It wouldn’t be a construction project if something didn’t go as planned, right? Sure enough, as we reach the finish line there are some things that haven’t turned out quite as we had hoped. Read and heed!
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Along the Garden Wall
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| Swedish rock wall |
Officially this house project is the third garden I will be creating from scratch. Even though neither of the other properties involved house construction, they were still "blank canvases" consisting of nothing but grass and a few tired rhododendrons around the edges.
With each design, I find myself drawn toward a more formal aesthetic and the use of geometry--straight lines and circles essentially--to provide structure to the garden. One of my favorite ways to express that geometry and to delineate spaces within a garden is with the use of hedges and rock walls.
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
1 + 1 = 2 Cute 4 Words!
New math, old math—however you calculate, it all adds up to one sweet space for Miss K.
Not to gloat too much, but I do think her bedroom is turning out well.
I’ve been aiming for something lighthearted, but a little bit sophisticated at the same time. Something that fits the preteen she is now and that can grow with her as she becomes a teenager. Here are the pieces, starting with the basics:
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