DIY « Covet Living

BEFORE:

AFTER… BANG!

(check out Jess’ adorable pup, Gina, chillin with her tongue out in the background)

GORGEOUS, aren’t they?! My girl Jess – who is in the midst of remodeling the Chicago home she shares with her hubby, Mike – did me proud. I knew she could throw a mean backyard BBQ, and that my super smart (hello, CFA), super hilarious, super fast (the hooker runs circles around me without breaking a sweat) friend was talented, but I never took her for the spawn of Martha Stewart. And voila! She scored the antique set of 6 chairs on Craigslist, and the Lee Jofa “Belgravia” fabric on eBay. Recognize it?

Well played, Wonder Woman. Now, if we could just get your navigation skills in check.

Happy Monday!

**Sex and the City 2 set photos courtesy of Elle Decor.

Spring has been a real skank thus far… playing peek-a-boo with sunny 60 degree days, and then peppering us with snow flurries and 13 degree weather. I had visions of tulips and budding trees and sugarplums dancing in my head come the 21st of March, and *cough* – “Spring” shot them down with its frigid temps and perma-gray skies. So, I’ve decided to stop waiting on the elusive old floozy, and get the party started. In my window sill. So if you’re out & about this weekend:

Scare up some terra cotta pots at Target, Wal-Mart or Home Depot
Grab a few seed packets of your favorite herbs (I just planted basil, cilantro, and lemon balm)
Snag a few bags of soil… then plant, water, and watch ’em grow.

If you want to kick it up a really pretty notch, instead of using terra cotta pots, plant your herbs in gorgeous vintage tea tins, like zeese:

By the time it decides to play nice outside, your herbs will have germinated and started to flourish, and you can always transfer them to a larger pot and plop ’em outdoors, where they can grow & prosper.

Go Cubs Go!