I LOVE the step and bench markers! Just think of what they will look like with the plaster around them and the sun shining on them!!!!!:sun:
Kim:cat:
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Another in Texas - Cypress
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I also think the tile looks great the way you placed it. Nothing wrong with using the samples!
Suz, it didn't rain here at all yesterday and it just spit a few drops this morning. Funny how that all works. Although last night I did notice a large dark cloud off in the north west and thought it was coming this way.
Suz, it didn't rain here at all yesterday and it just spit a few drops this morning. Funny how that all works. Although last night I did notice a large dark cloud off in the north west and thought it was coming this way.
Thanks for the [emoji1303][emoji1303] up on the step markers. I was liking them a lot. Any ideas on the great deck dilemma? Lol
What?! We're not THAT far apart in Cypress. We got a little rain when we were eating a late lunch at The Shack but the sun stayed out and then it was done. It's been bright and sunny today. I had the kids outside painting on canvas and stepping stones. We're in the car and I'd say the weather is beautiful but... When I look your way, I do see some gray clouds in the distance. Sorry Suz!
. Do you mind holding onto it over there for us though so we can get some work done this coming week? [emoji23]
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What?! We're not THAT far apart in Cypress. We got a little rain when we were eating a late lunch at The Shack but the sun stayed out and then it was done. It's been bright and sunny today. I had the kids outside painting on canvas and stepping stones. We're in the car and I'd say the weather is beautiful but... When I look your way, I do see some gray clouds in the distance. Sorry Suz!
. Do you mind holding onto it over there for us though so we can get some work done this coming week? [emoji23]Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
TM until I can see it better I am stuck. I need to see it in real life 
Can you use your hose to lay out the deck for you so see what might work? Doing that might help YOU see it.
You KNOW we want to see the paintings!!!!
Kim:cat:
Can you use your hose to lay out the deck for you so see what might work? Doing that might help YOU see it.
You KNOW we want to see the paintings!!!!
Kim:cat:
There is a giant dirt pile in the way right now so I don't think it would show very well what I'm talking about. I could take video explaining but I haven't figure out how to upload video yet.
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I THINK photo bucket can/will do video. I SO want to help but my brain is not finding the answer with what it is seeing
Do the best you can. What I am looking for is seeing the size and shape we have to work with. Take pic from the covered patio looking towards the back fence, making sure to have the pool and side fence in the pic and the play area. LOL
GOOD LUCK!
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Do the best you can. What I am looking for is seeing the size and shape we have to work with. Take pic from the covered patio looking towards the back fence, making sure to have the pool and side fence in the pic and the play area. LOL
GOOD LUCK!
Kim:cat:
What?! We're not THAT far apart in Cypress. We got a little rain when we were eating a late lunch at The Shack but the sun stayed out and then it was done. It's been bright and sunny today. I had the kids outside painting on canvas and stepping stones. We're in the car and I'd say the weather is beautiful but... When I look your way, I do see some gray clouds in the distance. Sorry Suz!
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Well, that's Houston for ya'!!! I've seen it (maybe 4-5 times in my 40 years of living here) rain across the street and not on my yard or vice versa. If I remember right, you're near the new Parkway and 290 while I'm down near 249 and Louetta (halfway between Willowbrook and Spring Cypress). Plenty of space for showers to jump around. Out of towners are always surprised how large of an area Cypress covers - the school district alone services 186 square miles - I think the district is up to 12 high schools - pretty big.
When I typed the post earlier today, it was about 11am and the downpour didn't last long. Thank goodness. The rest of the day has been partly cloudy/sunny but no more rain here until some heavy sprinkles now.
You got it!!! I'll keep the rain here to hopefully give you a break! I know what it means while a pool is being built...... All these rains are giving me good practice at managing the pool water and the best way to clean up after the rains leave. (but it doesn't take long to learn that! Haha!!!)
I THINK photo bucket can/will do video. I SO want to help but my brain is not finding the answer with what it is seeing
Do the best you can. What I am looking for is seeing the size and shape we have to work with. Take pic from the covered patio looking towards the back fence, making sure to have the pool and side fence in the pic and the play area. LOL
GOOD LUCK!
Kim:cat:
I will try but the yard is too big to be able to get that in the frame. I'll try to post from Google Earth or something.
I've seen that a few times too. It's so bizarre.
Yep, 12. We're one of the ones that will get re-zoned to the newest high school from CY Ranch as soon as it's finished.
