Arty Garden

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 In Ginny Davises' garden plants are incidental, providing calm green relief from the the color blast . Nothing is subdued here-starting with the house .




 








 Not sure I've seen so many cool birdhouses in one place ..






A very restrained vignette.


Heading up the stairs.

Comments

  1. Claudia FabianaSeptember 25, 2011 at 4:23 PM

    What a magical place. My favorite is the stairway. The heads and dragon are the perfect accents.

    Stop by for a visit soon...

    ciao

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  2. Hoover BooSeptember 25, 2011 at 9:58 PM

    That's very creative. It looks like someone really, really likes to shop and paint. But...why are the heads on the stairs unpainted?

    Cool post!

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  3. DarlaSeptember 26, 2011 at 7:38 AM

    It appears to be a very happy garden and home!

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  4. DarlaSeptember 26, 2011 at 7:39 AM

    I'm at http://hundredsofideas.wordpress.com not morefamilyandflowers anymore.

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  5. DeniseSeptember 26, 2011 at 10:35 AM

    When I think how long it's taken us to paint this house a beigy-mustard color, and still not finished! oh, the shame....

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  6. ksSeptember 27, 2011 at 6:35 PM

    Hoover, Ginny is an artist so I guess painting is part of the gig!

    Painting the house takes forever if you do-it-yourself.I'm dreading the $$ to paint this one , but it will need to happen in the next couple of years.Inside too.

    Darla,you can see this house from blocks away--smiles all around.

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