{Sneak Peek} Flower garden additions!
Okay, so I’m not photographing my whole “garden” for you because it looks a little sad…hopefully next year it will be more full! Plus I’m just getting started with this and I’m not a master gardener yet. So for now I took a few pics of my favorites…which are my favorites because they’re doing very well. Some are not!! My fault, though…I couldn’t get them all planted ASAP and a couple didn’t like being in the hot sun 24/7. But I bought all perennials so that I wouldn’t waste money, banking on the fact that they have 9 lives! The planted ones are in the flower bed to the left of the front door, and the pots are sitting on the front porch. So here we go…my first flower garden!
My pink peony! Specifically the “Karl Rosenfield” peony…which is supposed to be red. Hmmm…oh well, I like it either way!
These are Caradonna Salvias. Another one that is doing very well, so I love them. 
Plus I love the spiky shape.
My baby blue spruce! I planted him in the corner, and I thought he was just so cute! He’s very short now, and luckily he’s a slow grower. I wish I knew exactly what species he is, I accidentaly threw the tag away and didn’t note it! Let me know if you know.
I decided to plant the succulents in pots because they look so cute in pots and I can rearrange them as I please!! We have Hens and Chicks Mix Sempervivums, planted with Blaze of Fulda Sedums (2 pots of these). In the back is a pot of Dark Dancer White Clover. I’ve found I’m really attracted to the dark purple or chocolatey leaves and plants.
The pots are made out of recycled materials – I picked those up at the Ace Hardware Memorial Day sale! Nice and lightweight, so I can move them anywhere! Plus if it says “eco” or “recycled” anywhere, I’ve found I’m kind of a sucker. This is another pot of the Hens and Chicks Mix on the left, a pot of Autumn Joy Sedums in the middle, and in the back is a Pulp Fiction Dahlia (another one with dark leaves and fiery flowers).
So to break my nursery purchases down, here is what I bought (but I didn’t show all of them):
- White Clover, “Dark Dancer”
- Sedum, “Blaze of Fulda” and “Autumn Joy”
- Semervivum, “Hens and Chicks Mix”
- Armeria, “Dusseldorf Pride” (These are so cute, but the flowers are already browning so I didn’t photography them)
- Dahlias, “Pulp Fiction” and “Gallery Sisley”
- Peony, “Karl Rosenfield”
- Salvia, “Caradonna”
- Iceland Poppy, “Champagne Bubbles”
- Bugleweed, “Black Scallop”
- Mini Blue Spruce tree – I tossed the tag on this one and forgot to write down the name
Any help would be wonderful!
And I’m so excited because my orchid has finally bloomed! 3 blooms so far, but I counted 18 total buds/blooms on it! Wow!
I can’t wait to finish planning and planting my gardens and landscaping. I have a blank slate to work with, and I’m excited to “decorate” the outside of my house along with the inside. But we also need to PAINT the outside – desperately! The work of a homeowner is never done, is it? So far I’ve really enjoyed it, though!
Read More{Color Therapy} Paint Color Party!
I love blog parties! I stumbled across this blog (via Hooked on Houses) called 320 Sycamore today and saw she was hosting a Paint Color Party and I just had to join!
She’s asking for some paint color photo inspiration today so here goes!
Here is the new “reading nook” in my living room. The walls are Ashley Gray by Benjamin Moore.
This ivory wall is actually old wood paneling, but we just painted over it with Acadia White by Benjamin Moore.
My kitchen has white cabinets (High Hiding White door, trim and cabinet paint by Ace Hardware), and the green is called Misted Fern by Benjamin Moore.
Someday I’d like to paint the kitchen a color called “Sulfur Yellow” by Benjamin Moore, but that has to wait until we get new countertops. We have the fake blonde wood laminate right now and it won’t go together, but I really, really love Sulfur Yellow (#1).
The dining room stripes are using the Misted Fern from the kitchen and the Acadia White from the living room in two different finishes. The green is a semi-gloss and the ivory is a satin, which gives it a wallpaper feel.
The bathroom is painted “Pumpernickel” by Ace Hardware paints. If you’ve been reading lately you’ll know we’ve been very busy on that project!! Click the link for more pictures of the surrounded-by-earthy-brown bathroom.
