Ohh,I have a tomato story for you,Dearest Linda. My grandfather,rest his soul,was born in the town of Cefalu,Sicily. Giuseppe Montalto.he went by the name Joe. My mother,she hated how grandpa Joe constantly took photographs of his incredible tomatoes! She was like”they’re tomatoes!why does he photograph them???” I find these now vintage photos nothing short of genius. He appreciated the beauty,the results of his hard earned labor. A Sicilian appreciates the tiny things,as they come from a place where so little is to be had.❤️
Hi from Annie , the garden has frown so fast since start of the year all looks so nice and the backyard is last to be done that hot weather would put things on hold for a while. For the back yard a pergola would be nice in the center with gravel or brickwork in the middle with table n chairs on it either big circle or square shape for the gravel or brickwork. Even a swimming pool would look fabulous. Inside the entrance rugs all look good, and the little table in corner which is a small entertainment area. feels very cosy and intimate which is good.
Linda, before you go and have a new carpet made for your dining room. Take the one that you have and flip it over. I learned this from a dear decorator friend of mine. It will be a little more muted and “antique-ish” and you may find it just perfect!!
Linda I actually love the rug for summer in your dining area. It picks up all the colors in the painting. I’m afraid the rug in the parlor would be too bland and to matchy to all the other neutrals . The house looks amazing and so welcoming. You’ve done a great job.
Hi Linda - thanks for the tour. Your home is lovely and you are soooooooo happy in it... that's the best part!! As for the rug, I agree that you should roll up the wool rug and store it for the cooler seasons; it is too visually heavy for the heat of summer. Rather than purchase another sisal rug, I recommend that you don't put any rug down. Simply leave the floors (as much or as little as you want) bare. I remove a rug from my front foyer at the beginnning of spring and don't see it again until mid-autumn. The lightness/airyness created by the reduction of visual impact is great for the summer months. Thanks for the chance to chime in. Enjoy your 4th of July celebrations.
This is a great video, and I love the suggestion of the 4’ x 4’ gardening at a time during the extreme heat. I recently clipped my hedges on a very hot day and while I wore a hat, I had not drank anything other than coffee that morning and started out dehydrated, and I became extremely dizzy. I brought water out with me and thought that was enough but it was not. I went in immediately. It took me many hours later to recover after cooling off inside and drinking plenty of water. I went out another day to cut another section of hedges and waited until there was shade from a tree and drank a lot of water beforehand. I realized after that event I need to next time do the cutting over time and possibly over a couple days in addition to hydrating a lot first.
Suggestion regarding the rug....if you are going to get a custom rug from the carpet store, have the rug cut a couple of inches bigger than the current rug. Put the new rug on top of the original rug (assuming the original rug is not too thick) and the original rug functions as a rug pad and won't have to be moved or stored. Use a system of "rug layering" to partially avoid the work of switching out rugs. I like to also switch out wall art seasonally.
I live that Stuart asks the questions I want to know! You guys are so fun to watch! I feel like I’m there in the conversation. You always keep me interested! Love it
Hi Linda, great idea mowing around the edge of your lawn💚👍😁. I'm definitely going to copy that idea😅. Loving your home🏡 and the garden, amazing how its filled in. 100 😳. Can't imagine living in such high temperatures. Thank goodness for A. C. I guess. Sending love from Rosie 🌹O from Devon England 🇬🇧🤗
Beautiful progress on the garden and house!! In the kitchen, how about hanging a collection of plates on the empty wall to the left of the painting over the table. You can bring in blues there…and switch them out seasonally, too!
In Australia we celebrate Christmas in July so that we can have a cold Christmas. We were lucky enough to even have snow one year in the southern highlands!❤❤
I appreciate the reminder that I am not struggling alone. It has been so so hot. I am spreading mulch over three acres of garden. I wont let this task go next spring before the heat and humidity of summer come to my 9B zone. My thoughts are with everyone suffering from the heat and the flooding this summer. I can consider myself lucky. The garden is beautiful Linda. I knew you could do it again, but you are exceeding my expectations. Woohoo!🎉❤
I use a Joe Shade Umbrella that comes with a stand from Amazon when I’m in the garden. I also use a heavy duty fan with a drop cord. It keeps me cool and keeps the mosquitoes away because they can’t fly against the wind of the fan.
Linda it was my lucky day today... A flower Shop had a lot of little myrthle topiaries... Plants were very dry and un happy... The shop owner gave them all to me. Hydrated them immediately and are now outside on a shady place. They will get their Sunny spot as soon as they are better. Can t believe it. I hope they will recover.
Oh Linda you brought tears to my eyes🌻 on these warm days I’ve been going through my old Martha Stewart magazines and tearing pages that inspire me🌻 then I came to my Mary Englebreit magazines and the entire magazine inspired me🌻 I left them intact🌹 You are always a breath of fresh air and a true inspiration to us all💐
Linda, I absolutely adore the rug in your dining area and would leave it there all year long! It truly does look gorgeous with the monument valley painting above your dining dining set. I really enjoyed the whole video!
🌿💗 Plus, it does have tones of muted pastels that would coordinate well with brighter tablescapes. It’s a beautiful backdrop. Please consider keeping it year round Linda. 💗🌿
Nooo! That rug is the jewel of your kitchen. It is the first thing my eyes go to. Love it, love it! Having another another colorful rug for summer would work. However, a solid color beige/tan rug would give the kitchen a washed out look. That is just my opinion. You are the one with great taste.
I cut back my scented geranium and took off the lower leaves and plopped the cuttings into a new pot to grow more plants. I am going to do the same with my butterfly bush and even some roses. I am swarmed by spider mite as never before. In my trees, plants and pond even. I am washing them off with the hose and keeping my infected plants separate. Didn't help putting my tomatoes ten ft apart though. The insects need those blooms still, though. Indiana got hit with several tornadoes and other bad weather today.
I LOVE those blue point junipers in those pots!! Those pots they are in are absolutely gorgeous Linda!! I never see pots like that around here where I live. I’d say a trip to Columbus, I’m sure would find some but one would be a million dollars.. 🤨
I think changing the rug out would be good, the same kind of rug would flow though the house, and the one with red would look good around Christmas and fall, great idea
This video was very useful Linda. I changed how I looked at my garden before the heat of summer. I pruned, deadheaded and weeded thinking of your tips. Thank you. 31:36
Your kitchen rug is the summer look. Europeans turn their rugs to the wrong side for summertime (and for parties.) I do this, too. So, your beautiful rug is fine as it is.
I agree on changing out the rug in the summer for one like in the parlor. Putting out the current rug in the fall/winter will really bring a fresh coziness and warmth to the surroundings.
Thank you for the information!!! And thank you for knowing how to explain gardening. This summer is already proving to be a dread in Florida. Too much rain it seems like until the dry spells happen where it seems super humid and nothing should dry up, BUT the air temp is hot enough that deceitfully, everything still gets dried up. A few times I've missed watering and set my growth back as I tried to establish my plants before the drought. Now I've ordered a solar powered irrigation system and rain catcher to supply water for the system to help me not forget and to also avoid over watering
What a wonderful video from the front yard to inside the house. My friend clips pages out of magazines and has idea for decorating her house just like you. I really enjoyed it today ❤
I like the idea of a spring/summer rug and I would go for a narrowed version since you really don't need bench to be on it, maybe width of the island. I ordered the Garden Table but I am now on a wait list so we'll see😎
Loved this video! Regarding your rug, I can understand changing it out, as I do the same for each season in my mudroom. I think the colors in the rug can go well in any season. The navy and yellow in the rug match the lampshade on the bar. You have also picked up some of the colors in the pillows on the banquet. Maybe pulling out more of the light blue in the rug in your napkins, pillows, barware, kitchen towels and other accessories will create a more cohesive look that has a summer vibe, if you don't want the trouble of changing out the rug. Pulling out the light blue will also pick up the rug in your front room and tie both rooms together more closely. Whatever you do, Linda, it will be fabulous!
Thank you for having Christmas in July and planning for fall and Christmas planters! I was thinking I was a little crazy for thinking about that but you restored my faith :-)
I understand your thoughts about the rug but I think it gives more a southwest vibe than fall given it's tonal fidelity with the bench pillows and painting and the textures you have integrated throughout the kitchen area. It looks like a welcoming step into a distinct area separate from the parlor. Either way you have the gift to make things look beautiful!
We have it in North Louisiana too, the extreme heat. I live 20 miles from the Texas line and yesterday our heat index was 110. We also experienced power outages for a week from a storm.
I’m also thinking of all of you in the lower states. Please take care of yourselves. Find shade. 😊 I’m in northern Canada up beside Alaska. We get extreme cold, I won’t even mention how cold, but we have lovely summers in the land of the midnight sun.
I love watching and listening to you Linda! You have given me the bug to be more of a gardener. I always say my small perennial garden is a work in progress and you have given me so much inspiration to keep it going. Thank you!!!
Ah, Linda, I just used my Barnell pruners to cut back my splayed open sage plants. I started out using my hand pruners, but abandoned that immediately because it would have taken too long. It was very hot that day. I thought I'd beat the heat getting outdoors earlyish. But before I knew it, I was dripping wet. I wear sunscreen, but forgot the small of my back 🤦🏼♀️ and could feel it burning. Not 102, but it was in the 90s by ten. My nearby roses practically gasped audibly once I gave them breathing room from the mature sage plants. I was thinking of popping your tower supports over the tamed sage plants, but I doubt they'll reflush blooms that big again. After more than a month without rain, we got about an inch Friday night! I was weeding in the rain. Quite refreshing. My power went out so it was cooler outside. I knew it had been restored when I could hear my neighbors' A/C unit. Last night, another near inch fell. Our temps this week should be delightful. Finally! Maybe I can complete my front garden project inspired by you. Hardscaping isn't a quick project. Come on, Linda! You must listen to some oldies rock and roll. I'm your age and like to crank the volume once in a while. I'm a huge Queen fan and picked out some music to be played at my funeral. For fun, "Fat Bottomed Girls" appeals to my sense of humor. 😂
Consider getting a rug for your dining area that is the same solid color as the bottom of the kitchen island - dark blue (or is it grey?) That would give the eyes a place to "rest" and allow the colors of your table adornments and the wall art to really pop! To test this out, you could cover the rug with a large appropriately dark blue sheet or tablecloth - just to get an idea.
Years back,I would plant ( Cleome) or Spider plants as we referred to them.But,in the heat of the day,they always curled and wilted,until Sun passed and they would perk up again. Looking at yours,proudly displaying themselves in the extreme heat of Oklahoma ,I am so surprise,they can take the Sun. Your front garden is filling in so beautifully.
I loved the behind the scenes look at your project board. It helps me to appreciate that you are several steps ahead for the channel. Your work ethic is impressive:)
The bench and table are absolutely perfect for each other! I tend to prefer rounded things, too! I have a couple of chairs like yours in my breakfast room and now want to replace my table with something smaller and see how I should be able to have wood cut to mimic yours to just fit my space.
Just a thought for you---at our house we enjoy our wood floors during spring and summer and put our rugs down in the fall and winter---of course if you have a huge rug as we do it stays and others are removed😊
Linda, I had to laugh when you said you wanted to get another bench even though you didn’t know what you would do with it. I’m the same way when I like something! Stewart’s idea of using one as an entry bench made me think of the space under the entry table in your parlor. Could one of those benches live under the table & then be pulled out & used to sit on when necessary? The wood colors look like they work together. Thanks for all the great gardening tips today & always. Things are really looking great at the cottage!
Linda, I didn't let my plants boss me today and decided to use the Barnel shears (which I love) and trimmed those naughty plants🤣 Love the Barnel shears- thanks
What a trouper you are LInda, making a video for us. It looks so hot there! I think it's sundress weather. Great garden tips. It looks like you could actually rob Peter to pay Paul by taking a salvia or two from the front to get more air circulation. They have filled out so quickly.😎
The garden is looking so beautiful! I sure wish I had sowed the cleome seed I bought. Next year! I had a design professor that said , " you don't create out of a vacuum ", and always encouraged us to have inspiration books and pictures like you do.. I love your dining rug, and feel it gives more depth and interest to your home, but you do you. Changing out pillows with pillow covers is an easy sesonal fix.
Zone 7B, N MS. Not dreaming of Christmas, but I always dream of October, the four most glorious weeks of the year! Your window box is looking great right now. Triple digit heat this week, but we still have rain in the forecast (and rain last night), and a little more temperate next week. I'm still planting out my summer annuals started from seed and starting some more zinnias, cosmos and marigolds this week.
Linda, I just LOVE how you make up your own rules for everything - gardening, decor, life! ❤😄 We should all be so confident and bold with our style preferences! 😊 I love that flipped rug you have in your dining area right now, and I really wish someone would bring a reversible rug to market for the mainstream consumer. What a fabulous idea! 😊
Hi Linda and Stewart!!…Linda your garden has grown so much , it’s like you have always been there💚…and inside the cottage has all the perfect Linda Vater touches and more, just absolutely love it!!
Gorgeous Garden! I love how you say to weed a 4 x 4 area in your garden as your short term goal. Yes! We will go back in the garden several times during the day!🙌🏼 next week with the hot temperature you need to have some water bottles in an ice bucket for you and Stewart!❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️
The kitchen rug is a gorgeous piece of art! Looks fabulous and stands as a focal point transitioning the front room to the kitchen! Looks great with the table and wall art!
Concerning cutting grass, I aim to cut it around 10am-ish as the dew is gone and it provides time for the grass to recover before nightfall. Don't overcommit and wear yourself out Linda!
If you mow while the grass is damp it will also dull your mower blades. That is a pet peeve of my hubbies, so I normally don’t attempt to mow till about 10 AM here in W KY for that reason. It takes me about 4 hrs to mow all of our lawn, so wet/damp grass would certainly dull my Dixie Chopper, Hoss. 😂 Doesn’t everyone name their zero turn mower. I used to have a John Deere and her name was Josephine. Hoss was the legendary big hulk of a guy on the show Bonanza, and since the hubs always called our farm the Ponderosa, then the name Hoss seemed appropriate for our hefty Dixie Chopper. Linda, I love how you name all you different garden areas with catchy names. Everything looks gorgeous and seems to be faring well in the heat.
What an enjoyable video ! Yes to a summer sisal rug , garden looks beautiful & window box perfection … love Stuart’s little comments …. Love orange pomanders at Christmas … I want that bench too now !
I agree with changing the rug for spring/summer and fall/winter. I change a lot of my art and accessories with the seasons. Your house and yard are beautiful!
I really enjoyed and got a lot out of this video and your hot summer tips. We are literally boiling down in Texas (Houston) and so is my garden. It’s so disheartening when you have a vision of how it’s all going to look in the long summer months and then you have to move in to just survival of the fittest mode! Praying for a cool down. Thank you for another great video Linda and Stewart.
We've had milder temps here in way NORCAL but triple digits are on their way for the 4th of July on. We get up to 110 so then I only go out in early morning & evening. Happy holiday guys. P. S. I love wire plant. I currently have 2 but will check our local Lowes. Love your art work. ESPECIALLY Monument Valley. Love the place & the painting.
Great advice for hot weather gardener survival. Texas has been extra challenging this June. Need all the help we can find. Looking forward to fall! Loved your ideas!
Garden is gorgeous! I like the rug for every season. If you change out the rug because of the rust tone, your new, more summery colors will not go well with the rusty art either. I say leave both the rug and the art all year around or change both seasonally.
Ohh,I have a tomato story for you,Dearest Linda.
My grandfather,rest his soul,was born in the town of Cefalu,Sicily.
Giuseppe Montalto.he went by the name Joe.
My mother,she hated how grandpa Joe constantly took photographs of his incredible tomatoes!
She was like”they’re tomatoes!why does he photograph them???”
I find these now vintage photos nothing short of genius.
He appreciated the beauty,the results of his hard earned labor.
A Sicilian appreciates the tiny things,as they come from a place where so little is to be had.❤️
I cannot believe how much your garden has filled already! So dense and full. Lovely.
Hi from Annie , the garden has frown so fast since start of the year all looks so nice and the backyard is last to be done that hot weather would put things on hold for a while. For the back yard a pergola would be nice in the center with gravel or brickwork in the middle with table n chairs on it either big circle or square shape for the gravel or brickwork. Even a swimming pool would look fabulous. Inside the entrance rugs all look good, and the little table in corner which is a small entertainment area. feels very cosy and intimate which is good.
Linda, before you go and have a new carpet made for your dining room. Take the one that you have and flip it over. I learned this from a dear decorator friend of mine. It will be a little more muted and “antique-ish” and you may find it just perfect!!
She said she is already doing that.
Linda I actually love the rug for summer in your dining area. It picks up all the colors in the painting. I’m afraid the rug in the parlor would be too bland and to matchy to all the other neutrals . The house looks amazing and so welcoming. You’ve done a great job.
SO SO AGREE!!! THE DINING RUG IS A KEEPER YEAR ROUND!!!
I think if you’d replace pillows with blue ones the blue would pop more in the rug. Then add more blue on table.
Hi Linda - thanks for the tour. Your home is lovely and you are soooooooo happy in it... that's the best part!! As for the rug, I agree that you should roll up the wool rug and store it for the cooler seasons; it is too visually heavy for the heat of summer. Rather than purchase another sisal rug, I recommend that you don't put any rug down. Simply leave the floors (as much or as little as you want) bare. I remove a rug from my front foyer at the beginnning of spring and don't see it again until mid-autumn. The lightness/airyness created by the reduction of visual impact is great for the summer months. Thanks for the chance to chime in. Enjoy your 4th of July celebrations.
