Essential Kitchen Appliances for a Modern Functional Home

I had it in my mind that I was going to really go all out and buy all kinds of trendy decor for this shelf to make it look really amazing.

We decided to tackle the garden a couple of weeks ago.We don’t have a lot (or any) time for upkeep throughout the Summer this year so our plan was to:.

a) Fill up as much space with plants as possible to help smother the weeds.. and.b) Work towards creating a garden that’s full enough with plants that the weeds that do come through aren’t very noticeable at all.. A garden like that takes a lot of years to build up, but we were able to lay the ground work for what this garden will be in the future in just one afternoon..Eventually, we’re aiming for something that looks like this:.

This photo came from American Meadows.The garden is full, full, full and little bit wild-looking.

We did have a lot of big mature plants like this at our old house and I can’t wait to get back to that stage of gardening here..

If you’d love a full, easy-to-deal-with, little-work-lotta-reward garden like this one too, but don’t have thousands to spend on it, here are our tips!.And knowing that helps the process a ton.. 3) Set tiny little baby goals that you can accomplish in tiny little baby steps in a very short amount of time to keep hope alive!.

I’m a big fan of doing projects in 15 or even 5 minute increments.As long as I can see a little bit of progress everyday, I feel great.

A lot of our big projects (like cutting holes in walls or electrical) are mostly done by Chris, but there are still plenty of things that need to be done that aren’t huge perfectionist jobs, like painting, installing hardware, or keeping the work area organized, that I can get done a little at a time and keep myself feeling like we’re moving in the right direction.. 4) Learn to get rid of stuff..I cannot believe that amount of stuff we own.