Girl Meets House

I apologize in advanced...this will be a long post :) It has taken a while for me to transform my "extra" room into my new Art/Craft/Sewing room...

Back in January, I finally tackled painting this room...


I painted it a light, bright green...very cheerful :)
I had replaced the door leading from my kitchen to the backyard, and knew I wanted to take the old door and make it into a table/workbench (as I've seen done on multiple home improvement shows). It took a while, but I finally got a glass piece and put together the table one night after work.

I just used 4"x4" posts as legs (Home Depot didn't have any table legs that I liked):

I took a day off work this last week and got a lot of things done around the house; my big goal of the day, was to tackle more of this room, starting with putting up these shelves that my boss gave me (thanks Candace!!!):

I got half the shelves up by the end of the day (and the mirror), and got some organization/cleaning done... Friday I finished up the room:

When you look out of the window in this room, you look out onto the vegetable gardens.
Me...and my new favorite room...even passing by it makes me happy :)

I started some seeds inside a week or two ago and they have grown a lot! Some days it seemed like they grew an inch; it was so fun to see a difference in them every day. We transplanted some of them outside today (more on that later).

A few of the seed packets we bought:

Chinese Peas and Cucumbers:

Green Onion, Carrots, and Cauliflower:Various types of lettuce:

Although the day started out with rain...it finally cleared up in the early afternoon. My dad and I made another trip to Home Depot (my 3rd trip there in 2 days) and loaded up on some bark chips for the garden and some other supplies.


We got 2 boxes staked and secured in place and filled up with dirt & soil.


We planted some veggies in one of the boxes: tomatoes, basil, parsley, cilantro, onion chives, and red & yellow bell peppers.


We set the 3rd box in place, but haven't secured & filled it yet.

We filled the areas between the boxes with bark chips...to help with drainage, help prevent the weeds from growing, and to just make it easier to walk on. We also put some stepping stones in between the boxes to make it easy to access the plants.



I'm germinating some veggie and flower seeds inside right now before moving them outdoors...