Earlier this week, Ivan, Isabella and I tackled an exciting DIY project in the garden. And since it was fun and simple, and yielded dramatic results, I thought you might like to hear all about it. Landscaping work done by professionals can be costly, depending on the size of your project and prices in your area, so we’re always excited about projects we can DIY with our limited skills, and without calling contractors. (Not that they’ll show up when they say they will 🙁 )
My apologies for the lack of a Friday post, again, but the last couple of weeks have been overwhelming in more ways than one. As we know all too well, the world is a scary place right now and those of us who live in the country have the luxury of keeping busy in the garden or around the house. That’s what I’ve been doing, in part to keep my mind positive, in part because some things were pressing and needed to be taken care off asap. Nevertheless, I thought I’d give you a glimpse into our projects, the challenges and small triumphs we’ve had along the way as well as an update to what’s going on in the garden.
I had some leftover paint and some time on my hands the other day and decided to give our fireplace mantel a facelift. The mantel has been my nemesis so far. When we moved in, the living room looked like this:
My apologies for missing yesterday’s post! We had a busy weekend followed by an even crazier Monday with projects and finds I’m so excited about that I get butterflies in the pit of my stomach. I had something else in mind to post about today but we’ve been making some progress at home and in the garden and because some of you have asked to see more of our garden plans, I thought you’d enjoy a peek.
Late last June was one of the happiest moments in our life together as a family. We had just bought a little Cape Cod cottage in town and had all these dreams of slowly fixing it up and making it ours. We moved in with boxes of stuff (mostly toys and books) and just a handful of furniture pieces we’d bought locally through antiques shops and Craigslist, art and a couple of vintage tables and chairs. We decided to be patient and carefully consider all options and aspects before committing to any permanent changes in the new house. We didn’t want this to be a quick fixer-upper, and although the budget was carefully considered, we decided we can wait and save for the good things. We’re still not finished, not even close, but I thought I’d share with a little progress update.
