Where to squeeze in the office space in the house??
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Comments (15)I'm a hydro grower and am usually on that forum, but I love growing tomatoes so much that I spend a lot of time here too. Anyway, to my point: go vertical! I grow strawberries and tomatoes and I grow UP! I grow the tomatoes in perlite and use the "static" method. All this is explained on my Web page. I'll throw a link in below. I grow 100 individual strawberry plants on a "growing station" that takes up 8 square feet in my greenhouse. It is 6 feet tall and grows 50 plants per side. I also grow tomatoes, which are tethered on a rope suspended from a rod anchored 5 feet off the floor. Each plant is indeterminate and I both "super-crop" the trunks as well as use the "single-truss fruiting method". The plants put out tomatoes like there's no tomorrow and all the fruit is at waist height! I don't see why it wouldn't work in an outside garden as well. In fact, you could use the "static" method of hydroponic growing in a pot outside on the dirt. I grow most of my tomatoes outside on concrete! Hope this spurns you on! My Web site motto is "Grow On -- I Dare You!" Here is a link that might be useful: TenGreenThumbs...See MoreForgot to plan for MW and toaster oven! Where to squeeze them in?
Comments (13)Dianalo, I originally thought of doing that and building shelves/cabs for the TO and MW against the side of the fridge, but that's what my KD warned me against as she felt it would leave very little backsplash visible and the overall look would be cramped. After her sketching it out on the paper plan (a copy of the one I posted above), I see her point... Just doesn't seem like it would be a very attractive solution. But it is hard coming up with alternatives! Also, I use my TO a lot and will keep using it after the kitchen is redone, since my new oven will be 36" and I don't want to crank that big thing up if I can use the TO instead. Hence the need to find space for both TO and MW. Melissastar, I love your solution and wish I could borrow it! Bit I have four kiddos and the youngest are a young toddler and a baby, so a bit too risky. My toddler aleady tries to reach the MW and push buttons whenever he can, so it will need to stay at or above counter height for sure. Maruha, my pic doesn't show this but there is a door on the right hand wall just past the window. If I slide the sink under the window, anyone standing there will be in the way of the door swing, and as the door leads to the play set in our yard it is used pretty frequently. So I put the sink to the left of the window to allow for simultaneous use of doorway + sink. Marcydc, can you show me a pic of your micro drawer? Is it hard to lift out hot dinner plates, for example? I've never seen one in action so have a hard time understanding how it works in everyday usage. That might be a good solution? Are there particular brands, and which one do you have/like? Thanks so much and kee the ideas coming! I love it! Maybe we could find a way to squeeze them in along the side walls perhaps.... I appreciate all your suggestions!...See MoreMy new home away from home office
Comments (11)I have that exact same desk! I bought it at Pier One in the early 90's. It's been in 3 homes with me, one in the Netherlands. Good score!!!...See MoreHelp - Work/home office ongoing disaster - floating shelves
Comments (24)I love the Bright Green Office; looks very logical. I love your room. If you want some art in the room, get it first and let it drive your color scheme. Get rid of everything in the room, except what you need to work in the room, and organize it into boxes, bins, what ever so you can think straight about what goes where when. Then paint the room a nice soothing color you like...pick a color then go two tints lighter! And paint! Then decide where the desk will go and set up the computer. Find a concealer for wires and plugs online or at the container store. Add shelves and designated closed storage, even if it is baskets or fabric bins with clear large name tag designation for each bin.....get a perch for the kitty, and your are pretty done......anyway that is just my suggestion, but it might help?...See MoreJAN MOYER
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