I am thinking of a marigold or butterscoth. What about a lighter burgundy color?
What color would you paint your walls in the living room if you had chocolate brown leather furniture?
If you got a photo of the room, post it in the Makeover Gallery at roomvues.com and get more suggestions from the roomvues community. It is hard to give you any real good advice without seeing what the room and furniture look like.
http://www.roomvues.com
Reply:I would choose a tangerine shade.
Reply:either a deep red/maroon, or a light cream... depending on your personality
Reply:Beige, Then any rugs or other accessories will be fine.
Reply:off white or cream maybe a yellowish color
Reply:Sherwin Williams has an awesome color called hemp and then you can do the trim (baseboards %26amp; crown molding) in satchel. Burgundy would be pretty as an accent wall but you will enjoy having lighter walls if you have dark furniture. Good luck!
Reply:Nice-or sage or tans too
Check HGTV.com for a great referance library of ideas
Reply:With dark furniture lighter walls look better. You don't want the room to be too dark. The butterscotch sounds nice or maybe a cafe au lait shade of beige. Nice and warm
Reply:personally, I like warm and cozy, so would go with a forest green
Reply:Any Earth Color
Reply:butterscotch sounds nice.
a golden-yellowish. even a beige.
or a dusty green-grey.
anything really would match!
what you can do is go on yahoo image search and look up 'brown living room furniture' and you will get pictures of brown living room sets and you can look at the color of the walls to get an idea of what you think looks good.
Reply:any of the muted jewel tones or earth tones would work - just depends on how adventerous you are
Reply:any type of off-white that is cream colored with a hint of beige in it.
Reply:Butterscotch or a light butter color would look beautiful. It would really set off your furniture. You could use a deep burgundy for curtains or else perhaps chocolate colored curtains -- either would fit in and really make the room "designer" looking.
Reply:Brown is considered a neutral color so you can use any color you like. Any of the colors you suggested are fine however, if you choose a darker color like the burgundy you might want to do it on one accent wall and tie it into the other walls through your rug and accessories and accents.
Reply:magnolia wif 1 brown wall xx
Reply:Something lighter, like "favorite tan" by sherwin williams:
http://sherlink.sherwin.com/swapp/color_...
Reply:Love the marigold and butterscotch! My formal living room has a brown leather sofa, mahogany piano and other dark wood pieces. I painted the walls Glidden Manila Tan (though I didn't use the Glidden paint, just the color) and the trim is a creamy white (Bher Swiss Coffee). Check out this web site, it will help you visualize the colors for your room. http://sherlink.sherwin.com/swapp/color_...
Saturday, November 19, 2011
How do you protect plants from birds who try to eat it?
Hi i have a nice marigold in my balcony and birds keep eating it. how do i make them stop?
How do you protect plants from birds who try to eat it?
you can hang or tie something very shiny like foil around the area it scares birds.. I just went to the $ .99 store and bought a couple of chimes, and hung them, the noise and movement also frighten them.
You can also go to any Walmart , Lowes etc etc. and buy a fake owl .. They're cheaper at Wal Mart.. Or like someone mentioned there is special netting and the birds can't get to the flowers. Good Luck ..
Reply:Put up some kind of barrier is best. Like netting or a decorative awning, or add spikes aroung and in the plant, they won't like that!
I have never heard of them messing with Marigolds though! Are you sure it's birds? Seen them? I know squirrels mess with most anything when they are hungry!
Reply:rubber Snake
skates
How do you protect plants from birds who try to eat it?
you can hang or tie something very shiny like foil around the area it scares birds.. I just went to the $ .99 store and bought a couple of chimes, and hung them, the noise and movement also frighten them.
You can also go to any Walmart , Lowes etc etc. and buy a fake owl .. They're cheaper at Wal Mart.. Or like someone mentioned there is special netting and the birds can't get to the flowers. Good Luck ..
Reply:Put up some kind of barrier is best. Like netting or a decorative awning, or add spikes aroung and in the plant, they won't like that!
