Category Archives: Garden/Outdoor Living

Houzz Picks: Perennials to Plant Now

by Sarah on May 2, 2013, no comments

I’m talking about plants on Houzz this month…perennials to be exact. If you’ve got an opinion or some feedback let’s hear it. Oh and if you haven’t fallen in to the eye candy abyss that is Houzz, what in the heck are you waiting for? Guest Picks: Perennials to Plant Now Houzz – Kitchen Ideas [...]

In bloom

by Sarah on July 13, 2011, one comment

When we moved to the the new house, we gained a pretty big piece of property with some mature plants, some of them are worth saving but most of it needs to go. We recently cleared out an entire planting bed in the front and when I say “we” I mean my husband Dan. The [...]

Trademark

by Sarah on July 7, 2011, no comments

My mother has a love for gardening and she’s pretty good at it, check out the tour of her garden last season. She always keeps flowers in her house during the spring and summer it is usually perennials from her own garden and in the cold months its usually flowers she buys at the Fresh Market [...]

Playset Prep

by Sarah on May 17, 2011, 5 comments

As I explained in last Friday’s weekend post, my daughter DC is turning 3 this weekend. Before DC was even 2, we were invited to a slew of birthday parties complete with pony rides and bouncey houses.  But I figure Dan and I have a lot of birthday parties ahead of us and we’re going [...]

Dear TEOT: Deck Ideas

by Sarah on May 9, 2011, 3 comments

One of our readers Alicia writes, Not sure if you remember me. I commented a while back about redoing a 1928 Dutch Colonial. I’m getting ready to redo our backyard. We’re doing a porch down to a patio, and I really like the look of what you did at the Indiana House. Do you happen [...]