DIY Flagstone Patio

A re-found this article recently and wanted to share it because I am currently working with 3 clients who are planning on doing the landscaping work themselves after I come up with a master plan for them.

The article is from Northwest Renovation Magazine, and it features me in what I think was my first year in business. It's a step by step guide to laying a stone patio. It's one of my favorite parts of the labor side of the work. Very zen....

It works the same for using concrete pavers.

So here you go...http://www.nwrenovation.com/20livingpatio.html

Also, Ben and I just finished a very unique job today. I'll post the photos soon...

Welcome Back, Winter!

COVER UP YOUR VEGGIE STARTS AND NEW PLANTINGS! - it's going to freeze again this weekend. Saturday morning temps are forecasted at 31 degrees.

I won't even go into how bad this news upsets me. We deserve at least 8 months of 80 and sunny this year!

Best Tip Ever!

One of my clients gave me this tandem bicycle as a tip! It even came with that case of beer!!! We were pretty stoked after work that day.

Also, check out how awesome my assistants Ben and Sam are.....Superwonderful has it goin on!

C'mon, get modern!

This is a sweet, little store on E. Burnside called Life + Limb. It is just what we need to get through this never-ending, grey, cold Spring. How about a sunny southern California style cactus in your living room?

The owner, Molly is bringing hot-climate plants and mod containers to us PNWesters. I've been doing a lot of work lately with clients that own mid-century/modern or ranch homes, and I am going to be offering a lot of Molly's products in my designs. I would love to use these bird houses as usable garden art (of which, I am not normally a fan of.) And, the large agave and aloes can be brought outdoors and planted in containers in the summer.

Stop in and say hi to Molly. 1716 E Burnside.