I have never heard of them messing with Marigolds though! Are you sure it's birds? Seen them? I know squirrels mess with most anything when they are hungry!
Reply:rubber Snake
skates
What is a thirp and how can I kill it?
I have these little bugs infesting my garden plants. I did some internet research and I think that they are called thirps. They are turning my marigold leaves silver and they look like worms with legs. The problem is I can't find any products that indicate that they get rid of these pesky little critters. I have tried about four different sprays and three or four days later......thirps, thirps everywhere. I read that you can use a 'soap' but I have no idea what kind of soap they are talking about. I'm new to gardening, but my green thumb mother has no answers for me. So, I'm looking to you for answers.
What is a thirp and how can I kill it?
If your're talking about a thrip your best natural cure is ladybugs. They will wipe out just about any bad insect in no time flat. Start planting flowers and such to attract all your beneficial bugs so you'll never have to worry about the bad ones infesting your plants again.
Reply:Using an insecticide with an ingredient called acephate should kill them.
Reply:Hi,
These nasty little pests can be a problem. You are quite right, though, about using soap to kill them.
Yes, certain pesticides will effectively treat them, but they all cost money and are expensive to use. If you use a household washing-up liquid, such as 'Fairy' (no real need to buy one that's kind to your hands...you don't want it to be 'kind' to the bugs!)
Make a 'mix' of the liquid with water and spray, using an aerosol-type bottle, all over the leaves (remember the undersides) and you'll find them all gone in a day or so. You may need to keep doing this for a while, as they are very tough little buggers, but once you've established a bug-free zone, you'll only have to defend periodically against wind-borne stragglers.
Good luck,
BobSpain
Reply:A tablespoon of dish soap is all you need in a spray bottle.
What is a thirp and how can I kill it?
If your're talking about a thrip your best natural cure is ladybugs. They will wipe out just about any bad insect in no time flat. Start planting flowers and such to attract all your beneficial bugs so you'll never have to worry about the bad ones infesting your plants again.
Reply:Using an insecticide with an ingredient called acephate should kill them.
Reply:Hi,
These nasty little pests can be a problem. You are quite right, though, about using soap to kill them.
Yes, certain pesticides will effectively treat them, but they all cost money and are expensive to use. If you use a household washing-up liquid, such as 'Fairy' (no real need to buy one that's kind to your hands...you don't want it to be 'kind' to the bugs!)
Make a 'mix' of the liquid with water and spray, using an aerosol-type bottle, all over the leaves (remember the undersides) and you'll find them all gone in a day or so. You may need to keep doing this for a while, as they are very tough little buggers, but once you've established a bug-free zone, you'll only have to defend periodically against wind-borne stragglers.
Good luck,
BobSpain
Reply:A tablespoon of dish soap is all you need in a spray bottle.
What color should I paint my walls?
I just installed red oak hard wood floors in my living room/ dining room area. The trim is all builder grade oak (kinda darker), not the best, but I can't replace it without replacing all the doors in my house - too expensive right now.
My walls are a camel yellow and a much darker marigold yellow as an accent, I've always hated the wall color but haven't had the time to change it. Problem is, the light reflects off the floors and gives all the walls an orangeytint and it looks even worse.
Needless to say, I don't want the hassle of trying to find the right shade of yellow so I'm looking for other color combinations that would be good. Preferrably a darker color for an accent wall %26amp; a lighter color on the rest of the walls.
My boyfriend thinks something with a grey tone would be nice and wouldn't clash with the baseboards.
I'm not afraid of color, I'd prefer something earthy, something appealing to most people - no bright reds or anything crazy like that.
Any suggestions?
What color should I paint my walls?
