After the landscape was finished (see about that HERE), the old porch furniture just seemed to be out of place. I mean, kind of faded and sad. I didn’t have a big budget for this, only $100. The flowers pushed me a little over, but I got pretty close to my budget goal. When I […]
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My New Landscape is Done!!
When I showed you my less-than-delightful landscape over a month ago, I was sure I’d be able to show you the finished product a week later. Things went slower than expected. After Franco and his team cleared out the old, yucky stuff, it sat unfinished for a long time because the stone I wanted to use wasn’t […]
New Landscape!!!! (Before Photos)
After 2.5 years in this house, I finally convinced my husband to agree to re-doing our landscape. Notice how I never show you the front of my house? Yeah, because I don’t like my landscape! Ha! (Okay, probably just because the subject never came up, but you get the point.) The landscape artists are in […]
Garage Organization for Real Families
To tell you the truth, I had a hard time sharing my garage pictures with you, so I’ve been procrastinating it. Then, I had a “heart to heart” with myself and said to myself “Mary, there is nothing wrong with your garage. Everything is not match-matchy or magazine-beautiful, but it is organized and it really […]
Gardening Inspiration
(My most beautiful masterpieces are sitting by our garden.) (Thinking optimistic thoughts of eating homegrown tomatoes this year!) (Firm believer! And that is one of my littles eating a cilantro leaf right after planting it.) (I’m reading The Secret Garden to my girls right now.) (Probably the biggest reason we keep trying a garden year […]
Diagnose your Garage & Cure the Clutter
Spend a few hours this weekend and get your garage whipped into shape! No? Why not? If that doesn’t seem possible, I can probably guess a few reasons. Garages are where unused things go to die. My guess is that your garage is full of things you don’t need or use. Here are the 4 most common garage diseases […]
Organic Garden: Can We Do It?
Crazy us. We are going to try gardening. Again. We’ve been down this road before … and never really gotten anywhere. But try, try again! We will one day have green thumbs, even if I have to spray paint over the black myself. To add to the insanity of our attempt, we are going to […]