DIY Outdoor Grid Planter Wall for a Small Patio

I’ve mentioned before that on our small city patio we don’t get a lot of sun. I’ve been trying to get creative with adding plants where there is sun. That’s how our stairwell leading to nowhere is where all our planters have gathered. Hanging out on our patio more than I ever imagined during Covid I started to notice how the wall in our stairwell got sun as well, so I started thinking of ways to add plants up high. I had been pinning images of grid gardens on Pinterest for years and decided it was time to attempt one.

A Story About Clutter and a bit more

I wanted to tell a story about clutter. How it happens and how it builds until it starts to cause us stress. I’ve purposely kept the clutter to minimum here to illustrate a point but I can promise you that clutter gets much more out of control in our small space. This clutter took only a few moments to gather.

oursmallspaceAlison MazurekJune 15, 2020 Comments

A Video of the Kids' Room with IKEA

Ikea asked me to share how we Make the Most of Home with a video I wanted to share. I landed on the kids room, partly because there are a lot of Ikea items in the kids room but also because during Covid-19 I became really focused on making the kids room as functional and playful as possible