Since your wood is a very warm shade, I'd go completely opposite to provide a nice contrast. On the color wheel, red is opposite from green so they are complimentary colors. Full saturated colors would look like Christmas, but I'm referring to more dulled down "dirty" sophisticated colors. Since your oak has a reddish tint, I'd go with a nice, neutral olive or sage green or if you want a teeny bit more color a nice celedon green (similar to sage, but has less brown in it and a little more blue-green. It's still a nice neutral) Be sure not to go too "primary" or mint with the green or it can look unsophisicated. Get several color swatches and pin them to the walls in your area and look at them at neumerous times during the day. Color can totally change throughout the day in hue or tint due to the natural light (or lack of it) coming in through the windows. After a few days, it should become obvious which color works best with your wood.
I'd avoid a gray tone. Grey is extremely cool and it's hard to match other decor options with it unless someone has a very minimal, modernist decor. I love green and think it would be a nice fresh contrast to your wood.
Reply:If your entire downstairs has 1 connecting wall and you don't want it to appear too "one note" maybe paint just one accent wall the earthy green and the rest a nice coordinating neutral (with no yellow tones) Report It
Reply:FIRST narrow your wall colour choices to 3. SECOND get small cans of the 3 colours and paint the an area of the wall near the floorboards and where the sunlight hits - you're going to paint anyway, and this is a good test to see which is best for look and to cover the old paint. (but, I strongly suggest you prime the walls first anyway - CIL is the best paint in north america, for all sorts of purposes, in my opinion) THIRD, my suggestion is consider at lighter green for the walls and a pearl/ivory colour for accent - this combo will endure many furniture or fabric changes over the years and never burden those changes with limitations
Reply:Any earth tone would be great
Reply:a brown for an accent wall and a lighter warmer tone beige will look great they just did a home on design to sell on hgtv and it looked fabulous....
Reply:A discussion with a professional color consultant can help to decide individual needs and select appropriate color. However having taken a number of things into thought when decorating a room, such as the size of the space, the amount of light, the function if the room, and the style and mood we wish to create, we finally, and most importantly, need to consider the needs of the people who use it.
Reply:I would check with the color "oil cloth" nice , warm and neutral
Reply:You should not be matching your floor and trim color to the wall. What colors are your furniture? Your rugs? You should be pulling a color out of these items to put on your walls. This will give you a pulled together beautiful room. Use flat paint on the ceiling and walls since your floor is gloss finished.
Reply:Sherwin Williams has a color called "Interesting aqua." Although "aqua" might sound too bright %26amp; scary, it's actually a medium dusty blue, closer to gray. For an accent wall, just do a darker color in that same strip, like "riverway" or "still water." I think it will look beautiful.
Reply:Believe it or not... I say chocolate brown. Find a color that you like though and go 2 colors down or up on the color swatch for the accents.
Grey can be tricky... make sure not to get a grey with pink tones.
Go to a paint store and pick out several options, then take them home and look at them for a few days. The light in the room and the flooring can cause a color to look different at home, so be sure to test it before you buy gallons of paint.
My walls are a camel yellow and a much darker marigold yellow as an accent, I've always hated the wall color but haven't had the time to change it. Problem is, the light reflects off the floors and gives all the walls an orangeytint and it looks even worse.
Needless to say, I don't want the hassle of trying to find the right shade of yellow so I'm looking for other color combinations that would be good. Preferrably a darker color for an accent wall %26amp; a lighter color on the rest of the walls.
My boyfriend thinks something with a grey tone would be nice and wouldn't clash with the baseboards.
I'm not afraid of color, I'd prefer something earthy, something appealing to most people - no bright reds or anything crazy like that.
Any suggestions?
What color should I paint my walls?
Since your wood is a very warm shade, I'd go completely opposite to provide a nice contrast. On the color wheel, red is opposite from green so they are complimentary colors. Full saturated colors would look like Christmas, but I'm referring to more dulled down "dirty" sophisticated colors. Since your oak has a reddish tint, I'd go with a nice, neutral olive or sage green or if you want a teeny bit more color a nice celedon green (similar to sage, but has less brown in it and a little more blue-green. It's still a nice neutral) Be sure not to go too "primary" or mint with the green or it can look unsophisicated. Get several color swatches and pin them to the walls in your area and look at them at neumerous times during the day. Color can totally change throughout the day in hue or tint due to the natural light (or lack of it) coming in through the windows. After a few days, it should become obvious which color works best with your wood.
