Addition of a pergola onto the garage…..

Addition of a pergola onto the garage…..

Something we had talked about adding to our house over the years was a pergola on to the face of the garage, to bring down the scale and add some dimension to the large gabled end ~ a gabled end that felt like it was looming at the end of the “barren”...
Nile Landing News ~ November…..

Nile Landing News ~ November…..

As the weather has changed the trees from their varied shades of greens to burnt umbers, brilliant yellows and fiery reds ~ so our new property owners change the Nile Landing landscape from vacant treed lots into ones holding new homes and landscaped gardens. It has...
Farmhouse Renovation, part one…..

Farmhouse Renovation, part one…..

In this idyllic setting, is an old farm, that a family bought from the original owners a few years ago and is considering the development of it into an organic farm. On this acreage sits a farmhouse that was very outdated and in need of a facelift – for a...
How to build a covered area…..Part Two

How to build a covered area…..Part Two

Since I last wrote about the “tent house”, we have pretty much completed it. We are very pleased with the results and are looking so forward to putting up the tent in it later next month ~ in the meantime we will be setting it up with some chairs to sit...
How to build a covered outdoor area, Part one…..

How to build a covered outdoor area, Part one…..

We are joining many others in the desire to build an outside covered area ~ a spot to set up some chairs and a table out of the weather, where you can be protected from the rain or the strong rays of the sun. A spot where you can set up for a summer party and not...