One year Tenuifolium

Growing tall and thin. Leaves are small compared to late spring.

Pittosporum Tenuifolium

Fall Photinia

It's been a full year since this one was planted. Every little branch looks healthy. I'm pleasantly surprised because I didn't think the soil was all that good. Nor the side yard location. Two gallons of water each week can do wonders. Click on photo to see how it looked earlier in March.

Slow Escallonia

Now five months in the ground, it's quite apparent that these are slow growing.

Matsuda Compacta Escallonia

Outflow landing

For purpose of controlling rainwater runoff, a curbed outflow landing made the most sense considering I wanted landscaping in this area. There's no municipal storm drain here. This is corrective measure after having removed a poorly designed concrete walkway that reduced useable back yard space.

So the lowest point was found to be at the threshold on the latch side of the gate. It's the existing concrete lip at the block wall, so all I needed to do was design all downflow to it. Casting the concrete was a two-pour process -- first pour was the curb with a PVC sleeve cast into it, then after curing, the in-fill slab poured and finished trowel-smooth for good surface flow.

Bedroom three

Here's the room upon completion. I decided to add cedar lining in the closet. It's not the same solid T&G cedar that I installed in the other room. This version comes in OSB sheets. Cost per square foot is about 69¢ (compare to $1.50/sf for the solid cedar), but there's plenty of leftovers from the 4'x8' sheets. Installation was fast and simple -- I simply used pneumatic staples.

Maple cabinet I made from plywood and solids. Open back to cedar. Adjustable shelves are extra deep (16") to accommodate loose or sloppily folded clothing. Left side hangs long items, right side two rows of short items. Seems appropriate for this room.

At the last minute, I decided to install new bifolds instead of cleaning and reinstalling the old sliding mirrors. I found them at reduced prices at Home Depot. They match the room better and has a nice center access.

The room's painting scheme is also an idea. At about 6'-6" high on the wall I installed a moulding strip (actually a "door stop" profile) to delineate the bright white ceiling from the color below. It's supposed to make the room feel taller. I think it does that.

See earlier post and photo.