Making the house our own…
May. 6th | Posted by Nicky
7 comments
There is something very satisfying about nesting – collecting little bits and making your home more pleasant, and more yours.
I hit the Kelowna Garden Club’s flower sale, where you could get 6 inch pots of perennials for $2. Seriously cheap. You can see the hordes of flowers sitting on the kitchen table, ready to go.
Part of our garden plan was to make some window boxes, which really fit the character of our house. There is a little old building being torn down on my street, so I got permission to rip off a bunch of the cedar siding to make these window boxes. My helpful husband installed the brackets so they would stay up, and here you can see the results of my (our) labour. Don’t they look cute?
Great window boxes! How resourceful of you! Happy nesting!
I love the window boxes, they look great…we are going to do some too….ooooooh flower shopping…can’t wait
Nicky, they’re beautiful!
Look at you guys! That flower box looks so nice (I so need help at my house…but first I should pick up the cow legs, skulls and dead muskrats that my dog drags on the lawn)!
Rhonda
Curious: did you line the box with anything to prevent rot? (You have me feeling inspired now!)
Hey Dianne -
I made them with 40+ year old cedar boards, sothey are pretty hardy themselves. Then I put some garden rocks along the bottom and drilled a bunch of holes in the bootm along the boxes as well. So they should (?) drain pretty well….
You’ll have to post them if you make some too!
Nicky
These are great! I wish we lived closer because I could have dug some of my perennials out for you- I need to get at my garden if it ever warms up… There’s no planting flowers outside yet in Manitoba!!
Ramona