Sunshine and Mother's Day

Happy Monday after Mother's Day!

Mother's Day comes around once a year and a new tradition started several years ago that mom and I will spend one day playing in the garden and the next day celebrating all of her wonderful-ness with family.  This year was no exception, so the fact that we had such nice weather in our area was a bonus to our regularly scheduled plant shopping trip!

Last week on Facebook, I posted a pin of the week of my new obsession for outdoor spaces...the succulent variety of plants.



Pin of the week from Real Simple

This pin caught my eye because I have a bird bath that no longer holds water AND it's in a pretty dry spot so flowers that need constant moisture will not work - believe me I've tried!

Before

So during our plant gathering outing, I picked up several varieties and this is what I created....

after

I'm looking forward to seeing how these grow and fill in the blank spots.  These are all great for in this very warm, full sun spot.  I also found one that is perfect for use on our covered porch that works in shady to partial sunny spots giving a little life to our outdoor room!

I know... this is suppose to be a blog about Interior Design, but let's face it, we want our exterior spaces to be special for us this time of year too!  What are your plans for creating a beautiful exterior living space for this summer?

The Designer Is In... A New Regular Friday blog!



"Question Mark Chair" by Stefan Heiliger

Questions... they come up all the time.  Where do I center this, can I use this color with that one, how do I store THIS?  The possibilities are endless....

Starting next week I will begin a new regular Friday post called "Ask Tami"... you know kind of like a design/home matters type of "Dear Abby"!

How to submit a question... just send me a private message (yes it must be private) to tami@tamijones.net and I'll add it to the pile for consideration and answer them as they are appropriate for my blog.  No names will be published, just the questions and answers.

It's that simple.  But it can only be as successful as the questions, so start sending in those questions.

Happy Thanksgiving!

 

 

 

Today I take some time to give thanks with family and I pray that your day is filled with many happy memories.

 

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

I love Thanksgiving and the focus it puts on giving thanks - something we do enough of in my opinion - and it always makes me sad that we rush through almost skipping it trying to get ready for Christmas.

But I will admit that one of my favorite things even at this time of year is going into a boutique and seeing all the beautiful Christmas decoration displays... so different than a big box store!  This wonderful collection was found at "Lucky You" in Gilman Village - definately worth a visit if you are in the area.

Where's your favorite place to go for holiday decor?