There is a new liquor store opening up close to my office downtown named Whiskey Business – isn't that perfect? The name – not the location of a liquor store in relation to my office.
The name seems even more fitting with my new flower pot endeavor.
See, I have these hideous downspouts on either side of my garage and anything to disguise them would be a step in the right direction. Why not add large colorful flower pots to take away the harshness of those white pipes?
Side note – who knew that large flower pots could run you upwards of $100 bucks?! Gracious… I am in the wrong line of work
Due to the high price of pretty clay pots I was left to find something fitting for my yard that wouldn’t break the bank.
Enter Jack Daniels
At $30 a pop (pun intended!) these rustic wooden pots were right up my alley. I loved not only the warn wood but also the metal fastenings around the sides. Really compliments the new garage door if I do say so myself.
Because all plants need a pot that drains, holes were drilled in the bottom of each barrel
Next up a combination of compost and potting soil
Then the plants – ahhhh so pretty
And because we all love a good before and after – lets see how much those pots (and new garage door) really help out in the curb appeal department
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I wanted to give you more of a visual on the flower beds. After I posted yesterday I realized it was hard to really see the WHOLE picture – as in what I was talking about with the two beds complimenting each other.
See how the right side starts in line with the left?
The ditch dug to outline the bed and hopefully get some sort of paver (that’s a whole nother story) to outline the flower beds.
Don’t mind the painters tape still on the right window – still have one last room of trim painting to do :)
Now just close your eyes and imagine all the grass in the flower beds dead and gone and all the actual dead grass in my yard sprouting like crazy… Funny how things work like that. The stuff you need dead is thriving and the stuff you want to thrive is dead!
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