A little redecorating project

Just some thoughts on what I am going to do in the living room and dining room. Decisions, decisions.


The wallpaper is almost all gone. The only part that's left is behind the piano that I can't budge. The next big decision is colors. I need to pick a wall color and also a trim color. The dining room has a chair rail that was wall papered above and painted below.





So I am thinking 3 colors. I want to have the same color in the living room and the top wall in the dining room. Then a trim color and another for below the chair rail which I think will also be for the built in cabinets as well.

Right now the floor has a rose/mauve colored wall to wall carpet. This carpet is an animal hair magnet. It will be ripped out for hardwood that is already underneath. The floor has sort of a golden color to it, though I suppose we could have it stained any color. I am thinking we may need to have it professionally refinished, Though I am kind of hoping that just a good washing might be ok.
The other consideration is the couch and chair. They are slipcovered with a flowered fabric that I has some taupe, rose and green colors on an off white background. I washed them, even though it said not to and the chair cover close in the back. Not a problem if its up against a wall. I want to paint sort of a blue green color(think Martha Stewart) but it would not match this furniture. I really like the look of brown and blue. I'm thinking of getting rid of the chair because it is way too big for the space. Lots of decisions...all involving money that I don't have. I do have a Morris Chair that belonged to my grandmother and is at my dad's house. It would need to have new cushions made for it but I would like to add it to this space. I also want to include one of Bill's dad's paintings that is a sunset on the water.
It is my favorite of all of his paintings! In this picture you can see it does have some blue green in it. So that might work.
This is a real project. What a mess!

Cape 2007

Even though this is my garden blog, here are some pictures and highlights of our week at the Cape.

Flower explosion!

July has brought an explosion of color to my garden and I have taken some pictures to keep track.
The lilies started blooming around June30, just before we left for Cape Cod and they were really going when we got back on July 6. I can't believe its already July 18!!



I don't know what this is. It just showed up in the garden
with this big, pretty, bluish flower. Maybe a stray morning glory?

The Asiatic lilies have many more blooms than they did last year. It's really hard to get all of them onto one page like this because they are all over the yard. The daylilies are a surprise every day.
Last year I divided alot of them and moved them around a bit. My goal is to extend the bloom throughout the summer.

The snapdragons have really taken off and I get a good sized bouquet every other day or so.

I love the way that butterfly posed for me. There was a black and blue one out there also but it disappeared after I got my camera. The bouquet at the top is what I look forward to all Winter.
The flower to the left that looks like a sunflower is from the new white coneflower plant I bought. I love how it looks. The purple coneflowers I have are prolific. In fact, they need to weeded out to keep them from taking over. I hope that the white and the yellow coneflowers I got this year will multiply as nicely. They are great additions to cut arrangements.

I also love the really dark red hollyhocks along the side of the house. I don't remember whether I planted those last year or if they reseeded. I bought a few 99 cent pink hollyhocks this year so I will be able to tell next year if the black ones come back next year.

Yesterday I went through and pulled out all of the blackeyed Susans that were growing in places where I didn't want them and moved them back along the woods(there are no pictures of this). Also, I am planning to put in an asparagus patch. I bought two plants but I really need about half a dozen more. Bill is already mourning the loss of more grass.