Above (from left to right): hostas, wild strawberry and lysimachia, separated by the brick path we laid last fall, then catmint and wormwood, sedum peeking up from the back.
Above (front to back): 'Little Henry' sweetspire, honeysuckle bush? (right front side), 'sweet kate' spiderwort/white carnation/'Sunny Border Blue' Speedwells, autumn joy sedum, salvia/catmint/wormwood, one towering giant allium in the back.
Above: giant allium
There are some little views from around inside my house that make me especially happy.
Everything in the photo above was less than $1.
Above: Chair from the Furniture Lounge. Picture frames from Target, on clearance for about $1-3 each. Prints from a children's book about Alaska for less than $1 at a yard sale. Racoon pillow from someone's garage sale for 25 cents.
Above: Wall art mural by my mother, from robynsgate.blogspot.com. White-frames prints from a vintage children's book of nursery rhymes for 25 cents. Frames from Target on clearance for $1-3 each. The art in the center frame is a drawing by my mother in the 1970s.
Above: Fabulous vintage baby clothes for 25 cents each!
This is the most torturous week. The loan underwriters have asked for everything I have already supplied in a variety of different formats. Over and over and over again I think I have a complete file and over and over again they ask for yet another piece of verification of something I've already verified in some way or another. Torture.
As of Wednesday I supplied what was supposed to be the final "Approved with conditions" paperwork requested. I was supposed to hear back by Friday. Nothing yet. The walk through is Wednesday and closing day is Thursday and I don't even have my loan finally approved yet. I'm worried I have to move back my closing day. I've already taken off of work, though and everything is timed to give enough enough time to clean, paint, and fix up a few things before we move in and get out of the old place. If it is moved back by much time at all, I may end up having to pay another month of rent if we have to stay in the old place longer. I'm stressed and have a big pimple on my nose to prove it.
I will now attempt to sedate myself with pictures of inspiring home decor:
ferns on the front porch from Bungalow Bliss
Amazing Craftsman staircase from Unique Homes and Gardens
I will certainly need to repaint the kitchen of the new house. I'm thinking of greys, creams, browns, greens.
The kitchen of the soon-to-be-new-house is very orange. Some walls are light orange, the cabinets are a darker orange, the other wall is yellowy orange, and the other wall is a sponged yellowy orange and darker orange. The pergo floors have nice dark inlays in them. The appliances are all black and the trim is natural wood, the back door is white. And there is exposed chimney in the corner.
Pictures of kitchens that inspire: