Progress!

That's right, folks, we're actually getting off of our butts and closing in on the finish lines on our two biggest on-going projects! The garden isn't quite complete yet, but we got off to a great start yesterday...PLANTS! I know, I know, it's not the ideal time to plant and we'll have to water like it's going out of style, but we're just happy we aren't looking at dirt all the time. We'll probably plant the far side in the next couple of weeks or wait until the fall. I haven't decided yet.

Here is the side garden in between the driveway and staircase. In the back row, we have two Hosta 'Salute' on each end with three Speedwell in the middle. The Speedwell don't look like much now, but if we did it correct, they will grow to 2-3 feet tall with purple spires jutting out the top. The border in the front is all Coral Bells 'Creme Brulee'.


This next photo is in the front as you walk up to the house. In the back row, we have two Foxgloves flanking the sides with two Pandora's Box Daylilies in the middle. Before we went to New York I never knew Foxgloves existed, but they were in the Conservatory Garden in Central Park and I just had to have them. Again, they don't look like much at the moment, but they will be about 2-3 feet tall when mature. In front is a row of Coral Bells 'Dolce Licorice'.
We really hope this works, because we're not gardeners by any stretch of the word so it would be great if my research and planning paid off.

Now on to the storage room. We have drywall and we're actually at the mudding/sanding phase, but I didn't take the most up-to-date photos. This first one is looking at the storage room from the rec room (i.e. outside looking in).


This one is from the inside looking out:


And this is Chris' pride and joy. A Ridgid air filtration system he bought to hopfully help us with dust control from sanding. The above pic doesn't show it, but we've put up a plastic wall just outside of the wall to contain the dust even more. And then, of course, there are plastic bags all over our furniture, TV, etc. for added control.


Yay us!