Project Backyard

This Spring James and I are working on the backyard. We want to make it a fun place for the kiddos and a nice place for us to relax too. I started working on a small flower bed Monday, and yesterday I finally got a few plants planted ;)

I was worried that I got a little ahead of myself with the plants, but I ended up with just the right amount. I had six larger plants for the flower bed, plenty of pretty flowers for the four hanging baskets, and one pack left over for a large planter.

 

I just love the picture of Thade, he is telling me where to plant the flowers ;) The entire car ride home, he kept asking when can I water the plants. I’m glad that he is excited about all of the new gardening responsibilities ;)

 

I was pretty pleased (and James too) with how the flower bed turned out. A little bit of mulch really made all of the difference, and it made the project look great. Now I just need to get into the habit of keeping the plants watered ;)

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Choosing Between the Two

We both really like the blue and green wall paper. I made the little newsprint curtains, and I think they will go well with either choice. We have a small 1/2 bath in the utility room that is also going to need wall paper, so I might use the pink wall paper in there. Now we are also thinking about putting wall paper in the Master Bedroom as an accent wall, so many choices, and so much to do…

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Paint or Paper

Well there is a lot of Spring decorating going on in our house along with the cleaning. Hubby brought me home super yummy breakfast today: Sausage Rolls, and Maple Long John’s, and Donut Holes for Thade they were all so tasty. I got out one of my favorite Wall Paper Books to go through, and get James opinion on a few options.

We need to paint just about every square inch of the house, and I’m finally able to help. When we started the painting project almost 2 years ago, I was preggers, and I couldn’t help at all. Now I’m finished nursing, and Dylan is taking better naps, so it is time to get these painting projects finished.

The kitchen might need to be first. Last Summer I was so sick of looking at the icky wall paper, that I started ripping it down, so we have some very interesting walls at the moment. James and I are both completely sick of the state of the kitchen, and I think we’ve found a paper that we both like. I wanted to do the kitchen in Baby Pink, Black, and White, and I even found graphic Wall paper to match it.  While we were flipping through the book, we found the same graphic pattern only in Retro Light Orange, Light Blue, and Light Green, we both love the colors and the pattern too. The kitchen is going to be a retro 50s throw back, which is perfect for me! I think we have a winner, now I just have to get hubby to place the order.

I can’t wait to get started!!! :) Are you Spring painting too?

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