the walls and vanity.
The mental cost of living in rooms you hate far outweighs the few hundred bucks spent on paint or other temporary fixes. Just my opinion…
I'm with you on the "Phase 1″ part of the process there. I'm not very patient when it comes to making things look like me/work for me but I definitely agree that sometimes it's very worth it to give yourself some time to think about it. We have a very weird master closet – slanted ceiling and attic space access included – so while I tried working with it at first, after 6 months I couldn't take the mess and we moved right into Phase 2 installing the Elfa (Container Store) closet/organization system. I mentally kiss and hug the closet every time I open it so absolutely no regrets there. The kitchen on the other hand, while it has updated counters, appliances and backsplash, it has a funky 3/4 wall separating it from the breakfast nook that we're 100% we want gone, older cabinets and a 300+ year-old floor that while amazingly charming, it's showing some wear and we don't really know how to deal with it. But, rather than make any major decisions now, we're going to paint and organize the cabinets and let that and time inform how we deal with the wall, the floor and the overall layout. So I think a combo of a phased and "let's just do this" approach is what works for us. And like you guys, we're happy to repaint anything 100 times so those updates are a no-brainer for us.
Thanks to your blog, I've learned the magic of Phase I. Oh, the money we have saved from not jumping into anything. Its just too bad that I'm so indecisive that I can never get onto the next phase but at least I haven't thrown much money our the door. Thanks for the great life lesson!
Thank you so much for this post! I completely agree with your phase 1 approach but I saw the plans for the master bathroom, and just like Karen, thought you were about to drop a bunch of $ in there.
I'm assuming maybe you are planning to build the cabinet then if your total phase 1 budget is $100-$200? After seeing that photoshopped cabinet, I thought you all were about to drop $500- just on phase 1! That seems rather pricey to me haha. Thanks for clearing that up.
We have done a lot of Phase 1 stuff over the years to the interior, but our garage and the exterior of our house have been on a major freeze since we got the house 6 years ago, other than a new roof at the beginning and and new entry staircase last year. We kept telling our family we love our house and they were like, "really???" because our exterior looked horrible!
This summer I couldn't take it anymore. We painted the house, the foundation, ripped out overgrown bushes in the wrong places, planted 14 new shrubs, releveled parts of the yard, rebuilt the window wells for the basement windows, and I decided to deep-clean and repaint the interior of our packed-to-the-gills 3-stall garage. Found 2 bird nests in there, and other insane stuff I've been selling on craigslist this summer.
Now I'm determined to finish rebuilding 2 retaining walls for raised flower beds I have half-done, even though I live in ND and it's going to snow this weekend! Boo! I'll be the person in the ER a month from now with frostbite, muttering "so close… so much done… had to finish…"
We tend to be phase 1 people and have had different outcomes. In the kitchen, we painted the walls, got a couple new appliances and a new sink (that we invested in and would keep through phase 2), and replaced the 80's square tile counter tops with 12″ granite tile until we can afford slabs. It made a huge difference that we're happy with, and granite slabs aren't even on the top 10 list of things to save for anymore. We still plan to re-stain the cabinets, but that's more of a lack of time and energy issue. Our weekend effort of placing the tile countertops held us over much longer than anticipated.
With our fireplace, we painted the surround and pulled off these stupid kit decorative scroll "things" (I don't even know what to call them) as a phase 1, and it's just made me even more anxious to just DO the fireplace already, but it's going to be part of a bigger project that includes replacing flooring, so it'll be a while. But the Phase 1 is definitely better than what we moved in to and made a difference visually. Seeing your amazing fireplace makeover in the last house hasn't helped with my patience, but we'll get there :)
I completely agree! We just painted the entire inside of our home the same neutral color to get a fresh, clean slate until we can save some monies to completely gut and until we can decide what colors we actually want for each room. It helped so much and helped me not to pout everyday about how awful the walls looked! (got the blank slate idea from y'all, so thanks!!)
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Concerns that a medal honoring drone pilots and cyberwarriors is ranked too highly have reached the ears of new Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel. The Defense Department announced on March 12 that it is suspending production of the new Distinguished Warfare medal pending a 30 day review to be headed by Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Veterans groups and others complained that the new honor was too lofty for those not directly in harm's way. Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee and ranking member Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) said as much in a March 11 letter asking Hagel to rethink the standing of the Distinguished Warfare Medal. They wrote that placing the new medal above the Bronze Star could have an "adverse impact to morale."
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Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced the Distinguished Warfare Medal in February to honor "extraordinary achievement, not involving acts of valor, directly impacting combat operations or other military operations," irrespective of the physical location of service member. The medal ranked just below the Distinguished Flying Cross, and above such battlefield decorations as the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart.
