Cozy Finds From Our Home to Yours ⟶
Our garden projects are starting to wrap up for the time being, and while I wait to plant, I’ve been inspired to creatively play in the space. I wanted to create a little garden tablescape that pays homage to simple spring gatherings in the garden. I wanted a color story that played to all the…
Last spring, my husband took our boys to the park and stumbled on some roadside treasures: a rusty, chippy vintage iron patio set and a half door. We knew right away that the patio set, despite missing its table top and chair seats, was special in all of the right chippy and rusty ways. It…
I have collected (hoarded) reclaimed bricks for years. They sat in this lonely little pile off in the side of my yard just waiting for the perfect use. For awhile I thought I would create rambling brick walkways throughout my yard. Until the most glorious idea came to me: I would use them to make…
With our raised garden beds built and garden gates hung, garden security moved to the forefront of the project. Living in a rural area has brought us a large amount of animals: foxes, armadillos, gophers, and rabbits, to name a few. But the animal with the highest probability of doing the most immediate damage to…
It’s possible that I was lured into gardening simply because of pictures of pretty garden gates. You’ve probably seen a few floating around the Internet yourself. Lush arches covered in climbing roses. Creaky, rusty iron gates. Handmade signs announcing one’s arrival into a “secret garden” of sorts. Ok, so maybe I’m not gardening solely for…
I have spent so many years dreaming of perfect raised garden beds and sketching out the ideal garden. In fact, quite a few years ago, I even tried out a different type of garden bed box that ended up a bust. But we have to start somewhere, right? And the project taught me so much…