But first...is anyone else having problems loading pictures on blogger? I've written a few posts with pictures and they come out all garbled so I just give up and go do something else...mean old blogger.
Okay...I've decided to start playing around out in the crafty part of the barn. It's the old calf nursery, we cleaned it all up..lottts of pressure washing...ewwww - how do tiny little calves splatter pooh that high? Hubby helped me hang some plywood on the walls, they had some barn insulation so that's good. Then I got kooky with paint, one wall is red (it was 5 bucks on the reject cart at Home Depot)and the rest are yellow. It's still a barn but the feeling is a little bit red/yellow/funky/Scandinavian kitchenish. Friends gave me a reject desk that you see in the photo...the orange chairs are from my friend Susie, they're from her childhood breakfast table... that chair with the red throw was my moms, for my entire childhood that was the chair she sat on in the evenings to do her needlepoint.
The place is full of old rejects but fun none-the-less. It's where we have the pumpkin carving party, where we have the wreath making party...you can make a huuuge mess and close the door and walk away.
Since I have a giant itch to paint -and I'm kinda sick of the yellow/red thing...this is where the grey is going to go. I'm going to do one corner at a time and the desk corner is where I'm planning to start. Using a dark gray on the base of the desk, a softer gray on the upper shelf...maybe a faux stone treatment on the half/walls, they're yucky old concrete and need something, not sure about that though cuz I know "faux" is sooooo over. But hey...it's a barn. I don't know that I care if I'm totally off trend, faux is fun annnd cheap...this place is all about the cheap.
Oh...and the circus tent treatment on the ceiling would be so cool out here!
What do ya think...do it? Am I nutso?
Too late, as soon as I post this I'm headed to the paint store!
Wanna come over and help paint?
he he he
The Husband was a dear and helped me out in the garden. It was time to bring in the heavy equipment...I love it when that happens. He drove the tactor over to help me eliminate a shrub that was growing in the wrong place.
This buddleja is a volunteer, it's in a bad spot because it's too close to the walkway into the lawn. Some folks say that they should be eliminated completely and declared an invasive species around here, I'm still undecided. My brother-in-law wants one of these in his yard so we did it the easy way, wrapped a chain around the trunk....annndddd....
Ta Daaa....popped it right out of the ground with the bucket of the tractor. I love digging out shrubs this way, especially when I have a helper. Now I need to think of something to plant here that won't reach into the walkway. The brother-in-law is going to take this monster over to his place and pop it into his yard...recycling!
Now for some inspiration. I was in Seattle yesterday with mom and my sister. We picked up my niece after she got out of classes at the University and we all went out for moms birthday lunch...it was so much fun. After lunch we went to one of my favorite garden stores and ooohhh'd and aaahhhh'd over all of the pretty stuff. Boy do I ever have the itch to "make pretty".
We all went crazy over this recycled glass light fixture, price tag? brace yourself...$875.00!!!!!!