Nook glamour shot

Here's a better view of the fully upholstered and painted nook bench.

When last we left off…

The nook had no finished bench, and Ryan was 29.

Done, and done.

We had a rather impromptu Fourth of July bash, which involved our very own fireworks display courtesy of some of our partygoers that stopped first in New Hampshire.  It was a lot of fun.  The breakfast nook took a turn as a poker nook.

And Ryan and I had fun dressing the yard up for the party.

Before the big party, though, we had a motivating deadline and moved some mountains at 84 High Street.

I upholstered the banquette.

 

Ryan worked on his chalkboard project.

We hooked the lights back up in the front room.

Ryan finished up the nook bench so I had something to attach my newly upholstered bench to, trimmed out the nook and we painted all that.

Oh, and I made strawberry rhubarb sauce (so simple!) with rhubarb from our garden.

In addition to this –

We also enjoyed a Thursday Night Picnic at Crane Estate.

And had a couple days out in Townsend by the pool during the heat wave. 

While we were out there, my parents had a yard sale and we snagged a couple treasures, including a set of four chairs I am going to refinish for the dining room table.

Our hydrangea continue to flail, but check out my sister-in-law Tatyana’s.

So jealous.  She said it did nothing for 4 years and this year, it decided to be a real show off.

Mom's gardens in Townsend are also going nuts.

Still counting on that genetic green thumb...

Up next… an update on what we kept ourselves busy with this past weekend.  After a few weekends off, it felt good to be back at it!