Hollywood Renovation: Week 10
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We went to Sunset Nursery, just down Sunset Blvd from us, to pick up some flats and get some new soil for our project. -
Our purchases give new meaning to “small carbon footprint” for our Subaru! -
We also went to “Tomato Mania,” held at a nursery in Fillmore because it is perfect time for planting tomatoes. Our daughter, Oleana, requested some snapdragons and strawberry plants too. While we were in Fillmore, we visited our friends who recently moved from L.A. to a 15 acre orchard. We came back with about 100 pieces of fruit from their trees: avocados, lemons, oranges, and grapefruits. -
Grain, a small furniture store in Atwater Village, makes a nice outdoor table: powder-coated steel legs and frame with carefully selected 2x6 boards for the tops. Itʼs nice and simple and matches the aesthetic of the Craig Ellwood apartment building, and will let us fully exploit our outdoor room. -
Although she doesnʼt mind picking up worms and bugs, Oleana was a little intimidated by the mud on Momʼs hands from planting creeping thyme. -
We also bought some beautiful new pots for our herbs (and a squash). They are 100% recycled material and have a nice “lava” sort of feel. -
Breakfast tea and smartphone at the new table! -
Weʼve also been working on the boundary between indoor and outdoor. Our longtime friend Elodie Blanchard of Elastic Co. designed and fabricated these curtains for us. The design is a combination of the Douglas-fir tones of the wood in the house and the black steel elements such as the sliding glass doors. -
We donʻt need to use the curtain wall for privacy thanks to the garden walls, but the curtain is a stylish way to block the afternoon sun. -
And in the morning it is a beautiful frame for the garden. -
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