CEILINGS ARE PAINTED!

Living Room:  Three coats of oil based Kilz and the fumes are toxic!  Airing the place out for a few days and Jake will be back to put up the PVC shiplap in the shower.  
 

  Everyone who has seen the vaulted ceilings have agreed, they look fantastic and the place feels so much larger and brighter.  You would never know that this place is only 560 sq. ft.

  Jake tried to talk me out of white on the old wood, but white was the only way to go, and now he agrees.

        There's a lot of pink at the farmhouse garden.  The hollyhocks are blooming this year, and even though I planted a variety of colors, the ones in bloom are all pink.

  The hydrangeas I planted this spring from cuttings of the bushes at the main house, even though blue at the main house, are also coming out pink because of the soil.  

  The Bedroom:  In this room the white ceiling was crucial as the walls are going to stay the stained dark wood.  I took the paint down the two ends to brighten it up even more, and what a difference! I will be painting the windows white to brighten it up even more, but I needed to have the original stained wood boards in one of the rooms to keep a bit of the past.

  Jake did a great job on these boards notching them out for the beams as there was a space left after removing the ceiling. 

    On the driveway to the farmhouse I've been nursing these pink fairy roses back to health for many years, this year it's paying off!

                           The new Jacob's Coat rose just planted next to the Eden on a porch post at the farmhouse.

                       The Eden rose. Next post should be the bathroom with the new shiplap walls!

Barn Doors

This week a lot of the finishing woodwork and sheetrock was done.  Still need to do the bath shower walls with my PVC shiplap and then the electrician comes again to finish off and put up light fixtures and ceiling fans.  The two barn doors were put up and are such a space saver and really neat! I ordered bronze hardware, but it looks black, but what can you do.  We used the original old doors, and they work very nicely!
 

The barn door is on the left next to Timber and is the door to the bathroom.  A big space saver! That bathroom feels so big now.

This one is in the bedroom.  This door still has the old hardware.  The one for the bathroom he took the knobs off, I don't know why, but looks like I will have to buy some handles for that door.

  Roses down at the farmhouse are in full bloom. The bear came over last night and bent the fence and knocked over the only butterfly rose bush that I brought from Georgia.  I had three, but the others didn't make it. This one is taking a beating, but I have it back up and hopefully the bear goes to the neighbor's house next time!

   The butterfly rose in its upright position.  A very delicate rose that doesn't look like a rose.

Mr. Lincoln climbing rose.

  The Eden rose which gets bigger and better every year.

    The Joseph's Coat rose I just planted next to the Eden has a lot of buds ready to open.  Will take a photo when in bloom. Last year I planted an Iceberg, pure white rose, it bloomed, but until it gets a little growth on it, it wasn't worthy of a photo, but sure did smell good.  

Where Is My Contractor?

                         Well, Jake and the crew were supposed to be here all this week and finishing up, but it's Thursday, and no one has been seen, so I'll share with you Mindy's flip house that is coming along faster than mine, and it is looking awesome!!

                         The girls got together Sunday afternoon for bubbly and a tour.

        The exterior was painted Wrought Iron by Benjamin Moore. Love it!

             The slate was laid in the entranceway in a herringbone pattern and looks awesome!

         The kitchen has also been painted in Wrought Iron and floor has yet to be laid.  Once lighting is in, it will brighten it up, but it really is coming together.

  This is my favorite house of all her flips, I would definitely live here!

   I'll share some garden photos.  Everything is in bloom, and my eyes and nose are confirming it! Tomorrow we are finally supposed to get some rain, hopefully washing a lot of pollen away. These are the spirea down at the farmhouse.

    Wisteria also at the farmhouse.  No frost this year, so they got to bloom.

                These are original peonies, which I brought back to life, and each year they are getting bigger and multiplying.  The foxgloves are also getting better each year.

   Iris that I dug from various houses that Mindy was working on.

                                Poppies in the pasture.

            This weekend is the huge Mud Creek yard sale, I can't wait! This is also the weekend I would go on the Atlanta Botanical Garden Tour, I miss that so much.  For many years I would bring my mom down to Atlanta to do the tour with me, I am missing her.  I'm surprised there aren't lots of garden tours in Asheville. Sunday there will be a big Mother's Day luncheon at Mindy's.  She has a friend in from Tunisia staying with her for the summer who is making a Tunisian feast for 20.  Should be a fun weekend, and hopefully next week I see Jake at the farmhouse!