It’s time for the Spring One Room Challenge, my favourite way to get motivated to work on a project. This year I’m going to continue with the exterior projects from last year.
- Complete Exterior Trim & Garage Painting
- Maximize Planting Space in Vegetable Garden
- Create Seating Area at Front of House
The vegetable garden from last year gave us fresh greens for 4 solid months and I’m hoping to expand what we grow this year. Also, since we have to stay home I am focusing on creating more spaces to enjoy outside.
Exterior Trim & Garage Painting
This is our home in Kelowna. When we moved here almost 2 years ago I started to paint the yellow trim white. The fact that this wood trim needed maintenance in some areas already helped get my husband on board with this update.
If your home is in need of some paint touch ups anyway, why not change the colour?
Inspiration
I absolutely love this garage area by House of Jade Interiors. Eventually I’d love to add a pergola but for this year I’ll be sticking to paint and adding some garage handles.
Vegetable Garden & Deer Fencing
This was how the vegetable garden looked last spring, before the One Room Challenge project.
I am happy to report that the deer fencing I created stood up through the winter. During a windstorm our side gate and some other fence fell down but surprisingly this was totally fine.
The Garden this Year
Having a designated area for growing food and being able to start the season earlier has been rewarding. There is so much to learn about seeds, soil, plants, composting etc.
This year I plan to maximize all of the space available here by adding more planters and trellises plus learn more about vegetable growing.
This is the pear tree that I planted last year – seeing it come back after winter and bloom makes me happy! Where we live there are orchards and vineyards everywhere and I want to try fruit trees in our yard too.
Seating Area at Front of House
One more project area is here by the front door. It is a shady spot that we don’t use because there is no furniture. Usually this is where piles of special sticks and pinecones the kids and I find get left.
I see that this could be a nice shady spot in the hot afternoon, perfect for reading. I plan to add seating and a coffee table here so that we use this area more often.
That’s the plan for the One Room Challenge this spring. To see what everyone else is doing the link is below. I suspect more people will be focusing on the outside this year.
shibangdesigns.wordpress.com 
You’ve made such a difference already … keep up the great work!
Awesome plan, great ideas, so excited for this!
I saw your bathroom plans – it’s going to be beautiful!
Thank you, we can’t wait to turn that plan into reality!