*This post is in partnership with AT HOME. Spring used to be the season I looked forward to the least, but gardening has changed that! There is nothing more thrilling than longer days, warming weather, and the chance to see new life spring forth ... READ MORE
The Covered Deck: When Big Design Calms Down
Most of the time, when I'm designing a space in our home, I have a really clear vision from the get-go. I obsess and fret over every single detail until the end result looks like what I saw in my head. Sometimes a detail or two doesn't come ... READ MORE
Cutting Garden Take Two
Remember how I planted a cutting garden late spring on the side of the house? The only full plants I put in the ground were some peonies and foxglove, but rather quickly some of the bulbs and tubers started coming up. It was exciting to see new ... READ MORE
Waiting and Not Waiting
Last night I found something I've been waiting for. The cherry on top of a white colonial's portico this time of year is a beautiful flag to hang in honor of our independence. I have been wanting something patriotic for this spot for a while now ... READ MORE
A Cutting Garden
When I had our front landscaping designed I asked Don, the architect, what he would recommend for the south side of the house. I put some boxwood towers and drift roses over there a few years ago, but the roses had gotten a virus. It was ... READ MORE
Purple Flower Pots
I've mentioned before that my favorite color to use outside in flowers is purple. There's something about it that feels calming and beautiful against greens and whites, the foundations of our landscape. Because we have so much concrete in the ... READ MORE
Hiccups + Landscape Design
These last few weeks have been filled with focus on the outdoors, and while we thought we had all plans in place, we were thrown a curve ball that changed a lot of how we're moving forward. I shared the whole thing on Instagram stories you can still ... READ MORE
How to Create a Beautiful Planted Pot and The Front Yard Cleared
Last weekend Micah took the front yard tree down see the befores here. It's a bit more laborsome then you might think. Micah cut the tree down limb by limb and then the trunks. We all helped load limbs and trunk sections into a trailer that had to ... READ MORE
What I’m Into Right Now: Gardens
It might be my slightly obsessive personality, but when I get into something I really get into it. I've never had the greenest thumb or loved the outdoors I actually stayed inside a lot growing up while the rest of my family worked in the yard but ... READ MORE