Flower bed

Mom and Dad came up to help me with the flower bed....and ended up doing just about everything. (I pushed dirt back into one or two holes and helped to take them out the containers....Julian wasn't cooperating after a while).

Obviously I know nothing about planting and thought the 3 bags of mulch I got would spread farther than they did (I didn't think it would cover everything, but at least more than it did)

On the bottom bed I want to plant LOTS of flowers in the spring.

Side note....the garage (my side) is clean enough for my truck!!!! YEAH!!!!!

Corner Hutch

The corner hutch that my grandmother bought us is finally in and it looks BEAUTIFUL!! I am thrilled with the way it came out (no longer green speckled) and Dad added crown molding to it. Thanks again Grandma and Mom (for painting it) and Dad for installing it and putting new hardware on it!!

Sidewalks and patio

Our next project is a flower bed to the left of this walkway

I realized when I downloaded these pics that I didn't take any of the entire patio....it extends out to the right....a lower level from the one you see where the wooden posts are...


I got the front door painted....now I need to do the side lights


I love the fall because I LOVE mums!!!

Our latest project

Grandma came up today to sand the china cabinet and put the first coat of paint on it. Manny of course had to help.
We are having the front walk done..then I can start a flower bed. I want to build a rock/retaining wall at the corner of the house.

Steps to go in (gotta get that door painted...my time is running short)

The back from the corner all the way over to the deck stairs and back patio

The two level patio out from the house with a fire pit (I'm not sure what to expect there)

This is all Manny's doing. I just sat back and gave him the okay to do what he wanted...he gave me that liberty with many things inside the house...I owed him the same!! I can't wait to see the finished product.....more to come Monday!

I need your opinion

OK, I have hung curtains on the windows upstairs and I am not sure which ones I like better. Please give me your opinion...even if you don't have a blog go to anonymous and leave a vote....thanks!!!! (leave your name with it so I know who looked at it!!)



They are both a light green; almost like a celery color (husband hates them (smile)) The window with the scarf is sheer....the other window is a different material. You can't tell in the pics tho.

The room is coming out so dark..sorry!


(never mind all the clutter...I am trying to do this while the boys nap...clean up later!!)

#1

or # 2 (this and the next are the same....just different views)

Curtains

my favorite

Dad came to the house today to put up curtain rods for me. I LOVE the curtains in all the rooms, but I think the downstairs ones are my favorite. I don't have any pics of the living room/dining room because they were coming out dark. I will take a pic in the morning and update. I now only need something on the window in the boys' room and the back door in the kitchen needs a valance (gotta find one I like and that matches). Again, thanks Dad for all you do!!!!

We have a weeds...err I mean a lawn

Here is what part of our front lawn is looking like....you can't tell but there are tons of weeds growing up with the grass. I pulled out more than enough yesterday and there are a heap to go. I want to plant some kind of a ground covering in front of the stone wall on either side to not worry about grass or weeds at that point.



The rest of the front lawn was finally finished Sunday. There are no pictures of workers because I was out there working. Julian sat very content for the first hour and then it started to rain (thank goodness) and we went back out to finish after the rain and Julian was napping at that point.

My next project....a flower bed or something with a walkway