More Projects

 

I always enjoy a house or garden project so now that the utility room is finished we are on to the next items on the list.  The first item is a garden project.  When I sit on my nice Lutyens style bench this is what I look at..

 

looks like a builder's yard

Paul is a very keen compost maker and quite often has three separate compost pens on the go.  Combined with wheelbarrows and garden refuse bins it’s not a pretty sight; the dark Leylandii looming in the background is also quite dreary.  Rick likes to ferret around the back of the lilac tree so this is temporarily blocked off with pallets.  Our solution is to screen the whole area off using some willow or hazel hurdles with a gateway and metal arch to add depth and give the illusion of a garden beyond.  We could then grow some honeysuckle and roses over the archway and maybe add some bamboo and ornamental grasses in front of the hurdles.  That should keep Paul busy for a while.

Daughter Kat is currently on a three month posting to Cyprus.  While she is away we are taking the opportunity to re-decorate her bedroom.  The wallpaper needs to be stripped away and I want the walls painted a shade of white so that I have a blank canvas.  Today I ordered some fabric to make curtains (I flinched at the cost of made to measure and a six week wait).  I may regret this decision when I start fighting to pattern-match the fabric.