Unfinished business

As a result of our mancave project, some of our furniture has had to move around a bit.  I hate making decisions because we're thinking that before all is said and done there will be even more moves.

We decided to take down the current art and shelf to hang something else behind the couch. (You can see it peaking out there on the right.)  

Here's a little project I'm more than ready to wrap up.  I scored these lamps for $10 (for both!)  I wish I had taken a before picture because they had awful 80's pale pink and blue flowers swirled around a beige base.  On one of our fluke warm days, I busted out my spray paint.  I love the pop of color, but I'm having a terrible time finding lamp shades that work.

Succulents

Succulents are kind of the chevron of the plant world right now.  There are tons of people making their own terrariums and I love the look of them!  They're also pretty easy to maintain: very little water is necessary.

Despite loving the look, I didn't feel like going for the whole terrarium shebang right now.   Jade is one of my fav plants so I grabbed one for $2 at Home Depot a couple of weeks ago.  Add a glass candle holder that I already had laying around the house and voila!

This little guy currently resides on the kitchen window sill, next to the bamboo.  The rocks at the bottom are for drainage (and I think they look kind of cool too!)

Blooming

Things are blooming around here this weekend!  *Most* of our flowers have been planted and I'm sooooo happy with the way they turned out this year! 

These are from my cell phone so they're not the best quality.  Purple and yellow was the color scheme of choice and I'm LOVING the way they look against the yellow door!  The black pots are actually chalkboard painted.  I'm still trying to decide what to write on them. 

Here's a view of the backyard fleurs.  We get tons of shade so lots and lots of impatients.  There are two of these baskets on the patio fence.

And here's the back corner of the patio.  When we moved in, we found this bird bath stand had been left, sans top.  You would not believe how difficult it is to find a stinkin top!  I've looked at Walmart, Target, Lowe's, and Home Depot with no luck.  Garden Ridge is next up on my stop.

Anyone else do any planting lately?