A Cultivated Nest

Loving Hydrangeas

I love hydrangeas and if they weren't such water suckers I would surround my house with them. I always thought "Hydrangea House" would be a lovely name for a home. As it is, I have to work to keep mine blooming during our hot summers (which seem to get drier and drier and hotter and hotter). They are really easy to propagate like forsythia. I wrote about Blooms On a Budget and ... Read More about Loving Hydrangeas

Painted Living Room Mirror

Here's a really quick project I recently did. I painted this mirror that used to hang over my sofa. My faux fireplace is now where the sofa is with a different mirror over it. That big mirror is now hanging where the fireplace used to be. They've sort of switched spots. I didn't bother to take it down to paint because it's really heavy! But that's also what I did when I painted it ... Read More about Painted Living Room Mirror

My Cute Garden Gate

I've been wanting to paint at least one of my garden gates ever since I did that post on Colorful Garden Gates! Here's a look at one gate leading into my vegetable garden that I painted recently. I have a white picket fence that goes around my vegetable garden (which has two entrances). This is the smaller gate. I had a little bit of of white exterior latex left and mixed some other ... Read More about My Cute Garden Gate

China Cabinet Re-do & Hoop Art

I got tired of working in the yard so I decided to come inside and work on some indoor projects but got distracted by my wonderful hoop art from etsy (Sparrow Mercantile) that came in the mail. I hung it on the door to my china cabinet. Which then led me to re-arrange my china cabinet - which is ridiculous because I have to move it tomorrow since I'm finishing up painting the ... Read More about China Cabinet Re-do & Hoop Art

DIY Trellis – Make A Trellis Out of Wire

I've been trying to figure out what to do with my back fence line since all my trees and bushes were cut down by Colonial Pipeline during their vicennial right of way maintenance. Since I'm limited in what I can plant I wasn't sure how I would get some year round green back there. I didn't want to have to look at a wooden fence all the time! So my idea is to grow vines against the fence! ... Read More about DIY Trellis – Make A Trellis Out of Wire

IKEA Ektorp White Slipcovered Chair

We have the Ektorp sofa (actually we have two - a white slipcovered one in the living room and blue slipcovered one with chaise in the tv room). So I guess it's fair to say that we're pretty happy with this line of Ikea furniture :) I think it was back in January that I said I was doing a little makeover of our home, anyway I set aside some money to buy a few new pieces of furniture - not a ... Read More about IKEA Ektorp White Slipcovered Chair