As a 50 year gardener, I go natural. Leaving perennials standing offers seeds to birds and offers winter interest. Leaving foliage in place offers winter cover to soil. If you need to burlap a plant, you have the wrong plant in the wrong location. Putting the right plant in the right place eliminates much of that fussing with burlap and antidessicants.
Maybe one of the few times the final painting result actually looks better than the initial. I expected them to paint the cabinets with some dark blue or dark green color but they surprised me this time :)
Almost all shutters on almost all homes in North America are fake, and are for looks only. The only exceptions are homes that are say a 150 years old or older.
The top of the fluted trim looks off. If the fluted trim is the "column", it would look better if it had a moulding that represented the capital of the column. Also, you would want the header piece to extend no further than the edge of the fluted trim. Details can be found at ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YVti3lII6yY.html
The roller puts it on quickly and evenly but leaves an Orange Peel finish. So you follow it quickly with a wet brush going over the whole surface working quickly. Up and down on the big areas because when it dries there are slight lines in it and light coming from above casts shadows and you would see your brush strokes more if you went to side to side. Also you do the whole area you can see when the door is closed that includes the edge. Paint the doors on horses not on something flat because some of the pain is going to run slightly over the edge to the back side When you're all done smoothing the paint with a brush (you can't take too long maybe 10 seconds working time for semi-gloss) run your finger around the under side, the edge you can't see, because some of your paint is going to drip down to the other side and you won't see it till you flip the door.
What if you use gravel for your beds. I'd hate to have to clean bark mulch or leaves out of them in the spring if used to protect them. What else could be used for rock/gravel beds to protect plantings?
You could, for the perennials like the echinacea, chop the stalks and leave in place as a mat for the winter. That way you’re just clearing something out of your gravel in spring that you were going to have to pick up anyway. If your bed is going to continue getting winter sun and your gravel is dark enough h(and doesn’t get covered in snow), you could be fine; the gravel will absorb enough energy to keep the roots warm. Or, staple down a layer of burlap over the gravel before you put down some leaf mulch, so you can lift it away easier in spring
With rocks you should be fine. Just trim the plants down in late fall so they are ready for the next year. If you have plants that might get damaged by the snow in winters the use the burlap over the plants so they do t freeze. Also if you water the ground before the freeze it will prevent the ground and roots from freezing. I know that seems counter productive but ground water doesn't freeze. Same reason your water pipes don't freeze in winters. Between the rocks (as long as they are a few inches thick) burlap and water you should never have an issue during winters.
I guess we should all listen to you instead. You posted 3 comments about everything they did wrong, so obviously, you are the expert about everything. Please let me know when you start posting useful videos and do better work than these professionals.
13:32 Mauro ..said this multiple times… “preparation, preparation..and more preparation “ Kevin failed on the cabinet… He could easily mask the edges….to make everything easier….fail again!
10:34 you do realize that degreasing and after that sanding.. .is not making any sense since sanding is taking everything off regardless ? But hey you guys are the experts…you don’t know what you are doing… and is funny that you are explaining it without understanding any of it!
