When in Doubt...Go Up!

Last year, I decided to give my containers a bit of height...in a royal way. I picked these metal topiaries up from HomeGoods, and spray painted them a French Blue.

The structure added a support for an annual vine to climb on.

It also filled the vertical space in this corner

Of course I forgot to take an end-of-the-season shot! As the saying goes, "my garden was perfect, yesterday...wish you were here, then". What do you plant in your containers?

Blue, the French way

 did you catch the blue gimp on the settee?

 one side of the interior door is blue, the other is white

 blue plank ceiling

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Let's Take This Outside

Now that the weather is nice, I turned to Martha for some outdoor illuminating ideas

 

 

 

 

 

I have a lot planned for Summer...can't wait to see what people will post!

Happy End-of-the-School-Year!

Crowned Planter

Last month, I posted this photo

My Homegoods find. My inspiration was French Blue in the Garden. Here is the "after"

 

I placed the support in the center of my urn so that I could grow a flowering vine. It also has that pop of blue that I was looking for. 

  Variegated iris, trailing petunias, and pink trumpet vine.

This is the tall structure. I still need to find a place for the shorter one.

French Blue in the Garden

There is something so European about about a "french blue" accent. I love it in the garden. Here are some of the inspiration photos for my garden.

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 This weekend, I will be painting my HomeGoods find... blue.

Then, I will travel around my yard to find the perfect place.