Garden Update

We are nearing the end of our third summer in the house, and what a change from that first! We have a few pictures of the continued work in our postage stamp yard, which includes a reclaimed brick pad and hand built composter. We (or I) have become avid gardeners since we purchased the house, and have managed to plant a number of food-bearing plants and shrubs, as well as perennials to cool down the hot summer days. We've planted two Elderberry plants, native to southern Ontario, and which in a couple of years should provide us with both flowers for cordial and berries for jams. Currants, herbs, and homeopathic plants such as Bee Balm (also great for our pollinator friends!) and Lemon Balm all have been squashed into place. We are just beginning to see the fruits of our labours (literally). Here are a few shots of the brick work, our composter which in two years has worked out tremendously, and our raised veggie patch.

At long last, an update

There are so MANY things we have done since our last update, it is going to take a while to organize the jobs and the photos, so we will start with the latest.

We are currently working on building a his/her pine and cedar-lined closet in the master bedroom, as storage was the number one deficit of the house when we bought it. At the same time, we are turning the tiny little wall closet that was in the master bedroom into a linen closet, accessible from the hall. This means we had to blow out the wall of the closet facing the hallway, and close up the closet door in the bedroom. This makes for a deep but narrow closet space that will be just wide enough to fit large storage bins on shelves floor to ceiling at the back, with added space closer to the closet door for tall items like brooms or a vacuum. Both closet projects are not yet finished, but here are the project photos:

Bedroom closet frame

Finished closet, cedar lined and painted with milk paint (Sand, Homestead House). Sliding baskets, pants hangers and clothing rails from Ikea. I will get into milk paint later...Doors yet to be designed and built, looking at our options.

Existing closet. Wall facing hallway demo.

From hallway looking in to bedroom closet.

Framing up new closet opening.

View of closet and bedroom from hall.

Framing in old closet opening

Making it nice and tidy.

Interior of linen closet ready to be finished on interior with cedar lining and shelves.

View from bedroom where the closet used to be.