I'd avoid a gray tone. Grey is extremely cool and it's hard to match other decor options with it unless someone has a very minimal, modernist decor. I love green and think it would be a nice fresh contrast to your wood.
Reply:If your entire downstairs has 1 connecting wall and you don't want it to appear too "one note" maybe paint just one accent wall the earthy green and the rest a nice coordinating neutral (with no yellow tones) Report It
Reply:FIRST narrow your wall colour choices to 3. SECOND get small cans of the 3 colours and paint the an area of the wall near the floorboards and where the sunlight hits - you're going to paint anyway, and this is a good test to see which is best for look and to cover the old paint. (but, I strongly suggest you prime the walls first anyway - CIL is the best paint in north america, for all sorts of purposes, in my opinion) THIRD, my suggestion is consider at lighter green for the walls and a pearl/ivory colour for accent - this combo will endure many furniture or fabric changes over the years and never burden those changes with limitations
Reply:Any earth tone would be great
Reply:a brown for an accent wall and a lighter warmer tone beige will look great they just did a home on design to sell on hgtv and it looked fabulous....
Reply:A discussion with a professional color consultant can help to decide individual needs and select appropriate color. However having taken a number of things into thought when decorating a room, such as the size of the space, the amount of light, the function if the room, and the style and mood we wish to create, we finally, and most importantly, need to consider the needs of the people who use it.
Reply:I would check with the color "oil cloth" nice , warm and neutral
Reply:You should not be matching your floor and trim color to the wall. What colors are your furniture? Your rugs? You should be pulling a color out of these items to put on your walls. This will give you a pulled together beautiful room. Use flat paint on the ceiling and walls since your floor is gloss finished.
Reply:Sherwin Williams has a color called "Interesting aqua." Although "aqua" might sound too bright %26amp; scary, it's actually a medium dusty blue, closer to gray. For an accent wall, just do a darker color in that same strip, like "riverway" or "still water." I think it will look beautiful.
Reply:Believe it or not... I say chocolate brown. Find a color that you like though and go 2 colors down or up on the color swatch for the accents.
Grey can be tricky... make sure not to get a grey with pink tones.
Go to a paint store and pick out several options, then take them home and look at them for a few days. The light in the room and the flooring can cause a color to look different at home, so be sure to test it before you buy gallons of paint.
How do I prevent pidgeons from coming to my house?
They like to eat my cat's food, and they poop all over the place (disgusting!!!). Is there any truth to the theory that pidgeons do not like marigold flowers?
How do I prevent pidgeons from coming to my house?
The artificial owls and snakes work up to a point, but you have to continually move them to make them effective. The birds soon figure out that the owl and snake figures are fake and perch next to them and even on them. I've seen it with my own eyes.
As suggested, continue to keep the cat food indoors. Are you feeding the birds outside? Pigeons like cracked corn, bread scraps and what not.
If you have pulled all forms of food, the birds will eventually go away. It just may take awhile.
Reply:Put some fake owl's and or snakes around the house, most birds are scared of both, Fake owels can be bought at a swimming pool store and the snakes can be bought in a toy dept in dept stores. People put fake owels around the pool to keep birds away. If you have birds building a nest where you don't want them, put a fake snake there, snakes cost under a dollar.
Reply:Maybe if you were to get some bird seed and feed the pigeons in an area away from your porch, they will stay over there!
Reply:Keep your windows and doors closed. Keep the cat food where your cat can still get but the birds cant. Get a net, a butterfly net would work, catch them and put them back outside.
Reply:Rabbits don't like marigold flowers. Birds are indifferent.
Bring your cat's food indoors. If it is the cat food that is attracting the pigeons, take away the incentive and they'll stop coming over. One would think your cat's presence would scare them, but apparently not.