The bedroom’s upper 1/3rd is painted “Pilgrimage Foliage” by Benjamin Moore, and the lower 2/3rds are in the Acadia White (like the living room and dining room. We have a TON of it!)
My daughter’s bedroom is painted in “Everlasting” by Benjamin Moore and the bottom is..you guessed it! Acadia White!
My very unfinished office is painted in one of my very favorite colors: Old Salem Gray by Benjamin Moore. It depends on the light, but it can look beige, gray or green. As you can see this picture looks very green, but if you choose this color you won’t be sorry! It’s so pretty! I wish I would have gotten the office painted before the kitchen because I would have picked this for the kitchen instead of the brighter green.
And Melissa at 320 Sycamore showed a wall that she painted “Danville Tan” by Benjamin Moore…I had a client choose that color so here’s another shot of it paired with “Branchport Brown” by Benjamin Moore as well.
And there you have it – all the colors of Casa Christensen! The next room I’d like to paint is our laundry room, which I want a very light, barely there robin’s egg blue or light sage-y green like this photo. Mmmm…you know how I love pretty laundry rooms! And paint!
(image linked to flickr source)
Have a good weekend, everyone and thanks for stopping by for some color inspiration!!!
If you’d like your very own paint color consultation, then feel free to contact me (lindsay @ lindsaychristensendesign.com) or click here for more information!
Read MoreLove Is How We Got Her…I Mean Here…
After reading a very sweet comment from a reader, I headed over to her blog to check it out. From there I immediately bookmarked it and followed her on Twitter! The blog is called {ohbrooke} and it is just gorgeous! She’s doing some fun things with it as well, so head on over there and check it out. After you read this post, that is. The point of mentioning Brooke and her blog is to talk about the print that I bought from her shop! I saw it and thought it would be PERFECT for Harper’s room! It’s a graphic print that says “Love Is How We Got Here” in various shades of tan with a heart behind it. How perfect is that for a little girl’s room? Plus the colors are the same ones that I used in her room. It arrived safely, with free shipping at quite a bargain! It fit wonderfully into an IKEA Ribba frame that I had ready for her room, and I think it is just so cute in there! Because yes…love is how we got her. I mean here.
Here is the print hanging in my daughter’s room.
And here is a close-up of the print, which is linked to Brooke’s shop. Enjoy!
Antique Store Score!
My dining room is finally a room that makes me happy. It started out as a tiny little bright nook with an ugly light, and now with a hand-me-down table and chairs, an eBay find, a marked-down pendant lamp, lots of wedding and Christmas gifts, a little paint and a new $50 antique store score (yippee!) it has turned into a lovely little room in our house.
Here is the move-in condition – yuck:
And here is what it looks like today! We picked up that sideboard at the antique store the other day for $50! We inherited the table and chairs from my husband’s parents after the table couldn’t withstand being outdoors in the winter here. They originally purchased it for their deck but the grout started to crack when it froze (yay for us!). The chairs go with a wood and green vinyl card table that they weren’t using, but we thought they went nicely with the table.
If you’ve been reading recently you know that the pendant light was a Pottery Barn markdown, and I am so happy to get the old light out of there! The bamboo sliding panels in the background cover our sliding glass door – I found those on eBay! I despise vertical blinds and didn’t want curtains there so I looked to eBay. We painted the stripes on the wall back in December and love the look. The best part is the paints are different finishes so it gives it a wallpaper feel (the green is a semi-gloss and the ivory is a satin – a great trick for painting stripes!).
I also picked some lilacs from my backyard for some fragrance…I love fresh flowers! Especially free ones from my own yard!
Almost everything else (except the sideboard itself) was a wedding or Christmas gift so this room was made-over for about $200! And that includes the cheap wine in the wine rack. It sure was yummy, though! We filled it with our wedding china, table linens, serving platters and specialty glassware. I don’t have a lot of white in my house, but I have an abundance of white dishes. It’s a great base for entertaining, plus it doesn’t compete with the colors of the food! And it never goes out of style!
And last night my sister-in-law told me she saw a big truck being unloaded into our local antique store…I guess I have to make another trip this week to see what else I can score!
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I'm an interior designer and a draftsperson, but I live in the country. I like it that way. I'm also a firefighter's wife, mom to 2 cute kids, and a homeowner and I like that even better. But right after that is a pretty and affordable space...and I mean a REALLY affordable space. Because I believe good design can be for EVERYONE!
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