Container gardening

I mentioned briefly in the past that I dream of having a beautiful garden and a perfectly landscaped yard. I know this is probably not the normal dream of an almost thirty year old, but I have always admired perfect flower beds and lawns. (Also, I am pretty sure I am sixty-five in a thirty year old's body.)

I am quickly learning that keeping your lawn perfectly green and flower beds free of weeds is much harder than I would like, but I am going to keep working on my skills and I am hoping to master container gardening. Here are some of my favorite container images:

Unfortunately I am going to have to do something temporary and plant the daffodils and tulips in the fall for next spring. I am hoping since I am thinking about it now, next year the containers will look like these pictures. Slow and steady wins the race, right?

heat resistant: 1 / 2

daffodils: 1 / 2

tulips: 1 / 2 / 3

Penthouse designed by Rafael de Cardenas

I picked up this month's issue of Architectural Digest excited to see Chrissy Teigan and John Legend's digs, but could not get past the images of this Greenwich Village penthouse designed by Rafael de Cardenas. It is insanely stunning, every last inch of it! These were my favorite images:

New Year Top 5

I am posting this a little later than I would have liked, but here are a few of my top five things for starting out 2015 with good habits and my biggest furniture purchase to date!

ONE / TWO / THREE / FOUR / FIVE

2015

I am not a big fan of celebrating New Years' Eve, instead I like to wake up on the first of the year ready to tackle another great year!

Happy New Year!!!