tell me Harrison Ford as Indy doesn’t remind you of Ernesto Riley aka Matt Davis….

(Source: harrisonfords, via variousstages)

Three before-ish pics from this spring (two prior to painting and one after painting started but before working on the yard) and a slew of afters from today.  We did a ton of landscaping work and have gotten through a good amount of painting, but there’s still a bunch to do, including:

-finish all the painting/edging/trim/staining of the house, garage, foundation, and deck

-replace the side garage door

-move the flower basket in front of the door to the left one section

-make/buy a house number sign (I truly love this one: http://www.etsy.com/listing/59239623/16x20-in-personalized-welcome-house)

-plant a rose bush under the window of the bump-out (aka where our bedroom is)

-plant some more plants on the side of the house where the azalea bush is and probably add in another hosta in front

-finish mulching

-in the back, build our pergola-ish shade structure for the deck

-get the potted plants ready for the deck

-build a table for the deck

-paint the swingset

-probably next year, tear out a slew of the concrete entryway/in front of the garage & replace with stamped concrete

Thank God it’s only the end of May.  It’ll be interesting to see how much we actually accomplish this summer.

If there were ever a designer who was “me,” it’s easily Trina Turk.  No one else.  I wish I were independently wealthy to fill my house with a mix of MCM furnishings and her textiles/accessories.  And then I’d dress in clothes from her line and sip margaritas under the palm trees. 

(also, that Ikat sofa in her shop?  *to-die-for*!)

daylight shots.  chair color much more accurate.  I spraypainted them with Rustoleum’s Painter’s Touch in Lagoon - a fabulous deep teal.