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  • Garden progress.

    Evan and I spent three solid days (minus some well-timed thunderstorm downtime) working in the garden, and the results are really satisfying. It’s actually starting to look like something out there! Considering…

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    Japanese maple in the garden.

    Yay! Something is now intentionally growing in the back garden! My mother and I planted this Fireglow Japanese Maple in the garden yesterday. It’s beautiful! I love Japanese Maples. We bought the…

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    Garden frustration.

    Following the wake-up call that was the landscaper’s quote on our original garden plan, I feel like I’ve hit a wall in terms of planning our outdoor space. Landscaping is expensive, hard…

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    Scavenged (sort of): new chairs for the garden.

    Yesterday we brought home a pair of Bertoia side chairs to use in the back garden. They weren’t a true scavenged find as they are new, but I’m counting them as such…

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    Front garden.

    When we bought our house in March 2006, the front garden was a tiny patch of dying grass, dirt, and rocks. Now we have a mass of carpet roses, lavender, dusty miller,…

  • Small Patio Plan - doorsixteen.com

    UPDATE: Patio chairs! Rejoice! Plan!

    The internet, man. I love it. Five days ago, in the midst of a patio chair crisis*, I posted a list of my requirements for potential seating, and BOY—you all really came…

  • Bedroom makeover - doorsixteen.com

    Working on my bedroom.

    OK, first of all, THANK YOU SO MUCH for all of your pillow recommendations. I thought maybe five or six people would tell me about their awesome pillow, but apparently a lot…

  • Arthur Umanoff bar cart - doorsixteen.com

    New doors for the Umanoff bar cart.

    Quite a few years ago (nine, to be exact), I spotted this bar cart behind a row of discarded shutters and windows, stashed under a plastic roof in the lot behind Stan’z,…

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