Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Guilty + Spring Awakening

I confess. After the bridal shower in February, I took a very deliberate hiatus from doing any more work on the house. The shower was one of my mile markers to have a certain amount of progress done on the house, and this accelerated timeline cost a lot more than I had originally planned. 

So after two months of traveling and crazy cold weather, I spent the last week polishing up our landscaping and planning projects for the spring and summer. 


This is our insanely huge camellia bush. It's two stories up, and I had actually get into it in order to do some pruning. At least now it doesn't look like it's attacking the back deck. 



This started growing in our front yard about two weeks ago. I have no idea what it is. Please help. 


Our azaleas finally bloomed. 
It was a very nice surprise, since we moved into the house in August and had no idea what these bushes were. The house is quite pretty (and pink) this spring. 


The side walkway. We should be getting solar path lights for these this season. I do plan on cleaning out the front flower beds and laying down mulch, not pine straw. The next blooms should be the now-clean rose bushes.


As for the inside, I got to put this up for a Bachelorette party two weeks ago. For five girls on a Bachelorette sleepover, this was a fun Photo Booth. 



I also put together these girly, high school sleepover-themed gift bags for the weekend. They had: Ring Pops, Fun Dip, flavored Lip Smackers, mini Bonne Bell nail polish and a mix CD for the Bride, put together by the bridesmaids.


One Friday night and my Mobstr project is done. Yes, this is a reproduction from London graffiti artist, Mobstr. Since you can't really buy his work, I made this myself. Not exactly how I pictured it. I wanted a little more modern, less finger paint, but it fills the space nicely. 


I also got to Ikea in time (kind of) to snag one of the last white Ikea Expedit shelving units. It's now a floor-to-ceiling unit for the office. Strangely, the office now seems like it need more work to bring everything together and not look completely cluttered. 


Next up will be the finishing touches on the guest rooms, getting back into furniture refinishing, and trying to find more wall decor. It feel like we have the house "half together". 

Until next time…