Showing posts with label outdoor spaces. Show all posts
Showing posts with label outdoor spaces. Show all posts

black garden accents


in my garden


I love black accents in the garden, so I'm crazy about these huge black Chippendale style planters that I found to line the entrance into our backyard. I was lucky enough to find these at a charity auction last year. They were originally white and I gave them a quick coat of black paint, and now they look so elegant.
Here's one I found on-line for a great price:





What's next for black in the garden?
Maybe a pair of these for the terrace...  



black garden urn

...and the livin' is easy









It's summertime up in here.

And right now, I'm all about some outdoor spaces. I'm sprucing up my screened porch with gauze panels hung from lengths of bamboo and I can't wait to have a drink or two on some great outdoor furniture.

As soon as I find some.

Aren't these outdoor rooms and porches wonderful? 

outside in(spiration)...

Roland Persson Photography via Paonote Room 269





via No. 15




Roland Persson Photography via Paonote Room 269

you'll find me here today, in my dreams...

stoned in my garden...




this one really doesn't qualify. it's new-ish. terra cotta with a stone finish over the top. still love it. I grew some rye grass in a bunch of french terra cotta pots I bought at auction several years ago....



now this one? this babe is my favorite. he's got a little age on him. and he's just starting to green up a little for the season... 



geez...this close-up makes me love him even more. what a sweetheart...
I might have to put this image on my side bar. is it wrong to love a piece of stone so...?


this dude holds a scalloped shell over his head with both hands. friends have used him at parties and receptions to hold large flower arrangements. in my garden, dude just holds a fern....




this little man is on the mantle of the outdoor fireplace. he's also new-ish. I made him a little greenery wreath as a headpiece. he probably hates me for it...



a bird bath near the oakleaf hydrangea 



new blooms...




pods on the forest pansy redbud trees...




and....amelia's head
one of my son's rowdy friends rammed amelia with his bike. she fell backwards and her head rolled off... I couldn't bear to part with it....
is that a bug on amelia's cheek? poor amelia, no hands to swat it with.....