The house that we are living in this year hasn't been lived in for....I'm not sure, but a long time! It has been fun making the house looked lived in from the outside! Since we don't have an air conditioner for the whole house (we have a small window unit in our bedroom), we've stuck gold this year having quite a bit of cooler-than-normal weather. So we wanted to cool our house using the outside air. Thus, a new project started to develop in my brain! I wanted a screen door so that we could put a fan by the front door and get a lot of cool air in our house! Here is the screen door that Ammon and I built! On most of our projects, Ammon does an awesome job of think it all through and making a plan of how to build it, but for this project, I came up with my own "building plan" and when I told it to Ammon, he said it was really good, so we used it!
Something else we've done to make our house look more lived in is planted flowers. We discovered these kind of cool flowers called Four O'Clocks. The flowers close during the heat of the day, and open in the evening (around 4:00) when the day starts to cool down. We've also planted Naturtiums - which we also really like! They kind of grow along the ground, vine like, and have really pretty flowers! We also planted Marigolds and Petunias and a vegetable garden!
I love all your projects! It is so rewarding to eat food you grew in your garden! Also the screen door and flowers are a lovely addition to your home! Way to go Allison and Ammon!
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