There is a piece of land, tucked under our living room window, which actually belongs to the tumble down house we’re attached to. It’s been left as a bit of a dumping ground, but we decided that, although it doesn’t belong to us, we would give it a bit of a tidy up – especially given that it does look & feel like part of our garden. Days were spent moving stones & rocks, refilling with rubble to level it, covering with plastic and then finally laying bags and bags of beautiful rusty coloured bark. From what it was, it’s come up a treat – next job is to have uplighting installed, to light up the gorgeous ivy-clad ruin to which we are adjoined…

The BEFORE shot, when we moved in…

The DURING shot, as rubble was dug out, smashed up and refilled, to make a level surface…

Plastic sheeting, securely laid, to prevent weeds growing back…

The AFTER shot, covered in dark red bark chippings…
A lot of paint spraying has been going on in the garden – we bought a white wrought iron vintage table and chairs set, which needed a bit of TLC. This was achieved with a deep charcoal grey paint, which has given this set a whole new lease of life. And now the same thing is happening with the wooden sun loungers – from a walnut colour to the lovely deep grey. A colour which really complements the duck egg blue of the outdoor lights and the external paintwork. A work in progress, because as ever, the amount of spray paint needed, was under-estimated, necessitating yet another trip to the DIY store…

Vintage French wrought iron garden furniture – transformed from rusty white to anthracite grey…