"Secretary Hagel has long had a history with the veterans service organizations," said Pentagon press secretary George Little in a March 12 briefing. "He's been a member of one. He headed the USO. He's heard their concerns. He's heard the concerns of others. And he believes that it's prudent to take into account those concerns and conduct this review."
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Background: I'm loading images into a Stack Panel (called MainStack) displayed horizontally (for argument sake, 10 images) with only room for 4 images in view. As I load the images from the List I'm setting the width of each to 300 so they're all in the same size box.
I want to move the images from right to left using the Stack Panel's Margin (left) property. I want the appearance of scrolling left by exactly the same amount of the width of each image (looped with 4 second delay) until the last image is in view. Here's my code for the Margin animation:
Dim result As New Storyboard
Dim animation As New ThicknessAnimation
animation.From = MainStack.Margin
animation.EasingFunction = New PowerEase() With {.EasingMode = EasingMode.EaseInOut, .Power = 3}
animation.To = New Thickness(-300, 0, 0, 0)
animation.Duration = New Duration(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1.5))
Storyboard.SetTarget(animation, MainStack)
Storyboard.SetTargetProperty(animation, New PropertyPath("Margin"))
Strange thing is happening. The Stack Panel is moving to the left but only by about half the width of the image.
What is going on?!?
/* edit */ As per H.B. suggestion, I've tried to implement a TranslateTransform but not having much success.
Can anyone see any problems with this code?
Dim translatePosition = New Point(300, 0)
RenderTransform = New TranslateTransform()
Dim d As New Duration(New TimeSpan(0, 0, 0, 1, 30))
Dim x As New DoubleAnimation(translatePosition.X, d)
Storyboard.SetTarget(x, MainStack)
Storyboard.SetTargetProperty(x, New PropertyPath("(UIElement.RenderTransform).(TranslateTransform.X)"))
Dim sb As New Storyboard()
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4-6 a night, depending on how the day went and how the night is progressing. During the winter, after work, I reno the house and enjoy beer while painting or putting flooring down. During the summer, after work, I tend to the garden and greenhouse and enjoy beer while weeding, pruning, plucking, and seeding.
A big liver is a happy liver, right?
You guys make me feel better about my drinking.
I have 1-2 12oz beers per day, probably about 6 days a week. Sometimes one of those might be a breakfast porter or similar on a weekend.
This summer I was on a hard alch kick, and went through 1l ketel one, 1.75L tanqueray, and 1L Bacardi 151. That was around 3.5 months. Probably was also two or three sixers involved.
I figure thats not bad overall, though ive also been known to kill half a 30 rack of BMC stuff at a party.
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Between me and my girl we drink about 2 cases a week and maybe a few more on the weekends. Most of what we drink is home brew and craft beers with in the 6.5 - 9% range. That does not include the wine with dinner. I only drink beer and wine I had to lay off the hard stuff when i got out of school. Saying that we never go out anywhere. I told her one day joking around we have a pool, a man cave, and a 65 inch tv. If I stay inside this fence the cops cant take me away ;-) Anyway, as long as you don't get behind the wheel and you can take care of your responsibilities then your okay...
Damn it's starting to sound like I'm trying to justify myself ;-)
I feel like I drink too much. As it is right now I probably average 3-4 drinks a night.
I have about 4-5 a week. That is heavier than it used to be before brewing, used to be about 2 a week. I am having to pace my brewing now as I have a rather strong reserve.
According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), "for men, is no more than four drinks in one day, and no more than 14 drinks in a week. For women, it's no more than three drinks in any day and no more than seven drinks in any week."
So be careful my buds! We do this as a hobby, and need to make sure that our craft does not turn into a habit. If you find yourself exceeding the values quoted above, perhaps you should try to cut back for your future health.
I drink a fair mix of everything, but I usually have a beer after work. A couple of times a month I get useless, but I am cutting back a lot. Like many of us mentioned the calorie intake is a problem, as well as waking up in a pool of your own vomit. I would have to agree with Tall... I am never one to pass judgement but it seems that many of you drink quite a bit more than recommended by anyone. Alcoholism is a real problem...
Just when I was just thinking my consumption was getting up there. You guys make me feel like a teetotaler.
2-3 beers a week on average. Sometimes that is 2 in one night and none the rest of the week, sometimes it is 1 every other day, sometimes I go without drinking for weeks at a time.
Before I brewed? Maybe 2 BMC's a month, and a case a month during football season. Now I do 1 or 2 real beers during the game and feel like a champ.
