I made a gate! Two, technically. I had never built a gate before, but I built a double gate with an arbor for my backyard.
Field Trip: Mount Hood Timberline Lodge
This Field Trip is completely different than the ones I’ve done previously. While those focused on local Portland shops, for this one I drove up a mountain. On April 2 my brother Patrick married his new wife, Danielle, in the Silcox Hut at Timberline on Mt. Hood. We couldn’t be more thrilled to have her as […]
Vertical Gardens DIY Inspiration
Now that spring is really here in the Pacific Northwest, I’ve been thinking about the vertical garden project I want to attempt in our back yard. I’ve assembled lots of inspiration and ideas for how to make it happen, and I think I have a pretty good plan in mind. Don’t hold me to this, […]
Vertical Garden Update
This weekend I finally hung up the succulent vertical garden I made out of a shadow box (tutorial here). Here’s what it looked like right after I finished planting it about 3 weeks ago: And here’s what it looks like now, hung on a fence in my yard: Seeing these two photos next to one […]