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What is the Best Kitchen Faucet? (Not Mine)

05/29/2017
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Oh wow, this morning, I went to make some coffee and the spout of my bridge kitchen faucet came right off. I am OVER IT. Over putting PRETTY over FUNCTION. Okay, well I’m not really over having a pretty faucet, but I wish I’d done more research (well even any research) into which faucet was really the…

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A Peek Into My Spring Garden

04/12/2015
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I have received a few emails asking how my garden looks in the winter, so I thought I’d show you some pictures, along with a few of the before photos thrown in. Can’t resist those!

This yard has undergone such a transformation from just two years ago, when MaryAnne White found me and helped transform the ugliest landscape on the street into one of the prettiest.

When we moved in, this was the walkway to the front door:

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Maria Killam’s White Garden Transformation: Before & After

08/10/2014
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It’s fascinating to have a Perennial garden designed like mine. There’s always something that takes turns blooming, so finally when my white Shasta daisies along with my white hydrangeas were looking their best, I had my photographer Tracey Ayton come out to take photos. She also photographed a summer house I’ve been working on for…

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My White Shasta Daisies have Exploded! Before & After

07/20/2014
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Thank you everyone for your condolences the other day. I didn’t know how comforting your words would be until you wrote them! I so appreciate you!! When MaryAnne White designed my major landscaping project last year (long distance from New York), I trusted her to specify almost everything. One of my requests was for Shasta…

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Easter Time and my 500 White Tulips are Blooming!

04/20/2014
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I planted my white tulip bulbs last year in November and December. And then I worried that they wouldn’t be in the ground long enough and wouldn’t come up. It’s funny, when I first ordered 300, that number seemed like an incredible amount but then when I started planting, well I barely got the front…

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My Patio Plans this Spring (Include Snakes)

04/13/2014
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We have lived in our new house in the country for exactly two years now. We took possession in the middle of April in 2012. First, we renovated the interior and replaced the kitchen. Then last Spring at the end of April 2013, we totally ripped out the front and back yard.  So it’s taken…

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My New Decorative Gate: Before & After

09/15/2013
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When MaryAnne White, my Landscape Architect and I were discussing the decorative fencing and gate for the side entrance to the backyard, she sent over this picture with a note that said “Your gate should look like this”. And of course, that’s just what I installed. Here’s the before with the endless amounts of concrete…

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Ignorance is Truly Bliss: Before & After

08/18/2013
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“I’ll tell you what really bugs me about your house”, MaryAnne (my Landscape Architect) said to me one day. What? I held my breath waiting for her reply. . . “The two stovepipes that stick out of your roof!” (below) Before (the day we took possession, that’s my nephew) I literally ran out of my…

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From Backyard Shed to Design Studio

08/04/2013
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We converted an old shed in my backyard into my interior design studio. See the complete transformation here. The transformation of my design studio is so amazing that it needs few words. Converting a backyard shed into a design studio Above is how it looked the day we took possession of our house. This is…

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The Best Place to Buy Vinyl Shutters?

08/02/2013
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So I’m looking for white shutters for the two lonely windows on the right side of my house. Keep in mind the link goes to my old images, I haven’t posted new pictures of the landscaping transformation, but I will very soon. Okay so back to my story, since I currently have vinyl siding I decided…

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