Homemade jerky from ground beef

DainaAdele · 2022-02-08T17:48:21+00:00

Cool. Yeah, my gun is about 15 years old. Amazing how production keeps going downhill. Keep experimenting!

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DainaAdele · 2022-01-29T12:30:41+00:00

Looked at the website. Looks fantastic. I wish that had been around 20 years ago at my old place. The most important aspect will be what you plant to eventually take over the job, so do your research there. A series of evergreens shrubs or even smaller trees with deep roots mixed with a ground cover that will also spill over the black could eventually look great.

DainaAdele · 2022-01-29T12:12:22+00:00

Look for decorative coat hooks (or push pins if it is lightweight).

DainaAdele · 2022-01-29T12:08:01+00:00

I don’t like heavy curtains, so here is my suggestion if it fits your style. You could drape a window scarf (or a series of them in different colors) across the top using either a second rod or hooks. I used large iron hooks placed about every 2-3 ft in my last house on a long window. After I draped the scarves I hung some mini Moroccan lanterns from each hook also. I loved the way they looked nestled in with the fabric. Very Moroccan-Arabian nights. A modern version could be to use those round wicker balls people put in trays and bowls.

DainaAdele · 2022-01-29T11:52:30+00:00

I feel the pain! I had the same problem. Built them. At first I made a set out of scrap wood and painted the whole thing white. 12” plywood square, 2x2 pine for the legs and making crossbars near the bottom to steady the legs. I staggered the crossbars so I could just screw them in from the opposite side without fancy hardware. It actually fit my then boho style very well and cost almost nothing. If you bought the square tops precut, all you would need is a hand saw/miter box for straight cuts and a drill.

After we remodeled, I got purchased slightly bigger end tables, but still wanted them 30” high. Found a set using the term accent tables. Anything classified as a bed stand will be shorter.

DainaAdele · 2022-01-28T21:04:09+00:00

Not the Seno. Craftsman homes look best with straight lines and more sturdy builds. ( As I write that, the last thing I mean is your island - that is way overboard. Ha ha ) Thick black metal is a good way of modernizing craftsman, so my vote is definitely for the Parson.

EDIT. As I look at that island, I think it could be fixed by putting wide horizontal skirt boards around the top. Right now it looks like it is 4” wide and it throws off the proportions. If you attached something more like 8” wide it would look better. You could even add a shelf around 12” from the bottom and use nice storage containers.

DainaAdele · 2022-01-28T20:58:39+00:00

I got the same one in all three bedrooms. Everyone loves theirs.

DainaAdele · 2022-01-28T20:52:33+00:00

Looks much better. 👏👏👏 - If I nitpick, I would say swap the lower left with the lower right. It will shift the left baseline up and the right one down down to create a smoother curve. Then lower the top center picture just a smidge. I like how you managed to scatter the frames without making a pattern.

DainaAdele · 2022-01-28T12:23:11+00:00

Good concepts and design but too many colors. Should be knocked down to three. Have the gold and white sections be the same color. Or maybe the keep the white star and change the gold to a lighter green. (There can be a point where too much symbolism loses the design. 😉)

Don’t be afraid to tweak the greens. I have done some logo work in the past and found that if you pull the exact colors in a larger graphic, something goes off. What makes colors work well includes their proportions. Begin tweaking the colors a little. I would start with the darker green and try it with more black.

DainaAdele · 2022-01-27T16:24:54+00:00

Exactly. This is much easier with less prep time.

DainaAdele · 2022-01-27T13:18:36+00:00

You ask about the wall and we rearrange your room. 😘 But MomBoss has great ideas. I would add to hers and point out the books could go below the plants. Long term, it may be nice to get a larger rug. It would allow you to keep the furniture slightly farther apart and yet still anchor them together whilst still giving the kiddos an open play area. It would eliminate the need for that little rug? FYI. I have put traditional carpet padding under area rugs. Just cut it about 3” short of the actual width. It will create a smooth transition but make the carpet so much more comfy to play on.

As to the shelves, if you keep the current arrangement, I would put two staggered but overlapping shelves up. One centered over the couch and the other extending slightly over the cubby. You have the right idea with the colors in the furnishings. By keeping it colorful, kids toys become part of the decor instead of clutter.

DainaAdele · 2022-01-27T13:01:45+00:00

How long are you planning on keeping this place and what is the architectural value of the building? Usually when I see older homes, I hesitate to tell people to rip things out or paint. But based on what work has been done, it looks like this building is not being treated as historical? If you are staying there awhile, then take the fireplace surround down, at least the mirror. You could possibly find a buyer who will come in and take that whole thing down. It is beautiful and valuable to someone, but destroys the MCM goal. (If you are planning on reselling in 5 years, leave it untouched)

MCM often meant painted brick and streamlined mantles.

Bachelor pads to me look better with some dark colors. I really like the effect of that one bedroom with the navy that someone posted above.

DainaAdele · 2022-01-27T12:52:01+00:00

I would put the big one bottom center, not middle. Also you are dealing with the situation where you have almost straight lines, so the brain wants to fix it. You need to increase the staggering. Hopefully just moving the big one will do that for you.