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I THINK photo bucket can/will do video. I SO want to help but my brain is not finding the answer with what it is seeing
Do the best you can. What I am looking for is seeing the size and shape we have to work with. Take pic from the covered patio looking towards the back fence, making sure to have the pool and side fence in the pic and the play area. LOL
GOOD LUCK!
Kim:cat:
Okay, Kim best I can do!
This is from Google Earth.
From front of the house. Pool uses the side yard to the left in this picture. It's the same orientation the drawings would be from.
Here is the diagram drawing again...
This is from the back of the house. Pool is on right before the end of the house. The playset is in the open area behind that (front/right of this photo). Gardens are to left directly behind the house.
This is taken from the garden side. The pool would be on the other side of the house and partially blocked by the house.
In this picture the pool is in the right yard and the area we were trying to save is everything to the left.
Hope that makes sense?
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I think this is the best one for us to work with!
TM your job is to "draw" in where the pool is as well as the play set. Mark the "limits you have as for as yard left.
I will so playing with it. BUT I think this is the best pic to use.
Kim:cat:
LOL always a teacher! What can I say? I THINK I know where they all go but SHE is there so KNOWS........
Kim:cat:
always a teacher! What can I say? I THINK I know where they all go but SHE is there so KNOWS........Kim:cat:
LOL
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Okay, here we go! Best I could do on the super low res screen shots from Google Earth.
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Looks good, maybe you can even plant a new citrus tree towards the street end in the mostly wasted space (assuming north is towards the left) that would give it a good wind break from the N / NW winter wind. If you do just select a variety that will actually grow in NW Houston like we talked about earlier in this thread (if I could pick only one for your situation it would by Owari Satsuma on Flying Dragon root stock ) Flying Dragon is a dwarfing root stock, so better for small yards, even on dwarfing roof stock an Owari Satsuma can get to be 10-12 ft tall and maybe 15 ft wide after 15-20 years, if not pruned, so don't plant too close to a fence. Unless you plan to have more kids it is probably safe to plant it closer to the swing set than the street fence as they are somewhat slow to grow and the boys will have grown out of the swing set by the time the tree is big enough to get in the way. (say 7-8 ft wide at 5 years after planting). Best time to plant is in the spring after the last frost, second best time is late summer after the peak of the heat, provided you water it once per week if we have a dry summer.
We need more decking and the diagram is because we're trying to figure out how to design it and still be able to fence it in with the pool. Kim was making me do a lot of homework so she could picture it to help with ideas.
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Okay here is my best shot! Garden boxes-move the square one to where the blue round thing is and the rectangle one along the fence bump out. I would go so far as to fill in the whole area around the boxes with the boxes and stepping stones so no mowing is needed back there. That leaves that whole area where they were for the play structure and grass play fun.
See how I bumped out the fence to go around the fire pit? That would allow for seating around the fire pit.
Do "see" what I mean? You did an awesome job giving me that to work with. THAT is what I needed to "see" it.
Kim
No artist but here is the best I could do with my limited abilities. (Even the kids laugh at my drawings LOL)
This maxes out the play area and gives you seating around all sides of the fire pit and gives you the planters still.
TM do NOT feel as if you need to be nice or have to use my ideas. If you don't like my idea that is fine.
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Unfortunately moving the garden boxes is not really an option. They are huge and were built right onto the ground. The big rectangle right now is 16' x 8' and the other smaller square on my drawing is built the same but with one smaller square on the inside and 4 triangles on the outside making an outer square shape. They also all have plants growing in them so we wouldn't be able to move them until the growing season is over (our carrots grew all through winter last season). Whatever we add to the deck will need to be decided in a week or two.
I like the idea of a bump out for the fire pit but I'm afraid it will look funny if it's not centered. Also, curving the deck makes the fence problematic but if we don't I feel like the straight edge creates a very odd and unusable corner.
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How set on having a built in fire pit are you? I am thinking you might want to skip it OR just know there will only be seating on the sides. IF you put it close enough to the pool/spa you could use the spa wall as seating.
If you get one of the fire pits from Lowes or such you could move it as wanted or needed or as you find you use it.
Kim:cat:
If you get one of the fire pits from Lowes or such you could move it as wanted or needed or as you find you use it.
Kim:cat:
Even if we don't do the fire pit I'd still like a way to eliminate that funky angle corner and add more decking. Just not sure if there is a nice way to do it without losing too much more yard.
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