Comments for A House By The Park

Comment on Interior metalwork is complete by Nic

Nic — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:35:05 +0000

Mike, you touched my funnybone with the broccoli scent. I wasn’t actually worring too much about them getting bent (it’s not my house, sorry), but more about the possibility of a small child climbing and falling from the top. I’ve seen a child clinging on upside down on the wrong side of such a railing before…

Comment on About “A House By The Park” by Design + Build | Mike’s House

Design + Build | Mike’s House — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:17:59 +0000

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Comment on Architectural visualizations using holograms by David Robarts

David Robarts — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:07:12 +0000

Another interesting technology space for architectural design is virtual worlds. Although they don’t get all the photo-realistic details, they can provide much more spacial sense.

Comment on Interior metalwork is complete by Mike D.

Mike D. — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:40:17 +0000

Nic: Yeah, I’ve heard that those bars can get pretty bent when kids start climbing them. Maybe I’ll coat them with broccoli scented grease.

Comment on Landscaping and lawns by Cara

Cara — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:58:59 +0000

I’ve grown the Stepables Irish Moss in my garden for years and it’s awesome! It gets really dense and you can walk on it probably even more than you can regular grass without hurting it. It gets tiny white flowers on it in the summer too. I’ve always wondered if you could replace an entire lawn with it because it really would be zero maintenance. Just a note – I tried the Stepables Scotch Moss which is very similar but a brighter yellowish green than Irish Moss but it doesn’t grow as dense or low to the ground in my experience.

Comment on Landscaping and lawns by naomi

naomi — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:28:55 +0000

I have Blue Star Creeper in a large swath of my front yard, and have mixed feelings about it. It does still need to be weeded. (clover tends to infiltrate easily) It looks fabulous from April-August, then the hot sun and lack of rain just about kills it. And when it dies, it dies in patches and looks like someone poured acid on it! Winter is also not a pretty sight. It always comes back later, but if you are going for a consistent look, then I might try a mix of different “stepables” to see what works best.

Comment on Landscaping and lawns by Mike D.

Mike D. — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:16:05 +0000

Cali: Yeah, the mint is very soft and dense. Other varieties vary. You can get even denser stuff, as well as harder stuff if that’s what you’re into. I kind of want something that looks and feels like it should be stepped on with bare feet.

Max: Interesting. It may be a tad tall for my tastes though. I really want something that is only an inch or two off the dirt.

Drew: I actually like the look of moss up close, from from the street it looks a bit — ehhh — mossy? Stepables has a nice Irish Moss.

Comment on Landscaping and lawns by Drew Pickard

Drew Pickard — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:11:26 +0000

I’ve always wanted to have a moss lawn.
Tough to kill, very soft and spongey to walk, sit and lay on.
However, maybe easy to mess up if you’re hard on it.

Comment on Landscaping and lawns by max

max — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:54:02 +0000

Sounds interesting. You may want to check out EcoTurf, which is actually grass, sort of, but requires far less or zero (depending on how you want it to look) mowing/watering than the normal stuff. The City of Seattle promotes it. Also, the "creeping" plants are a nice durable ground cover that isn't rodent friendly (English Ivy is awful for that). Some that I like are "creeping thyme" and "creeping jenny"

Comment on Landscaping and lawns by Cali

Cali — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:09:27 +0000

The minty part and low maintenance sound really nice! It looks pretty decent, too. Do you know if it’s soft like grass? I don’t think I would want a “lawn” that’s too pokey to walk on barefoot.

The name does sound like a “gourmet” variety of marijuana– the kind that sneaks up on you and wrecks your whole Saturday. Not that I’d know anything about that, of course! ;-)