Rug is perfect with that painting - spring, summer, fall, winter - simply, it works and I'd leave it year round -
Please leave the rug in your dining room! It's beautiful and adds a lot of warmth to your home
This is a great video, and I love the suggestion of the 4’ x 4’ gardening at a time during the extreme heat. I recently clipped my hedges on a very hot day and while I wore a hat, I had not drank anything other than coffee that morning and started out dehydrated, and I became extremely dizzy. I brought water out with me and thought that was enough but it was not. I went in immediately. It took me many hours later to recover after cooling off inside and drinking plenty of water. I went out another day to cut another section of hedges and waited until there was shade from a tree and drank a lot of water beforehand. I realized after that event I need to next time do the cutting over time and possibly over a couple days in addition to hydrating a lot first.
"A middle sized garden" might be a good resource for surviving heat issues.
Suggestion regarding the rug....if you are going to get a custom rug from the carpet store, have the rug cut a couple of inches bigger than the current rug. Put the new rug on top of the original rug (assuming the original rug is not too thick) and the original rug functions as a rug pad and won't have to be moved or stored. Use a system of "rug layering" to partially avoid the work of switching out rugs. I like to also switch out wall art seasonally.
I live that Stuart asks the questions I want to know! You guys are so fun to watch! I feel like I’m there in the conversation. You always keep me interested! Love it
I was never doubtful. The window box and the patio in front are way way better then I could visualize ever. Love love it. You are the real deal.
If you decide on changing out the pillows in the dinning room, buy pillow covers that way doesn't take up that much room.
Hi Linda, great idea mowing around the edge of your lawn💚👍😁. I'm definitely going to copy that idea😅. Loving your home🏡 and the garden, amazing how its filled in. 100 😳. Can't imagine living in such high temperatures. Thank goodness for A. C. I guess. Sending love from Rosie 🌹O from Devon England 🇬🇧🤗
The rug and art are just perfect for all year. Please keep it. The reverse 😊is terrific!
Beautiful progress on the garden and house!! In the kitchen, how about hanging a collection of plates on the empty wall to the left of the painting over the table. You can bring in blues there…and switch them out seasonally, too!
In Australia we celebrate Christmas in July so that we can have a cold Christmas. We were lucky enough to even have snow one year in the southern highlands!❤❤
Your garden is looking beautiful. You could paint your bench on the side of your home a fun color.
I really like the sisal rugs- they pull the whole house together like the window shades and yet each space has its own personality🌺
Instead of changing out the rug, I think changing out the banquet pillows and the chair pillows seasonally would work.
Love that dwarf wire vine. Everything looks so pretty. It’s amazing how quickly everything has come together.
Your garden is just amazing..I can't believe this was achieved in such a short time ❤
I appreciate the reminder that I am not struggling alone. It has been so so hot. I am spreading mulch over three acres of garden. I wont let this task go next spring before the heat and humidity of summer come to my 9B zone. My thoughts are with everyone suffering from the heat and the flooding this summer. I can consider myself lucky. The garden is beautiful Linda. I knew you could do it again, but you are exceeding my expectations. Woohoo!🎉❤
I use a Joe Shade Umbrella that comes with a stand from Amazon when I’m in the garden. I also use a heavy duty fan with a drop cord. It keeps me cool and keeps the mosquitoes away because they can’t fly against the wind of the fan.
Linda it was my lucky day today... A flower Shop had a lot of little myrthle topiaries... Plants were very dry and un happy... The shop owner gave them all to me. Hydrated them immediately and are now outside on a shady place. They will get their Sunny spot as soon as they are better. Can t believe it. I hope they will recover.
Score! I am so jealous!
Oh Linda you brought tears to my eyes🌻 on these warm days I’ve been going through my old Martha Stewart magazines and tearing pages that inspire me🌻 then I came to my Mary Englebreit magazines and the entire magazine inspired me🌻 I left them intact🌹 You are always a breath of fresh air and a true inspiration to us all💐
Linda, I absolutely adore the rug in your dining area and would leave it there all year long! It truly does look gorgeous with the monument valley painting above your dining dining set. I really enjoyed the whole video!
