Fixing up Your Home.

[justabeachbrat]

Originally Posted by scbelle

I'm guessing crown molding???mm

We redid our half bath (paint, pedestal sink, new mirror, new flooring), painted the kitchen and living room, and the hubby surprised me with new hardwood floors one weekend. All of that is in addition to the outdoor work we did at our house in CO... complete new landscaping and staining of the backyard deck.

question on the landscaping. I don't have a large area to plant, but don't want the weeds. Any recommedation on some hardy non cactus green plants/flowers in a sunny spot? Or I may just go to OSH, or home depot, and ask for fearless plants.

[OneTimeSBX]

Originally Posted by justabeachbrat

question on the landscaping. I don't have a large area to plant, but don't want the weeds. Any recommedation on some hardy non cactus green plants/flowers in a sunny spot? Or I may just go to OSH, or home depot, and ask for fearless plants.

hehe, sounds like when i went to Lowes and asked for "green stuff i cant kill easy" lmao! i swear, i can kill WEEDS without trying!

i have an apartment but my parents are redoing their bedroom and ive been helping. they repainted, put down wood laminate, got one of those fancy closet units, redid the molding. the laminate was the most fun to do. i hated the color they were painting. (seriously, who still picks BEIGE???)

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by OneTimeSBX

lmao! i swear, i can kill WEEDS without trying!

Would you visit my yard? I have a hillside I want to denude prior to planting anything, and our borough won't allow me to napalm it.

[Beryana]

Current projects: minor kitchen remodel (ripped up the carpet, refinishing the hardwood floors underneath, and repainting), upstairs reorganization, and dealing with the roof replacements from the hail damage 2 months ago (softball size at 60 mph can be fun!!)

Starting soon: repaint the exterior

Wishlist: redoing the yard (taking up the current grass and starting over among other things!) and a fence for the backyard so I can actually use the yard and not just the neighbors' dogs and kids!!

[ForeverRoses]

We just finished replacing the lanolium (sp?) and mauve-pink carpet in our kitchen & family room with wood laminate. Painted the kitchen and the downstairs half bath. new light fixtures and drawer pulls in kitchen and half bath.
Next we will put the leftover laminate in the half-bath. Also, getting a new backyard playset for the kids- so assembling that and replacing the sod underneath with mulch and weed barrier.
Next spring, the kitchen will get new countertops and a new sink. At that point, my husband will probably decide it's time to move!

Oh, and assembling the bunk beds for the boys and moving the 2 year old in with the 5 yr old.

Plus having baby #3 in the midst of all of this (not exactly home improvement though).

[scbelle]

I personally am big on flowers, so I had a lot of lavender (very easy to grow, pretty and fragrant!) and a butterfly bush. If you want bushes or other hardy green plants, I'd go with an apache plume or mojave native. There are some good pics and information here: http://www.turtlestuff.com/shop/?shop=1&cat=41

[justabeachbrat]

Originally Posted by scbelle

I personally am big on flowers, so I had a lot of lavender (very easy to grow, pretty and fragrant!) and a butterfly bush. If you want bushes or other hardy green plants, I'd go with an apache plume or mojave native. There are some good pics and information here: http://www.turtlestuff.com/shop/?shop=1&cat=41

thanks. the ghosts of my dead plants thank you. the lavendar sounds nice.