5.12.2012

gardening

This is our first summer to not be moving since we got married. Knowing that we would be living in Louisville for a few years, we decided to plant a garden this summer. 

Today we visited a local plant nursery owned by a woman who has been in the business for 52 years. She had all kinds of wonderful vegetable transplants, & they were much cheaper than other nurseries around here. We purchased onions, potatoes, sweet potatoes, four types of tomatoes, three types of peppers, two kinds of eggplants, zucchini squash, yellow squash, spaghetti squash, cucumbers & spinach. 

transplants
peppers
spinach
onions

Our next stop was a local hardware store where we purchased seeds. We left with carrots, sweet corn, black-eyed peas & okra. All we have left to purchase are the seeds for my herb garden.

seeds

Before planting our garden, I snapped a few photos of our roses & irises.

roses
iris

Our garden is 12x44 feet, & we actually ran out of room for our onions, so those will be planted elsewhere. Gentry purchased landscaping timbers to mark out the space. The next step was to kill off the grass in that area, then till it all up.


Then the planting began.

sweet corn
spinach
squash
Italian eggplant
sweet potatoes

& now we wait :)


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5.05.2012

happy 1st birthday

It is so hard to believe that a little over a year ago I snapped a few newborn photos of my niece just days after she was born. Last weekend we celebrated her 1st birthday. She has brought so much joy into our family, & I thank the Lord for this sweet addition.

A look back on a year ago:


& now:





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4.14.2012

dining room color options

It's about time we paint the dining room & get rid of the existing partly yellow, partly green color combo. I'm looking at different neutral-gray colors to choose from. We plan on adding a white beadboard chair railing to the walls once they are painted, & I love the combination of glossy white & gray. 

Here are some examples of dining room color schemes I like


Here are the colors I like on the Benjamin Moore website:


& here are a few from the Sherwin-Williams website:


 & here are a couple from the Restoration Hardware website:


Anyone have suggestions?

4.05.2012

a better look at our kitchen

Since we've installed the display cabinets, pantry & crown molding, I figured it was time to take up-to-date photos of the entire kitchen. I've posted photos of the demolition process, as well as the kitchen progress back in December. After the last post on the most recent kitchen updates, I decided it was about time to take photos of the entire space, & not just the side with the new display cabinets. 

Here are some photos I snapped a couple of days ago while the kitchen was clean :)


Remember when it looked like this?

etsy prints
flea mall finds $.25 each

Remember when it looked like this?


Crown molding & painted baseboards make a big difference!

letter holder how to

 It's crazy to think that when we first saw the house there was nothing on this wall.

chalk board how to

& now you've come full circle.

I hope everyone has a great Easter weekend!



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