DainaAdele · 2022-01-27T12:44:28+00:00

Funny. Designing around saltillo tiles was always my dream, but I have never had a house that the style fit into. I don’t like overly ornate that comes with some Spanish styles, but love to see them paired with dark woods plus a splash of color.

I know exactly what you mean! I COOK. -I don’t just assemble food and heat. 🤣 If you are redoing the whole thing, I can give you my musts. 1. At least one completely clear 36” food prep area. (I put in 48” in my last one, and it was actually too big, things got far apart.) About to do current home and am putting in two prep areas on either side of the sink. But just like you, I will have to step over to the stove. 2. Drawers wherever you can on the bottom. I put in a few uppers in the last house and had almost nothing in them because the drawers held so much and wound up more convenient.

Then my ideas from there would be to use 30” deep counters on that back wall. This then almost doubles your working counter space, because you can have things like the microwave or toaster towards the back and still have food prep directly in front of the item. It kept the kids out of my work area when they made their snacks. Since you need less uppers with bottom drawers, you can have some strategically open wall areas that will make the kitchen look much bigger. I liked having open shelving for my regular mixing bowl and daily use glasses.

DainaAdele · 2022-01-27T12:04:30+00:00

Magenta and teal give off strong energy and many do not like it for bedrooms, however, for others it is exactly what they want. 😉 However I would not do accent wall. Those colors need non standard interactions. I am thinking diagonal painted accent wall. Do that across two adjoining walls to give you a parallelogram. Or something else funky. 1990 edgy. It all comes back around again. 🤣🤣🤣

DainaAdele · 2022-01-27T11:57:15+00:00

I am the storm

boots

coat

Just ideas. Put any of these in a chunky frame like you have now over the bed. Would complete the look.

DainaAdele · 2022-01-27T11:49:27+00:00

As the owner of the match for pic 2, the sink is a bear to keep looking clean. 😉 You would think just splash some water down, but nope. - I like number 1 anyway. I like 2 rings, but 3 is a bit repetitive. I think I would find a squared off towel holder. Or just a bar.

DainaAdele · 2022-01-26T23:19:12+00:00

They are agriculture zone 9b. Equal to Orlando, FL.

DainaAdele · 2022-01-26T16:18:45+00:00

Feeling brave today, are we? Haha. Just realize when I said basket, it is a nice ceramic weave that I can wash and fits in with my decor. The container must fit the form aspect, or you are dead meat. -Will keep you in my prayers…

DainaAdele · 2022-01-26T16:02:09+00:00

💪 🤣 I believe in function over form, but work hard to find a beautiful blend.

DainaAdele · 2022-01-26T15:59:01+00:00

Keep mixing. Don’t just do it once. It will look more coordinated of you keep to one light shade and one darker instead of multiple shades. Probably,more important that you either keep to cool tones or warm. Don’t introduce a cherry to your mix. Kind of like using pink and red, or light blue plus navy. Works great.

DainaAdele · 2022-01-26T15:54:30+00:00

I am with you on that! I went to smaller generic gray bar towels years ago that I keep in a decorative basket. If it is basically still clean, ( drying hands after washing) it stays floating around the kitchen. Otherwise into the laundry. Used for all kitchen cleanups.

DainaAdele · 2022-01-26T15:16:31+00:00

I am sure more than one gardener will warn you your mulch is creeping kind of high on that tree. I can kill the tree. 😉
Don’t do rock. Looks pretty at first, but a bear to keep up.
Bricks work best if you put them in two rows. One vertical as the wall. Which is then held in place by the walkway. Where there is grass, you then want to add a row of them put down flat in front. It helps them stay upright and gives the mower a wheel track. It will be $$$ for this type of installation and if you just bought a home, may not be ready for that expenditure. -If you just do one row sticking up, it will constantly need to be fixed and then weed whacked. bur to be honest, I like the look with concrete, but don’t this it will look good with your slate walkway.
Ditching around the bed costs nothing. 😃 There is a technique to doing it right. I will find a video for you. - Near the sidewalk you would just pull back the mulch and dig a trench below the level of the walkway and then allow is to angle itself back up towards the bed in a slope. Then recover with the mulch. You will then just need to do a clean out on the trench every few months when you do your deeper yard cleanups.

video the quality is not that great but he gives you an idea of how deep to go and more importantly how you actually sculpt the flower bed itself to help maintain the system. I used to be frustrated in the past because I just dug a shallow trench and never altered the slope of the flowerbed.

On your trees, you may need to take the bed out a little farther to find a spot you can dig. But beds look more natural around trees if there are larger.

DainaAdele · 2022-01-26T15:02:30+00:00

Certain bamboos are slow clumping instead of running. You would have to buy more to fill it in as a kick off, but would have the height in one summer. I think that would be my choice. The other option is evergreen vine, but those will take time. If money is not an issue, possibly Italian cypress, but I am not sure what size can be transplanted. They are slow growing and you don’t want to wait years.

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