backyard oasis
In 2007 we did a major overhaul of our backyard. You may remember it from the pages of H&H. My dear friend and very talented photographer, Virginia MacDonald captured it beautifully. You’ll notice how my daughter (then 8 yrs old) wanted into every picture, and you won’t notice my son because he wouldn’t come near the camera!
Here’s the porch that we added on to the house. It’s our favourite room 3 seasons of the year (we added an electric fireplace and put plexi sheets on over the screens from late fall to early spring to extend the season).
Here’s Hito, our pearl gray Porty, weighing the consequences of sneaking some of the popcorn prop…
And there goes Charlotte…
Here’s Charlotte at the bbq which is under a retractable awning - no more holding an umbrella while flipping patties…
And here’s Charlotte at the pool’s edge - we painted it grey so the water is a little deeper shade of blue…
Our furniture is from Hauser and I love the black and white theme but plan to have some fun mixing in colourful cobistyle pillows and accessories this year.
I love this shot that Virginia snapped of Charlotte. I’d like to blow it up poster size for her room some day…
Can you imagine the size of the house this oval window came out of? We converted it to a mirror to create some interest on the pool shed/sauna wall.
This furniture isn’t special but light was so pretty we had to grab it…
These floating candle holders are for the pool - I found them at Lee Valley.
Here they are at nighttime…
Although the backyard cost ten times what I thought it would (landscaping seems to be like that) we love our backyard and use it day and night.
Looking at these pictures again makes me want to get out there and set it up for another summer of fun - we just need the sun!
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I love the black and white of the backyard. This summer I am going to be starting on our backyard and this has some good ideas I can use. So I have bookmarked the pics. I still have pictures of when you did your kitchen with beadboard for the ceiling in a high-gloss paint. I thought that was a pretty cool idea. My husband and I live in a small house and have yet to do any decorating. This summer is it. I have some IKEA pieces to get and lots of paint!
Oh Cobi…
What a beautiful porch!
I wish you could drop over and give me some pointers next time you are in PEI… =)
we need to do something with our indoor/outdoor spaces… and I just don’t know where to start!
Thanks for sharing your photos.
We too have a backyard Oasis where we love to spend our summers but also in this prairie province we are waiting for summer to arrive! We’ve pretty much given up on spring here. Loved your editorial today about the squirrels…and the closing line made me laugh out loud! Have a great day.
Great backyard! It looks incredible! We all love it!
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