Getting garden ready

This last Christmas, Billy built me a second raised garden box for the back yard! This past weekend we finally got it ready to plant some seeds in. The boys all worked together to gopher proof the bottom and then fill it with dirt. Now all I need to do is buy some nice topsoil to finish it off. Our first garden box is still doing well, since winter was so mild, the cherry tomatoes are starting to ripen again and the bell peppers grew all winter long. We even got one yummy Kabocha squash mid winter that we baked up and ate with spaghetti one night.

It is so fun and nice to finally have a garden after the last couple of years just talking about it. I'm loving our functional back yard :)

Boys Room

A couple of weeks ago I decided I was finally going to repaint the boys room. It has always bothered me how I didn't spend enough time on the walls in there prepping, sanding, patching before we sprayed the room with paint 2 and a half years ago. Plus there was pieces of moulding missing and unfinished spots that I never got around to painting. After we repainted our condo in carp to prepare for new tenants, there was a gallon of neutral paint that didn't match on any of the walls, so I took it home and decided it would be the paint for the boys room. The color is almost the same as what was in there before, kinda funny, but I like it. Not sure if I will do something fun like a stripe around the room for an accent eventually, but for now it is done.

I put both of the boys names together on one wall so that I have the wall over the crib for our new addition in a few months. I also wired a light bulb to one of the paper lanterns as the main light in the room, though I need to find a brighter light bulb. Billy finished the wall off with a very simple moulding that is white and complete! I'm happy with the room and I think the boys are too. Although we are already talking about bunk beds.....

New look

So with all the many fabric options I purchased to recover the pillows on my over sized chair... this is what i chose. I think it matches pretty well and I am happy with how it looks. Much better than the crazy purple and black patterned fabric & hiding it with a blanket :)