If you can't get your cat into the house, Home Depot sells these big ugly black plastic things with eyes on them that are supposed to scare birds. Go buy a couple of them and put them around your property for awhile. About the time your neighbors stop laughing, the birds should be gone.
Reply:maybe u can make a fake dog or some sort of fake puppet 2 scare those pidgeons .
Reply:By not giving them your address!
Actually, you can buy owl figures to scare them away. Crow hunters often use these to attract crows, which are natural enemies of owls and hawks. If your pet is a house cat, feed it inside. If not, the food placed outside may be attracting all sorts of rabid varmints (raccoons, opossums) besides just pigeons.
Reply:eat them. apparently they are very tender and taste like chicken!
Reply:Put a rubber snake or hawk on your roof.
Reply:Don't waste your money buying fake owls. Owls eat rodents and reptiles. Pigeons instinctively know this. They will not be fooled. However, pigeons are instinctively afraid of hawks, which eat birds. I don't know where you could get a fake hawk, but maybe recorded hawk cries might help.
Reply:sit in the garden with a pellet gun and pop em off one by one
Reply:keep windows and doors closed and put bird seed far away from your house
How do I prevent pidgeons from coming to my house?
The artificial owls and snakes work up to a point, but you have to continually move them to make them effective. The birds soon figure out that the owl and snake figures are fake and perch next to them and even on them. I've seen it with my own eyes.
As suggested, continue to keep the cat food indoors. Are you feeding the birds outside? Pigeons like cracked corn, bread scraps and what not.
If you have pulled all forms of food, the birds will eventually go away. It just may take awhile.
Reply:Put some fake owl's and or snakes around the house, most birds are scared of both, Fake owels can be bought at a swimming pool store and the snakes can be bought in a toy dept in dept stores. People put fake owels around the pool to keep birds away. If you have birds building a nest where you don't want them, put a fake snake there, snakes cost under a dollar.
Reply:Maybe if you were to get some bird seed and feed the pigeons in an area away from your porch, they will stay over there!
Reply:Keep your windows and doors closed. Keep the cat food where your cat can still get but the birds cant. Get a net, a butterfly net would work, catch them and put them back outside.
Reply:Rabbits don't like marigold flowers. Birds are indifferent.
Bring your cat's food indoors. If it is the cat food that is attracting the pigeons, take away the incentive and they'll stop coming over. One would think your cat's presence would scare them, but apparently not.
If you can't get your cat into the house, Home Depot sells these big ugly black plastic things with eyes on them that are supposed to scare birds. Go buy a couple of them and put them around your property for awhile. About the time your neighbors stop laughing, the birds should be gone.
Reply:maybe u can make a fake dog or some sort of fake puppet 2 scare those pidgeons .
Reply:By not giving them your address!
Actually, you can buy owl figures to scare them away. Crow hunters often use these to attract crows, which are natural enemies of owls and hawks. If your pet is a house cat, feed it inside. If not, the food placed outside may be attracting all sorts of rabid varmints (raccoons, opossums) besides just pigeons.
Reply:eat them. apparently they are very tender and taste like chicken!
Reply:Put a rubber snake or hawk on your roof.
Reply:Don't waste your money buying fake owls. Owls eat rodents and reptiles. Pigeons instinctively know this. They will not be fooled. However, pigeons are instinctively afraid of hawks, which eat birds. I don't know where you could get a fake hawk, but maybe recorded hawk cries might help.
Reply:sit in the garden with a pellet gun and pop em off one by one
Reply:keep windows and doors closed and put bird seed far away from your house
Next year, how long would it take for annuals that are 4 inches tall, to grow very wide, and largE?
