My front yard landscape plan this year & ideas for year-round color in your garden
My landscape plan this year includes a combination of yellows and blues for the foundation planting along with a pop of red for some interest in the winter months.
Garden
Love gardening, landscaping and increasing your curb appeal! These posts are perfect for gardeners and landscapers looking to pick up a few more tricks.
DIY Hanging Address Plaque
After hours and hours of painstakingly scouring the internet for the “perfect” hanging address plaque, I decided to make my own.
Rusty Wrought Iron Remedy
So, my next outdoor project is repainting my rusty wrought iron railing around my front porch. Here are my instructions on what to do: Scrub the wrought iron with a steel wire brush. This will remove any loose or flaking rust. I used a brush from Sherwin Williams with a little “ice scraper” attachment at…
Completed the landscaping… just in time for FROST!!
Mother Nature, are you kidding me?? This past Friday my dad helped me out by tilling the soil in front of my house and near the lamppost to get ready for the landscape. Since it was so hard and clay-like, he mixed about 4-5 bags of Miracle Grow topsoil in as he was tilling it….
Perennial Garden Plans for Partial Sun or Shade
Downloadable Perennial Garden Plans for Partial Sun or Shade. Improve curb appeal with this 4-season perennial garden plans.
Paint Your Front Door the Right Way (My Pretty Purple Door)
Want to learn how to paint your front door? I finally got around to painting the front door purple. I know, pretty ridiculous since I named this entire blog after this concept.
Dreaming of a flagstone patio
This morning I saw an episode of Yard Crashers where they created a flagstone patio over an existing damaged concrete patio. It looked really amazing and got me thinking about how to dress up my backyard. This probably won’t be a project until next summer, but it’s definitely something to start gathering ideas about and…
The Fence is Up!!!
Roxy is a happy lady! The fence gate was installed today. It looks awesome!!! It’s a chain link fence about 4 ft high, with all the heavy-duty essentials for keeping a super tall 90lb dog contained. She just loves it… and I love making her happy and keeping her safe. She likes to lay in…