...I have been discovering my unexpected love of wallpaper installation. Pre-pasted, paste the paper, paste the wall...I have all of the types, and I am greatly enjoying them all. Upstairs, I have a nature-themed paper...
If you look closer, you can see the blackberries, foxgloves, rabbits, and hedgehogs. LOVE.
Because of the odd angles of the slanted walls and tiny doorways, I'm doing a lot of cutting and pasting to keep the patterns straight. It's just like working a puzzle and therefore, right up my alley!
Downstairs, we've got rabbits in the bathroom...
...and the kitchen is nearly done. It was tiled last week...
...and I spent at least 2 full days with the wallpaper. There were so many little nooks and crannies around the sink that had to be custom cut. But I absolutely adore the wallpaper, even though it's not quite an exact match to the trim. Close enough. It's hard to get a good picture in this early morning light, but you get the idea! It's a William Morris pattern from 1876.
We installed a new snail door knocker, whose long antennae will poke out an eye if you aren't careful. We're going to cut those down a little bit and possibly replace the entire door. A name plaque has been ordered to cover the hole left by the previous (personalized) door knocker.
I've sanded down all of our cheapo '70s hollow core interior doors...
...and am in the process of installing beadboard and painting.
It's going to be a busy couple of weeks, because we will be moving in the rest of our things from storage after the floor is laid down upstairs. I'll be so glad to have my craft supplies back, though. And framed wall pictures, and summer bedding, and the list goes on.
I've squeezed in some outside work, completely filling the newly-created front bed with perennials from an amazing sale I found last week.
The plants are severely pruned here, but hopefully they'll give a good show in late summer and certainly next year.
I had some nice company in the garden while I worked. At first I thought I was seeing moles...
...but they were so much quicker than moles, and they were eating fallen seeds from the feeders. Moles are insectivores and don't eat seeds. I did a little research and discovered that we have a few SHREWS! My photo at bottom, versus the confirmed shrew picture at the top.
(photo credit John Rochester, Flickr)
I spent hours and hours weed-eating around the perimeter of the barnyard last week. It was nice to see the white barn again...it had been half-covered with weeds...but we've just been too busy to get back there and get the work done.
Now we can see some of the fencing that has to be replaced next year! This is one of the worst areas, but at least we aren't needing to keep anything fenced in right now.
While plowing through 6 ft tall weeds, I nearly destroyed this tiny nest, even though I'd tried to be intentional about going slow and giving lots of "notice" for wildlife (mainly snakes) to move along.
Thankfully I stopped in time, but I was worried that I'd removed its protective cover. The nest was still about 2 feet off the ground, but was completely exposed. I've been checking it, though. On weeding day, there were 2 eggs. A week later, there are four! I'm excited to watch this spot for new babies!
Borga is enjoying our brief moments of sunshine during this rainy spell...
...and the cats are passing through our noisy construction time by staying close and taking lots of naps.
They'd better get used to it, though. Many months of construction ahead.
Have a great week!
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