Hi Penny, I'm afraid the weather took a sudden turn for the worse here . It's been torrential rain for days and again the sky is black today. After the longest stretch of beautiful autumn weather in 200 years it seems winter has arrived! I haven't been able to do any work on my terraces and it may have to wait now till the spring time. Very soon we will move to the farm house 'Reginella' as it's warmer. This week we will start to pick the olives too - even if it rains :( We have a lot of trees so that job will go on for quite a while. When I can, I will continue work on the inside of my homes. Little by little I've been restoring the farm house too and this year's job is my own bedroom....I might need some of your advice here too!

Hi :-) Most people will not read all the previous comments anyway, so it's probably best to start a new dilemma. Post the link to it here if you want me to get involved. If you don't... no worries, that's fine too :-) It looks really fresh and light, painted white..Love the skull.

Grover you did it again. Great advice on fireplace. This room is awkward. Don't really see another location for TV, but over firepl. Then either roman shades, 2 shades darker than walls. Area rug 8 x10 in a color print. U have a lot of brown. And matching furn set. Which I always vote against. Add 2 armless chairs in a lighter fabric. Would work better. Choose a accent color. And use in accessories around room. If you want a ottoman get a bigger square one. In a color. No more dark colors. Or go a 36" or 24" not sure of space size coffee table can be glass. Or a light color woven. Z Galleries sells, TJMax for accessories. Once you get roman shades or panels on window, with a bigger area rug. The noise prob will lessen. West Elm sells martini tables in great colors, can be used as end table or between chairs. Garden stools from Pier One would work too. Get away from the dark woods. Reclaimed is good too. Not sure of your budget, but Restoration Hardware carries nice things in Furn. Check out different stores find usual things. Buy if you see something that may work. All stores above have great return policy. In fact don't buy unless you can return. You will be doing that. Might be a good idea because of window size, to get a pro in to do windows. Very hard to do for you over a computer. Pulling furn more into room always a good idea, right now you have some very heavy looking furn all on one end.

I had a garden for years but not the last two, due to low plant production. I believe my soil was the issue. Well now the “garden” is a bunch of weeds... so I do not want to plant there unless I put down some sort of barrier (Im going with a raised bed garden so I can more easily control soil quality). I want everything to be organic and heard landscaping fabric is not. I know some gardeners use food grade plastic but I haven’t found any in small quantities and it seems to cost over $50 - not every budget friendly! My questions are: 1) how deep should my bed be (typically grow peppers, cud’s, zucchini, beans and tomatoes) - easiest build is 10.5 inches but heard I should go with 12”? suggestions on what to put under my bed if building over previous garden? another option I heard of is to place raised bed over existing grass which will break down and be beneficial. Do you agree? Just afraid of getting lots of weeds again! Thanks for your help!