Meet our new happy hammocks!

One of the hardest things about living in a constant project is taking a break - so I have been looking for a well priced lounging option that would encourage us to hang out in our back yard. Well hammocks.com had a great sale on these steel hammock stand kits (basically the two brackets cost 19.00 - the hammocks and pressure treated 4x4's not included - but still it was an amazing deal (they seem to not be offering them anymore unfortunately). My sister's boyfriend and our friend Maneesh (pictured) helped us put them together just in time for our weekend barbecue. The steel parts were originally a putty brown but we sprayed them black and I think the effect is pretty sharp. And seriously they are SOO comfortable!

Meet our new happy hammocks!

One of the hardest things about living in a constant project is taking a break - so I have been looking for a well priced lounging option that would encourage us to hang out in our back yard. Well hammocks.com had a great sale on these steel hammock stand kits (basically the two brackets cost 19.00 - the hammocks and pressure treated 4x4's not included - but still it was an amazing deal (they seem to not be offering them anymore unfortunately). My sister's boyfriend and our friend Maneesh (pictured) helped us put them together just in time for our weekend barbecue. The steel parts were originally a putty brown but we sprayed them black and I think the effect is pretty sharp. And seriously they are SOO comfortable!

Happy Weekend!

image House Beautiful

Happy Weekend!

image House Beautiful

Tea for One...

via a life's design

Tea for One...

via a life's design

What a difference two weeks make

Photo by my sister

Photo by me

What a difference two weeks make

Photo by my sister

Photo by me

What have I Been Up To

newly pruned apple tree with spring blossoms (this picture is from two weeks ago)

house now (two weeks ago)

lawn as it was last summer day after closing - wild!

All images above by my talented sister.

This image is of our backyard late last summer when we first got the house. In the last month, if you have noticed that I haven't been commenting back or visiting your blogs it is because I have been trying to reclaim our acres from the wild - It is amazing how much work it takes turning brush and untamed wilderness back into lawn. We have been discovering all sorts of garbage in the weeds and snakes under it - but it is finally starting to look a little less like a deserted lot. It is actually starting to look a bit fabulous - of course most of that is the help of the seasons - everything is starting to get more lush and green.

More Pictures to Follow!

What have I Been Up To

newly pruned apple tree with spring blossoms (this picture is from two weeks ago)

house now (two weeks ago)

lawn as it was last summer day after closing - wild!

All images above by my talented sister.

This image is of our backyard late last summer when we first got the house. In the last month, if you have noticed that I haven't been commenting back or visiting your blogs it is because I have been trying to reclaim our acres from the wild - It is amazing how much work it takes turning brush and untamed wilderness back into lawn. We have been discovering all sorts of garbage in the weeds and snakes under it - but it is finally starting to look a little less like a deserted lot. It is actually starting to look a bit fabulous - of course most of that is the help of the seasons - everything is starting to get more lush and green.

More Pictures to Follow!

Garden Parties

image from House and Gardens

via this is glamorous

via die young, stay pretty

via city sage

via this is glamorous

So Romantical....

Garden Parties

image from House and Gardens

via this is glamorous

via die young, stay pretty

via city sage

via this is glamorous

So Romantical....