Happy Friday. Tomorrow's AUGUST.

[treedimensional]

Your garden inspiration today.

What H&G stuff do you want to accomplish before the year ends?

 

[pixy0stix]

That's so gorgeous.

I have a whole list of stuff. Most of it painting and renovation. It's going to be a hectic couple of months.

[emoflamingo]

YAY! My birthday is in a week. And we're that much closer to school starting (which means less we pay to daycare), but W is also having surgery the 14th, so that's gonna be "fun" too.

I don't know that I have any H&G goals at the moment. Mostly because I don't have the funds. If I can get a better paying job, I'd probably come up with all kinds of things!

[mrs.jacinthe]

That's beautiful!

H&G goals before the end of the year:
*finish painting the house (we have to find a new contractor. Ours flaked at the 3/4 point.)
*finish reno in the downstairs bathroom. It's a small reno, I have no idea why we're procrastinating so badly
*design/start build on the new landscape - I'd like to at least remove the grass (not difficult), turn/amend the relevant soils, plant trees and ground covers, and get some of the hardscape going (LOL that all this will happen by the end of the year)
*paint at least one more room (not counting the reno'd bathroom)

This is my inspiration for the front yard/garden/fruit tree(s):

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Such pretty garden pictures.

We have a week off mid-August for getting a few things done:
-Paint the kitchen
-Install hardware on all cabinets in the house- somehow the prior owner never did after 12 years.
-Maybe paint the last bedroom we have not touched just to say we painted EVERY room in this house. Feels silly though because we aren't using the room yet.

We paid a deposit to have part of our fence replaced that is warped/leaning so that will happen in the next month.

We bought a nice outdoor conversation set and I would like to get an outdoor rug and make it look more inviting with pillows and accessories.

We still have a long ways to go in terms of decorating and hanging things on the walls. We have been here over a year. Somehow I have lost the decorating mojo I had with our first house. Maybe because I know we'll be here a while. Maybe I just don't have the time. I don't know.

This was long!

[finally]

August...the Sunday night of summer

Beautiful picture!  I want to sit there and have some drinks and cheese and crackers!!!

I've accomplished a lot this summer so far so I am happy about that.  I am painting my living room today which will be a big check off my list.  I have some other outdoor stuff that I want to do but it's been too hot to do them...scrape and paint the foundation, repair the bottom portion of my raised deck, get some more flowering shrubs and flowers for my garden that is under construction but it's been so dry, that's just not happening now.

I hope everyone has a great month!!! 

[boiler717]

So much stuff!
Moulding in GR
Playroom moulding, paint, decor
Curtains for great room, my office and bonus room
Nursery prep
Finish grandmas pie cabinet
Bonus items:
Dining room curtains
Hang art in bedroom
Hang art in guest bedroom