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Welcome to our new front yard! Last week, we left off with me detailing supplies for our new front yard. As you can see, it was a mess. At only 40' x 16', it's just a patch. Who could imagine it would take 4 days to complete the "remodel?" I let the grass go this winter knowing good things were coming. Suddenly, the grass was gone. Fabric weed barrier goes down and is secured every 3 feet. Plant placement. I was short 8 plants. Last Sunday, I looked at four different nurs

Last week, we started our new front yard makeover. A you can see, I let the grass go this winter as I truly wanted to hire the landscape architect of my dreams (a first for me!) to create a little front yard. Turns out, spring is not the time to try to line up an architect. The "after" photos on one website were Pinterest-ready and made me drool. That architect returned my call to say she was taking projects for 2022. Oops. So it's down to a do-it-yourself project, i

True confession. I have a bedroom just for me. OK, it might be due to my noisy sleeping (who me?) but it's fun to have a little room all my own. I've tried to make it as calm as possible without a clock or TV. I gathered both old and newer to set the tone. Let's see how it turned out. The only "stuff" in the room is on the table which I change often. The table was my parent's mahogany dining room table (circa 1946) painted chalk white. Currently : a pot (Wisteria), a