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Jaded Burnout posted:Indoor plants suck, imo, I've never felt any attraction to the idea. I much prefer a garden full of greenery and woods nearby. So would most people who like houseplants but most aren't so fortunate, indoor plants are much more achievable especially when you don't have any outdoor space of your own.
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Ebola Dog posted:So would most people who like houseplants but most aren't so fortunate, indoor plants are much more achievable especially when you don't have any outdoor space of your own. Even when I didn't have such access, they never felt like they filled the same space for me.
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Sep 6, 2018 12:53
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Just met someone who has a lot of similar interests to me, and is in general a pretty cool guy. Had to ghost the dude though. We can't be friends. He mentioned he was making a moss wall for his bathroom. I don't mind indoor plants. They can add color and some interesting texture to a room. I just hate that they're often placed like that giant plant in the second pic above, where it's dominating and in the way. That's not the plant's fault, though. Whoever is doing the room wants to say "hey look.... a plant!"
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Sep 6, 2018 13:03
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That's not about "hey look a plant!" Plants need light to survive. You can put a big plant in a niche or a corner but it's going to die asap. If you want the plant to live longer than a week, you have to put it in front of a window.
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Sep 6, 2018 14:59
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i like nice words
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Anne Whateley posted:That's not about "hey look a plant!" Plants need light to survive. You can put a big plant in a niche or a corner but it's going to die asap. If you want the plant to live longer than a week, you have to put it in front of a window. Then maybe you shouldn't buy the big plant, unless you love it more than the obstruction it's going to be. Plants aren't a get out of jail free card for good design and style. If the goal is just get some plants to liven up the room, then you need to pick the right plants for the space instead of buying any old plant to eventually die or take up your entire window. Again, none of this applies if horticulturism is your hobby, but that's not the read I'm getting on most of those reddit people.
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Sep 6, 2018 16:15
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Maybe I just don't like green.
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Sep 6, 2018 16:34
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Jaded Burnout posted:Maybe I just don't like green. Plants come in a variety of colors
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Sep 6, 2018 16:35
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The Bloop posted:Plants come in a variety of colors So do paintings
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Sep 6, 2018 16:36
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Plants are fine, but what those spaces really need is more candles.
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Sep 6, 2018 16:43
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I don't care for indoor plants either, but I couldn't care less that other people like them. I flipped through a few pages of the subreddit, and a few of the rooms were really good. Mostly they were just bland, with way too many overstuffed couches and sectionals shoved into spaces they don't really fit in, with layouts that make it clear the owner sits at home alone and does nothing but watch TV/play video games. Also, so much black and brown. Appropriately-scaled furniture and some attempts at using color would work wonders for most of them.
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Sep 6, 2018 16:48
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Anne Whateley posted:That's not about "hey look a plant!" Plants need light to survive. You can put a big plant in a niche or a corner but it's going to die asap. If you want the plant to live longer than a week, you have to put it in front of a window. There are plenty of plants that survive/thrive on low light. My folks have had snake plants, ficus, some ivy, and easter cactus for years, often shoved in a corner. If your objective is to have a giant plant indoors, or a specific plant, then that's often going to be a compromise in look of the room since you'll be limited in where it can be placed. If it works, cool, if not, then it looks like there's a plant there for the sake of plant.
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Sep 6, 2018 17:20
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It might be a compromise in ideal design, but there actually are a lot of people who like plants for their own sake and not for a reddit checklist. Most people don't coordinate their pets with their interior design either.
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Sep 6, 2018 19:05
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The tree is bad.
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Sep 6, 2018 19:34
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Straight outta C-SPAM
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Sep 7, 2018 01:58
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 I can't wait to catch my toe on a pocket and break my neck.
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Sep 7, 2018 03:13
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Rotten Cookies posted:He mentioned he was making a moss wall for his bathroom. Was he gonna put in a sunken tub and surround it with stones too? Cuz if you're doing a moss wall in your bathroom, you might as well go all out. I have an heirloom plant. It's just a generic broadleaf houseplant, but what makes it special (at least to me), is that it's from a plant that originally belonged to my great-grandmother, who died when I was about five. My grandmother inherited the original plant, and when she died one of my aunts rooted cuttings from it and gave us all one. So I sort of feel a greater responsibility to it than I might with other plants. I dunno, it's just kinda cool I guess.
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Sep 7, 2018 03:22
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Rotten Cookies posted:The tree is bad. im glad someone gets me. heres the full album of tree dude btw: https://imgur.com/gallery/JuJMSxA good:  what are thooooose  E: lol at his masculine as heck spirits collection next to his breakfast table. underage at the vape shop fucked around with this message at 05:22 on Sep 7, 2018 |
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Sep 7, 2018 04:31
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Facebook Aunt posted:Imma go against the grain and say if you have this much natural light it's a loving crime to not have any plants. Dude is basically living in a greenhouse. Forget houseplants, you could grow tomatoes! Or a wall of peas! I currently have lettuce and peas growing in my living room because my husband decided to get into hydroponics. They're growing in mason jars with some kind of nutrient water with daylight LEDs in a white posterboard enclosure. I actually dislike having this setup in the living room as it is really bright, ugly, takes up a lot of space and blocks the big bookcase, but we have a tiny house and there just isn't much space.  I am absolutely on team houseplant. We have dozens of them. One of the things we want most in a new house when we move is plant space. I'd love a whole plant room.
