In the Greenhouse

Romance in the Greenhouse

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Seems gardening is still of thing of our dreams for a little while yet

since much of the country is getting hit with a late winter storm.

Our last freeze is never after the 15th of April....but not this year!

It got super cold last night and cold today.

Good thing I have only bought a few ferns that I can easily move indoors.

So with this last burst of cold weather I've been thinking about greenhouses and wishing I had one.

I am loving the idea of a chandelier in the greenhouse...I'd so do that!

Thanks for your nice comments yesterday on my little HGTV fabric project.

The peeps at Jo-Ann wanted me to share this coupon good for 

15% off your entire purchase.

It includes sale and clearance priced items.

I saw quite a few things last time I was there I am going to go back and use this coupon on.

Just print and take in to use now through Saturday, May 4.

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Emerald Green

I know... I know....

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Emerald is the color of the year for 2013.

Old news....

I haven't talked about the color of the year this year because I really didn't have anything to 

say about it except..."Hey, Emerald is the color of the year."

Today at work, Sarah said to me -

"If I hear one more person say to me that Pantone's Color of the Year is Emerald, I'm going to puke."

"I know it's the color of the year. It's March. Of course I know it's the color of the year!"

That was Sarah speaking, not me...she takes her decorating serious and we get our 

decorating fix discussing decor with each other at work.

Nobody else there cares much about it. 

They don't even know that Emerald is the color of the year...nor do they know what Pantone is.

Granted they do not care.

They have families and husbands and other things to use their brain cells retaining.

Sarah and I do not.

Anyway...she is tired of talking about Emerald being the color of the year.

And this coming from a person who loves green. 

I don't love green. 

I'll never have a major thing in my house that is green.

(famous last words) 

Although there was quite a bit of green in my Easter Mantel decor.

Although I will admit that room above is quite appealing and could make me change my mind...maybe.

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Ok, this room, definitely. I don't mind a stripe of green mixed with blues and yellows.

And that green dresser in the distance? 

Oh...yeah....I love that.

Oh...and Pam's buffet she recently redid in Emerald sure is elegant and gorgeous....

that might sway me too.

Still when I think of lots of green in a room...my mind goes to lots of green in

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the surrounding outdoors.

Nothing better than walls of nature's emerald.

Isn't this space magical? I'd like to spend Easter there.

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Another lovely garden room surrounded in lush green.

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Here the green comes into the room.

Have you added Emerald to your spaces this year or are you ignoring it?

I'm getting excited about planting stuff outside...spring is here and soon it will be warm enough.

This past week I've had a guest staying with me.

My Aunt's little longhaired dachshund, Kate.

My Aunt took ill last week and was admitted to the hospital.

We feared at first that she might be there awhile but she made a remarkable recovery and

will possibly be getting out tomorrow.

She'd asked me to watch Kate while she was away from home.

I have to say...she was the best house guest ever!

Not one bit of trouble.

I doubt my own dogs would be as good. 

Really, she could just stay here for good and I would not mind one bit.

Good little Kate.

Have a great Friday and a great weekend!

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Garden Rooms

The Green Room

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Oh...to have a lovely garden room such as this!

It's overgrown on the inside as well as on the outside.

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This one too...but in a less formal way. 

The outside just comes right on in through the doors.

This would be the perfect art studio...which I need.

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This one is actually an outside room constructed of old windows and doors.

A magical spot in the garden.

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Yes, I have garden rooms on the brain. I'd love to have this greenhouse in my backyard.

Won't be long till I'll be pre-occupied with getting the yard in shape.

I do have my own little garden room of sorts...the breakfast nook which has a door leading out 

to the deck.

This spring, I'll be painting my "to be" potting bench.

This is the spot where it will sit - right outside my backdoor.

The backdoor that needs to be replaced.

See the sliding door?...Soon to be replaced with french doors in the same color as the windows.

My deck is not very nice. But it looks good when covered in plants.

When my deck looks like this...it is a joy to be in the breakfast nook and go in and out to the deck.

But here is my ugly secret....

Since I didn't have time to paint that hutch last summer,

I didn't want to leave it outside where the elements would ruin it without a coat or several 

coats of paint.

So it has sat in my breakfast nook all fall and winter waiting for me to paint it.

So I haven't been able to show a long shot of my dining room or living room looking that direction...

because there is a big piece of furniture and various other projects in the way.

I haven't been able to do a shot like this in months...because through the doorway from

dining room to breakfast nook...it's a pile of junk.

Not junk...just projects.

I also have an artist easel in there where I am working on paintings.

I would have moved that hutch to the garage but it is way heavy...way way way heavy.

I got it in the house and I'm not moving it any more than I have to.

It's going to be hard for me to move it around just to paint it.

So...my only garden room in the house...is full up with furniture and junk waiting for me to tackle it.

And the walls still need to be fixed and repainted.

And that is why I have to keep showing shots of my dining room like this....so that
you don't see what is just beyond the doorway.

But now that you know this...perhaps it will get me moving on painting that piece.

At least I hope so....
Don't hate me because I'm messy and a procrastinator....
Better done eventually than never done at all.
That is my motto.

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