Spy Garden got some major upgrades this past weekend! We (and by “we” I mean, my husband) built these:
Garden Couch
Garden Chair
The Spy and I painted them.
Garden Living Room
They are very huge pieces of furniture. The Spy and I can both fit in the chair and the couch easily seats four. Huge, heavy garden furniture is a good thing in Missouri, where flimsy chairs and tables can easily be blown away by blustery winds!
Decomissioned Teepee
The teepee served us well, but it never looked quite right and a couple of the pieces had started to rot.
What do we have here?
A minimalist sculpture installation?
That’s a very good guess, but no: those are the poles for the new and improved teepee, coming soon!
Loads of tender crunchy lettuce: yum!
Lots of nasturtiums in this corner of the garden.
I like the tattered look of this dianthus bloom, with three fresh buds poking out right behind it.
By the Spy (like Kandinsky, but better)
Franken-Animal by the Spy
And Frankenthaler (channeled by Baby)
Everything looks so beautiful! I haven’t visited in a while and I’m so glad I did!
Thanks! Glad you stopped by!
The garden furniture is amazing. Did you use plans or design it yourself? Love the pictures too. :o)
My husband designed it/built it himself (no plans)! I was impressed too;). Thanks for commenting!
Lol “PAINT” with water colour…the pain was what she had to go through in order to get me to sit still and pay attention (which sadly, I did NOT)
The Spy’s watercolour technique is impressive. My grandmother tried to teach me how to pain with water colours but I had a problem with paying attention at the time so never went very far with the “lessons”. Looks like The Spy is either listening, or is a natural (I am going with the latter ;) ). That Frankenanimal is truly horrendous. A creature of my darkest nights and something to be both admired and feared in equal measure. Baby is channelling “blue” a most admirable colour to channel and perfect for spring. Shows she has a calm mind…now checking out The Spy’s colour scheme…might be time for a therapist ;) JOKING! :)
:) The spy actually did that with markers then added water to it to make them run like watercolor paints. Genius!
Pure genius! No need for expensive water colours and you get the very same effect! Fooled me ;). Still afraid from that other image (hiding under the bed as I type… lucky I have VERY long arms ;) )
Wow! The Lawn furniture looks great. I am sure you kids must love having the tee pee to play in with friends. It makes the garden a magical place to make wonderful childhood memories. Your lettuce looks great. I haven’t had time to plant mine yet. I am getting there though.
Honey
Thanks! Yes a teepee is a must for a kids’ garden! I’m excited to see how the new one will look. Thanks for commenting and happy lettuce planting!