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Sep 7, 2018 05:31
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HelloIAmYourHeart posted:I currently have lettuce and peas growing in my living room because my husband decided to get into hydroponics. They're growing in mason jars with some kind of nutrient water with daylight LEDs in a white posterboard enclosure. I actually dislike having this setup in the living room as it is really bright, ugly, takes up a lot of space and blocks the big bookcase, but we have a tiny house and there just isn't much space. It’s called a garden?
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Sep 7, 2018 08:30
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HelloIAmYourHeart posted:I am absolutely on team houseplant. We have dozens of them. One of the things we want most in a new house when we move is plant space. I'd love a whole plant room. You're in luck! 
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Sep 7, 2018 10:12
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Stick some automatic opening windows on the roof there to help control the temperature in the sun then you have my ideal house addition. My goal is when I next move is to either move somewhere with a greenhouse like that or space to build one.
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Sep 7, 2018 10:32
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Yeah proper farm greenhouses usually have rolling vents on top.
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Sep 7, 2018 10:37
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This is the sort of thing I'm thinking about. Works using expanding wax and simply raises and lowers roof windows as the wax expands and contracts with the temperature in the greenhouse.
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Sep 7, 2018 10:42
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Oh god I'm in love with these guide light + outlet in one guys. I'm afraid about how much money I'm going to spend on them, I've already bought 4. https://www.lowes.com/pd/Legrand-radiant-15-Amp-125-Volt-White-Indoor-Decorator-Wall-Tamper-Resistant-Outlet/50253195
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Sep 7, 2018 12:11
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wooger posted:It’s called a garden? I have outside plants too, I just wanted Facebook Aunt to know it is possible to grow a wall of peas in the living room.
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Sep 7, 2018 13:05
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HelloIAmYourHeart posted:I have outside plants too, I just wanted Facebook Aunt to know it is possible to grow a wall of peas in the living room. and with a moss wall you can have a wall of piss in the bathroom
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Sep 7, 2018 13:54
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The Dave posted:Oh god I'm in love with these guide light + outlet in one guys. I'm afraid about how much money I'm going to spend on them, I've already bought 4. These are neat. Is "guide light" a regional term or a super totally adult way to have a night light without your ego hearing about it? I mean, it makes sense. I've just never heard it before.
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Sep 7, 2018 13:56
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Looks like it's a trademark that's becoming genericized (for adult ego-friendly nightlights). It's a cool idea though and less elegant versions have been around forever.
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Sep 7, 2018 14:09
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Is my ego mass supposed to be so great that I will accept tripping and breaking my fool neck because I'm too embarrassed to utter the words "night light"? Yeesh.
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Sep 7, 2018 14:37
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Our lightswitches all have tiny green leds built in 
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Sep 7, 2018 15:33
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peanut posted:Our lightswitches all have tiny green leds built in I wish you could find red LEDs as standard low-light illumination these days. Just as useful for not breaking your neck, but they don't ruin your night vision or interfere with sleep! But no, everything's gotta be green or blue, including the light on my alarm clock so if I wake up in the middle of the night and want to know what time it is I get blasted in the face by short-wavelength photons.
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Sep 7, 2018 15:50
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I ain't no PUSSY I'm not buying a night light! Yeah I can kind of see why that language is used, I feel like guidelights are more permanent light the lights that take up a whole gang box and night lights just immediate make me think of plug in and goofy poo poo.
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Sep 7, 2018 15:55
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I'm planning a move from sunny Florida to a possibly basement apartment in New Jersey. In winter. I'm trying to plan out where to put the sword ferns and bromeliads ahead of time. I require a Florida Corner. I figure it's gonna end up being a bar cart under a sunlight lamp, with an auxiliary led grow lamp. And that ikea chair. Suspect Bucket fucked around with this message at 16:35 on Sep 7, 2018 |
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Sep 7, 2018 16:32
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Cops are gonna bust down your door, expecting to find a grow op, but it's just an underground jungle.
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Sep 7, 2018 17:13
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:Cops are gonna bust down your door, expecting to find a grow op, but it's just an underground jungle. It’ll still test positive for weed.
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Sep 7, 2018 17:20
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You can wire your place with color changing smart bulbs and then just set them to orangeify at sunset.
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Sep 7, 2018 17:35
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HelloIAmYourHeart posted:I have outside plants too, I just wanted Facebook Aunt to know it is possible to grow a wall of peas in the living room. I know, but it's not the same. When I lived above ground every summer I had a wall of red runner beans. (Peas are tastier, but red runner beans live a couple months longer than peas, get over 6 feet tall, and are very pretty.)  This picture was taken in June, by July they reach the roof. And in this climate they don't start looking manky until September.  What has this got to do with interior design? Well for 3 months of the year the vines would cover that window, so all the light coming through would be green and dappled and lovely. The leaves also shaded and cooled the room. It was like living in some magical elf house.
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Sep 7, 2018 22:43
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kid sinister posted:
I'd really like to know the thought process that ends with "yes, that's it! Cover the stairs in jeans!"
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Sep 8, 2018 04:21
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:I wish you could find red LEDs as standard low-light illumination these days. Just as useful for not breaking your neck, but they don't ruin your night vision or interfere with sleep! But no, everything's gotta be green or blue, including the light on my alarm clock so if I wake up in the middle of the night and want to know what time it is I get blasted in the face by short-wavelength photons. These are great, but if it's something that I don't ever really need to see, like the "HD Video" light on my cable box, which is super bright blue, it gets electrical tape.
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hailthefish posted:You're in luck! Not sure I see the point in having it attached to the house, especially if there’s not even a way to get in there without going outside first.
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