Tranquility Garden

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This 1 acre yard is a project of love that has taken 11 years so far and is still evolving. This property started as a new construction and the backyard was nothing but a muddy slope too steep to even walk down. All the planning and all the work has been done solely and completely by my husband. I help to maintain the property and did so some labor under his direction. This is HIS hobby. This is how HE unwinds and relaxes. This is his ARTISTIC EXPRESSION.

Church houses, some fo...

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Church bird homes of reclaimed lumber

GARDENS

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Upcycled gazebo panels...

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I used everything I could find to cover this ugly tool shed wall. My dad built the planter "boxes". The gazebo panels were painted black, added the mirror and many plants including bouganvilla, mandevilla, gazanias, roses, sunflowers, lilacs, etc.

Street Appeal Upgrade

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The few plants and bushes in the front of our house just weren't cutting it.

INDOOR GARDEN RO...

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It's no secret - Arizona is HOT. And I don't mean South Beach HOT. I mean dry desert heat hot. Some east coasters coming from the tropics may miss some of the outdoor living of days gone by. I know for sure we do - including our cat Sephora. We would spend mornings with coffee, afternoons reading or gardening, and evenings grilling and relaxing outside on our patio - which when we left Florida, was nothing like when we first moved in. It took time to live in the space, figure out what we wanted and how we wanted it, and of course, a budget to consider. Even though we're renting, those same considerations applied when I created our indoor garden room. Read the details from paint color, to process, to thrift finds on my blog Focal Point Styling here: http://nyclq-focalpoint.blogspot.com/2012/05/creating-indoor-garden-room.html