You are my favorite person ever. I’m so lucky I get to hang out with you every single day. Happy anniversary, Evan. I love you like crazy.
April, 2009 Monthly archive
My house is brick, so I don’t have to think about exterior colors much, but if my house were wood or stucco, I’d be really tempted to paint the entire thing black. (Let’s pretend heat absorption wouldn’t be an issue, okay?) As it is, I’ll just have to be satisfied with a black door—and eventually a black porch and cornice.
Clipper Street Residence, envelopeA+D (see more at the NY Times)
Peacock Hill, Budget Living magazine (Oct. 2003, see more here)
Houston, TX house (via Carolina Eclectic)
As with all-white interiors, I really like the way that a monochromatic exterior plays down the details of woodwork and other kinds of trim on older homes. Of course, all-black looks great on more contemporary structures, too!
Harts Lane (via desire to inspire)
Swedish cabin, PS Arkitektur (via Remodelista)
18karat store in Vancouver, BC (via Grey)
Private residence, Lahaska, PA
It’s probably pretty obvious that I love love love teardrop shapes and patterns, and this wall in Elisabeth Dunker’s house is no exception. I’ve been admiring it for ages now, and have even come close to stenciling it on a wall in my own house as a tribute!
Imagine my excitement when I received an email from Studio Violet (Elisabeth’s joint venture with Camilla Engman) showing that Elisabeth’s droplets are available as wall stickers! I’m not a fan of wall decals for the most part, but these are just fantastic.
Well, almost instant. It took Evan and I about 8 hours to build the flat deck in my garden plan yesterday. Neither one of us have ever done this kind of thing before, so we’re feeling pretty pleased with ourselves right now!
We have îpe tastes but a tiny budget, so we had to go with standard PT lumber (sorry, planet). Next weekend I’ll stain it charcoal and it will look great.
We used the Dek-Block pier system, and it was really simple. The site lets you enter the size of your deck, and spits out a supply list and instruction sheets. Pretty amazing. The hardest part was getting everything level since our garden slopes from side to side, but even that wasn’t so bad once we had a system going. The total cost was just around $300 for an 8×8 deck, including the screws and the stain.
Actually, now that I think about it, the hardest part is TODAY—my arms feel like they’re going to detach themselves from my body. I had a difficult time getting out of bed this morning. Strong and in shape I am decidedly NOT.
Today I’m going to be planting a bunch of Pachysandra graciously donated by a friend working on her own garden makeover. Next week, we’re hoping to start setting up the dog run!
Little me with big sisters, 1976
The weather is going to be great. Drink something icy-cold, stick your hands in the dirt, and enjoy the sunshine.
Here’s to a productive weekend outdoors!