From reading the posts in this thread, a lot are sticking to the 1-2 beers a night wich I feel isn't all that much. You don't get wasted, so it's pretty much like drinking soda. Is it good for the waistline/health ? Probably not, but we all have our vices.
I'm much more worried about the crowd that drinks to get wasted (ie. not homebrewers). Binge drinking is where the true evil lies in my mind, because you stop seeing home brew as an enjoyable and tasty beverage you made yourself (like a bitching chili) and more like a way to get pissed drunk and forget about stuff. Sure, it's fun to get crossed-eye and play trivia once in a while, but I have friends who will spend 100$ a week in bars that feel liked they ruined their weekend if they haven't either hurled from alcohol or forgotten about their night entirely. My girlfriend's friends are particularly guilty of this: they don't want to pace themselves or taste what they are ingesting
Also, daily beer consumption gets a bad name and easily gets associated with alcoholism, while daily wine drinking is touted as an healthy and raffined lifestyle. Classism at its best.
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best way to stuff and preserve hot cherry pepper
My wife had a banner crop of hot cherry peppers and I would like to stuff them with meat and provolone. I have done this in the past by blanching them first and then sealing them in an oil and vinegar brine. The taste is ok but I much prefer the commercial peppers that are crisp and do not taste like vinegar. I have tried preserving them blanched and in just oil but ended up losing the seven jars that I did up because the oil turned. Any suggestion for keeping them crisp and tasting like peppers will be greatly appreciated.
go to the harvest forum for this question.
oil does NOT preserve and is very dangerous. Best to use NO OIL.
If It was ME. I would preserve the peppers plain in 100% vinegar and then stuff them when I go to eat them. But I like the taste of vinegar. at the time you remove the peppers you could soak them in water to remove some vinegar flavor then stuff and eat.
vinegar will keep them crisp better and longer and safer than water and vinegar. I always use 100% vinegar and never add any water.


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My mom says its been in her family for a long time and keeps saying its Majolica any idea?
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Majolica simply means that it's an opaque glazed pottery.....and it sure appears to be that!
It looks to be American art pottery from the early 20th century....likely Weller. Is it in 2 pieces? Any chips or cracks? any markings on it anywhere? maybe the pedestal and the bowl did not originally go together?
At any rate it's very very nice!!
Linda C
Weller has a similar 2 piece thing called a Jardiniere & Pedestal page 717. That 1 is not your pattern tho. There is a mug listed as Oranges that is similar colors to painting of the top bowl. Antique Trader Pottery & Porcelain Ceramics guide 2006. So they did have a bowl on top of a pedestal but I don't think yours are oranges as orange leaves don't look like that.
Google Wardle Pottery Jardiniere or even just Wardle Pottery. Maybe if you reference the number in a search, there might be some specific info.
If you "google" Wardle jardiniere on stand, the first image to come up is the same as yours. Check carefully on both pieces to see if they have a signature. Fredrick Rhead became art director around the turn of the century & if it has his signature the value goes up significantly.
I've sold unsigned Wardle jardinieres on stands for around $600-800.
I thought it could be Weller Dickensware....but couldn't find any pictures of that pattern. No, certainly nothing like their majolica line
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Nothing can brighten your day quite like the sweet sound of a laughing baby.
The third time continued to be the charm for one mother.
As the mother of an almost 2-year-old little girl, I know how difficult it can be to get a toddler to stay within their bed at night to go to sleep. After my daily YouTube video search, I came across a video of an adorably brilliant 2-year-old boy sneaking into his sister's bedroom -- but how he did it is the kicker! Well-played little tot -- well-played!
BabyCenter has released their list of the most unusual baby names of 2012, and there are a few dandies on the list.
Having heart surgery at any age is a really big deal. It can leave a really ugly scar that you just want to hide. Well one little guy is showing off his scar proudly and has earned over a million fans on Facebook. His name is Joey, otherwise known as "ridiculously good looking baby".
Babies imitate their parents all the time, as anybody who has accidentally let a curse word slip in front of a baby can tell you. But sometimes this is less embarrassing and more cute.
Witness, for example, these twins "learning" how to sneeze courtesy of their dad
We all know that lions are wild animals that will gobble you up if given the chance, but how scary is it to actually witness the potential harm they can do? - Especially to a baby! Yikes! The parents of this adorable baby got video of the hungry beast trying it's best to eat the kid like a snack. Take a look!
Mothers are 11.3 percent less likely to give birth on Halloween than they are on the days before and after the holiday.


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Learn techniques to manage stress, calm the mind, focus the breath in a gentle beginner workshop setting. This is perfect for anyone who has family history of heart disease, high blood pressure, high cholestoral, high stress. It is based on Dr. Dean Ornishs Reversing Heart Disease teachings.
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