With questionable weather still plaguing New England, tag sale season has gotten off to a late start this year. Never fear, though- even venturing out in the rain this past Saturday, I was able to rescue this diamond in the rough for a whopping dollah. Ain't she a beaut??
Although, not sure where it's going to end up, oh, she'll be a pretty lady once again! Just check out the possibilities!
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It was a pleasant surprise on Saturday when the predicted rain decided to clear long enough for Hubby and I to get started on this year's garden. Since the weather was still threatening a downpour while we were at the garden store, we only bought about half of what will end up filling up the garden, but we're off to a good start! Until we plant a bit more and put down some fresh mulch, the flower beds are nothing to write home about (mid-summer will be a different story- flower explosion and I love it!). My current quandary is the herb garden. After planting 7 new herbs this weekend, I'm left wondering what I want this baby to look like this year. Aside from some minor leaf cleanup, all we've done is place the new herbs in last year's set-up.
For the past 2 years, I've had the herb garden planted in pots, 'planted' in the ground (inspired by this) and I've liked the look. With fresh mulch and flowering peonies on the left, it looked pretty sharp. But this year I'm itching for something different. I'm thinking of going vertical.
This vertical garden from Better Homes and Gardens would probably be the easiest. Hubby loves the idea of smaller pots that can be brought inside in the winter. I love the idea of making the herb garden into living art. Win/win!
This lattice garden from Hammers and High Heels might be even simpler, but still clean, classy, and effective.
Naturally, I'm gravitating to the more complicated set-ups:
More complicated, yes, but Curbly spells out all the steps on their How-To.
This one from Ryan Benoit Designs is probably a little too industrial for my own yard, but it makes me swoon nonetheless. Yes, those are ammunition canisters.
Back to simplicity
This indoor mason jar version is very simple and chic. For years I couldn't find the original source for this image, even google image search leads me back to pinterest, but a friend was able to locate the designer. This project, by Suzie Frazier is stunning, don't you think? I'd need to scale this up for an outside application, but this would be a great idea for easy herb access in your kitchen.
My brain has all of these beautiful examples swirling around in it, and I have a feeling that the application that I decide to attack will be a conglomeration of them all.
Which one is your favorite?
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I owe you guys some serious DIYs. Longer days and warmer weather (at long last) always lights a fire under me, though, so I'll be DIYing like crazy soon! Until then, I thought I'd share a few things to inspire from around blog land. Please pin responsibly and from the original sources that I have linked to. Muchos gracias!!!
1. A Beautiful Mess's studio bathroom make-over. If you aren't jealous of the fact that they bought a beautiful old house to use as a studio/project space for their blog then you're probably lying to yourself. Swoon away.
2. Jen over at The Chronicles of Home breathed new life into this amazing navy sofa. Definitely going to make me look at worn fabrics in a different light.
3. I think I might need to adopt this desktop wallpaper from DesignLoveFest.... since, ya know, I've been apparently spraying everything gold...
4. Local Boston designer, Stephanie Sabbe hit a home run with this amazing city kitchen renovation. The before was not terrible, but the after is to die for. Click over to check out the full space which was also just featured in the Boston Globe!
Ok, Monday, let's do this!
