The Table
Ty & I bought this table from the consignment shop when we first got married. Ever since we moved into our house the wood stain seemed too light. Our very first project was stripping and re-staining my grandmother's end tables and it was so much work we swore we'd never do that again. My only options with this table were to repaint. I painted it a dark brown with a black glaze. Between sanding, two coats of primer, two coats of paint, two coats of glaze, and two coats of polyurethane, I put enough hours in that I might as well have stripped and stained the thing. It looks really good right now, but I'm worried that the paint is going to scratch and chip before too long.
The Side Yard
I've tried planting all sorts of vines along this fence to beautify the side yard and give us some more privacy from our neighbors. Nothing seemed to grow well, but we didn't have enough planting space to plant something more substantial. We hired a guy to cut out a row of pavers, and Ty and I spent all Saturday planting these plants that will grow together and up to give a natural screen between us and our neighbors (we have about 15 feet between us and them). All we have left to do is plug the sprinkler nozzles into the drip hose we installed this spring. The most exciting part of this project was getting to use a pick ax.
Since we were on a roll, we decided to clean up the yard, pick the lemons, and put up Christmas lights. Last year our lemon tree produced about 5 lemons. This year it produced enough to fill two buckets. As you can see, we had to pick some of the lemons while they were still green because there were enough to almost snap the young tree in half. Anyone have any good lemon recipes?
5 comments:
I can't believe you took on all these projects in December... You do know christmas is coming right? I'm kidding... everything looks great!
I love it all! You completely rock, you know! I'm especially impressed with the table. It sounds like a lot of elbow grease went into that one. You & Tyler seem to make a great team.
Way to go! I realize that you did all of the work, but I would say it was totally worth it for the table-it looks amazing! As does your side yard, Tucker and I are thoroughly impressed. :)
you go! it looks awesome...not to mention that the lemons against the green are gorgeous!
mindy- i had to say hi, saw your link on michelle's blog. it's camille (hansen) i think the last time i saw you was when i was living with kristie & kirsten. anyways your family is darling, you look great, as always! you can check out my fam at www.theeastoneye.blogspot.com
it was great seeing you ;)
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