F I N I S H E D

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jeez! i never showed the completed recycled bench project!

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C O M I N G S O O N

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anyone who knows me knows how much i love biking in general and how much i love biking around the city (or any city!) as a mode of transportation. i'm so excited for CitiBike Share to come in may...there's a few docking stations going in right by the office!

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I N B L O O M

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the cherry tree is really amazing right now!

 

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A R T L O V E

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i adore these birthstone prints by elisa werbler ... too bad for me, most are sold out.

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P L A N T S H O P 1

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i need alot of new plants for a bunch of empty areas of the yard. we ventured out to long island's awesome nursery, Hicks. they had plenty of great things....but not quite was i was looking for. still managed to spend a bunch on some awesome plants that'll work out just fine. i think i need another trip when more of what i need is in...still a little early.

i love this weird display. let those doggies free!

cats to watch over

there were like 4 aisles of amazing bulbs

filled our little fiat trunk

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F I N A L L Y !

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Citibike share is finally happening here in nyc after a year's delay. yesterday started the pre-membership sales...for a membership fee i can ride any bike to any other docking station for free for a year! i'm member #979!
we've used this in london and montreal and it's such a great way to hop on a bike and run an errand or ride around and experience the city! obviously, i'm excited!

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B E N C H P A R T 2

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the bench project is done...we've now got an awesome custom, totally unique bench AND got rid of a giant beam that we couldn't store anywhere. cool! finished pic to come!

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I N T O T H E G R O U N D

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i've been waiting impatiently (along with many others im sure!) for the last frost date so i can get planting! on a day off when it was sunny and 70 degrees i couldn't help myself and got some of these dahlias into the ground. they're gonna be beautiful...i hope...this plant's a first for me.

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B Y E , H I T A B L E

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we've had this modern metal table going on 6 or 7 years now. i think we've gotten a good run from it. it's starting to get a little gross looking and some of the legs are a little bent from one of our few friends that actually likes to dance did a little breakin' on a bench years ago and nearly collapsed it. i wound up selling it to a crazy person on craigslist...what an ordeal!
we've since bought a nice new table at good ol' ikea that's lookin' pretty fab.

flat packed goodness

these directions are a riot! don't put an umbrella stand ON the table.

nice nice. chairs AND a bench.

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R E C Y C L I N G

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tidying up around the yard and behind the shed chris rediscovered some big wood beams that we've been holding on to. before they rot away he figured he should make something come from one of them....how 'bout a bench. here's phase 1 of this project.

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W I N D O W B O X R E F R E S H

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i have perfectly good windowboxes in the front of the house....good except for all the cute martha stewart green paint is flaking off. i know i want to buy really good, and probably expensive ones sometime but with all the yard stuff going on (big news on that to come) i thought maybe i could freshen up these old ones with a new coat of black paint. of course, scraping off the old paint was an necessary first step....done on my birthday and sick as a dog no less. they'll look great when they're done and filled with fabulous-ness!

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9 Y E A R A N N I V E R S A R Y

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Today marks 9 years since we've been in our house!

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T H E L A S T B I T

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the fence repainting project is done! it took about 3 entire days but it really makes a big difference. look how it sets off those cherry blossoms!

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P I M P M Y F E N C E

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last weekend in the midst of the powerwashing power session the fence got a little weird-looking after it was stripped of it's dirt and grime. chris saw this as a great opportunity to stain the fence the color he's always wanted....gray! so here we go...down the all too familiar stain sample path.

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T O O C U T E T U E S D A Y

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the sofa of brotherly love

 

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N E E D I T ?

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was in the lowes home improvement store and while they don't have all their plants out yet since the last frost hasn't passed, they do have a ton of patio stuff and goofy yard 'decor'...though i do kind of dig those mushrooms.

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P L A N N I N G

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i thought i'd actually kick off spring with an actual plan on what i'm going to plant instead of just deciding midsummer that i want to replace something and then not finding a good replacement. i'm planning so much i've actually ordered plants for these planters that need something special.

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G A R D E N F A V E S

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we've spent most of the past 2 weekends getting the yard in shape for spring. here's my 3 favorite 'tools'.

smith&hawken adjustable rake. god i love this thing. perfect for small yards like ours and and the distance between tines are adjustable (wide or narrow) depending on what and where you're raking. 

pruners, gloves, coffee

the powerwasher that gets things looking good as new
(sometimes too new...more on that later).

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I N B L O O M : M A R C H

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i'm definitely going to plant more of these hellebores under the tree. 

they looked amazing in this giant window box in front of a new restaurant on prince street.
i'm getting some good ideas!

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S P R I N G C L E A N I N G

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it's slightly springy out lately...50 degrees...so we thought we'd get a jump on some yard cleanup. with hurricane sandy, and multiple snowstorms there's alot going on back there! aside from lots of raking, there was lots of pruning, getting rid of a small stump and digging up some invasive bamboo. filled 5 giant leaf bags with all this!

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