Wednesday, May 23, 2012

From the Garden


We're giving the salsa garden a go again this year, minus the cilantro, which flowered too quickly, way before the tomatoes and peppers were ready.
My husband went a wee bit crazy on the peppers, we got eight different varieties.  I'm either gonna make a ton of spicy salsa or I better hit up All Recipes and figure out what else I can concoct.  We are going to stake our tomatoes with bamboo poles so that we can have them grow upwards, rather than puddling on the ground.  Hopefully it will produce better results.

We also planted onions and radishes and lettuce from seed.  This is our first year for radishes.  My husband suddenly fell in love with them.  Last year our lettuce was really bitter, so we are trying a new variety and hoping for tastier salad.  Ah, I love pulling fresh produce from the garden.  Can't wait to see it all growing!

I also worked in my wildflower garden over the weekend.  It's on the south side of our house, right now I have 3 different garden areas and I think of  this one as my place to experiment. 



My newest flower, this Asiatic lily, I actually bought two.  I love the orange!

Monday, March 12, 2012

Just a Peak


Despite a hectic past two weeks at work, my husband somehow managed to get the beaded board and sinks installed in our master bedroom. 

Aren't they beautiful?

I'm so excited to look across from my bed into this little nook now.  I've had this image in my head for so long, and it's finally a reality.  Obviously, it's still a construction site and there's more work to be done, but it's on its way!

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

The Horns are at it Again


Demo has begun again in the Horn house.  This time we are updating our vanity/sink area.  The sinks are outiside of the master bathroom and across from our walk in closet.
As you can see we have the original 1980's cabinets and countertops. We previously took down a large wall mirror and replaced the lighting.

demo shot
This part is the most fun.  Then you have to figure out how to put it all back together and it always takes longer than you think it will.

Here's the counter top out by the curb.
  It was amazingly heavy and I have a scrape across my arm to prove it.

Everything is opened up in preparation for the beaded board treatment.

Jason took the flooring all the way back to wall.
We're putting in two pedestal sinks with a furniture piece in between them for storage.  We're weekend warriors, so I'll post more pics next week!