🌿💗 Plus, it does have tones of muted pastels that would coordinate well with brighter tablescapes. It’s a beautiful backdrop. Please consider keeping it year round Linda. 💗🌿
Linda, my husband is not the "put it together guy" either!! I had to laugh... Such a Fun video!! The garden is looking great! 😎
Nooo! That rug is the jewel of your kitchen. It is the first thing my eyes go to. Love it, love it! Having another another colorful rug for summer would work. However, a solid color beige/tan rug would give the kitchen a washed out look. That is just my opinion. You are the one with great taste.
I would suggest that you make the bench on the sitting room side a long drawer that pulls out so you don’t have to squeeze in or move pillows.
I cut back my scented geranium and took off the lower leaves and plopped the cuttings into a new pot to grow more plants. I am going to do the same with my butterfly bush and even some roses. I am swarmed by spider mite as never before. In my trees, plants and pond even. I am washing them off with the hose and keeping my infected plants separate. Didn't help putting my tomatoes ten ft apart though. The insects need those blooms still, though. Indiana got hit with several tornadoes and other bad weather today.
Linda, your zest for new projects and ideas is just fabulous!. Linda, your zest for new projects and ideas is just fabulous!.
I definitely think the rug leans toward fall coloring. A spring/summer rug would be a great addition!
I would suggest having no rug at all during the hot weather months. Makes it seem cooler
Yes, it is so much fun to change for the seasons ❤ I love it.
I think you’re overthinking the rug, it gives fantastic depth to your room no matter what time of year. ❤
I LOVE those blue point junipers in those pots!! Those pots they are in are absolutely gorgeous Linda!! I never see pots like that around here where I live. I’d say a trip to Columbus, I’m sure would find some but one would be a million dollars.. 🤨
Love your 4 by 4 gardening comment in the heat of the day! Thanks for the reminder❣️
I think changing the rug out would be good, the same kind of rug would flow though the house, and the one with red would look good around Christmas and fall, great idea
This video was very useful Linda. I changed how I looked at my garden before the heat of summer. I pruned, deadheaded and weeded thinking of your tips. Thank you. 31:36
Your kitchen rug is the summer look. Europeans turn their rugs to the wrong side for summertime (and for parties.) I do this, too. So, your beautiful rug is fine as it is.
I agree on changing out the rug in the summer for one like in the parlor. Putting out the current rug in the fall/winter will really bring a fresh coziness and warmth to the surroundings.
Thank you for the information!!! And thank you for knowing how to explain gardening. This summer is already proving to be a dread in Florida. Too much rain it seems like until the dry spells happen where it seems super humid and nothing should dry up, BUT the air temp is hot enough that deceitfully, everything still gets dried up. A few times I've missed watering and set my growth back as I tried to establish my plants before the drought. Now I've ordered a solar powered irrigation system and rain catcher to supply water for the system to help me not forget and to also avoid over watering
What a wonderful video from the front yard to inside the house. My friend clips pages out of magazines and has idea for decorating her house just like you. I really enjoyed it today ❤
I like the rug you have in the dining area it gives life and movement to it.Enjoyed watching. THANK YOU
I like the idea of a spring/summer rug and I would go for a narrowed version since you really don't need bench to be on it, maybe width of the island. I ordered the Garden Table but I am now on a wait list so we'll see😎
Loved this video! Regarding your rug, I can understand changing it out, as I do the same for each season in my mudroom. I think the colors in the rug can go well in any season. The navy and yellow in the rug match the lampshade on the bar. You have also picked up some of the colors in the pillows on the banquet. Maybe pulling out more of the light blue in the rug in your napkins, pillows, barware, kitchen towels and other accessories will create a more cohesive look that has a summer vibe, if you don't want the trouble of changing out the rug. Pulling out the light blue will also pick up the rug in your front room and tie both rooms together more closely. Whatever you do, Linda, it will be fabulous!
Thank you for having Christmas in July and planning for fall and Christmas planters! I was thinking I was a little crazy for thinking about that but you restored my faith :-)
I understand your thoughts about the rug but I think it gives more a southwest vibe than fall given it's tonal fidelity with the bench pillows and painting and the textures you have integrated throughout the kitchen area. It looks like a welcoming step into a distinct area separate from the parlor. Either way you have the gift to make things look beautiful!
THAT MAHNOLIA GORGEOUS HUGE BURSTS OF FLOWERS WHICH ARE A BUTTERY YELLOW SND A BEAUTIFUL SCENT
I like the pavers with the brick. Pattern looks great.
We have it in North Louisiana too, the extreme heat. I live 20 miles from the Texas line and yesterday our heat index was 110. We also experienced power outages for a week from a storm.
