Life's A Garden, Dig It.

We (finally) bought a house.  It's new construction and the builder did a bit of landscaping, but there is definitely a long way to go.  I plan to do a bit of planting this year (maybe a few pots and hanging baskets) to spruce the house up a bit but for the most part I think we'll wait until next spring to do a big landscaping over haul.

 

Here are a few inspiration ideas:

 

 

This was actually taken in the parking lot of my office.  Love the color and texture.

 

Black hollyhock, it reminds me of my grandparent's house.

 

No idea what the names of the plants above or below are, but I like the colorful leaves.  These would be great for a planter.

Plants and Such

I'm finally at a place in my life where I can keep plants alive.  I was not in that place when my mom gave me part of her rubber plant as a house warming gift...but this pic makes me want to get another one.

I'm also digging these basic terracotta planters.  There was a nursery in Atlanta right down the road from my condo that had tons that were nice and aged/distressed.  Next time I'm there I might have to swing by and pick up a few!

One of my plants has outgrown its pot and I need to get it a new one ASAP.  I might put one of these in the old smaller pot...I forget what they are called, but my mom always had them around the house when we were growing up.

Really loving wildflower bouquets right now.

This one is really pretty for weddings, right?!

Porches Should Not be an Afterthought

My mom read this quote to us out of a magazine over the weekend and I couldn't agree with it more.  Because of the mild temperatures, minimal humidity in the mountains and the fact that we still do not have a kitchen table we spend a lot of time on our porch.  Here is some inspiration for the porch I've gathered recently...

We pretty much always have an empty bottle of wine on hand and I think this would be a fun way to repurpose them...especially if we could find citronella oil to use to keep the bugs away.  Not sure how our land lord would feel about us drilling hole in the porch posts...but its worth asking about!

We already have mint, oregano, chives and rosemary growing in pots on the deck but we'd like to add tomatoes and basil to our little potted garden and we're thinking a hanging basket will be the perfect way to do that.  The plan is to plant basil in the middle and let some grape or cherry tomato vines hang down the side.  We'll see if we can actually pull it off...

My Fantasy World

As I've said before, Alex gets full credit for bringing me out of the fantasy world where Robert Pattinson was my boyfriend and I worked as Mumford and Son's personal assistant...but sometimes I secretly let myself drift back to that world just a little bit and let myself live in my fantasy world vicariously though Pinterest.

In my fantasy world I live in a cute little bungalow like this.

...and I sleep in a bed like this, but don't worry, I don't have a redic chandy like the one in this room.

Outside there are perfectly planted pots in bloom, always.

Oh, and I have a neon chicken coup complete with chickens for fresh eggs every morning.  Please take note of the roof top garden on my chicken coup...its one of my fav features of the whole set-up.

When I have twilight movie marathons I snuggle up under this fab blanket.

When I have parties I simply make a meyer lemon garland like this one for the table from the meyer lemon tree I have.  That way guests feel like I've put work into creating a nice environment but it doesn't feel too fancy.

I pack for trips in this fad duffel...to be honest, this could actually be part of my real life, its a steal at only $99!

Every day I would eat goat cheese...like this goat cheese and roasted red pepper pasta.

And of course I'd have time to craft everything my little heart desired like these beaded friendship bracelets for all of you!

Anthropologie Items of the Week

I don't know if these things are really that great or if the warmer sunny weather is getting to my head but this weeks picks have me super excited about spring...

This pot made me want to grow strawberries...not exactly sure why, but it did.

Love the bright colors and the cinched in waist.

When I first saw these I thought the screamed Hardee, then Katrina, then Nina C., then Suz, then me...since I thought they'd be just perf for so many people I decided to go ahead and post them.  Phwhy (that's FYI spelled phonetically...the phrase is used quite often around the slam house) I recommend wearing this shape with the points sticking out...I have a pair of similar shaped earrings and when you wear them with the points facing in the earrings get lost with the shape of your jaw...they're much more standout facing out!

Have I featured this dress before?  It was on my wishlist for a while but I took it off because I thought it was too plain and boring...but then I saw it again on a model and it made me reconsider it.  Sure its conservative but I think it could be pretty versatile and the reviews for this dress were outstanding!



Pinterest Picks - All the Rest

Funky key chain.

Gold monogram bracelet.

Old mailbox to store gardening tools!

Pinterest Picks

Killer table cloth.

Love the olive green bar stools.

Cool bathroom, minus the mirror, not a huge fan of it.

Gray subway tile and topiaries around the sink

$30 crib (I believe it was found on ebay) painted gray.

Wallpaper in the back of the cabinet.

Fiddle leaf fig tree in a basket.  I need this.

Anthropologie Item of the Week

This is all I have for you this week, but I really do love it!

Pinterest Picks

Here are a few things I've pinned recently:

I think I'll use river rocks on the bottom of my outdoor shower someday

Plants in wine boxes...Alex says they would warp and come apart at the corners, but I think its worth trying on herbs in a raised garden.

Chalkboard paint on terracotta.