I bought this little booklet about Annuals, and there is a colored flower bed with all annuals, like zinnia, begonia, sage, impatients, petunias, periwinkle, and african marigold. On the cover, the bed is very full, with no space in beween the flowers. It shows a step by step instructions on the side of the page on how to make it look exacly like the picture., and your supposed to plant the plants about 5 inches apart, and the flowers are still small when they are planted. How long would it take for them to be about a foot wide, and tall? When would I have to plant them next year? All the flowers in the pictures look very full. thanks.
Next year, how long would it take for annuals that are 4 inches tall, to grow very wide, and largE?
How long it takes for them to get bigger depends on the plant and growing conditions (weather, soil, season, etc). You would have to plant them after the fear of frost is gone, and they should continue to grow (size %26amp; height) until the cold weather comes in.
Annuals do not return year after year, so each spring you would need to go out and replant everything. If you are putting in a bed for the flowers I would suggest going with Perenials. Each year they will return and be larger until the reach their maximum size. You can add the annuals each spring to give you more color and blooms through out the seasons.
Reply:your looking at the very least 2 months.possibly all summer.it depends on the soil the light they get.and the fertilizer you use.you can get seeds from annuals when you deadhead the flower.make sure they are completely dry before storing them.then start them indoors,or wait untill the last frost to plant your seeds.
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Next year, how long would it take for annuals that are 4 inches tall, to grow very wide, and largE?
How long it takes for them to get bigger depends on the plant and growing conditions (weather, soil, season, etc). You would have to plant them after the fear of frost is gone, and they should continue to grow (size %26amp; height) until the cold weather comes in.
Annuals do not return year after year, so each spring you would need to go out and replant everything. If you are putting in a bed for the flowers I would suggest going with Perenials. Each year they will return and be larger until the reach their maximum size. You can add the annuals each spring to give you more color and blooms through out the seasons.
Reply:your looking at the very least 2 months.possibly all summer.it depends on the soil the light they get.and the fertilizer you use.you can get seeds from annuals when you deadhead the flower.make sure they are completely dry before storing them.then start them indoors,or wait untill the last frost to plant your seeds.
running shoes
Can i grow Marigolds indoors over winter?
I got the seeds from the dead flowerheads off the balcony, but i just wondered if it was possible to grow them indoors over the winter time, and will they flower?
Thanks.
Amy.
Can i grow Marigolds indoors over winter?
There are two ways:
1. Under grow lights
2. In a south facing window where sunlight comes through all winter long.
It's a lot of fun. We have also grown vinca and two large containers of Jasmine.
Just for fun, I planted a canna seed (yes, there are canna seeds in the newer variety of cannas) in a small container and the silly thing is already growing. It's about six or seven inches tall. I love doing things like this.
Reply:it will not hurt to try .
good luck
Reply:Sure! But you'll want a grow-light to supplement the natural light. And you might want to use a (mild!) fertilizer and mist your new plants, since winter heat indoors tends to be dry.
Good luck!
Reply:You could try.
The seeds will almost certainly germinate indoors, but I doubt that you will get the plants to flower in the (now diminishing) indoor light.
However, you may have big enough plants to put outside next spring, when the light returns and the cold is no longer a problem.
(I assume that you are in the UK)
Thanks.
Amy.
Can i grow Marigolds indoors over winter?
There are two ways:
1. Under grow lights
2. In a south facing window where sunlight comes through all winter long.
It's a lot of fun. We have also grown vinca and two large containers of Jasmine.
Just for fun, I planted a canna seed (yes, there are canna seeds in the newer variety of cannas) in a small container and the silly thing is already growing. It's about six or seven inches tall. I love doing things like this.
Reply:it will not hurt to try .
good luck
Reply:Sure! But you'll want a grow-light to supplement the natural light. And you might want to use a (mild!) fertilizer and mist your new plants, since winter heat indoors tends to be dry.
Good luck!
Reply:You could try.
The seeds will almost certainly germinate indoors, but I doubt that you will get the plants to flower in the (now diminishing) indoor light.
However, you may have big enough plants to put outside next spring, when the light returns and the cold is no longer a problem.
(I assume that you are in the UK)
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