Stay safe! Hopefully relief will come soon to LA and Texas 🙏
I’m also thinking of all of you in the lower states. Please take care of yourselves. Find shade. 😊
I’m in northern Canada up beside Alaska. We get extreme cold, I won’t even mention how cold, but we have lovely summers in the land of the midnight sun.
I love watching and listening to you Linda! You have given me the bug to be more of a gardener. I always say my small perennial garden is a work in progress and you have given me so much inspiration to keep it going. Thank you!!!
Ah, Linda, I just used my Barnell pruners to cut back my splayed open sage plants. I started out using my hand pruners, but abandoned that immediately because it would have taken too long.
It was very hot that day. I thought I'd beat the heat getting outdoors earlyish. But before I knew it, I was dripping wet. I wear sunscreen, but forgot the small of my back 🤦🏼♀️ and could feel it burning. Not 102, but it was in the 90s by ten.
My nearby roses practically gasped audibly once I gave them breathing room from the mature sage plants. I was thinking of popping your tower supports over the tamed sage plants, but I doubt they'll reflush blooms that big again.
After more than a month without rain, we got about an inch Friday night! I was weeding in the rain. Quite refreshing. My power went out so it was cooler outside. I knew it had been restored when I could hear my neighbors' A/C unit.
Last night, another near inch fell. Our temps this week should be delightful. Finally! Maybe I can complete my front garden project inspired by you. Hardscaping isn't a quick project.
Come on, Linda! You must listen to some oldies rock and roll. I'm your age and like to crank the volume once in a while. I'm a huge Queen fan and picked out some music to be played at my funeral. For fun, "Fat Bottomed Girls" appeals to my sense of humor. 😂
Consider getting a rug for your dining area that is the same solid color as the bottom of the kitchen island - dark blue (or is it grey?) That would give the eyes a place to "rest" and allow the colors of your table adornments and the wall art to really pop! To test this out, you could cover the rug with a large appropriately dark blue sheet or tablecloth - just to get an idea.
Years back,I would plant ( Cleome) or Spider plants as we referred to them.But,in the heat of the day,they always curled and wilted,until Sun passed and they would perk up again. Looking at yours,proudly displaying themselves in the extreme heat of Oklahoma ,I am so surprise,they can take the Sun. Your front garden is filling in so beautifully.
I can’t wait to see what you do for Christmas this year, so exciting! 🎄🇨🇦
I loved the behind the scenes look at your project board. It helps me to appreciate that you are several steps ahead for the channel. Your work ethic is impressive:)
The garden looks amazing and I’m using all your wonderful tips and inspiration 😊
Don't let your plants boss you! Hahaha. Love that. Very true!
It seems as if you are really enjoying your new home so happy for you
The bench and table are absolutely perfect for each other! I tend to prefer rounded things, too! I have a couple of chairs like yours in my breakfast room and now want to replace my table with something smaller and see how I should be able to have wood cut to mimic yours to just fit my space.
Just a thought for you---at our house we enjoy our wood floors during spring and summer and put our rugs down in the fall and winter---of course if you have a huge rug as we do it stays and others are removed😊
Your garden is beautiful. It looks like it has been there for years.
I like changing items seasonally too.
Love love love the rug. I’d leave it year round, however, changing it seasonally would be a lot of fun too.
Linda, I had to laugh when you said you wanted to get another bench even though you didn’t know what you would do with it. I’m the same way when I like something! Stewart’s idea of using one as an entry bench made me think of the space under the entry table in your parlor. Could one of those benches live under the table & then be pulled out & used to sit on when necessary? The wood colors look like they work together.
Thanks for all the great gardening tips today & always. Things are really looking great at the cottage!
Linda, I didn't let my plants boss me today and decided to use the Barnel shears (which I love) and trimmed those naughty plants🤣 Love the Barnel shears- thanks
Agree on the carpet 100% & seasonal change love the table looks Scandinavian…lovely bench & big banquet fan. Happy Summer! ❤👡👗☀️🍉❤️💙🇺🇸💕🌅
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What a trouper you are LInda, making a video for us. It looks so hot there! I think it's sundress weather. Great garden tips. It looks like you could actually rob Peter to pay Paul by taking a salvia or two from the front to get more air circulation. They have filled out so quickly.😎
The garden is looking so beautiful! I sure wish I had sowed the cleome seed I bought. Next year!
I had a design professor that said , " you don't create out of a vacuum ", and always encouraged us to have inspiration books and pictures like you do..
I love your dining rug, and feel it gives more depth and interest to your home, but you do you. Changing out pillows with pillow covers is an easy sesonal fix.
Great advise on Summer mowing to just mow the edges.
Zone 7B, N MS. Not dreaming of Christmas, but I always dream of October, the four most glorious weeks of the year! Your window box is looking great right now. Triple digit heat this week, but we still have rain in the forecast (and rain last night), and a little more temperate next week. I'm still planting out my summer annuals started from seed and starting some more zinnias, cosmos and marigolds this week.
WOW! Window box is preforming magnificently!
Linda, I just LOVE how you make up your own rules for everything - gardening, decor, life! ❤😄 We should all be so confident and bold with our style preferences! 😊 I love that flipped rug you have in your dining area right now, and I really wish someone would bring a reversible rug to market for the mainstream consumer. What a fabulous idea! 😊
Beautiful view from the sidewalk.
Love to see pumpkins and a lantern on your side yard bench for fall. I may replicate that. Stay cool.
Hi Linda and Stewart!!…Linda your garden has grown so much , it’s like you have always been there💚…and inside the cottage has all the perfect Linda Vater touches and more, just absolutely love it!!
Linda, your zest for new projects and ideas is just fabulous!
Gorgeous Garden! I love how you say to weed a 4 x 4 area in your garden as your short term goal. Yes! We will go back in the garden several times during the day!🙌🏼 next week with the hot temperature you need to have some water bottles in an ice bucket for you and Stewart!❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️
Lots of inspiration Linda. Thank you
The kitchen rug is a gorgeous piece of art! Looks fabulous and stands as a focal point transitioning the front room to the kitchen! Looks great with the table and wall art!
Concerning cutting grass, I aim to cut it around 10am-ish as the dew is gone and it provides time for the grass to recover before nightfall. Don't overcommit and wear yourself out Linda!
Linda, Your yard is just beautiful! I love it. Thanks for all the tips.
If you mow while the grass is damp it will also dull your mower blades. That is a pet peeve of my hubbies, so I normally don’t attempt to mow till about 10 AM here in W KY for that reason. It takes me about 4 hrs to mow all of our lawn, so wet/damp grass would certainly dull my Dixie Chopper, Hoss. 😂 Doesn’t everyone name their zero turn mower. I used to have a John Deere and her name was Josephine. Hoss was the legendary big hulk of a guy on the show Bonanza, and since the hubs always called our farm the Ponderosa, then the name Hoss seemed appropriate for our hefty Dixie Chopper. Linda, I love how you name all you different garden areas with catchy names. Everything looks gorgeous and seems to be faring well in the heat.
4 hours? Every week. Too much.
Love this vlog today! I needed these pruning tips for my salvia and for my beds for better air circulation. Thanks Linda!
The morning light makes your garden so romantic ❤
What an enjoyable video ! Yes to a summer sisal rug , garden looks beautiful & window box perfection … love Stuart’s little comments …. Love orange pomanders at Christmas … I want that bench too now !
Simple pleasures. Bright moments.
I agree with changing the rug for spring/summer and fall/winter. I change a lot of my art and accessories with the seasons. Your house and yard are beautiful!
Danke du bist pure Inspiration! ❤
I really like how the fire chief arborvitae have changed color to chartreuse in the summer! ❤
Good tips! I carry a 10 gallon grow bag when I weed. It’s nice and lightweight.
I really enjoyed and got a lot out of this video and your hot summer tips. We are literally boiling down in Texas (Houston) and so is my garden. It’s so disheartening when you have a vision of how it’s all going to look in the long summer months and then you have to move in to just survival of the fittest mode! Praying for a cool down. Thank you for another great video Linda and Stewart.
We've had milder temps here in way NORCAL but triple digits are on their way for the 4th of July on. We get up to 110 so then I only go out in early morning & evening. Happy holiday guys. P. S. I love wire plant. I currently have 2 but will check our local Lowes. Love your art work. ESPECIALLY Monument Valley. Love the place & the painting.
Great advice for hot weather gardener survival. Texas has been extra challenging this June. Need all the help we can find. Looking forward to fall! Loved your ideas!
Love to do clove studded oranges every Christmas! Good reminder to keep looking forward 🎄🎄🎄
Love these weekend vids❤❤❤❤❤
Garden is gorgeous!
I like the rug for every season. If you change out the rug because of the rust tone, your new, more summery colors will not go well with the rusty art either. I say leave both the rug and the art all year around or change both seasonally.
I really like your bench on the side of the house. Linda looks cozy.